In the true spirit of community, nearly 1,300 people of all ages gathered under sunny skies for the fourth annual Walk4Friends on April 29th at Vonage Corporate Center in Holmdel. The goal of the walk was to raise funding and awareness for the Friendship Circle, a program that provides friendship for children with special needs, but, again, it accomplished much more than its primary mission.
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A concerned Crown Heights resident sent us this photo, saying “for some odd reason, our community has been tolerating the dangerous practices of drivers of the Boro Park Bus answering phone calls as they are transporting 20 human beings in their vehicle. Every day that passes without an accident is a miracle. It is about time someone stops this dangerous activity which puts our lives in danger on a daily basis.”
Two of Rabbi Chaim Miller‘s books on the Rebbe’s teachings have been selected as finalists for the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association.
Close to a quarter million French nationals gathered in a square across from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to demonstrate support for President Nicholas Sarkozy, who is seeking a second term in office. Sarkozy gave an impassioned speech to the crowd, imploring the voters not to replace him with Socialist candidate Francois Hollande – which according to poll predictions is very likely to happen.
This coming May 21st, thousands of Orthodox Jews from all walks of life will descend upon the Citi-Field baseball stadium in Queens, NY to demand action on curbing the dangerous influences of the internet on the their community. Actually, Orthodox Jews from almost all walks of life will attend; while every Jewish community in the region received a delegation from the organizers begging them to attend, one particular group of Orthodox Jews was not invited: Lubavitch. One blogger says he knows why.
For 12 years, Rabbi Yosef and Dalia Kulek worked day and night to bring Jewish students at Hartford University closer to their roots. This week, after years of legal uncertainty and unexpected help from heaven, they have finally cut the ribbon on a beautiful edifice which they – and the students they so dedicatedly serve – will now call home.
Levi Glitzenshtein (Eilat, Israel) and Chaya Mushka Greenberg (Anchorage, Alaska)
Tzviki Fleishman (Kiryat Malachi, Israel) and Haya Yanni (Brunoy, France)
Crown Heights will become a vacation destination for many hardworking young Jewish professionals on May 18-20. Shluchim across North America are urging their YJP contingencies to take a break from the daily grind to refresh, network, and, most importantly, experience Shabbos.
Berel Grunblatt (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Esther Leah Spalter (Toronto, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Yossi Melamed, a veteran photographer for the Alegemeiner Journal passed away. Yossi Melamed chronicled over 30 years many important events in the New York Jewish community. His pictures were carefully stored and dated.
The tiny population of religious Jews in prison has plenty of company when it comes to keeping kosher behind bars. A number of secular Jews, messianic Jews, Black Hebrew Israelites and, in many cases, people with no Jewish background at all eat a traditional Jewish diet.
Chaim and Chani (nee Angyalfi) Miller (Crown Heights)
Dini Freundlich’s daughter has been admonished for not wearing her uniform to class. Fortunately the girl, who lives in Beijing, didn’t have to go home to change into her uniform: she was already there.
Levi and Tzippy (nee Marosov) Israel (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 810 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Menachem Mendel Ginsberg (Haifa, Israel) and Chaya Rivkin (Kfar Chabad, Israel)
For the past eight weeks, a young man with a white shirt, sport jacket, wide-brimmed black hat and long beard has been knocking on doors all over Novato. He’s not selling anything. He would just like to be your friend.
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