First Bar Mitzvah Since Holocaust Celebrated in Bulgaria
Hundreds gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria to celebrate what is being described as the first Bar Mitzvah in the country since the Holocaust decimated its Jewish population during WWII.
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Video: Burned Chabad House Menorah Replaced
A Chabad House menorah that was destroyed by fire last week on Ocean Parkway has been replaced. Elected officials joined the local Shluchim outside Chabad-Lubavitch of Kensington to watch the new menorah’s installment.
Illustration photo: Chaveirim volunteer in Montreal, Canada.
Montreal Lubavitchers Rescue Non-Jewish Baby
In an extraordinary story of Kiddush Hashem, a non-Jewish woman in Montreal whose baby got locked in her car praised the Jewish community, calling the woman who helped her a “messenger from G-d.”
Bill de Blasio at a rally in Williamsburg. Photo: Aaron Berger - Catskill News.
De Blasio: I Will Keep MBP Consent Requirements
Although he stood next to speakers claiming the opposite, Bill de Blasio insists his position has not changed on the city’s controversial regulation of a ritual circumcision practice.
Politicker
Keren Hashanah: Charity for Every Day of the Year
Unforgettable to those that were there, and relivable today via video (in extended article), in the first sicha spoken by the Rebbe, with Herculean physical effort, after the devastating “episode” of Shemini Atzeret, 1977, the Rebbe reminded his Chasidim to continue keeping his directives: Chitas, Keren Hashana and the mivtzoim.
Rabbi Shea Hecht, Chairman of NCFJE.
Today: $5 Chickens for Kaporos at NCFJE
Subsidized chickens for the traditional Kaporos ritual will once again be provided for Crown Heights residents by the NCFJE.
Op-Ed: An Average Crown Heights Voter’s Thoughts on Today’s Election
Today is primary day in New York City. Each party will be picking their candidates for the general election, which will be held November 5th. Some of my friends have been asking me, whom I think they should support in the Democratic primaries. I thought it would be nice to share my view on the primary election from the perspective of an average voter in Crown Heights.
by Z.B.
Santa Monica fire fighters remove a steel pipe and concrete that was part of an explosive device detonated in 2011 near the Chabad House in Santa Monica. Inset: Ron Hirsch.
Chabad House Bomber Dies, Charges Dropped Posthumously
Federal prosecutors Monday filed to dismiss their indictment of the homeless man accused of detonating an explosive near a S. Monica Chabad House in 2011. United States Attorney André Birotte Jr. pursued the motion in wake of defendant Ron Hirsch’s Aug. 24 death.
S. Monica Daily Press
Baby Girl!
Zev and Chana (nee Hershkop) Nelken (Crown Heights)
Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles co-directors Rabbi Moshe and Rivky Greenwald with their three children in their downtown loft.
A “Bachelors’ Shabbat” in Downtown L.A.
The trek to Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles was not exactly my normal pre-Shabbat routine. Living in Pico-Robertson, the most noticeable sound I hear on the streets and sidewalks as Friday night approaches isn’t typically car engines — it’s silence.
by Jared Sichel - LA Jewish Journal
Interview: On a Quest to Serve Her Neighborhood
With the democratic election primaries just a day away, one candidate for New York City Councils 35th District, Ms. Olanike Alabi, took the time to sit down for an interview and answer some questions as to why she should be elected and what are her plans once elected.
Picture of the Day: Chabad in Uman
A Nusach Arizal minyan was held over Rosh Hashana in Uman, Ukraine for the handful of Chabad Chasidim who spent Rosh Hashana there.
Jews and Politics: Why Vote?
In a day’s time New York City will settle one of the most interesting mayoral races we have seen in a while.
by Avi Lesches
43 Injured in MTA Bus Collision
About 43 people were injured — one critically — when a car fleeing police collided head-on with a city bus after running a stop sign at on Albany Ave. near Atlantic Ave. at about 4:30pm today (Monday).
Chicago Area F.R.E.E. Celebrates 26 Years
When a Maine Township, Illinois synagogue marked its 25th anniversary last year, it was a notable occasion. But 26 years is equally so.
Chicago Sun-Times
New Engagement!
Boruch Hecht (San Francisco, CA) and Mushka Rappaport (Long Beach, CA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Monday, at Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
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