SYDNEY [CHI] — After weeks of hard work by the Rabbinical and Mesivta students of the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ, Car Menoros and Chanukah Flags were set on top of cars and vans and even a stretch limousine in order to parade through the streets of Sydney and remind people of the great miracles of Chanukah.
FAIRFIELD — The first Chabad of Fairfield menorah lighting will be remembered for the masked neo-Nazis who crashed it.
Menorah lighting ceremony at Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool in Ottawa, Canada.
On Sunday, the Honorable Canadian Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney & D.D.O./Pffds Conservative candidate Agop Evereklian participated in the Menorah Lighting ceremony of the Gutnick Mazal Jewish Center.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Regency Cleaners and Gombos Bakery were both the victims of a robbery and an attempted robbery early this morning. The dry cleaner was broken in to and a charity box was stolen, while at the bakery the thief did not manage to get it, but he caused damage.
UPPER EAST SIDE — Long before the city dreamed up its new high-tech parking sensor network, where apps alert drivers to open spaces, a rabbi from the Upper East Side and a Bronx man who works around the corner teamed up to create their own informal spot-swap system.
The Music Rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Fogelman sings about goodness and kindness in a new music video.
WILLIAMSBURG [CBS2] — For the second time in two weeks, residents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn said a Hasidic Jewish man has been assaulted near the intersection of Wallabout Street and Harrison Avenue.
ILLINOIS [CHI] — Most people think of 8 when it comes to the candles on the Menorah. Not this Menorah, there are over 6,500 candles that make up this unique Menorah! The majestic menorah tops 8 feet and is brilliantly arranged on display at the school, using both tea lights and FridayLight.org kits.
In stark contrast to yesterday’s epic Chilul Hashem, a group of Bochurim who were stuck in an 8-mile-long traffic jam on Interstate 80 near Pittsburgh, on their way to do Mivtzoim and hand out Chanukah candles, 5 Lubavitch bochurim broke into a dance and spread some holiday cheer.
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights commenced on Wednesday evening, December 1 with thousands of men, women & children tapping into the joyous holiday spirit at the American Airlines Arena in Miami where the Miami Heat played the Detroit Pistons.
In a daytime TV show called The Peoples Court a Jewish couple, identified only as Heidi and Mendi, appeared before Judge Marilyn Milian in a case where they claimed a laundry and dry cleaning service washed Heidi’s $3000 wig in the wash and ruined it. But it is the cases finale that is troubling, and embarrassing.
The lighting of the Hanukkah menorah has a universal meaning that reaches well beyond Jewish traditions, speakers at Fort Collins’ sixth annual community lighting ceremony said Sunday evening.
We are fortunate that today there are many Yeshivos and schools within Chabad serving many types of students from a wide range of backgrounds. These institutions span the globe and serve children and families from birth well into adulthood. Each is unique in its own way; this could not be truer of Bais Menachem Youth Development Program in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
CROWN HEIGHTS — Jewish Educational Media (JEM), has relocated to a new, spacious location in Crown Heights.
Founded in 1980, JEM operates a broadcast-quality production house with a full-time staff of researchers, producers and video editors.
SAN ANTONIO — Life jackets were optional Sunday at an unusual annual Hanukkah celebration that’s drawn an increasing number of San Antonio’s Jewish community to the River Walk since 1998.
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