Over a year ago an idea was born, for a nominal fee of $100 per name Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK took your name, or the name of your child, friend, or relative, and davened at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money went straight to KSCVK and it has been met with beautiful success.
With the Lag Baomer Parade just days away, volunteers are already hard at work putting up signs and preparing for Sunday. One very visible sign went up Monday.
Although he left Glasgow for Yeshiva in Israel 19 years ago, lived in USA for almost 16 years Sholom Jacobs has never forgotten his Glasgow roots.
Mendy and Deena (nee Kashy) Holzman (Miami Beach, FL)
In its 70-year history, the Kehot Publication Society has published and disseminated many hundreds of publications on all matters of Jewish interest from Chasidic philosophy to halacha to educational texts and reading material for the young. KPS is currently one of the world’s largest Jewish publishers.
Commuters have been looking for ways to reduce costs and save the environment. That trend has lead to more hybrid cars and bicycles. One reader spotted this cyclists and sent it in saying: “I just want to say publicly, that I am SOOO happy that this is a thing.”
Yossi Edelkopf (Monsey, NY) and Mushky Tenenbaum (N. Miami Beach, FL)
The Mayan Yisroel Boys Marching Band is hard at work drumming away, getting ready for the Flatbush Mega-Event on Sunday, an annual tradition in Flatbush over the past few years.
April 21, 2013, will be remembered as Tannenbaum Chabad House Day in Evanston, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl declared Sunday evening at the Jewish center’s Service Recognition Award Reception.
Arele Diament (Montreal, Canada) and Chasya Vishedsky (Crown Heights) .
Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed and reliable local source told The Jerusalem Post last week, on condition of anonymity due to security reasons.
Bonfires. Picnic lunches. Parades and parks. Lag B’Omer is approaching — that springtime Jewish holiday marked with outdoor celebration and entertainment — and it comes early this year, on Sunday, April 28, the earliest it has been since 1899.
Yosef Kramer (Crown Heights) and Mushka Ciment (Little Rock, AR)
Shmuel Tzemach and Dvorah Faige Eidelman (Crown Heights)
I am sure that by now all the parents have received the “package” from Beis Rivkah Schools regarding tuition payments for the upcoming school year, along with the requirement for parents to go to a website and or fill out the forms.
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