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More than 400 Students Unite for ‘Mega Shabbos’
Chicago, IL — More than 400 people gathered in Allison dining hall Friday evening for Northwestern University’s first Mega Shabbat, an event put together by members of the Jewish community on campus with contributions from the University. The event was open to all students, faculty and staff.
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Yonasan and Mushki (nee Wilansky) Gelman (Buffalo, NY)
NYPD Officers Instructed to Actually Report Crimes
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly laid down the law to the NYPD: Make it easier for New Yorkers to report crimes and make each one of them count.
Baltimore Friendship Circle Touches Lives
Parenting is tough. Very tough. Parenting a child with special needs is much tougher. It also can be lonely and isolating, for both the child and the parent. Baltimore’s first Friendship Circle branch aims to change that.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, January 23, for the Asian New Year. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
New York Declared America’s Rudest, Dirtiest City
New York has been named America’s rudest city in a survey by Time + Leisure magazine. But the article said The Big Apple was also America’s most diverse city, which could explain some of the unfriendliness.
The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, spent last Shabbos at the Chabad House in Palm Springs, California. The following are photos of his Melave Malka “tisch” on Motzei Shabbos.
Photos: Satmar Rebbe Spends Shabbos at Chabad
The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, spent last Shabbos at the Chabad House in Palm Springs, California. The following are photos of his Melave Malka “tisch” on Motzei Shabbos.
Thousands of people gathered this past weekend at the gravesite in Haditch, Ukraine, of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder and father of the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic group which became a worldwide phenomenon affecting the lives of millions and known to almost every Jew, on the 199th anniversary of his death.
Video: Thousands Celebrate Alter Rebbe’s Life
Thousands of people gathered this past weekend at the gravesite in Haditch, Ukraine, of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder and father of the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic group which became a worldwide phenomenon affecting the lives of millions and known to almost every Jew, on the 199th anniversary of his death.
New Engagement!
Eli Tsvik (Hillside, NJ) and Rachel Schechter (Miami Beach, FL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at 822 Empire blvd.
[between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]
Letters to Frierdiker Rebbe Torn Up and Place in Ohel
Thousands of letters that people wrote to the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe, from the 1930s in Poland to after the war in New York and onward, were found in the Rebbe’s Head Secretary, Rabbi Nissin Mindel‘s possession after his passing.
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Mayer and Chanie (nee Kanelsky) Wilschanski (Crown Heights)
CHJCC Offices Broken Into, Computers Stolen
Crown Heights [CHI] — Early Friday morning, January 20, 2012 the Crown Heights Community Council offices, located at 387 Kingston Ave., were broken into. A police report was filed that day.
Op-Ed: Tzena Ur’ena – Just Go Out and See
There are literally hundreds of girls and boys of all ages looking to get married in Crown Heights today, so why the shidduch crisis?
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Michoel and Mishi Harari (Crown Heights)
Atlanta Paper Behind Obama Assassination Article Falsely Associated with Chabad
Atlanta, GA [CHI] — A column that was recently published in the Atlanta Jewish Times caused an uproar in the American media; the author, Andrew Adler, listed the assassination of President Obama as a possible solution to the standoff between Israel and Iran. Media pundits were up in arms, Jewish groups were quick to denounce the paper and even the Secret Service got involved. But there was another unfortunate misunderstanding regarding the ill-conceived article: the notion that the paper is affiliated with the Chabad movement.
