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Congressman, Thousands Walk for Children With Special Needs

by Chana Kroll – Chabad.org

A pair of toddler percussionists wowed a crowd of nearly 5,000 people who attended the fourth-annual Walk for Friendship in suburban in Detroit.

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — Nearly 5,000 people, including a U.S. Congressman and a local disc jockey, packed the streets of West Bloomfield, Mich., to raise awareness for children with special needs.

Welcome to the Days of Awe

Wentworth Courier

Rabbi Eli Feldman celebrates the Jewish New Year at the Yeshiva Centre. Photo: ALAN PLACE

SYDNEY, Australia — Jews in the Eastern Suburbs recited prayers near flowing water, blew trumpets made of rams’ horns and ate fish heads and honey-dipped apples at the weekend, in celebration of the Jewish New Year.

Rosh Hashana, which literally means “head of the year”, is an important religious event in the Jewish faith, signifying the creation of man.

Brooklyn Family Keeps Latino-Jewish Traditions Alive

CNN

Every Friday evening, the Nunez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner.

Like most families in their Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, their Jewish Sabbath meal includes blessings over the wine and bread, the company of family and friends and excellent food.

Gedalia Shaffers Murderer Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

Press Telegram

Gedalia Shaffer OBM

LONG BEACH, CA — A 30-year-old Los Angeles man pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge that he killed a 61-year-old rabbi while driving drunk two years ago.

Willie Norton Jr., 30, entered his plea – considered the same as a guilty plea in criminal court – as jury selection was slated to begin in his trial Wednesday, said Long Beach Police Sgt. Hans Kohnlein.

After entering his plea Norton was promptly sentenced to 17 years in prison, said Kohnlein, who is in charge of the Accident Investigations Detail.

The victim, [Gedalia] Shaffer, was visiting from Brooklyn, New York, on March 7, 2007, when the fatal crash occurred.

Video – Rabbis Arrested in Protests Against Iran

Police in New York City arrested 11 rabbis on Thursday evening after they blocked a road near the United Nations General Assembly. The roads were blocked in protest of an anticipated speech from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Urgent PSA from Taharas Hamishpacha International

The Jewish Woman’s Personal Calendar will iyh be available shortly. (next week.) In the interim, please click here for a free download of the month of Cheshvan. You can also request the page of Cheshvan be faxed to you by the calling our office at: 718-756-5700. The new calendar will be accompanied by a free DVD Tutorial on Keeping Your Mikvah Calendar 101.

Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday NIght L’Chaims!

Levi Finck (Crown Heights) and Davi Cohen (Long Beach, CA)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Benyamin Amrami
(S. Paul, MN) and Naomi Kohan (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [Between New York and Nostrand Ave]

Shmuly Wineberg (Kansas City, KS) and Sora Perlstein (Chicago, IL)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!

You Don’t Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way – How to Acquire Wisdom

Ask Rabbi Manis Friedman, this Thursday at a live online ‘hakhel” gathering. Join the live Question & Answer session together with participants from around the globe.
Login begins 8:15 PM Eastern, class begins at 8:30 pm. Login at www.baischana.org
Need a reminder? Email Live@BaisChana.org.

Mayer Rivkin Music Video “The Promise” Released

In time for Yom Kippur, Infinity Productions, the production Company that produces music videos and CD albums for the Chabad Vocalist Mayer Rivkin, has announced the release today of its latest music video entitled “The Promise.” In this moving music video/slide-show, Rivkin sings the popular Chabad melody known to many as “Yaaleh,” frequently sung during the evening prayers of Yom Kippur.