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New Scholarship Fund for Principals Launched

Principals in an LA school. Illustration Photo.

Menachem is excited to announce the establishment of a Scholarship Fund for the Principal Leadership Program, scheduled to commence on December 11th, 2010. This fund is made possible by the generosity of a member of our community who wished to remain anonymous. The donor’s dedication to our community and his recognition of Menachem’s cause, of the importance in investing in the education of our children, is truly inspiring.

NY State Prepares for End of Jobless Benefits

AP

New York is preparing for the possibility that an extra 190,000 residents could lose emergency unemployment insurance benefits at year’s end if Congress fails to act next week, state Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner said Friday.

An Art-Warming Story: Chabad Bringing Light, Warmth & Art to City of Brotherly Love

By Christopher Coffey for Chabad.edu
University of the Arts student Lauren Messina will enter the juried competition run by the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center for Students of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Old City Jewish Arts Center.

With the days growing colder, shorter and darker, a new Jewish center for Philadelphia art students wants to bring light and warmth to the City of Brotherly Love.

Panhandler Calls the Cops on Storeowners

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Our neighborhood has its fair share of panhandlers in our Shuls, on Kingston, at store entrances asking people to give them Tzedakah. Some are Jewish others are not, some are respectful and some are downright rude! This new face though prefers to call the cops on storeowners who ask him to move along, and we got it all on video.

PSA: Free Parenting Workshop this Thursday

Professor France Weill, a speech-language Pathologist expert in the field of language development at Touro College, will be holding a series of free interactive workshops for parents of young children at our facility in Crown Heights.

Diplomat Peels Back Curtain on Prime Ministerial Dealings

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner, center, accompanied Prime Minister Menachem Begin, left, to a meeting at the White House with U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right.

With a parliamentary system marred by a series of fractious political parties and beset by conflicting forces within and without, the tiny country of Israel is difficult ship for any prime minister to steer.