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Rubashkin Draws A Loyal Following

Des Moines Register

Rubashkin and supporters outside the Sioux Falls federal courthouse.

SIOUX FALLS, SD — Sholom Rubashkin awakens early in his downtown Sioux Falls motel, prays at 6:45 a.m., chats with his lawyers and heads four blocks south for the legal fight of his life.

Behind him, in a wood-paneled federal courtroom, throngs of Orthodox Jews with beards and skullcaps gather to watch his trial.

Pedestrian Struck Crossing the Parkway

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — It’s the second incident in less then ten days where a Bochur crossing eastern parkway in the middle was run down by a passing car. The most recent incident happened this afternoon at around 2:15pm when an Israeli Bochur attempted to cross in the middle of the street near 770.

Opinion: Does Crown Heights have a Political Action Committee?

Blue represents Thompson votes. Source: NY Times/Google

It came as no surprise when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was announced as mayor re-elect for his third term in office, but what was surprising was the much narrower win with which Bloomberg took the victory.

Israel Wages Battle Against ‘NY Times’

By David Bedein – The Bulletin

JERUSALEM, Israel — For the past 10 days, the State of Israel has been waging a battle against the New York Times, for what it calls tendentious and unfair coverage of the Jewish state.

MyShliach to Shluchim: Bring Home Gift for Your Children

Next week’s Kinus Hashluchim will bring to Crown Heights an influx of shluchim coming to recharge and reconnect with their comrades around the world.

The Kinus also affords shluchim the opportunity to stock up on resources for their Chabad Houses.

Loaves of Love at UConn

Last Wednesday, Chabad, AEPhi and AEPi joined for the Loaves of Love program at UConn. Close to 60 sorority and fraternity members crowded into the small common room of the AEPi house. They rolled out the Challah dough, braided them and added some toppings. Everyone was invited to make “one to give away, and one to keep,” said Shaindel Hecht, director of Chabad at UConn. For many it was a first in Challah baking as Elana Quiroga of UConn puts it, “I had fun making challah for the first time!”

Chai on Learning in West Houston

By Michael C. Duke for the Jewish Herald-Voice

In what started out as a mere lunch-n-learn program nearly a decade ago, today, has become West Houston’s newest full-fledged Jewish education institution, complete with children’s Hebrew school, adult-learning classes and, of course, Shabbat and holiday events.

The Chai Learning Center of West Houston, located at 14133 Memorial Dr., one block west of Kirkwood Dr., is the product of a growing and spiritually hungry Jewish community on the city’s west side, explained the center’s founder and director, Rabbi Dovid Goldstein.