Chabad synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine.
Chabad to Open Second Jewish Museum in Odessa
Chabad activists in Odessa announced plans to build the city’s second Jewish museum.
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JTA
Adams attending a protest against police brutality in Crown Heights, October, 2012.
Eric Adams Now Running Unopposed for Borough President
The battle for Brooklyn borough president is now a one-man race.
NY Daily News
Rabbi Chaim Pape writes the first few letters of the new Torah scroll.
N. Orlando Celebrates Commencement of First Torah
Florida governor Rick Scott declared Sunday to be “Torah Day.” The proclamation honored the North Orlando Chabad community and the inauguration of the congregation’s first torah dedicated by Zvi and Dawn Shamu and Paul Sebag. Scott “extended greetings and best wishes upon” Rabbi Yanky Majesky and wife Chanshy on their commitment “to bringing the joy of Judaism” to residents of Sanford, Longwood, and Lake Mary since 2010.
Florida Jewish News
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Gershy and Chaya Deutsch (London, UK)
TheJewishWoman.org Gets a Makeover
TheJewishWoman.org—the premier destination on the web for Jewish women of all backgrounds—is relaunching with new content, a new design and a renewed commitment to help its readers “graduate in their Judaism.”
by Mindy Rubenstein
Judges and Officers: The Pitfalls of Self Deception
When Kaiser Wilhelm sought to invade Belgium, he was reminded of the signed treaty agreements, which his actions would blatantly violate. Dourly brushing the matter aside the Kaiser declared: “We shall take Belgium! As for the treaties? We can leave it to the philosophers to supply the necessary explanations.”
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
4 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Zevi and Cheved (nee Lew) Greenwald
1383 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Tzvi and Shayna Margo
735 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Yitzchok and Dina (nee Rapaport) Dubov
460 Malbone St. Apt. #1
Zalmy and Brochie (nee Levilev) Danzinger
Shain Shul, 390 Kingston Ave. [between Crown & Montgomery Sts.]
Shabbos at the Besht: Does Cholov Stam Exist?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Kopel will lead a discussion on the topic: Does Cholov Stam Exist?
Bar Mitzvah on Death Row
The first-known Jew to be executed in Texas received a halachic burial, due to the combined efforts of a Houston rabbi and a “spiritual adviser” – both Chabad emissaries – with whom the death row inmate corresponded.
Jewish Herald-Voice
CGI Toronto Prints Tanya on Site
In the first week of the second season of Camp Gan Israel in Toronto, a Tanya was printed on site.
Baby Boy!
Zevi and Cheved (nee Lew) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1383 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
From Days Gone By: Mitzvah Tantz.. Chabad Style
Rabbis J.J. Hecht and Chaim Meir Bukiet do a Mitzvah Tantz at the wedding of Edith and Avraham Bloch, 1951.
Rabbi Berel Pewzner conducts services with Icelandic Jews.
Iceland’s Handful of Jews Keep Faith Alive
Iceland has no synagogue, no rabbis, no Jewish community center or organized structure. In fact, Judaism is not even one of Iceland’s state-recognized religions.
Forward
Is the Lab-Created Burger Kosher?
Scientists have recently demonstrated that they can now take stem cells from a cow and build them into hamburgers that look, feel and (almost) taste like the real thing. What does Jewish law have to say? Is this considered real meat? Is it kosher?
Picture of the Day: New Sign for Shain Shul
Shain Shul, led for decades by veteran Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Shain, has always had an unassuming, easy-to-miss facade in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Kingston Ave. No longer. Workers have erected beautiful gold lettering in both Hebrew […]
Beitar Chabad Community Chooses City Councilman
Lubavitch residents of Beitar Ilit, Israel went to the polls this morning to decide who will represent the Chabad community in the mostly ultra-orthodox city council.
Video: From Sinai to the Supreme Court
From yarmulkas in the military to public menorah displays, civil liberties attorney Nathan Lewin has argued some of America’s most famous First Amendment cases. In this session he revisits his past victories to examine their impact on the Jewish community and the state of religious freedom in America today.
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