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Terrror Bomb Scare: NYPD Keeps Closer Eye on Jewish Community

By Jake Pearson and Christina Boyle for the NY Daily News

Security was stepped up at synagogues across New York on Saturday and the Jewish community was on alert after authorities intercepted explosives bound for Chicago houses of worship.

Video – Kotel Activist Praises Shluchim

In a short video message to Chabad, Kotel activist, Gutman Locks praises Shluchim and Shluchos around the world. Saying that, “When you do what the Rebbe said to do, you are the Rebbe in the world today, you are his hand.”

Rubashkin Judge Rules on Her Own Conflict of Interest—Draws Rebuke as “Arrogant”

Artist drawing of Sholom Rubashkin taking the witness stand during his financial-fraud trial in federal court in Sioux Falls, S.D. November 5, 2009. By Mark Marturello for the Des Moines Register.

U.S. District Judge Linda Reade issued a ruling on October 27, 2010 denying a motion for new trial for Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin – a former meatpacking executive who was convicted in 2009 of financial fraud following an immigration raid on his family’s Postville, Iowa company, known then as Agriprocessors.

Ancient Lions and the Modern Man

By Tzvi Greenberg
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Understanding the past is critical to understanding the present. Attention to history slows the racings of contemporary life. It lends context to confusion and provides the lens which sharpens our perspective.

So let us survey the plains of the past. Let us gather ourselves about the hearth of lore and legend and perhaps be enlightened.

Op-Ed: “I Never Imagined It Would Happen To Me”

by Yosef Bergovoy

The three Bochurim being stopped and ticketed Sunday night.

Yesterday was a beautiful day in the city. The sun was shining bright, the leaves were whirling in the street corners, and the birds were chirping. Everyone was doing their errands, be it on Kingston Ave. or Fulton Street in Manhattan. I even talked to a very friendly officer as I was going into the subway.

So why does everyone feel and think that there is so much bad in the world? Why today did I not feel or see any of it? Well the reason is because there is lots of good in the world, but there are a bunch of problems too. Just like people, a person is mostly good but they can have a couple of problems which can make a relationship not work. The same applies to a job, for example being a police officer. For the most part they are doing their job, but there are some glaring issues as well.

GOP Gains May Cloud Mideast Picture

By James D. Besser for the Jewish Press
Republican wins could produce domestic gridlock, uncertainty for Obama peace plans.

WASHINGTON, DC — A big Republican victory on Nov. 2 could bring the Obama administration’s troubled domestic agenda to a dead stop — but it is unlikely to do the same for its faltering Middle East peace efforts, which some Israelis argue favor the Palestinians.

Cape Town Chabad Night at the Stadium to Remember

SOUTH AFRICA — Move over Ronaldo, Wayne and Pele… Cape Town’s West Coast Jewish Community is here! On Thursday 21 October close to 250 Capetonians took to the pitch of the World Cup Stadium in Cape Town to show off their soccer prowess and enjoy a night of fine cuisine, amazing prizes and great entertainment in support of the West Coast Jewish Community, its preschool and junior primary school – the Sinai Academy, and community centre – The Shul of Blouberg – West Coast under the auspices of Chabad of the West Coast directed by Rabbi Asher and Zeesy Deren.

Gargantuan Logistical Effort Required for Annual Kinus

By Jessica Naiman – Chabad.org

For years, the concluding gala banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries has been known as the largest sit-down dinner in New York City.

An army of staffers, electricians, chefs and delivery crews are making final preparations to a Brooklyn, N.Y., museum, dozens of classrooms, and a cruise terminal in anticipation of the fast-approaching 13th-annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries.