As a husband for over ten years now, I think I’ve learnt a thing or two about shaitels. My wife has been through three, well four if you count the one she bought when we were engaged… the one she hasn’t worn since, that’s scrunched in a bag at the bottom of a drawer somewhere. (I’ve learned not to bring that up, no need to start a fight.)
The new Chabad facility, at the foot of the Los Liones National Park and a short walk to the Pacific Ocean, has undergone a transformational face-lift to inaugurate the building in time for the Jewish New Year. Formerly a Getty Trust property, the new center and home for the Palisades Jewish Early Childhood Center (P.J.E.C.C.) is unveiling an Ed Massey designed colorburst on the Sunset Boulevard facade that will greet drivers, joggers, walkers, and Chabad visitors of all ages as they drive to and enter the premises.
Ehud Olmert, the previous prime minister of Israel, tried to stick his head into the ongoing UN fiasco by penning an op-ed for the NY Times titled, “Peace Now, or Never.” After reading it your left wondering how Israel ever survived three years under him.
For the first time ever, Israeli officials have upgraded beach facilities at the Dead Sea to cater to the needs of the observant Jewish public. Beginning Monday, men and women who, in keeping with Jewish customs regarding modesty, wish to swim separately can do so in style at “the lowest place on earth.”
In a bold pioneering move, ULY in Crown Heights is making essential changes to its curriculum:
Cycling: Transportation for some, avocation for others, recreation for most.
Zalmy Goldstein (Poway, CA) and Esty Feldman (Sydney, Australia)
L’Chaim Tonight Thursday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
An 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that sweepingly denied Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s appeal has shocked tens of thousands of people monitoring the case, including many in the legal community.
CTeens of Merrick-Bellmore hosted their “Sundown at the Beach” event this Monday at the Chabad of the Beaches in Long Beach.
London Rabbi Herschel Gluck, a follower of the Chabad Hassidic sect, does not hide his association with Iran. According to the rabbi, it is the warm relations he has with influential officials in the Islamic republic that enabled him to try and enlist Iran to aid in the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
Mosab Hassan Yousef, the oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founder and leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, was a key member of the movement. Yet he gave up position, power and the love of his parents to spy for the Shin Bet, Israel’s intelligence service.
Yoel Hess (Lomita, California) and Vani Shpigelman (Montreal, Canada)
L’Chaim Tonight Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Won’t you come home, Shlomo Carlebach?
Seventeen years after his death and several generations after he split with the Lubavitcher rebbe in the late 1950s, the charismatic — and controversial — leader of New Age Judaism has regained a haven in his native Crown Heights.
Larry Robbins, a real estate developer and board leader of the Erin Mills Development Corporation, recently pledged more than $1 million to Chabad of Mississauga for an endowment fund earmarked for educational programs.
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