PRINCETON, NJ — Aspiring Judaic scholars from across the country descended on Princeton University Sunday for a groundbreaking conference with leading professors in an examination of the nexus between Jewish ethics and the post-modern world.
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JERUSALEM, Israel — Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, father of Rifka Holtzberg who was murdered alongside her husband Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg during the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai last year, addressed a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom and Raizy (nee Vishedsky) Rubaskin on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
TOMS RIVER, NJ [CHI] — A joyous ceremony of completing and dedicating a new Torah Scroll took place Sunday afternoon in Toms River New Jersey, to the local Chabad Center which is under the directorship of Rabbi Moshe and his wife Sara Chana Gourarie.
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ASPEN, CO — Opposition appears to be growing over a proposal to establish a Jewish community center on the east end of Aspen.
The Aspen City Council at its meeting tonight is likely to hear from dozens of people who oppose the Jewish Community Center moving into the Silver Lining Ranch, a former nonprofit facility that for seven years provided a retreat for kids afflicted with cancer. The facility has largely been underutilized since 2006.
NEW YORK [ABC] — Travelers can get their first glimpse of federal data today documenting where and how often planes hit birds. But as the Federal Aviation Administration publically releases its bird strike data for the first time, the agency itself acknowledges the information is far from complete.
WARSAW, Poland [AP] — The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp.
Three months after an apparent anti-Semitic attack left the cafeteria of S. Denis, France’s Chabad-Lubavitch center severely charred, the local Jewish community reports one of the largest Passover gatherings in the Paris suburb.
In addition, say community leaders, the Ohr Menachem Chabad House directed by Rabbi Yisroel and Rivky Belinow distributed food and financial assistance to some 70 needy families this holiday season, the highest number in recent memory. Yisroel Belinow attributed the increased need to the state of the economy.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Late afternoon a large crater formed in the west-bound lanes of Empire Boulevard. The sinkhole was approximately 10 feet in diameter and roughly 4 feet deep, and thankfully formed while there were no cars traveling above the spot.
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COOPER CITY, FL — Nine months after losing a federal discrimination lawsuit, the city has reached an $800,000 settlement with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that claimed Cooper City used zoning laws to kick out the Chabad of Nova Outreach Center.
“It’s time for Cooper City and the Chabad to mend their fences and move on. And hopefully no other religious [groups] will have the same problems Chabad did,” said attorney Franklin Zemel, who led the two-year legal battle against the city.
In 2005, Rabbi Shmuel Posner was forced to close his center after city officials told him it was not allowed in the city’s business district. Posner filed suit in May 2007.
CANCUN, Mexico — A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death, illness, and travel restrictions across the globe. Though public events and schools have closed throughout the country, two Mexican Chabad centers remain open, and alert.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia [FJC] — On April 12 in Nizhny Novgorod, the banquet hall of the Synagogue was filled with joy and vibrancy, as Jews gathered to celebrate – eating, singing and dancing. More than 90 people came out to mark the grand opening of the “Shalom in Gruzinskaya” kosher restaurant, the inauguration of which was well-timed to coincide with the Passover holiday.
MOSCOW — With the surrounding streets blocked off to accommodate the swelling crowd, thousands of people turned out for the historic Blessing of the Sun ceremony earlier this month in Moscow. After praying in the Marina Roscha synagogue at the crack of dawn, the crowd moved outside to a large square abutting the Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center for the once-in-28-years ceremony.
An employee at the House of Glatt butcher shop proudly wears a Crown Heights Softball League jersey of the team it sponsors, the Kloppers, at work.
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NEW YORK, NY — The city has coughed up $540 million in payouts related to improper police actions since 1998 — and taxpayer cost for such cases hit a record high last year.
In 1998, the city paid lawsuit settlements or judgments to 571 claimants who accused the NYPD of bad behavior. That figure more than doubled to 1,265 in 2008, according to Law Department data.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aryeh and Etty (nee Shapiro) Schwartz (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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