A true testament to the power of the human spirit. Libby Schneerson, who has Down’s Syndrome, and was a recipient of Friendship Circle of LA’s services for eight years, stepped up to the plate and decided to give back and become a volunteer.
Members of Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, NJ tell what being part of Chabad means to them.
Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
We are pleased to present our Fifty First online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
Levi and Shainy (nee Lustig) Greenberg (Crown Heights)
Concerned with the proliferation of foreign shop signs, two New York City lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would require that store names and addresses be in English.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of the known philanthropist Reb Berel Weiss OBM of Californian at the age of 85.
KSCVK held its annual Ice Cream Social last night, the event featured over fifty cakes uniquely crafted by talented bakers. The cakes were later auctioned off to the highest bidder with some cakes going for as much as $1,500!
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An impatient sixty year old woman smashed up her car along with three other parked cars all while narrowly avoiding a pedestrian in an early morning accident on Kingston Avenue.
A man who was dangling from the Brooklyn Bridge was pulled to safety by police officers Sunday afternoon as scores of people watched from the pedestrian walkway, from the street below and from cars on the bridge that had been halted during the rescue.
What started with 25 boxes four months ago now includes 100 packages of non-perishable goods and a waiting list of needy families across the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. And according to Rabbi Noach Heber, director of the Chabad Relief Project, the effort by Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown to feed those who are having trouble putting food on the table shows no signs of letting up.
A recent spate of murders in the city combined with a shrinking police force has some officials and residents fearing bloody months ahead.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Friendship Circle of Crown Heights marked the end of a fun filled year of friendship with an exciting bowling trip followed by a visit to Dagans Pizza.
CURTIBA, Brazil [CHI] — Close to 500 people filled the Radisson Hotel in Curitiba, Brazil, for a special evening paying tribute to the Holocaust survivors of Curitiba, both those living, and those that have already passed away, in an event called “Triumph of the Spirit”.
Mendy and Aidie Naparstek (Long Beach, CA)
Yudi and Rivky Steiner (Washington, DC)
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