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By Melissa J. Brachfeld for the Gazette
Illustration Photo - The Chabad House celebrating a Siyum Sefer Torah
Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center's facility.
ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.

Court Orders Chabad House Closing

By Melissa J. Brachfeld for the Gazette
Illustration Photo – The Chabad House celebrating a Siyum Sefer Torah

Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center’s facility.

ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.

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A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance Project
HOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.

Video – Jewish Student Forced to Wear Yellow Star

A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance Project

HOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.

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Meet the iPad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the world to its new tablet computer.

Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo - the iPad.

It's a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.

Apple Debuts the iPad Tablet

Meet the iPad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the world to its new tablet computer.

Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo – the iPad.

It’s a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.

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WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — A group of the nation's most prominent rabbis gathered in Washington, D.C. today to express their dismay and concern over the premature imprisonment of Sholom Rubashkin, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to closely scrutinize the demands by federal prosecutors in Iowa that Rubashkin be imprisoned before he is sentenced.

Prominent U.S. Rabbis Urge Release of Sholom Rubashkin

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — A group of the nation’s most prominent rabbis gathered in Washington, D.C. today to express their dismay and concern over the premature imprisonment of Sholom Rubashkin, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to closely scrutinize the demands by federal prosecutors in Iowa that Rubashkin be imprisoned before he is sentenced.

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ALBANY, NY [CHI] — During Mesivta Oholei Torah’s Saratoga Shabbaton, Shluchim Rabbi Yisroel & Abba Rubin welcomed the Hanhala and Bachurim in the New York State Legislative Chamber. Assemblyman Gordon issued them a special proclamation how the Legislature changed NYS law to the Gemara Bava Basra “Chazaka Sheyesh Imah Taana.” Rabbi Rubin later Farbrenged about the Horaha in Avodas Hashem.

Picture of the Day – Oholei Torah at NYS Capital Assembly

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ALBANY, NY [CHI] — During Mesivta Oholei Torah’s Saratoga Shabbaton, Shluchim Rabbi Yisroel & Abba Rubin welcomed the Hanhala and Bachurim in the New York State Legislative Chamber. Assemblyman Gordon issued them a special proclamation how the Legislature changed NYS law to the Gemara Bava Basra “Chazaka Sheyesh Imah Taana.” Rabbi Rubin later Farbrenged about the Horaha in Avodas Hashem.

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