Chabad’s Kids In Action Youth-Zone Records Audio Books for Visually Impaired

Duvy Burston, 7, of Monroe, Bryant Berkowitz, 7, of Warwick and Aaron Shapiro, 7, of Goshen “having a ball” at Chabad’s Youth-Zone event

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Chabad’s kids In Action Youth-Zone recently met at Colonial Lanes to record Jewish children’s storybooks for visually impaired children. Each participant, together with a partner, chose a story to practice reading in an animated manner. Children then recorded their stories with a microphone on computer, which were then edited by Chabad’s youth leader Chaya Goldman, and sent on CD’s to Jewish children who are visually impaired.

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The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

Israeli Court Gives Chabad Kids to Non-Jewish Father

By Yechiel Spira for the Yeshiva World News

ISRAEL [YWN] — Once again, Israel ultra-libertarian High Court of Justice has ruled in favor of tearing children away from yiddishkeit, ordering the return of two children, members of the Chabad community, to their non-Jewish father. In this case, the Hadera Family Court and the Haifa District Court which heard the appeal felt there would be “no significant harm” to the children by sending them to France, to live with the non-Jewish biological father. The High Court did not overrule the decision of the lower courts.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Sarah Light OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Light of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, on Thursday Night.

She is survived by her husband, Berl, sons Yossi (Crown Heights), Nachi (Crown Heights), Chaim (Far Rockaway), and Levi (Fair Lawn).

The family is sitting Shiva until Thursday Morning at 804 Susan Place, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

Davening times are as follows: Shacharis – 2 minyanim: 6:30am Mincha – 2 minyanim: 5:05pm Maariv – 2 minyanim: b’zmana

e-mail: yossilight@gmail.com

The family asks to not visit after 10:00pm.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.