Tucked away on the corner of Broome and Allen Street on the Lower East Side, a relatively hidden historical treasure makes its home. The last Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, Kehila Kedosha Janina remains a gathering place for the Romaniote Jews (Greek Jews) of the city nearly a century after its construction in 1927.
River boat Menorah Parade starting at the Arneson River Theater at 3pm,followed by free concert featuring PardesRock band.
Ask Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov how he feels about the recent construction that has more than doubled the size of Chabad-Lubavitch of Northeast Florida and he flashes a big smile.
Introducing the latest project of The International Moshiach Campaign: Moshiach Day by Day. This monthly guide will make Moshiach a natural part of your consciousness, while helping your community members join you.
Montreal Friendship Circle‘s second annual Walk4Friendship held on October 17 2010.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This morning, at 8:00am, the victims of last weeks purse robbery received a call from the 71st Precinct, asking them to come down to the station house for a meeting. The couple met a detective at the precinct, but he was more concerned with the video appearing online than with the crime.
CrownHeights.info received tips from a number of readers about blue gift boxes being left in random places around Crown Heights. Any ideas what they are?
Ezriel and Elkie (nee Schtroks) Raitport (CrownHeights)
This past Sunday the PTA of the Cheder boys school coordinated the first of what will hopefully be a monthly special program connected to the upcoming month.
An unbelievable show of Achdus has B”H come to fruition in the southern capital city of Curitiba in the state of Parana, Brazil.
Sholomke and Mushka (nee Gruzman) Sharf (Crown Heights)
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended for the next three days starting today, through Thursday – November 16-18 for holiday observances. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
The glory and the grandeur of South Africa’s mother synagogue, having been founded in 1841, was recaptured on Friday night October 15 when over 1 200 people flocked to Cape Town’s Gardens Shul to celebrate the third anniversary of its Friday Night Live (FNL). An initiative of the shul, it is now being emulated in synagogues in Johannesburg, Sydney and elsewhere.
This past Moitzoi Shabbos, Bochurim from Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati went Ice skating and slurpees with the Cincinnati Community, as one member of the Cummunity joked “it’s great to see Bochurim excited for other things then learning”.
A week after torrential rains flooded much of the tropical paradise in Koh Samui, Thailand, claiming dozens of lives in the countryside and causing extensive damage to the local Chabad House and attached kosher restaurant, preliminary assessments indicate that travelling Jewish backpackers have safely left the area.
Protocols set for upcoming day of fasting, for those who can, including the order of prayers, and encourage people to fast as much as they can.
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