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Unique Stone Chanukah Menorah

Construction is currently underway at Chabad of Curitiba, Brazil; on an exciting new Menorah. Being that this year reached a milestone of 120 years of the immigration of the first Jews to the state; a Menorah is being constructed from 120 stones, each stone representing another year. Every stone has golden numbers attached, with a year.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 93.

Mrs. Lezerowitz is survived by her three daughters Brana Weiss, Chaya Lewis, and Esther Schenkman.

The Levaya will be tomorrow at Shmorie Hadas at 10:00 am and is scheduled to pass 770 at 10:45 am

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Video – 9/11 Terror Suspects To Plead Not Guilty

NEW YORK [NY1] — An attorney for one of the September 11th terror suspects says the men plan on pleading not guilty when their high profile trial begins in Lower Manhattan.

Attorney Scott Fenstermaker says his client, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, and the others will not deny their role in the attacks, but rather explain why they plotted and pulled off the attacks.

Jewish Community Faces Uncertain Future in Postville

By John Molseed for the WCF Courier

POSTVILLE – The Agri Star kosher meat processing plant offers a potential stabilizing force for the battered economy of Postville. Despite the promise of more jobs, members of the Orthodox Jewish community say they still face an uncertain future.

Funny Video! – Blessed Be The Burekas!

In this award winning short film by Israeli comedian and filmmaker Dani Landau, he goes on a quest to bring Burekas to the UK and spread a message of enlightenment through Hendon, NW, London. He also elicits the help of Shliach to Hendon Rabbi Gershon Overlander.

U.S. Attorney Pick Criticized For Agriprocessors Raid

By Jacqueline Palank for the Wall Street Journal

President Obama’s pick for a U.S. attorney slot is facing some last-minute criticism over her prosecution of several hundred illegal immigrant workers arrested in a 2008 raid of kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors.