Some 350 prominent guests, partnering politicians, and lay leaders attended the Chabad Russian Center of South Florida’s Inaugural Gala at the Surf Club in January, where plans to build a $7.7 million Jewish Russian Community Center in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida where unveiled.
Nicolo Nourafchan (Los Angeles, CA) and Chaya Barber (Crown Heights)
Parramatta Synagogue’s Rabbi Yossi Wernick will be sorely missed as he heads south to start in a new role at Chabad Frankston and Mornington Peninsula, the shul’s president Motty Tenenboim said this week.
Mendy (ben Peretz) Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Mussy (bas Baruch) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
The Israeli supreme rabbinical court of appeals upheld a life sentence handed down to a “Chabad” man who has refused for ten years to give his wife a bill of divorce.
Yehuda and Shaindy (nee Brownstein) Green (Kingston, PA)
Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York’s fourth Super Bowl title.
Jewish communities throughout the world commemorated 63 years since the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, ascended to the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch.
Daniel Goldshmidt (Crown Heights) and Batsheva Rosenberg (North Hollywood, CA)
Talmidim in Lubavitcher Yeshivas younger grades got a preview of Tu B’Shvat today with a hands on workshop organized by mothers in the PTA. The workshop began with an examination of the Shivas Haminim, decorating a flowerpot which then later filled with soil and seeds and concluded with a Farbrengen.
Eli Philips (Worcester, MA) and Devorah Leah Tennenhaus (Hallendale Beach, FL)
In honor of Yud Shvat, all 550 students of Beth Rivkah Montreal were involved in special programs.
Hours after news hit web pages about the Litchfield, CT Board of Education’s decision to not observe Jewish high holidays on the 2012-13 school calendar, community members responded with mixed emotions.
Dov Ber Gurewicz (Chicago, IL) and Mushky Sirota (Morristown, NJ)
L’chaim will be Monday night at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] at 8:00 PM
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Las Vegas, NV — Angry Ron Paul supporters overtook a special caucus Saturday night for religious voters who honor the Sabbath, prompting long lines, frantic GOP officials and voter fraud complaints.
Mosab Hassan Yousef has become estranged from his Palestinian family after outing himself as a long-time spy for Israeli intelligence, and does not regret his service.
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