Only a stone’s throw from Zuccotti Park where protestors clashed with police last Wednesday evening, scores of Wall Street businesspeople and residents took to dancing in the rain at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Battery Place.
In unseasonably mild weather, The Friendship Circle’s recent Walk 4 Friendship drew more than one thousand participants and raised $430,000 to support its mission of continually cultivating friendships through their wide range of ever-evolving programming. Decked out in bright blue t-shirts, the walkers marched the symbolic 1.5 KM route around Hampstead Park allowing everyone to take part in the fun.
Mendel and Chaya (nee Baras) Berkowitz (Crown Heights)
Yisroel and Shuli Labkowski (North Miami Beach, FL)
Ari Weingarten (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Block (San Antonio, TX)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavicher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
The High Court of Justice on Monday, 24 Cheshvan, rejected an appeal filed on behalf of Shmuel Weissfish, a member of the Geula neighborhood’s Vaad HaTznius. Shmuel was convicted of a number of acts of violence in targeting an area business that he deemed unsuitable. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment, which he will be beginning before Chanukah. In addition, he must reimburse the store’s owner for damage to the tune of 50,000 Shekels ($13,300).
Chaim Muller (London, UK) and Rivka Israel (Sydney, Australia)
Nearly one-third of the state’s population will be on Medicaid in three years if ObamaCare is upheld by the US Supreme Court, state officials said.
The Rohr Chabad Student Network in Ottawa, Canada, led by Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsky, celebrated a Gala Bat & Bar Mitzva for students who never had one this past Saturday night, Nov. 20.
Crown Heights [CHI] — Students arrived at Yeshiva Chovevei Torah this morning to discover to their dismay that sometime last night, several pairs of Tefillin were stolen from a Mesivta classroom on the first floor. The Tefillin were removed from their bags – seemingly so that they should be able to fit into the thief’s pockets. The act may have taken place during a simcha which was going on at the time in the hall downstairs.
A young rabbi who moved with his family this month from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Columbia hopes not only to join the community here but also to create one.
Uri and Galit (nee Dadon) Kelman (Los Angeles)
When Noah Gross, 21, headed to Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton and Conference, he wasn’t really sure what to expect, or if it’d really be the combination of fellow students, lectures, and community his campus rabbi had been promising.
Hi, I’m an eleventh grader. Another eleventh grader wrote about how hard it is for girls in Crown Heights and other big Lubavitch schools to swim against the tide. One of the things that actually helps us teenagers create positive peer pressure is Achos Hatmimim (which deserves a whole article onto itself).
But what about the girls who don’t even have that??
What a beautiful and exciting day it was! The Groundbreaking and Cornerstone ceremony was attended by close to 150 people from throughout the community. Community rabbis, leaders of local Jewish Organizations and young and old alike gathered for a special moment in the history of Chabad.
As we approach the Summer blossoming season in South America, what better way and who better to open the season with a musical tribute to some of the most influential Jewish organizations in South America?
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