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Video: Police Should Be Punished for Issuing Bogus Tickets

Picture this; a cop pulls you over for talking on your cell phone, only you weren’t. Or a cop pulls you over for not stopping at a stop sign, only you did. How can one defend themselves when it’s their word versus the cops? In this video the driver will have evidence to prove that he did make the stop, contrary to the officers allegation, thanks to a ‘dash-cam’ he installed in his car.

Video: We Are One

This video presentation, performed by Meir and Mussia Garelik of Brussels, Belgium, was viewed by many dignitaries of the European Parliament, who came to celebrate with Rabbi Moshe Garelik, Chairman of the Rabbinical Council of Europe, in honor of his son’s upshernish.

Merkos Shlichus Blog: Just Light the Candles!

by Yaacov Sebbag and Lipa Benjaminson

“If you are looking for Jewish people, you have to meet Joanie on the next island,” a resident of Bocas del Toro exclaimed with excitement. “She has become the source of everything Jewish in this area.” Jumping into a water taxi, we made our way to Caremero, the next island over. At Caremero, we began walking around the exotic island to find the Jewish people we had come to visit.

My Experiences on Chabad Birthright Trip to Israel

by Samantha Hilsenrod

Rabbi Yochanan Rivkin, director of Chabad at Tulane University, inspires student on Birthright trip to Israel sponsored by Mayanot Institute.

As a student at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, I undertake a wide array of supplemental academic, social, and community service activities in conjunction to my everyday scholastic responsibilities. Suffice to say, these endeavors always prove worthwhile, often resulting in the formation of wonderful new friendships. In 2009, I had the opportunity to expand my understanding of Jewish culture and tradition as a participant in the Chabad Mayanot Birthright Israel Program. An incredibly fulfilling experience on multiple levels, my involvement with the Chabad movement at home in the United States as well as in Israel has served as a foundation for exploring my personal spiritual beliefs and family heritage, a lifelong journey that I look forward to pursuing further.

Shomrim Answer the Call to Yet Another Odd Rescue

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this week Shomrim were called to help free the leg of a young boy who got entangled in the frame of his bicycle, but Tuesday, an even more bizarre call came in. A girl was trapped inside of her basement apartment after someone had tied their dog up to her door!

“Eretz Peru”

Tablet Magazine

An Israeli restaurant (r) in Cusco, Peru (l).

Walk down the cobblestone alley, and you’ll see it lined with restaurants serving falafel and schnitzel and Internet cafés advertising their businesses with Hebrew signs and Israeli flags. Shoppers speak Hebrew, and Israeli pop music emanates from storefronts. A shopkeeper waves and calls out to a passerby, “Shalom!”

Britain’s Chief Rabbi to Open Cambridge Mikvah

After almost 30 years of planning and discussions Chabad of Cambridge are pleased to announce that from mid-September the city will have its own community Mikvah. The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks will officially open the Mikvah at a ceremony taking place on Sunday 11th September 2011.

Jews Flock to Ukrainian City Every Weekend

Elderly residents of Makeyevka, Ukraine, enjoy a kosher meal and Jewish inspiration at the home of Chief Rabbi Eliyahu and Dassi Kramer (l). One of the Kramers’ children helps a Jewish man don tefillin (r).

Every weekend, the Jewish population in the eastern industrial city of Makeyevka, Ukraine, swells. Thanks to a guest house opened in 2008, each and every Sabbath at the home of Chief Rabbi Eliyahu and Dassi Kramer features the new faces of those drawn by the promise of a spiritually-uplifting experience, free food and even free transportation.