A New Twist on an Old Tradition
Rabbi Avi Zwiebel has resorted to pedal power to make the Jewish holiday of Sukkot more accessible and green.
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Mail Tribune
New Engagement!
Yisroel Sternbach (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gurevitch (Chicago, IL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Top: Rabbi Mendal Blecher, his wife, Leah, and their five month old daughter, Chaya. Bottom: The brand new Chabad of The Woodlands building.
Woodlands Jewish Community Finds a Home
Chabad of The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston, Texas, celebrated the High Holidays this month in a new home.
Houston Chronicle
Traffic Accidents, Fatal Fires Down in NYC
New York City’s annual report card says the number of residents killed in traffic accidents plunged considerably over the last year.
Tufts Chabad House Gives Students Family Atmosphere
Rabbi Tzvi and Chanie Backman of the Rohr Chabad House at Tufts University in Massachusetts work furiously to act as the Jewish role models that students on campus may be missing. Attending college is the first time many students spend away from the comfort of their home communities. To fill that void for Jewish students on the Hill, the Chabad House claims to offer a home away from home.
Tufts Daily
Baby Girl!
Yehuda and Chana (nee Rosen) Joffre (Crown Heights)
Schach Pickup Information
The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council has once again arranged with the Forestry division of the NYC Parks Dept. to have all the Schach picked up.
Families gather at the Borenstein’s home in North Andover to celebrate the Sukkot holy day with “Pizza in the Sukkah” on Sept. 22.
Young Couple Opens Massachusetts Town’s First Shul
The Jewish community of North Andover, Massachusetts and several surrounding towns now have their own synagogue.
Wicked Local
New Engagement!
Yossi Feiner (Los Angeles, CA) and Brocha Dalfin (Boro Park, Brooklyn)
L’Chaim Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Raitport Family
The Raitport Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father and brother, Reb Eliyahu, OBM; at 1480 Carroll St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Friday afternoon, and at 1739 49th St. in Borough Park until Monday morning. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – Shkia Maariv – Tzeis At the […]
From Days Gone By: Tomchei Temimim in Japan
Students of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Otwock, fleeing the Nazis after the invasion of Poland in WWII, arrive in Kobe, Japan. They would later make their way to Shanghai, China and remain there for the duration of the war. Can you identify those in the photo?
Picture of the Day: Street Artist Paints 770
Over Yomtov he stood for hours on the Eastern Parkway’s median across from 770 and patiently painted the red-bricked headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Now he has returned to 770 to peddle his work of art.
Alaska Jewish Museum. Photo: Lubavitch.com.
The New Jewish Anchor in Anchorage
Only in the alternative reality of Michael Chabon’s fanciful best-selling novel “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” do three million Jews, rescued from the Holocaust, call Alaska home. The (real-life) reality is that only about 6,000 Jews live in the entire state. As I embarked on a recent trip up north, I didn’t expect to find much of a Jewish presence.
by Diane Cole - Jewish Week
Netanyahu: Iranian President a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Israel’s prime minister declared Tuesday that his country will never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, even if it has to act alone, and he dismissed the Iranian president’s “charm offensive” as a ruse to get relief from sanctions.
The Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center of Columbus, Ohio.
Furniture Stolen from Ohio Chabad House
Police are investigating the theft of $25,800 worth of furniture taken from a garage owned by the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center of Columbus, Ohio.
This Week
Large Swath of Western Crown Heights Rezoned
Some Crown Heights residents no longer need to worry about skyscrapers and shopping malls disrupting their residential vibe.
NY Daily News
New Engagement!
Mendy Mimoun (Montrouge, France) and Chaya Mushka Zenou (Paris, France)
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