Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thurday, December 8th, for a Catholic holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
New Engagement!
Shmuly Milecki (Sydney, Australia) and Sarah Margolis (Oak Park, MI)
Hat Tip: Gruntig
Conservative celebrity and Radio/TV talk show host Glenn Beck discusses “Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson” by Simon Jacobson.
Video: Beck Discusses Book on the Rebbe’s Teachings
Hat Tip: Gruntig
Conservative celebrity and Radio/TV talk show host Glenn Beck discusses “Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson” by Simon Jacobson.
Man Who Targeted Jewish Shops Is Jewish
New Jersey Jewish News
Richard Green of New Brunswick — arrested in the window-smashing spree in Highland Park and New Brunswick — was known to local Jewish leaders, who described him as “troubled and mentally ill.”
The 52-year-old New Brunswick man arrested in a window-smashing spree at Jewish businesses and institutions in Highland Park and New Brunswick is himself Jewish.
Years After Raid, Postville Poorer and Less Stable
by Liz Goodwin – Yahoo News
A group of Jewish boys in yarmulkes and winter coats walked past the “Taste of Mexico” restaurant on Lawler Street last week on their way home from school. Minutes later, a Somali man wearing a keffiyeh scarf around his neck passed by, perhaps on his way to the town’s makeshift mosque on Main Street.
Canadian MP Jason Kenney Honored by Chabad
Shalom Life
Left to right: Rabbi Grossbaum of Chabad of Southern Ontario, MP Jason Kenney, and keynote Dennis Prager.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario honoured MP Jason Kenney with the Distinguished Public Service Award, at their 33rd annual dinner, Sunday, Dec. 4.
Op-Ed: My Conversations with PETA About Shechita
by Shmuley Boteach
About a year ago, a Chabad Rabbi got in touch with me and asked if I would agree to meet a senior Jewish PETA executive named Philip Schein. Philip’s wife Hannah, who also works for PETA, is in charge of PETA undercover investigations.
New Engagement!
Shlomo Mehlman (Silver Spring, MD) and Michal Shaffer (Crown Heights)
by Moshe Kravitsky
Beis Yaakov Ohel Sarah isn’t the biggest girls’ school in all of Brooklyn, and that’s a status they prefer to keep. The waiting list to enroll a new student into their Chabad Mosad in the heart of Midwood attests to their tight-ship operation.
200 Step into Sarah’s Tent in Flatbush
by Moshe Kravitsky
Beis Yaakov Ohel Sarah isn’t the biggest girls’ school in all of Brooklyn, and that’s a status they prefer to keep. The waiting list to enroll a new student into their Chabad Mosad in the heart of Midwood attests to their tight-ship operation.
Israeli Minister Visits Chabad School in Azerbaijan
Last week, the Ohr Avner Chabad Educational Center in Baku hosted a visit by the Israeli Minister of Welfare and Social Services Moshe Kahlon. The Minister was accompanied by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Michael Lavon-Lotem.
New and Improved: A Chanukah Message
by Leibel Fajnland – Reston Connection
While walking through the supermarket recently I found the laundry detergent, shampoo, body soap, and even paper towels, that I have been using for years are now “new and improved.”
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Video: Minnesota Shliach Introduces New Invention
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An early morning Jewish commuter was mortified to discover hate filled profanities on a waiting bench in the Kinston Ave. subway station. The vile hate messages are directed at Jews in general, and single out in particular Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and convicted scammer Bernie Madoff. The Graffiti still has not been removed as of this evening.
Photos: Hate Graffiti on Kingston Ave. Subway Bench
An early morning Jewish commuter was mortified to discover hate filled profanities on a waiting bench in the Kinston Ave. subway station. The vile hate messages are directed at Jews in general, and single out in particular Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and convicted scammer Bernie Madoff. The Graffiti still has not been removed as of this evening.
NYPD: Thieves Want Phones, iPads More than Cash
NY Daily News
An e-crime wave is sweeping the city with iPads, smartphones and other pricey devices now more popular with Big Apple thieves than even cold hard cash, cops say.
Artwork by Zalman Kleinman
Today, the 10th of Kislev is marked by Chabad Chassidim all over the world in celebration of the release of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch from the Czar's prison in 1826. Fifty six years later, in 1882, an anti-religious newspaper called 'Hamelitz,' published by the Haskalah/Zionist movement, “described” how the Chassidim in the Lithuanian town of Shvintzan conducted themselves throughout the Yud Kislev celebrations.
Flashback: Yud Kislev Adventures in 1882
Artwork by Zalman Kleinman
Today, the 10th of Kislev is marked by Chabad Chassidim all over the world in celebration of the release of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch from the Czar’s prison in 1826. Fifty six years later, in 1882, an anti-religious newspaper called ‘Hamelitz,’ published by the Haskalah/Zionist movement, “described” how the Chassidim in the Lithuanian town of Shvintzan conducted themselves throughout the Yud Kislev celebrations.
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