NYC Goes Full Day Without Shooting or Stabbing!
AP
For the first time police officials can remember, New York City went through an entire day with no one shot, stabbed or slashed.
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Chabad Father-Son Team Looks Toward Expansion
Washington Jewish Week
At the start of their careers, young Chabad rabbis and their wives typically set out for a wilderness to be tamed: a Jewish area lacking a Chabad presence. There they drive in their stakes and go to work. As they push back the frontier, other, younger couples arrive to continue the expansion. That’s what Chabad emissaries, or shlichim, do.
Comedy Video: You Gotta Be in It to Win It!
Split the pot? Crack the safe! At this years Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society’s annual Miracles auction. Last years ‘split the pot’ reached $328,028 and this years is projected to reach a half-a-million! The auction takes place December 6th and an entertaining show will be brodcasted live. Buy tickets here!
Northwestern University Students Petition for Chabad
by Cat Zakrzewski – Daily Northwestern
Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, director of Chabad at Northwestern University, Illinois.
Northwestern students and alumni are voicing their concerns about the University’s decision to disaffiliate with Tannenbaum Chabad House and Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein in a petition distributed to trustees and administrators.
Thursday: Rally at the Ohel!
IYH this Thursday, the 15th of Kislev – November 29th – there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
IDF Soldier from Crown Heights Critically Injured
An IDF soldier was killed and 15 other people were injured, one seriously, in a road accident between an Egged bus and a truck on Route 6 on Wednesday. The critically injured rider is an IDF ‘Lone Soldier’ from a Lubavitch family in Crown Heights.
Op-Ed: Slow News Day for CBS Miami
by Naftali Cohen
This morning, CBS Miami reported on “a possible new development” in the case of missing millionaire Guma Aguiar, who disappeared on his boat in June leaving behind a wife, 4 kids and a $100 million dollar fortune. The earth-shattering news – brought to the press’ attention by Guma’s wife, Jaime – was that Guma’s sister moved to the Netherlands.
European Jewish Press
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski (right) meets with RCE rabbis.
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe on Wednesday slammed a ruling by the Constitutional Court in Poland that shechita, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals, was “illegal.”
RCE Denounces Polish Court’s Ban on Shchita
European Jewish Press
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski (right) meets with RCE rabbis.
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe on Wednesday slammed a ruling by the Constitutional Court in Poland that shechita, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals, was “illegal.”
Baby Girl!
Ezra and Sara (nee Junik) Hecht (Crown Heights)
Boston.com
Past designs for Chabad Jewish Center’s menorahs on Needham Common have featured ice, toys for Mumbai attack victims, glow-in-the-dark materials, balloons, and wood.
One tradition of Judaism gets a fanciful update every year by the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, Massachusetts, with its Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony on the downtown common. Each time, the menorah changes: Last year, it glowed a luminous blue-green, and past versions have been made from Legos, ice, and balloons.
Crowdsourcing a Menorah in Needham
Boston.com
Past designs for Chabad Jewish Center’s menorahs on Needham Common have featured ice, toys for Mumbai attack victims, glow-in-the-dark materials, balloons, and wood.
One tradition of Judaism gets a fanciful update every year by the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, Massachusetts, with its Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony on the downtown common. Each time, the menorah changes: Last year, it glowed a luminous blue-green, and past versions have been made from Legos, ice, and balloons.
Picture of the Day: 400 Thanksgiving Dinners Delivered
Left to right: Mathew Harvey, Aharona Lubin, Tybel Lubin, Michael Harvey and Rabbi Shalom Lubin prepare to deliver some of the dinners.
Chabad of S.E. Morris County in Madison, NJ delivered more than 400 Thanksgiving dinners. The meals were delivered by volunteers to homebound seniors in Morris County on Thanksgiving morning.
Baby Boy!
Levi Yitzchok and Goldie (nee Duchman) Azimov (South Brunswick, NJ)
Chabad of Mississauga Honors Builder
Mississauga.com
Rabbi Yitzchok Slavin, director of Chabad of Mississauga, with Larry Robbins.
As a developer, he constructed more than 5,000 acres of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. But earlier this month, Larry Robbins was celebrated for his philanthropy.
Shliach Asks Russia to Return Looted Sifrei Torah
Reuters
Shliach to Budapest, Hungary Rabbi Shlomo Koves.
Hungarian Jews have asked Russia to return scrolls and valuable religious items looted by Nazis and the Red Army in World War Two and their claim has been backed by the Budapest government.
1950 Letter Goes Up for Sale
A typewritten letter signed by Rebbetzin Nechama Dina (wife of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe) and her two sons-in-law – the Rashag (Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary) and the Ramash (later to become the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe) – has gone up for sale at the Virtual Judaica auction site, with an estimated value placed between $3-5,000.
Picture of the Day: Children Donate Toys
Students of Lamplighters Yeshiva in Crown Heights fill their school’s drop box for the annual Friendship Circles Toy Drive.
‘Balaboostas’ Host 1st Ever Event
Photos by Chana Lewis
The first official Balaboostas.com event, “After the Kallah Class”, took place Thursday evening in the Crown Heights community. It was a lecture on intimacy by psychotherapist, Rivka Sidorsky, LCSW-C. The crowd of 70 women listened on intently, as she spoke about issues and topics that concern married Jewish women.
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