Baby Boy!
Schneur Zalman and Nechama (nee Schmerling) Glick (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Asher Ross (Woodmere, NY) and Shayna Winston (Bet Shemesh, Israel)
New Engagement!
Eli (ben Mendel) Raksin (Crown Heights) and Naomi Weisberg (Toronto, Ontario)
Huts Geared to Tourists Signal Sukkot’s Arrival
Just before Epcot Center’s ticket counters, to the right of guest relations, visitors to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., can expect to see a sign welcoming them to a specially-erected sukkah.
Canadian Government Gives Chabad House $1 Million
The Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund is helping people with disabilities in Markham and the surrounding area to gain full access to Chabad of Markham’s Centre for Skills and Independence.
Picture of the Day: Boredom = Vandalism
Apparently, someone has been walking around our neighborhood with too much time on their hands. A reader sent us these photos of a succession of cars on New York Ave. between Carroll & Crown St. whose mirrors had been vandalized for no apparent reason.
Netanyahu Calls Shalit Parents – Gilad Coming Home
2:35 PM: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has phoned Noam and Aviva Shalit, the parents of captive IDF soldier Gilad, explaining “since taking office I have waited to make this call. A deal has been reached to bring Gilad home. I have a majority in the cabinet. Gilad is coming home!”
Film Depicts Jewish Children in Cantonist/Haskala Era
A riveting new film for women by Chabad Israeli filmmaker Tali Avrahami, The Fence (HaGader) is the intense and inspiring story of a Jewish family during a critical point in history. During the 1800s, the Jewish people were experiencing the devastating Cantonist practice of the Czars–which wrenched young Jewish boys away from their families to complete their childhood and young adulthood in the brutal Russian Army–coupled with the destructive enticements of the assimilationist Haskalah intellectual movement. The film’s message is timeless, and eerily relevant to the era we live in today.
Columbus City Schools and the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center's LifeTown in New Albany accepted a $150,000 sponsorship gift to fund the LifeTown curriculum for district's special-needs program this school year.
Ohio Electric Company Donates $150,000 for Education
Columbus City Schools and the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center’s LifeTown in New Albany accepted a $150,000 sponsorship gift to fund the LifeTown curriculum for district’s special-needs program this school year.
Thousands of palm fronds have been smuggled from Egypt and have made their way to Israel and the United States, veteran palm frond traders said Monday, despite the Egyptian ban on their export ahead of the upcoming Sukkot holiday.
Despite Ban, Thousands of Lulavim Smuggled out of Egypt
Thousands of palm fronds have been smuggled from Egypt and have made their way to Israel and the United States, veteran palm frond traders said Monday, despite the Egyptian ban on their export ahead of the upcoming Sukkot holiday.
“Women! Step Aside for Men!”
City workers have removed signs warning women in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn to step aside for men.
The Rubashkin Petition, now in it's third week, has launched a massive new campaign entitled “Fortune 500,” with the goal to become number one in petitions gathered in a 30 day span.The plan is to get 500 people who really care to commit themselves to getting 25 signatures each.
Justice for Sholom Launches ‘Fortune 500’ Campaign
The Rubashkin Petition, now in it’s third week, has launched a massive new campaign entitled “Fortune 500,” with the goal to become number one in petitions gathered in a 30 day span.The plan is to get 500 people who really care to commit themselves to getting 25 signatures each.
PSA: Important Safety Tips for Sukkos
The following are important safety tips – courtesy of the Jewish Fire Prevention Organization – to ensure that you have a happy and safe Sukkos!
FJC Demands Investigation into Moscow Anti-Semitism
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) has expressed outrage over anti-Semitic graffiti painted on buildings in downtown Moscow. The graffiti imitate leaflets one could see in the streets of Kyiv ahead of mass killings of Jews at Babi Yar during the Nazi occupation of the city, FJCR’s press service has told Interfax.
Large Sukkah Coming to London’s New Street Square
A bevy of leading London firms, including Deloitte LLP, Taylor Wessing, Mishcon de Reya, and Speechly Bircham, are partnering with Chabad-Lubavitch UK, to bring a large 48-square meter sukkah to the fast-expanding New Street Square development in The City.
Messages in the Sky over NYC Not a Terrorist Warning
Cryptic messages written in the sky over lower Manhattan – part of a kooky art project – mystified and unnerved New Yorkers Sunday afternoon.
