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Promising New Treatment Cures 3 Leukemia Patients
AP
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Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells.
New Engagement!
Avi Slutzkin (Johannesburg, SA) and Gavi Brenner (Milwaukee, WI)
Markham Chabad Branching Out
Canadian Jewish Tribune
Markham Deputy Mayor Frank Scarpitti, centre, accepts an award from Rabi Avraham Plotkin, left, and Richard Steyn, president of Chabad Lubavitch of Markham, as part of Chabad Lubavitch of Markham’s 18th anniversary celebration.
Chabad Lubavitch of Markham has launched a new branch in the Bayview-Steeles area, under the leadership of Rabbi Yehuda and Chayala Zarchi. Chabad decided to establish the new branch, which is on Laureleaf Road, in the hopes that it will attract the thousands of unaffiliated Jews who live along the Bayview corridor and serve as a centre where they can explore Jewish life.
From hatchery to hot dog, JTA shows you how a kosher chicken is raised, slaughtered and turned into lunch.
Video: The Life of a Kosher Chicken
From hatchery to hot dog, JTA shows you how a kosher chicken is raised, slaughtered and turned into lunch.
Voices from the Streets
The Jewish Week
Some of the players in the Crown Heights drama look back, in their own words:
Roving Rabbis Arrive in Idaho
CDA Press
Athol, with a population near 700 and at most a handful of Jews, is not high on the priority list of most Jewish organizations.
Hand-Crafted Candelabrum Welcomes Detroit-Area Worshippers
Engineer, inventor and entrepreneur Martin Abel presents the plans of his 16-foot candelabrum that he had built for The Shul in West Bloomfield, Mich., in honor of his 65th wedding anniversary.
Once lit, a single candle can be used ignite other lights in an endless number of places. But without that initial spark, that same candle cannot light even the smallest space.
New Engagement!
Shlomo Nadtochy ( Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) and Liora Alter (Toronto, Canada)
New Documents Expose Attempt to Extort R. Osdoba
In recent months the drama over the election of Rabbi Yosef Braun along with the deceptions therein has been little discussed in the public. Despite the silence, however, the matter is far from resolved. In a collection of fiery letters obtained by CrownHeights.info between the parties involved, serious disrespect and contention highlight a division more serious then ever before.
NY1
Drivers in Brooklyn will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting Tuesday.
Parking in Brooklyn Just Got More Expensive
NY1
Drivers in Brooklyn will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting Tuesday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two young teenagers walked into Sterling Electronics this afternoon with the intention of ripping them off, only the sharp eyed store workers spotted them stuffing their pockets with electronics and called Shomrim.
Two Minors Apprehended by Shomrim for Shoplifting
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two young teenagers walked into Sterling Electronics this afternoon with the intention of ripping them off, only the sharp eyed store workers spotted them stuffing their pockets with electronics and called Shomrim.
NYPD to Patrol Facebook and Twitter to Nab Criminals
Daily News
The NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.
Roving Rabbis Knit Far-Flung People Together
Bismark Tribune
Yisroel Glick, left and Ephraim Carlebach visited Bismarck on Tuesday. Glick is originally from Australia and Carlebach is from Brooklyn, N.Y.
After four summers traveling the Midwest, the pair of Roving Rabbis have become accustomed to being mistaken for Amish, or Mennonites, or in the Dakotas, Hutterites.
(L-R) Rabbi Alan Green, Senior Rabbi at Shaarey Zedek and Rabbi Avrohom Altein, local Chabad Shliach.
A conservative synagogue and its senior rabbi touched off a heated discussion after Rabbi Alan Green and Shaarey Zedek introduced a proposal to bring interfaith burials into its cemetery. Local Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Altein along with several other community members with family buried at the cemetery took issue with this proposal, and Rabbi Greens contention that the “time has come to “embrace” intermarriage”.
Interfaith Burial an Issue in Winnipeg – Shliach Challenges
(L-R) Rabbi Alan Green, Senior Rabbi at Shaarey Zedek and Rabbi Avrohom Altein, local Chabad Shliach.
A conservative synagogue and its senior rabbi touched off a heated discussion after Rabbi Alan Green and Shaarey Zedek introduced a proposal to bring interfaith burials into its cemetery. Local Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Altein along with several other community members with family buried at the cemetery took issue with this proposal, and Rabbi Greens contention that the “time has come to “embrace” intermarriage”.
Lipa Schmeltzer – Leiby Forever.
NY Daily News
Hasidic singer Lipa Schmeltzer, also known as the ‘Jewish Elvis,’ is honoring Leiby Kletzky (below) with a seven-minute song called ‘Leiby Forever.’
A Hasidic singer will release Wednesday a tribute song and music video featuring home movies of a slain 8-year-old Brooklyn boy.
HOUSTON, TX [CHI] — In Houston for Shabbos, the Bike 4 Friendship cyclists met with Head Shliach to the state of Texas, Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff at an event Sunday Morning. A city proclamation from Mayor Annise Parker, acknowledging the bike team and their educational efforts, was read to the crowd.
Head Shliach of Texas meets with Bike 4 Friendship
HOUSTON, TX [CHI] — In Houston for Shabbos, the Bike 4 Friendship cyclists met with Head Shliach to the state of Texas, Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff at an event Sunday Morning. A city proclamation from Mayor Annise Parker, acknowledging the bike team and their educational efforts, was read to the crowd.
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