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A Community of Jewish Teens Grows On Boston’s North Shore

by Rishe Groner – Lubavitch.com

15-year-old Sasha Matusevich grew up on Boston’s North Shore. In many ways, the public school sophomore is your typical American teenager whose love for dancing made her drop out of Hebrew school at age 11.

10 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Eliav and Elka Benjamin
599 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Levik and Mushkie (nee Morozow) Itkin
760 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Menachem and Miri (nee Carlebach) Lipsker
1454 President St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Moshe and Jana (nee Grunblatt) Cohen
1206 Carroll St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

Avigdor and Sima (nee Vcherashansky) Simmonds
692 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Momo and Sara Esther (nee Trappler) Spielman
501 Montgomery St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Sholly and Chama (nee Heber) Weiser (Crown Heights)
568 Montgomery St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Moshe and Devorah (nee Katz) Shor
980 NE 170th St, Apt 208, North Miami Beach, FL

Moshe and Chani (nee Serman) Rabin
2898 NW 95th Ave, Coral Springs, FL

Yisroel Yosef and Estee (nee Weingarten) Levitansky
2452 Chelsea Pl, Apt H, S Monica, CA

Chabad Rabbi Launches Online Training Program for Rabbis

by Dvora Lakein – Lubavitch.com

Rabbinical ordination online?

Some might say no, but Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, says yes. Wilhelm is founder and dean of onlinesmicha.com which offers “the committed student a rigorous online study program with the goal of earning smicha [rabbinic ordination].”

Charity, Beautifully Disguised

Wall Street Journal

Michal Schick, left, a co-founder of Bobbie’s Place, and Tzivie Herber help a customer.

It won’t come as news that closet space is at a premium in New York City, especially if your family includes five kids. So when Avi and Michal Schick’s two teenage daughters outgrew their old clothes, the Schicks did what a lot of people do: They placed them in bins in their Flatbush, Brooklyn, basement and invited less-fortunate locals to help themselves.

Jewish Aggies Welcome Torah At Texas A&M Chabad

Lubavitch.com

Cars slowed to a halt at Texas Avenue and University Drive, one of College Station’s busiest intersections, as hundreds escorted a Torah scroll carried under a chuppah canopy to the lively beat of Jewish music this past Sunday. Drivers rolled down their windows capturing the curious scene on their cellphone cameras as the procession made its way to the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center at Texas A&M University.

Google Will Digitize the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls

The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google announced Tuesday that they are joining forces to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls online.

The more than 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls — one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time — will soon be available for free, widespread access on the Internet, thanks to combined efforts from Google and the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mr. Betzalel Egelberg OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Betzalel (Salka) Egelberg OBM of Eastchester, NY.

He is survived by his wife, Resa Egelberg, and children Avrohom Egelberg (Ft. Lee, NJ), Faige Miller (Briarcliff Manor, NY), and Malkie Leitner (Monsey, NY).