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College Students Learn Israel Advocacy

Florida Sun-Sentinal

Rabbi David Eliezri uses a video of a Muslim student protest to teach college students from around the country to stand up for Israel.

The video shows Muslim students on the University of California’s Irvine campus in February 2010 shouting anti-Israel epithets at guest speaker Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States.

Photos: Over 1,000 Turn Out in Support of RCCS

Over 1,000 men turned out for a barbecue supporting the vital work of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society, which provides assistance in the form of medical insurance and doctor referrals for those diagnosed with yenem machlah. The event took place in Flatbush on the closed-off E. 22nd Street and Avenue I, in front of the home of Pinny and Yaffa Rand, who hosted the event.

Chabad of Kiryat Arba-Hebron Dedicates New Center

About one thousand visitors and members of the Kiryat Arba community in Israel joined the dedication of the new Beis Chaya Mushka House, Tuesday, August 7. Perched in the Judean Hills overlooking the Cave of the Patriarchs, it will be the center of activities hosted by Rabbi Rafael and Mushka Brod, new emissaries to the Kiryat Arba-Hebron area. The Brods will be the fourth couple to serve the area, and will focus on youth activities as well as Torah classes.

El-Al to Honor Cheap Tickets Sold in Error. UPDATE: NOT SO FAST..

JTA

Two months ago, Miriam Leichtling’s parents lost their jobs within a week of each other. For several months, Leichtling, a New York designer who has led several organized trips to Israel, had been agonizing over how to scrape together enough money to send her parents, ages 66 and 71, to Israel. But the cost of airfare for three – normally starting at about $1,000 per ticket, with a layover — was prohibitive.

Photo Gallery: YSP Marks Chof Av

The bochurim of the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ traveled to the Rebbe’s resting place in Queens, in honor of the Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe’s father. Returning to Brooklyn, they took a tour of the Aguch library in 770, hearing all about the life of Reb Levik, and seeing his Torah writings, which were smuggled out of the Soviet Union by his wife, Rebbetzin Chana.

New Montreal Chabad Center Nears Completion

Canadian Jewish News

The new Chabad center of Cote St. Luc in Montreal is near completion. The ceramic tiles from China for the lower level are due any day now, and a permanent Aron Kodesh for the main sanctuary upstairs will be ready soon, by Rosh Hashanah, IY”H; but 11 Torahs are in place, and for all intents and purposes, the tiles and the Aron amount to finishing touches.