Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County has bought the building that housed the Shalom Center at Western Washington University. The $880,000 purchase closed Wednesday, Oct. 5. The building at 102 Highland Drive had been owned by Campus Christian Ministries.
Egypt didn’t miss an opportunity yesterday snatching a visibly shaken Gilad Shalit, barely released from captivity, with a masked Hamas gunman hovering over him, for a boorish interview.
Hundreds turned out for Simchas Beis Hashueva in Crown Heights with lively music lasting into the night accompanied by Eli Marcus and Benny Friedman.
Crown Heights and Boro Park Shomrim had a really busy day Monday; together, they both successfully handled five missing person incidents. From an intoxicated 15-year-old who vanished in Crown Heights, to a 3-year-old child who wandered away from her parents on a the Coney Island boardwalk.
Lubavitchers in Montreal attended the Kinus Torah of Sukkos with speakers: Rosh Kollel, halachic author, Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva.
The Monsey Chabad community held a Simchas Beis Hashuevah in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul last night, children were treated to an entertaining show and danced with their fathers into the night.
One of this years Sukkah innovations was the conversion of pedi-cabs into pedi-Sukkahs. One reader spotted one in midtown and sent us this short clip of a Bochur doing Mivtzoim.
In exchange for Gilad Shalit’s release, Israel is freeing 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners. The first 477, agreed upon with Hamas, were released Tuesday. Most had been serving life sentences for their roles in attacks against Israelis, and they included the organizers or perpetrators of many of the most infamous terrorist attacks against Israelis over the past several decades.
The days of the surprise $2,000 cell phone roaming bill will soon be over.
Sholly and Nechama (nee heber) Wiser (Crown Heights)
Two days after police and protesters clashed in the Italian capital, local dignitaries joined members of Rome’s Jewish community for a Sukkot demonstration of ethnic tolerance.
Israel’s army spokesman says captured soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit “has returned home” after more than five years in Hamas captivity.
Benny Friedman, Eli Marcus and Yehuda Piamenta rock Simchas Beis Hashoeiva at Chabad-Lubavitch of Flatbush.
Hundreds of Jewish families across Metro Detroit this week are spreading the message of the holiday of Sukkot.
The Big Apple’s major airports — JFK, La Guardia and Newark — are among the worst in the nation for on-time arrivals.
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