COSTA RICA — Along with their country’s first female President elect, Costa Ricans will now have a Jewish VP as well.
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Wednesday afternoon; if you think this it is bad now, just wait a few hours. We could get as much as 18 inches of snow by nightfall, forecasters have warned. The snow is forecasted to fall at a rate of about two inches per hour and wind gusting up to 40 mph.
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations Citywide for Thursday, February 11 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
The Friendship Circle recently concluded their annual winter camp experience, providing special needs children with an unforgettable experience.
On the evening following Yud Shevat, 2500 Tmimim gathered together to Farbreng in honor of Yud Shevat and strengthen themselves in their holy mission as Temimim. The Vaad Hatmimim invited Rabbi Shmuel Lew of London, England to address the bochurim. Rabbi Lew spoke heartwarming words of the special hiskashrus of the bochurim today. Speaking for about half an hour, Rabbi Lew underscored the great importance of understanding the impact that each and every bochur has, and can have by following the path of our Rabbeim. He also related a number of phenomenal stories that he experienced by the Rebbe.
HEVRON, Israel [INN] — Hundreds of Chabad hasidim visited Hevron on Monday for a memorial to Rabbanit Menucha Rachel Slonim, the granddaughter of Chabad founder Schneur Zalman of Liadi, Russia, and scion to a chain of hasidim, who passed away in 1888 at the age of 89. She is the closest personality to the families of Chabad hasidic leaders who is buried in Israel.
MELBOURNE, Australia [AJN] — One of Melbourne Chabad’s most influential figures, Joseph Gutnick, has signed a petition challenging the Yeshivah Centre’s leadership.
Shabboses blizzard of 2010 came and went, and what a big storm it was! Now weather forecasters warn of another possible storm tonight, in the meantime one longtime reader dug up this photo of a group of kids in an igloo and he said “I have no idea when the picture was taken or who is in it, maybe your readers can identify them?”
TUESDAY — A major snowstorm is on the way!
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations Citywide for Wednesday, February 10 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
A Queens World War II veteran said he and his wife became the latest victims of Toyota accelerator woes when his 2009 Camry’s gas pedal jammed – sending the car careening into a synagogue.
With just 400 residents, the Jewish community on the tiny Caribbean island of Martinique makes up less than .1 percent of the French territory’s population.
AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — Construction for Chabad of the Conejo’s new community campus began this past Monday. The project will consist of two phases. The first phase will be the construction of the new Center for Jewish Life which will house the Conejo Jewish Academy, the Friendship Circle, the Sunshine Club, the Chai Teen and Youth Program as well as the administration offices of Chabad of the Conejo. Phase II will be the construction of the new Chabad of Agoura Hills Sanctuary and Lecture Hall.
ISRAEL — Better Place, the company that proposes to revolutionize the global auto market with its electrically powered car and grid system, opened a state-of-the-art visitor center near Tel Aviv on Sunday.
They say that when a politician says “Yes” they mean maybe, when they say “Maybe” they mean no, and if they say no, then they aren’t a politician.
Walking this narrow line is sometimes a necessity for a politician trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but from the viewpoint of the electorate, it is of utmost importance to cut away the political facade and make estimated calculations on where exactly they stand.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Few could argue that moving to Cambodia with your husband and child is no small feat, yet in a talk to over 2,500 shluchos at last night’s gala banquet, Mrs. Mashi Butman said, “As I set out tomorrow for a 20 hour flight to Cambodia, no quantity of Jews is too small, and no corner is too far to reach!”
When the Dor Yeshorim organization was set up in New York and Israel in 1983, Tay-Sachs disease was rife in the Jewish community. Rabbi Joseph Ekstein, its founder, lost four children to the condition. The mutated gene that causes the disorder, which usually kills children before the age of 8, is ten times more common among Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent) than in most other ethnic groups. Jewish marriage customs made it highly likely that two carriers would start a family together, with a one in four risk that every child would be affected.
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