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4 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Shalom and Chani Pevzner
349 Crown St, Apt #2g [Between Brooklyn and New York Avenue]

Elkanah and Nechama Shmotkin
1546 Union St, [Between Albany and Troy Avenue]

Menachem Mendel and Leah Rochel (nee Rubenstein) Simon
465 Brooklyn Ave, [Between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave]

Levi and Rivky Kumer
1650 Carroll St, Ground Entrance [Between Schenectady and Utica Ave]

Video: My Encounter Goes to School

As we recently reported, several weeks ago JEM held a breakfast for supporters who have assisted JEM’s efforts to record, preserve, and share the video, audio, and photographic recordings of the Rebbe’s life. The breakfast began with this emotional video about the My Encounter with the Rebbe project’s initiative to bring the actual interviewees into the schools and involve the children with the interview process.

Menorah Lighting Comes to New Jersey Prisons

Left: Roger Jacobs, a West Orange attorney, and Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, executive director of the Friendship Circle of MetroWest, welcomed news that menora-lighting will be allowed in NJ prisons. Right: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

The inspiring glow of the Menorah will be experienced in New Jersey state prisons for the first time, thanks to a new ruling announced by the New Jersey Department of Corrections.

Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Thursday

A blood drive will take place Thursday, November 29 (15 Kislev) from 3:00pm to 8:30pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Place]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.

Warning: One must wait 56 days between blood donations.