Maccabi Athletes Wrap Tefillin
Rockland County played host this year to the JCC Junior Maccabi Games, where over 1,400 Jewish athletes have come to town to compete in their respective sports throughout this week.
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Hester: The Secret Club for Lubavitchers
Hester is the name of a an underground, word-of-mouth supper club / cafe / speakeasy / community space, hosted by Itta Werdiger Roth, which is geared toward the ‘Chabad Lite’ in their 30s crowd. Located in Ditmas Park, the club’s location is secret, and the once-a-month event can be attended by invitation only.
Austrian Lawmaker Posts Anti-Semitic Cartoon
Vienna’s Jewish community is outraged over an anti-Semitic cartoon posted on the Facebook page of the leader of Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party. The cartoon, reminiscent of the Nazi era propaganda, shows a banker with a large hooked nose and Star of David cufflinks profiting from Europe’s financial crisis.
Crown Heights Late-Night Thief Caught
A burglar who has been terrorizing the Crown Heights neighborhood for several weeks, breaking into homes and businesses in the dead of night, has finally been apprehended and is in police custody. The Crown Heights community is breathing a collective sigh of relief.
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Picture of the Day: Tefilin for First Time at 81
Photo: Anach Infos.
An elderly Holocaust survivor in a small French town was inspired to put on Tefilin for the first time in his life. Having arrived at the age of Bar-Mitzvah in 1942 – during the height of the Holocaust – he had never before had the opportunity.
The Mysterious Death of a Brooklyn Beggar
Daily Mail
Top: Howard Frank begging outside 770. Bottom: The Gowanus Canal.
As he begged outside Brooklyn synagogues, Howard Frank was always regaling people with stories of his past, proudly referring to his distant esteemed rabbi relatives.
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Video: More Gems from Rabbi Dov Greenberg
Rabbi Dov Greenberg has just recorded his second installment of short thoughts for Jewish.TV.
Was a Kallah Arrested During Her Wedding?
A storm erupted on the Jewish blogosphere last night, when photos emerged of what appeared to be New York City police officers arresting a Kallah in her wedding gown.
Over 800 at Atlantic City Jewish Summer Fest
Summer at the Jersey Shore ended on a high note with the 8th Annual Jewish Summer Fest in Atlantic City. More than 800 people participated in the event, which was sponsored by Chabad at the Shore.
Kansas City Gets a Taste of Kosher BBQ
Fox 4 Kansas City
BBQ is a Kansas City tradition. Kansas City style BBQ is prepared differently than any other region of the country. But one local BBQ competition is taking the way KC prepares BBQ to a different level.
Bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ share their experiences and feelings as the summer comes to an end.
Video: Dear YSP…
Bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ share their experiences and feelings as the summer comes to an end.
Huffington Post
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn-- who would be New York City's first female mayor-- a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.
Quinn Leads in Polls to Replace Mayor Bloomberg
Huffington Post
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn– who would be New York City’s first female mayor– a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.
Jews Protest Anti-Semitism in Southern Swedish City
AP
Rabbi Shneur Kesselman, Chabad Shliach in Malmo, Sweden, has the distinction of being the Shliach who suffers more anti-Semitic incidents than any other in the world.
Several hundred Jews and their supporters marched in the southern Swedish city of Malmo on Saturday to bring attention to intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in the Nordic country.
Parents Threatened With Criminal Charges over Bris
Columbia Presbyterian medical records for a baby who suffered brain damage after being infected with herpes (HSV-1) tell a shocking story of parents being threatened with trumped up criminal charges, unless they turned over information to authorities about the baby’s mohel.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday & Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday and Tuesday, August 20-21, for Eid-ul-Fitr (Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
School for Aspiring Rabbis Opens on New Campus
Detroit News
Mendel Korf, left, 14, from Los Angeles, and Naftaly Druk, 15, from Oak Park, discuss a Talmudic passage during peer study sessions last month at the old Lubavitch-Yeshiva International School for Chabad Leadership on Nine Mile Road.
Students at a newly built school in Oak Park, Michigan aimed at preparing young men to become rabbis began moving into their new dormitory this week.
IDF military police tried to arrest an 18-year-old chareidi girl for not reporting to military service. According to a Ladaat.net report, the story is confirmed but the parents, members of the Chabad community, do not want her name released.
Israeli Military Police Try to Arrest Chabad Girl
IDF military police tried to arrest an 18-year-old chareidi girl for not reporting to military service. According to a Ladaat.net report, the story is confirmed but the parents, members of the Chabad community, do not want her name released.
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