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Israeli Veterans Recover with Aspen Ski Vacation

The Aspen Times

Injured Israeli vet Yogev Menashe was among the participants in the Golshim L’Chaim program in Aspen this past week.

ASPEN, CO — The Hebrew language has no specific word for “skiing.” The word used — “golshim” — literally means “to slide,” and is also used to describe surfing, even surfing the Internet. Which does not mean skiing is nonexistent in Israel. Located in the country’s extreme north is Mount Hermon — pitched as a “magical winter wonderland,” even if the snow is mostly ice, the lift lines are predictably long, and the roads to get to the slopes are usually clogged.

Rabbi to Settlers: Shoot Back at Troops

Article by Jpost. Video by Shturem.net

At the 1 minute mark, the Rabbi makes his questionable remarks.

A Chabad rabbi has called to strike back at soldiers in the same way they act against settlers, predicting a civil war among Israel’s Jews.

Lawsuit Seeks to Erase Bike Lane in New York City

NY Times

A bike lane along Prospect Park West in Brooklyn is the focus of a lawsuit filed Monday against the Transportation Department.

Well-connected New Yorkers have taken the unusual step of suing the city to remove a controversial bicycle lane in a wealthy neighborhood of Brooklyn, the most potent sign yet of opposition to the Bloomberg administration’s marquee campaign to remake the city’s streets.

Church to Become a Chabad House

NJ Jewish Standard
<%image(20110308-chabad-bergen-county.jpg|525|297|A computer rendering of the planned building. Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan (inset))%>

A computer rendering of the planned building. Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan (inset).

After a decade of local wanderings, Chabad Jewish Center of Northwest Bergen County is in contract to purchase a former church as its permanent Franklin Lakes address.

Foolish Kings

by Yochanan Gordon

Among the Arab nations, the mightiest despots, who have been ruling with an iron fist for 30, 40, or even 50 years, have overnight been stripped of their power. It just goes to show us how tenuous a grip these rulers really have.

Rebuild Chabad of New Zealand

by Rabbi Shmuel Kopel

Lubavitchers around the world have been hearing about the miraculous events that happened to the Shluchim in New Zealand. After the terrifying earthquake, a shlucha ran down five flights of stairs with her son Moshe to a scene of chaos. Not every building was as lucky as hers, many buildings close by were flattened like “pancakes” as she says.

Chabad of West Hempstead Annual Awards Dinner

Community leaders and elected officials including Nassau County executive Edward Mangano, Nassau County Legislature Vincent Muscarella, Town of Hempstead Councilman Edward Ambrosino, Rabbi Tuvia Teldon regional director Chabad of Long Island, Rabbi Anchele Perl director Chabad of Mineola and co director of Chabad of Long Island, were present at the prestigious Garden City Hotel on New York’s Long Island to celebrate with Rabbi Yossi and Chaya Rochel Lieberman and Chabad of West Hempstead at their annual awards dinner last week.