A major and historic event will take place at 10 AM, Friday, December 9, 2011 when Rabbi Menachem M. Stern, a bearded Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi, will be sworn into the U.S. Army as a Chaplain, First Lieutenant.
Getzy and Alisa Fellig (San Francisco, CA)
While Chabad’s Shluchim gathered for their conference in New York last week, their children were enjoying a special camp.
A pile of discarded cardboard boxes became a raging inferno at around 9:00 PM tonight (Wednesday) on Kingston Ave. between Crown and Montgomery St. in front of Flash Photography. Witnesses said the fire was lit deliberately. It was put out shortly after by the Fire Department.
Eliyahu and Dena Schusterman (Atlanta, GA)
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state-run website for job seekers now lists 52,000 openings statewide.
A New Brunswick man was arrested today on charges of smashing windows at five Highland Park stores that were apparently targeted because they are owned by Jewish merchants.
Yaakov and Rochel Bellinsky (Migdal Ha’emek, Israel)
The man pictured above has been seen over the past few weeks, along with a female accomplice, claiming a good sob story to unsuspecting strangers in order to elicit money from them. Sometimes it’s about his car breaking down; other times it’s his mother who passed away or his kids who are sick. He has been noted to specifically target Jews, as they seem to be more passionate to his story/ies. While it is not a crime to collect charity, is is not OK to lie to people and take advantage of their kindness. Please avoid this man, and do not give him money unless he decides to collect charity in an honest way.
What do you think about when making a bracha? An amazing video captures the power of creation encapsulated in each bracha we make over food.
Naftoli and Rochel (nee Yarmush) Charytan (Crown Heights)
The Jewish community in Zhitomir, Ukraine, is celebrating a series of accomplishments, from the construction of a new fence protecting its local cemetery to the recent circumcisions of three boys and one 60-year-old man who decided to embrace their heritage. The community is led by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary serving the region.
Video by Yankee Teitelbaum
This past Motzei Shabbos, parshas Toldos, some 70 men and women, members of the Besht Center and the greater Crown Heights community, came to bid farewell to Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson, rabbi of the Besht. The Kalmensons will be moving to Central London to open a new Chabad house.
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