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In a 1958 letter released this week by Vaad Hanachos B'Lahak, the Rebbe responds to a man who wrote about a proposed Shidduch between a bochur of Sefardi origin and a girl of Ashkenazi origin, and the opposition they were facing from apprehensive family members.

Letter: Rebbe Rejects Discrimination Between Sefardim and Ashkenazim

In a 1958 letter released this week by Vaad Hanachos B’Lahak, the Rebbe responds to a man who wrote about a proposed Shidduch between a bochur of Sefardi origin and a girl of Ashkenazi origin, and the opposition they were facing from apprehensive family members.

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Chabad’s Extended Hand Reaches Pearl of Asia

by Ben G. Frank – Jerusalem Post

Twenty-nine-year-old Chabad Rabbi Bentzion Butman often stands in front of the two-story, balcony-laden Jewish Center located at No. 32, Street 28, in Phnom Penh, the capital of the ancient country of Cambodia, thousands of miles away from his hometown of Lod, Israel. At the front gate is a sign that says, “The Jewish Center” followed by the words, “No Jew will be left behind.”

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Jewish Doctor Murdered in Ukraine

Ynet

Holocaust Memorial in Lviv, where over 200,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

A Jewish doctor was murdered on Saturday in his house in Lviv, Ukraine. Dr. Leon Freifeld, 60, was a senior orthopedic surgeon, a university professor and a prominent member of the Lviv community.

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Headstones Vandalized at Hartford Jewish Cemetery

AP

Vandals knocked over gravestones at the Congregation Israel Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.

Hartford police are trying to find the vandals who overturned nearly 40 gravestones at a Jewish Cemetery. Police say the headstones at the Congregation Ados Beth Israel Cemetery off Tower Avenue and Waverly Street were damaged sometime between Oct. 12 and Oct. 19. The vandalism was discovered by a congregation member who regularly visits his son’s grave.

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NY Post

River Cafe in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

The iconic River Café on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews dressed in religious garb by requiring them to pay a minimum of $25 per person to sit at the bar, according to one current and one former employee.

DUMBO Cafe Discriminates Against Religeous Jews

NY Post

River Cafe in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

The iconic River Café on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews dressed in religious garb by requiring them to pay a minimum of $25 per person to sit at the bar, according to one current and one former employee.

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by Sammy Hudes - The Charlatan

Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Inset: Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky dances with a student at Chabad.

In today’s day and age, Jews should never have to fear expressing their culture and heritage publicly. But yet, at Carleton University in Ottawa, I believe many still do. Just last week, Carleton released a report stating the findings of its Commission on Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Racial Relations. The commission, formed two years ago, indicated in its report that Jewish students and faculty members in particular were unsatisfied with the treatment received on campus.

All Students Should Feel Welcome on Campus

by Sammy Hudes – The Charlatan

Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Inset: Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky dances with a student at Chabad.

In today’s day and age, Jews should never have to fear expressing their culture and heritage publicly. But yet, at Carleton University in Ottawa, I believe many still do. Just last week, Carleton released a report stating the findings of its Commission on Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Racial Relations. The commission, formed two years ago, indicated in its report that Jewish students and faculty members in particular were unsatisfied with the treatment received on campus.

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Last Sunday, 28 Tishrei, a Hachnosas Sefer Torah was held at the new Chabad center in Newton, MA. The Chabad Center, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Prus, Head Shliach of Eastern Massachusetts, opened its new 17,000 square foot facility last year, and it has already received its second new sefer Torah, which was donated by the Saada family.

Boston Suburb Welcomes New Torah

Last Sunday, 28 Tishrei, a Hachnosas Sefer Torah was held at the new Chabad center in Newton, MA. The Chabad Center, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Prus, Head Shliach of Eastern Massachusetts, opened its new 17,000 square foot facility last year, and it has already received its second new sefer Torah, which was donated by the Saada family.

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CT Post

The event that took place in a New Haven cemetery Wednesday occurs so infrequently, if ever, in the life of a Jew that the spiritual leader of the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont had to seek counsel on how to conduct the memorial burial of religious objects.

Congregation Buries Sacred Books Destroyed in Blaze

CT Post

The event that took place in a New Haven cemetery Wednesday occurs so infrequently, if ever, in the life of a Jew that the spiritual leader of the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont had to seek counsel on how to conduct the memorial burial of religious objects.

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