While Mayor Marched, Shots Fired at the Parade

NY Post

Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn — not far from where Mayor Bloomberg was marching — as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.

By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said.

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Wisconsin Shul Dedicates Torah 3 Years After Break-In

The Aug. 28 celebration brought almost 100 people to Chabad of Kenosha, where they danced with the new Torah scroll dedicated in honor of Rabbi Tzali Wilschanski’s late grandfather, Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Kotlarsky.

Visitors from around Wisconsin joined out-of-state guests at the Chabad-Lubavitch center in Kenosha to celebrate the dedication of a new Torah scroll commissioned after the theft of the center’s previous two scrolls.

Video: To Become a Teacher

Hear and get inspiration from a group of teachers, students and principals who will tell you all about how significant teachers are in their lives and share the glory of affecting people for life. This video was produced and directed by David Jasse

5,000 March for Friendship Circle

West Bloomfield Patch

Neither the threat of rain nor a torn tendon in his left foot could keep Michael Weiss away from the sixth annual Walk4Friendship, a Friendship Circle fundraiser that brought roughly 5,000 walkers to West Bloomfield Sunday afternoon.

Night of Violence Injures Many and Claims Life

An inseparable part of the West Indian-American Day Parade is a nighttime celebration called J’ouvert. It is a night feared and dreaded by the police, both for their own safety and the amount of people who get shot and stabbed throughout the night. This year was no different, with a number of fatalities as well as people shot and stabbed all around the area.

Jewish Learning Starts Early with ‘Ima and Me’

Heritage

Batsheva Majesky with her mom, Chanshy, enjoy ‘Ima and Me’ time together.

The Chabad of North Orlando held their last summer session of “Ima and Me,” a hands-on class for moms with babies and toddlers that combines nondenominational Jewish learning with cutting edge educational practices, on Aug. 22.

Sparta Welcomes New Rabbi

Sparta Independent

Rabbi Mendel Dubov

Rabbi Mendel Dubov has been appointed as the new spiritual leader of the Chabad Jewish Center of Sussex County. Rabbi Dubov and his wife Chava Dubov will head all educational, social, charitable and religious services provided by the Jewish Center.

Miracle in Itamar: Torah Ark Falls on Baby During Farbrengen; Baby Unharmed

Arutz 7

An incident which can be described as nothing short of a miracle occurred in the Shomron community of Itamar on Tuesday. A synagogue ark containing heavy Torah scrolls fell on a baby and the baby survived.