Jewish Bulgarians Get First Taste of Holidays in Varna

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Locals join newly-arrived Rabbi Yossi Halprin, third from right, for a prayer service outside of the Chabad Jewish Center of Varna, Bulgaria.

VARNA, Bulgaria — It’s one thing to talk about the Jewish holidays. But to actually experience them the way they were meant to be celebrated is like nothing else in the world.

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10 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Shloime and Shoshi (nee Lerman) Eichler
702 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Sholomke and Mushka (nee Greenberg) Nagar
1485 President St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gopin) Margolin
444 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Levi and Sarah Leah Seewald
661 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Akiva and Chaya (nee Chazan) Isenberg
734 Empire Blvd [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Sholom and Kayla (nee Chanowitz) Kramer
620 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yonason and Hila (nee Carroll) Gordon
1199 S Johns Pl, Top Floor [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Itzik and Rochel Dahan
72 Clove Rd [between Montgomery and Malbone St]

Yossi and Miri (nee Rudski) Evers
5840 Avenue Trans Island, Montréal, QC, Canada

Shmuly and Elana (nee Dauer) Kornfeld (Burbank, CA)

CA Boy Raises $42k, Sends Wheelchairs Overseas

by Jessica Naiman – Chabad.org

Tyler Hochman was followed by Israeli media as he delivered wheelchairs to organizations and needy individuals this summer.

Tyler Hochman describes his effort to send 280 wheelchairs to Israel with a metaphor.

NY Day School Students Ask if Statues are Kosher

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Seward Johnson’s “Between Appointments” sits on Academy Park at City Hall in Albany, N.Y., as part of the traveling “Sculpture in the Streets” exhibit.

ALBANY, NY — Students at the Maimonides Day School in Albany got up-close lessons in modern day idolatry when a traveling sculpture exhibit set up shop for several months in the New York capital.

Parsha Comes Alive in Beis Rivkah Head Start

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Parshas Chaye Sarah came to life in the classrooms of Beis Rivkah. The children were engaged in various different creative and educational activities that captured their excitement of discovering new concepts.

Early Morning Minyan Celebrates Siyum Sefer Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Mispalelim of the early Minyans in 770 celebrated the completion and dedication of a new Sefer Torah last night in honor of the Rebbe Rashabs 150th Birthday. The Torah was sponsored by the mispallalim of the 7:30am Minyan in 770, fondly known as the “Happy Minyan”, and mispallalim of the 7:15am Minyan.

Binghamton Alumni Pack Ballroom for Jewish Center’s 25th Anniversary

by Sarah Fecht – Chabad.edu

Binghamton University alumni Naomi and Ari Rosenfeld, from the Classes of 1995 and 1997 respectively, were among the honorees at an Oct. 17 dinner celebrating 25 years since Rabbi Aaron and Rivkah Slonim opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Binghamton. (Photo: Levi Stein)

Hundreds of candles glinted off wine glasses while a burnished chandelier hanging from a 70-foot-high ceiling cast a rosy glow over the packed marble-clad ballroom of New York City’s Gotham Hall.