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Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mrs. Fania Branover, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Fania Branover OBM of Crown Heights, wife of Professor Herman Branover. The Levaya will pass by 770 tonight, Thursday, at 7:00 PM.
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Jewish Herald-Voice
The writing of a new sefer Torah is a joyous occasion that few Jews have the opportunity to witness in their lifetime. However, Houston is blessed with individuals who help preserve future Jewish generations by donating new sefer Torahs for Arks that may have been home only to Torahs on loan.
Houston Chabad House Lives it Up with New Torah
Jewish Herald-Voice
The writing of a new sefer Torah is a joyous occasion that few Jews have the opportunity to witness in their lifetime. However, Houston is blessed with individuals who help preserve future Jewish generations by donating new sefer Torahs for Arks that may have been home only to Torahs on loan.
Pictures from the wedding of Nosson Moshe Rozenfeld (Melbourne, Australia) and Chava Ester Adler (Toronto, Canada), which took place on Monday, January 23, 2012, at the Oholei Torah ballroom.
Wedding: Rozenfeld – Adler
Pictures from the wedding of Nosson Moshe Rozenfeld (Melbourne, Australia) and Chava Ester Adler (Toronto, Canada), which took place on Monday, January 23, 2012, at the Oholei Torah ballroom.
Chanchy Bruk’s Torah to Be Completed in Montana
On Sunday, 5th of Shevat, friends and family will join Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk and the Jewish community of Bozeman, Montana for a once in a lifetime celebration, the inauguration of two new Torahs to the local Chabad House. One of the Torahs is being dedicated in memory of the Shliach’s mother, and beloved Beis Rivkah teacher, Mrs. Chanchy Bruk of belssed memory.
Shalom Life
Students deliver food to the homeless in the cold.
The Chabad Student Network of Ottawa (CSN) delivered close to 150 hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches to the homeless on Wednesday, as part of an initiative co-organized by the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Ottawa Students Feed the Homeless
Shalom Life
Students deliver food to the homeless in the cold.
The Chabad Student Network of Ottawa (CSN) delivered close to 150 hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches to the homeless on Wednesday, as part of an initiative co-organized by the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Dina (nee Sherr) Saacks (Flatbush)
by Sandy Eller
Living in an age where the sixty second sound bites rules and a world of information can be carried in the palm of your hand, we constantly look ahead to the next new obsession, making it more important than ever to stay connected to our roots in order to ensure that as time continues its exorable march forward, the legacy that is our past stays fresh in our minds. As the last living witnesses to the horrors of Hitler’s unspeakable schemes live out their golden years, the movement to deny the Holocaust gains momentum, seeking to eradicate one of the defining periods in Jewish history by revising the annals of history.
Rainbow in the Night: Breathtaking New Music Video Takes on Holocaust Deniers
by Sandy Eller
Living in an age where the sixty second sound bites rules and a world of information can be carried in the palm of your hand, we constantly look ahead to the next new obsession, making it more important than ever to stay connected to our roots in order to ensure that as time continues its exorable march forward, the legacy that is our past stays fresh in our minds. As the last living witnesses to the horrors of Hitler’s unspeakable schemes live out their golden years, the movement to deny the Holocaust gains momentum, seeking to eradicate one of the defining periods in Jewish history by revising the annals of history.
Crown Heights Jews Vs. Their Hipster Neighbors
NY Daily News
Rabbi Joseph Speilman was head of Jewish Community Council. with his wife on their front stoop of their home.
It’s the hipsters vs. the Hasids in Crown Heights. Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing.
Baby Girl!
Yosef and Henny (nee Gelerenter) Wolowik (Los Angeles, CA)
Shliach Defends Chabad in Jewish Week
Rabbi Tuvia Teldon
In an article published about two weeks ago, Francine Klagbrun of the Jewish Week published an opinion column where, after complimenting Chabad for their genuine outreach to every Jew, regardless of financial means, offers a laundry list of old complaints about Chabad. Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, Director of Chabad in Long Island, wrote the following letter in response:
Over 100 Women Gather to Bake Challah
Delaware Online
Jody Grinberg holds 2-month-old Nosson Yeshaua Gruber while his mom, Yehudis Gruber, works on her dough.
In Jewish homes it’s customary to start the sabbath on Friday with challah, a braided bread that celebrates God’s historic blessings for the Jewish people and ever-present love. But while the making of challah was once routinely passed from mother to daughter, the tradition now is not as common in families because of people’s busy lives.
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Picture of Day: Bedek Habayis
A workman was spotted today doing repair work in a well frequented location in Crown Heights. Can you identify where it is? [Update: Answer in the Extended Article]
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Our Last Bite of Bread
In this 16th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how she had given away her last bites of bread to a starving Jew.
Kosher Meals Now Available on Capitol Hill
Roll Call
A former intern’s crusade to bring kosher food back to the Senate bore fruit Monday with the beginning of a trial run at the Dirksen Senate Office Building’s cafeteria.
Rohr JLI Launches Russian Chapter
Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar introduces the new JLI at a regional gathering of Shluchim.
With the launch of the first Russian language Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course February 6, Jews in formerly communist countries will join the ranks of their brethren everywhere else as they participate in a richer Jewish life experience with the benefit of advanced learning opportunities.
New York Times
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.
The Russian Jewish Congress announced on Tuesday that it had sent a letter of protest to regional officials over the decision to replace a memorial plaque to Jews killed in the Holocaust with one that mentions only “peaceful citizens of Rostov-on-Don and Soviet prisoners of war.”
City to Rid Mention of Jews from Holocaust Memorial
New York Times
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.
The Russian Jewish Congress announced on Tuesday that it had sent a letter of protest to regional officials over the decision to replace a memorial plaque to Jews killed in the Holocaust with one that mentions only “peaceful citizens of Rostov-on-Don and Soviet prisoners of war.”
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