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New Wave of Airbag Thefts, Police Commissioner Unhappy

Two airbags stolen. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 3 cars were broken into Tuesday night and had their windows broken and airbags stolen. The types of cars targeted in this wave were primarily late model Toyota Camerys.

Israeli Museum Unveils Rare Manuscript of the Mishneh

Matti Friedman for the Press

JERUSALEM — Experts at Israel’s national museum have completed the restoration of a 15th-century Hebrew manuscript with exquisite illustrations made by master Italian artisans, officials said Thursday.

Gruesome Roslyn Hit And Run Galvanizes Community

CBS2HD

The hunt is on right now for the hit-and-run driver who slammed into a senior citizen and never slowed as the 81-year-old victim — using a cane — crossed her quiet residential street. CBS 2 HD spoke with her grieving daughter on Tuesday.

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Alan Dershowitz – in Support of SMR

As the sentencing date for Sholom M. Rubashkin draws closer the following two letters were sent to judge Linda R. Reade, who presided over the case, and is up to her discretion whether to impose the life sentence that the prosecution recommended. Both letters highlight the disproportion of the requested sentence in comparison to the crime Sholom M. was convicted of.

Chabad of Central Africa Opens First Day Camp

By Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com
Lagos day camp

NIGERIA — This year, school break in Nigeria coincided with Passover. For Chabad emissary to Central Africa, Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, it provided an opportunity too obvious to ignore, and for the first time in Central African history, a Jewish camp—with two branch locations—was established, drawing a total of 70 Jewish children.

NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

NASA

NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

‘Happy Holocaust’ Sprayed on Jewish School in Kiev

By Aviel Magnezi for YNetNews
The wall of the Jewish school in Kiev. Swastikas and SS emblem

Security forces in Ukraine presume anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on wall of Jewish school in honor of Hitler’s birthday. Director of Chabad Youth Organization says, ‘I fear for childrens lives’

Sandwiches Feed Hordes of European Passengers

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Eliyahu Altabe circulates through the crowd at the Marseille Provence Airport in southern France to pass out kosher sandwiches to travelers taking the first post-volcano flights out of Europe.

As flights resumed late Monday night from European airports south of an Icelandic volcano’s infamous ash cloud, thousands of stranded travelers crowded departure halls in such cities as Madrid, Rome and Marseille for their first chance to leave the stricken continent.

Machne Israel Development Fund Announces Major Gift

Lubavitch.com

At the Chabad Aleph Bet Preschool Richmond, VA

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Machne Israel, has announced a major gift by Mr. & Mrs. David Slager to the Machne Israel Development Fund. The funds will be used to create the Chabad Early Childhood Initiative to promote Jewish continuity through the development of Jewish preschools.

U.S. Government Unveils New Design for the $100 Note

Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the United States Secret Service today unveiled the new design for the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note retains the traditional look of U.S. currency.

Israeli Mayor’s Surprise Birthday Gift Comes in Form of Quill

by Hana Levi Julian – Chabad.org

With quill in hand, Mayor Dov Litvinoff of the Tamar Regional Council in southern Israel celebrates his 50th birthday by filling in the first letters of a new Torah scroll for the community of Neve Zohar.

The mayor of the Tamar Regional Council in southern Israel received one of the Jewish tradition’s most-precious honors on the occasion of his 50th birthday: He got to help write a Torah scroll. But when the ceremony started, Dov Litvinoff had no idea it was even his birthday.

House Passes Bill Outlawing Caller-ID Spoofing

eCommerce Times

Legislation dubbed the “Truth in Caller ID Act” passed the U.S. House of Representatives on last week. The bill aims to prevent misrepresentation of the called-from number on voice calls through any channel.