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Australian State Parliament Addresses Chabad

J-Wire

New South Wales House of Parliament. Inset: The Honorable David Clarke.

The following speech was given by The Honorable David Clarke, Secretary of the New South Wales Parliament in Sydney, Australia, today (Friday, August 24) at 4:00pm on the chamber’s floor:

Shlucha Returns to Serve N.C. Hometown

South Charlotte News

Rabbi Yisroel and Leah (nee Groner) Levin

Being involved in Jewish life has always been a part of Leah Levin’s life. Growing up in Charlotte, her parents have been respected members of the Jewish community, who created the Charlotte Jewish Day School.

4 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Zalmy and Miri Fischer
770 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]

Meir and Fraidel (nee Patterson) Levin
658 Maple St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]

Dovid and Elisheva Gaerman
1512 President St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]

Leizer and Shternie (nee Majesky) Posner
814 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]

Shwekey Rocks Cape Town

by Rabbi Asher Deren

For their third annual Gala Event, Chabad of South Africa’s West Coast in Cape Town took things to a whole new level on the 16th of August, as they hosted Cape Town’s largest ever crowd for a visiting Jewish performer.

Friendship Circle Unites People Through Music

NBC Milwaukee

Milwaukee Shliach Rabbi Shmaya Shmotkin

The High Notes Performance Group brings together people of all abilities. They use chimes and percussion to create charming melodies. High Notes is just one part of the Adult Friendship Circle which serves those living with physical, mental and cognitive special needs.

New Shluchim to Washington, D.C.

Jews at American University will soon find themselves much closer to their local Shluchim. Rabbi Yehoshua and Esti Hecht will iy’h be moving to the American University Area in Northwest Washington, DC, which includes the campus of American University and adjoining neighborhoods.

The Tefillin Strap Controversy

Photo: VIN News

There is a new controversy gradually brewing which has a number of Rabbis visibly upset at some of the Sofrim who deal in the sale of Tefillin. And the controversy does not seem to be going away. It has to do with Retzuos, the straps that bind the Tefillin to the head and to the arm.