Photos: Minor Damage Around 3am
Before the real storm settled in, damage was already cropping up around Crown Heights.
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Roving Rabbis Visit Rural Ontario Jewish Families
The Record
Visiting American Rabbis, Levi Weingarten (left) and Dovid Lepkivker, display religious items that they are sharing with local Jewish families who may be isolated and not located in Jewish communities. While they are staying in Waterloo, they are being hosted by Rabbi Moshe Goldman.
Strolling through Elmira and St. Jacobs, rabbis-in-training Dovid Lepkivker and Levi Weingarten got a few stares.
3:00am: Heavy rain and winds just starting to pick up prompted our photographer to take a walk through the deserted streets of Crown Heights, delivering a short five minute clip depicting what its looking like.
Raw Video: Irene Making an Appearance in CH
3:00am: Heavy rain and winds just starting to pick up prompted our photographer to take a walk through the deserted streets of Crown Heights, delivering a short five minute clip depicting what its looking like.
Neturei Karta Joins Islamists on Shabbos in Berlin
Ynet
More than 1,000 Muslims marched Saturday in Berlin and chanted anti-Israel slogans to mark al-Quds Day, set by Iran following the Islamist revolution in the country.
Irene Is Here, Remain Indoors, Safety Tips
New York, NY [CHI] – Hurricane Irene has arrived in the New York City area. In addition to the hurricane warning, a tornado warning has been issued for the city until 5am on Sunday. The time for evacuation has ended—remain indoors for the remainder of the storm.
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the eighth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week's topic, “The Rebbe on Racism”.
Torah in 10: The Rebbe on Racism
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the eighth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Racism”.
Painkiller Abuse on the Rise in NYC
NBC
The number of narcotic-related emergency room visits has risen significantly due to an increased abuse of prescription painkillers, according to a New York City Health Department survey.
My Time at a Hasidic Boys’ Camp
The boys and their counselors gather in front of “770” for a memorial service called Gimmel Tammuz: As the Chabad-Lubavitch website puts it: “The anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of righteous memory.
For the better part of July, my wife and I and our two youngest children were at a Hasidic camp for boys. My wife was employed there for the month as a camp nurse, and our oldest boy, aged nine, was there attending camp for the first time at a sleep-away camp. (I did some writing, working on my novel.) It was a good trial to see if he would like it. Actually, we weren’t far from him, but he was still in a bunk with other boys his own age. We were curious and slightly nervous how well he would fit in with the other boys, who were outwardly more religiously observant than our family was.
New York City Plans Shutdown of All Mass Transit
New York City officials say they’re preparing for the total shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system.
HURRICANE IRENE: Assault on East Coast Begins
As Hurricane Irene bears down on the U.S. East Coast, its inital rain bands are already rotating into the Carolinas bringing intense rain squalls complete with gusty winds.
Chabad of Naperville Expands to New Site
Naperville Sun
Rabbi Mendy Goldstein (right) and his wife, Alta Goldstein, lead the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville.
Their hearts are big, their reach is long, and they offer an endless supply of hospitality and welcome. Rabbi Mendy Goldstein and his wife, Alta, leaders of the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville are fulfilling the decree of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as “the Rebbe.”
Yisrael Bennish, 22, of Oak Park, Mich., and Eli Tsvik, 22, of Hillside, N.J., help Dan Farrell of Clearwater prepare to pray at Farrell’s restaurant in Clearwater.
A man at a gas station eagerly came up to Eli Tsvik one recent afternoon and, pointing to his tattoos, said, “I'm a bad Jew.”
Roving Rabbis Roam Pinellas to Help Jews Reconnect
Yisrael Bennish, 22, of Oak Park, Mich., and Eli Tsvik, 22, of Hillside, N.J., help Dan Farrell of Clearwater prepare to pray at Farrell’s restaurant in Clearwater.
A man at a gas station eagerly came up to Eli Tsvik one recent afternoon and, pointing to his tattoos, said, “I’m a bad Jew.”
JEM’s My Encounter team is on the road again! This trip will be to Southern California, and will take place from Sunday Elul 5 – Wednesday Elul 15th (September 4-14th).
Who do you know in California?
JEM’s My Encounter team is on the road again! This trip will be to Southern California, and will take place from Sunday Elul 5 – Wednesday Elul 15th (September 4-14th).
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