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Cornell President Shakes Lulav at Local Chabad Sukkah

(L-R) Mr. David J. Skorton Cornell University President, Binyomin Trager, Cornell Alum and current student in Tiferes in Morristown, and Devorah Silberstien (9).

ITHACA, NY [CHI] — Over 200 students and faculty got to partake in the Mitzvah of shaking the Lulav at Etrog on campus at Cornell University, the highlight was when the president of the university Mr. David J. Skorton dropped in to do so as well.

NY State Senator Works Closely with Chabad on Security

By Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com

CROWN HEIGHTS — New York State Senator Eric Adams (D) visited with some of his constituents in a Sukkah in the Crown Heights Jewish community, Monday evening.

The Senator, who is also NYS Chairman of the Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs met with leaders of the Chabad Lubavitch movement where the conversation focused on the activities of Chabad and its security needs.

Residents Upset After Condo Association Removes Sukkah

BAL HARBOUR, FL [WSVN] — Several residents of a condominium are outraged after the condo association removed a religious Jewish symbol.

A Resident of a Bal Harbor condominium recorded a video showing what he discovered Monday morning, after his religious symbol called a Sukkah was dismantled. “Having a little hut that’s 6-by-8 to be bothering someone is really ridiculous,” said the resident.

Teenager Pedaling Holiday Celebration Throughout New York

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Levi Duchman says the hard part is the pedaling.

NEW YORK — Coming alongside a New York City push to license pedicab operators, the initiative of a Jewish teenager in Brooklyn has given pedestrians and motorists an interesting site: a mobile bamboo-topped latticework hut affixed to a rickshaw.

Lubavitcher Teens Injured on Pennsylvania Highway

By Manuel Gamiz Jr. for the Morning Call

I-78, PA — Two 16-year-olds were injured this afternoon when another car reversed into them on a median on Interstate 78 in Williams Township this afternoon, according to state police at Belfast.

Police said Yakov Huebner, 18, of Brooklyn N.Y., pulled into the median at mile marker 75.9 on the westbound side of I-78 at 12:24 p.m. after hearing a noise coming from his car. The teens, a boy from Israel and a girl from Brooklyn, N.Y., who’s names were not released due to their age, were outside the car also checking on the tire, police said.