Chabad Lights a Fire Under Chanukah
Wall Street Journal
The Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska traditionally hosts an art show to celebrate Hanukkah. This year, however, Rabbi Joseph Greenberg wanted to go bigger.
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A Store Where Toys Must Be Kosher
NY Times
Double Play Toys, in the largely Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park, operates with the kind of self-policing that few toy stores in other neighborhoods can match. It does not carry Batman and Spider-Man action figures because they encourage violence and the watching of television.
in this toy store, Batman and Spider-Man are not heroes. For one thing, said Barbara Shine, manager of Double Play Toys in Borough Park, Brooklyn, the characters encourage interest in television, and the Orthodox Jewish families who make up her clientele do not watch television. More important, those toys might also teach lessons Hasidic parents don’t want their children to learn.
Fathers and Sons Have Melava Malka at Oholei Torah
photo by EllTeePhoto.com
Boys in Oholei Torahs Pre-1a through 2nd grade had a Melava Malka with their fathers, together they learned Chumash and each got their own Tanya at the end of the event.
North Miami Beach Jewish Community Arming Themselves After Crime Surge
NBC Miami
People in one North Miami Beach community are so fed up with crime, they’re arming themselves.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Rabbi Meir Halberstam, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Meir Halberstam of Bnei Brak, at the age of 85. Rabbi Halberstam is survived by his two sons: Rabbis Chaim Boruch and Chesed Halberstam of Crown Heights. He was the grandfather of terrorism victim Ari Halberstam HYD.
Senate Majority Leader Lights Menorah with Chabad
WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada welcomed West Coast Chabad’s Rabbi Chaim Nochum Cunin and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cunin for a pre-Chanukah celebration in the Lyndon B. Johnson Room of the United States Capitol. The Senator joined Chabad in a symbolic lighting of the center “Shamash” candle on the Menorah.
5 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Dovid Nissan and Tzivia (nee Gorkin) Jacobs
1490 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
J.J. and Shaina (nee Klappholz) Katz
1276 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yudi and Devory (nee Greenwald) Steiger
522 Maple St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Mendel and Yochi Scheiman
770 Empire Blvd. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.] Apt. 5L
Sholom and Mushky (nee klein) Kass
Photo Gallery: Yud Tes Kislev All Around the World
Pictures of Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, Montreal and… the Amazon Rain Forest!
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present a series of unique photos from the Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens of the years 1954, 1955 and 1959.
“After the eighth day of Chanukah we stop lighting the candles. But as far as Mitzvos are concerned, the ninth day must bring an added Mitzvah, and the tenth day another new Mitzvah — constantly increasing and growing.”
Weekly Living Torah Video: Chanukah, the Day After
“After the eighth day of Chanukah we stop lighting the candles. But as far as Mitzvos are concerned, the ninth day must bring an added Mitzvah, and the tenth day another new Mitzvah — constantly increasing and growing.”
Baby Boy!
Yudi and Devory (nee Greenwald) Steiger (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 522 Maple St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Baby Girl!
Levi and Beila (nee Matusof) Edelman (Paris, France)
New Engagement!
Follie Dubov (London, England) and Elky Levin (Kensington, NY)
L’Chaim will be Motzei Shabbos at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Crown Heights [CHI] — The entire 770 has been evacuated and all the morning regulars are congregating outside due to a suspicious package that has been mysteriously placed at the “Shalash” entrance (between old and new 770 buildings). The NYPD's bomb squad is on the way to inspect the package and determine what further steps must be taken. Update: Package determined to be harmless.
Bomb Scare at 770 [Update: Package Harmless]
Crown Heights [CHI] — The entire 770 has been evacuated and all the morning regulars are congregating outside due to a suspicious package that has been mysteriously placed at the “Shalash” entrance (between old and new 770 buildings). The NYPD’s bomb squad is on the way to inspect the package and determine what further steps must be taken. Update: Package determined to be harmless.
Shomrim 6 to Mark 2 Years to Their Miraculous Victory
Shomrim Coordinator Gedalia (Gadi) Hershkop speaks at last years event.
It was a fight for their lives, a combined 90 years in prison could have been the punishment handed down by the courts of the State of New York had they have – Chas Veshalom – been found guilty, but have been miraculously saved from this evil decree.
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