Two Jewish Cemeteries Vandalized in France

JTA

Pantin cemetery in Paris

French police reportedly are investigating fresh acts of vandalism in two Jewish cemeteries and a municipal building. On Monday in Paris, police arrested two men suspected of digging up two corpses at the Pantin cemetery, according to a statement from the municipality.

Mazal Tov's View More

Video: Rube Goldberg Machine Lights Menorah

Technion students Eyal Cohen and Tomer Wassermann from the Mechanical Engineering faculty and Matan Orian and Dvir Dukhan of Industrial Engineering and Management take on the challenge to build a Rube Goldberg machine that lights the Chanukah menorah.

Photos: Hundreds Bid Farewell to Beloved Shliach

This morning the Levaya of Los Angeles Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Labkowsky passed in front of 770, where hundreds of Anash and fellow Shluchim had gathered to pay their last respects to their beloved colleague.

Non-Jewish Woman Thanks Montreal Hatzoloh

Dovid Weinbaum (l) and Yossi Wenger (r) from Montreal Hatzoloh. Photo: VIN News.

When Nicole Drapeau of Montreal slipped on a patch of ice two weeks ago and broke her ankle, she got more than just free medical treatment for her injury. She says she had her faith in mankind restored.

Community Marks 4th Anniversary of Mumbai Attack

ANI

Mumbai’s Jewish community offered prayers at Chabad House on Monday, as they remembered Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, who were killed in the 2008 militant attacks by Pakistan-based militants.

Levaya and Shiva Info for R’ M.M. Labkowsky, OBM

The Levaya of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Labkowsky, OBM, will pass in front of 770 Monday morning at 11:00, on its way to Montefire cemetery in Queens.

The Labkowsky family will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights until Tuesday afternoon, at 433 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim

CNN Profiles Two Children Injured in Gaza Offensive

Children of Conflict: (L-R) Bisan al-Aghram, 8, from Gaza and Yosef Scharf, 4, of Kiriat Malachi.

CNN reporter Sara Sidner profiled two children that were injured in the latest unrest in Gaza, where Hamas terrorized much of Israel. The children, 4-year-old Yosef Scharf who lost his mother Mira and was injured himself, and 8-year-old Bisan al-Aghram from Gaza who was injured.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Krinsky Family

The family of Mrs. Devorah Krinsky OBM is sitting Shiva after her passing at 729 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Avenues]

Times of Tefillos are as follows:
Shachris: 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00.
Mincha: 15 Minutes before sunset.
Maariv: Bizmana.

Email: krinskyfam@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Friendship Circle Honorees Share Lasting Memories

Ventura County Star

The theme was “The Power of Love” as the Conejo Valley, California Friendship Circle celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza hotel on Monday night and paid tribute with Pioneer Leadership Awards to 19 volunteers.

Bris Milah and Mohalim Puncturing the Propaganda

by Debbie Maimon – Yated

Due to the severe backlogging of court cases caused by Hurricane Sandy, the hearing over the law requiring mohelim to obtain parents’ “informed consent” before performing metzitzah b’peh has been rescheduled for December 12. In the meantime, the temporary stay on the “consent” rule has been extended, with the government agreeing not to enforce this regulation until oral arguments are heard.