Shliach Disappointed by Denial of Menorah Request
Pittsburgh Tribune
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
When borough council denied a request for a menorah at the borough building, some members of Chabad Fox Chapel were disappointed.
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Excerpts from a broadcast on channel 2 news during Chanukah 5752 (1991-1992) of the Chanukah Live satellite hook-up connecting communities all over the world with 770.
Video: Rare Footage from ‘Chanukah Live’ 1992
Excerpts from a broadcast on channel 2 news during Chanukah 5752 (1991-1992) of the Chanukah Live satellite hook-up connecting communities all over the world with 770.
One Third of Americans Are Arrested by Age of 23
Daily Mail
Almost one in three teenagers and young adults have been arrested by the age of 23 for anything from underage drinking to violent crime.
CBS New York
Five New York City firefighters were injured fighting a blaze at a Crown Heights apartment Monday morning.
Five Firefighters Injured Battling Crown Heights Blaze
CBS New York
Five New York City firefighters were injured fighting a blaze at a Crown Heights apartment Monday morning.
Wedding: Zhivalyuk – White
Pictures from the wedding of Nesanel Zhivalyuk (Newton, PA) and Dassi White (Seattle, WA), which took place on December 18, 2011 in the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia, PA.
This Thursday: Worlds’s Largest Menorah Parade
The organizers of the Annual NYC Chanukah Menorah Parade, run by the Mitzvah Tank Org. under the auspices of the Lubavitch Youth Org., have announced that due to more “Pirsumei Nisa”, this year tradition will change. The parade will be advanced to Thursday night the 3rd night of Chanukah – Dec 22nd at 5pm, instead of Motzoei Shabbos as every year.
Watch RCCS Chinese Auction Live! – ENDED
Mendy Pellin, the world-acclaimed Chassidic comedian and actor, flew in from Los Angeles to co-host the RCCS “Miracles ’11” Auction drawing. Pellin joins a long list of Jewish superstars who have dedicated this evening on behalf of the several hundred cancer-stricken families helped each year by RCCS, the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society.
Swampscott Patch
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker sounds the shofar at the starting line to begin the race.
The Chanukah Run-a-Latke in Swampscott, Massachusetts was as much about the latke as it was about the run.
50 Participate in Chabad’s Chanukah Run-a-Latke
Swampscott Patch
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker sounds the shofar at the starting line to begin the race.
The Chanukah Run-a-Latke in Swampscott, Massachusetts was as much about the latke as it was about the run.
by Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach in Rancho Mirage, California
What is a Chasid, you ask? The question was asked more than a century ago; the illustrious master answered, “he is a lamternsh’chik, a lamplighter”. But you live in the here and now, and so you ask, what is a lamplighter? He was a common figure in the world before light pollution camouflaged the night. The gas lamps were prepared, fuel and wick, and come eventide the lamplighter-fellow with his long stick, carrying fire at the far end, would light each lamp as he worked his way down the street.
Lamplighters to Your Stations
by Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach in Rancho Mirage, California
What is a Chasid, you ask? The question was asked more than a century ago; the illustrious master answered, “he is a lamternsh’chik, a lamplighter”. But you live in the here and now, and so you ask, what is a lamplighter? He was a common figure in the world before light pollution camouflaged the night. The gas lamps were prepared, fuel and wick, and come eventide the lamplighter-fellow with his long stick, carrying fire at the far end, would light each lamp as he worked his way down the street.
Brookdale Hospital Accused of Endangering Patients
Wall Street Journal
Brookdale Hospital
Health authorities have grown alarmed at mounting signs of disorder and danger to patients at a Brooklyn hospital already reeling from major financial problems and allegations of political corruption.
Op-Ed: Poison Pens Vs. Israel
by Michael Goodwin – NY Post
Thomas Friedman is heckled by Rabbi Shmully Hecht at Yale.
A Jewish friend who leans right offers a shorthand way to understand how Americans see Israel. Liberals, he says, love Jews and hate Israel, while conservatives reverse the pattern.
WSVN
A local mother is thankful her son with special needs is safe after he arrived home hours late from school.
Late Disabled Child Has Miami Mother Worried Sick
WSVN
A local mother is thankful her son with special needs is safe after he arrived home hours late from school.
Cool Jew
Shopping Malls Get in Chanukah Spirit
JTA
Westfield Shopping Centre, London, UK
Westfield, the world’s largest shopping mall empire founded by Holocaust survivor Frank Lowy, will this year welcome in Chanukah on three continents.
Satmar Bochur Is Critically Injured at Armory
NY Daily News
Illustration Photo
A teenager was critically injured Sunday after he crashed a forklift inside an armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Update: Please say Tehilim for Yaakov Meir ben Bina.
Baby Girl!
Ariel and Rozy (nee Brashevitzky) Spiegel
BDE: Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kalmenson, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kalmenson of Aubervilliers, France. He was one of the first shluchim of the Rebbe; he started his shlichus in 1963 and founded a school called ‘Schneor.’ With his continued effort, devotion and dedication, Aubervilliers has become a blossoming jewish community. The school currently has about 500 students.
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