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Chabad Of The Valley Lights Up Universal Citywalk!

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA [CHI] — Chabad of the Valley had another amazing success at its seventh annual Chanuka extravaganza at Universal Studios Citywalk. “Look at the size of this crowd! This is the true definition of Hakhel!”, said Rabbi Yossi Malka of Chabad of Encino as he ascended the lift to kindle the giant 15 foot menorah along with philanthropists Lyle Weisman & Gary Finder. According to Rabbi Mayer Greene, the event’s emcee, the exciting concert and celebration had the participation of those who identify themselves as orthodox, conservative, reform or even unaffiliated Jews. In fact, many temples, day schools and other organizations encouraged their members to participate.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!

Mimulo gives you: Chef Jack Silberstein, Presenting a 5 course Mediterranean gourmet meal from start to finish, along with a morning cocktail.

Learn how to compose each dish and how to present it like a pro. Enjoy each delectable course as we learn culinary secrets from CIA graduate and Award winning Chef Jack.

More event details in the Extended Article!

Gourmet Cooking within your Reach! (A)

Mimulo gives you: Chef Jack Silberstein, Presenting a 5 course Mediterranean gourmet meal from start to finish, along with a morning cocktail.

Learn how to compose each dish and how to present it like a pro. Enjoy each delectable course as we learn culinary secrets from CIA graduate and Award winning Chef Jack.

More event details in the Extended Article!

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Menorah lit at the Nashville Predators in Front of 16,457

NASHVILLE, TN [CHI] — On Moitzei Shabbos, Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from the Chabad Center in Nashville, lit a Menorah for the 16,457 people at the Sommet Center stadium, as the Nashville Predators Hockey faced off against the New York Islanders.

As the fans streamed into the stadium, the ice was sparkling clear, the lights were sharp, and a nine foot Menorah stood on the bandstand. The spirit of Chanukah entered the hearts of the most spirited fans, as the first ever Jewish Heritage Night was hosted at the NHL Hockey team in Nashville Tennessee.

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S Francisco Union Square Menorah Lighting

S Francisco Sentinel

S FRANCISCO, CA — Local Jewish community officials, including the Consulate Generals of Israel and India, gathered at a memorial in San Francisco Sunday for a rabbi and his wife who were killed in the Mumbai, India terrorist attacks last week.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Chris Hall)

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CALGARY, Alberta [CHI] — In honor of the 20th anniversary of Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper will be joining Rabbi Menachem & Rochel Matusof - Head Shluchim to Alberta and the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch which includes regional Shluchim from across the country for the 20th Annual Calgary Community Menorah Lighting in the City Hall Atrium of Calgary, Alberta.

Prime Minister of Canada Joining 20th Annual Menorah Lighting in Alberta

CALGARY, Alberta [CHI] — In honor of the 20th anniversary of Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper will be joining Rabbi Menachem & Rochel Matusof – Head Shluchim to Alberta and the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch which includes regional Shluchim from across the country for the 20th Annual Calgary Community Menorah Lighting in the City Hall Atrium of Calgary, Alberta.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL [WFLX] — A truly one-of-a-kind menorah in Palm Beach Gardens. Some in the Jewish community kicked off the first night of Hanukah with a deli-made all salami Menorah. Fox 29's Ashley Glass reports.

Take a guess. How many slices of salami does it take to create this, the world's first deli-made Menorah. “130” “150” “It's big.”

The World’s Largest Salami Menorah

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL [WFLX] — A truly one-of-a-kind menorah in Palm Beach Gardens. Some in the Jewish community kicked off the first night of Hanukah with a deli-made all salami Menorah. Fox 29’s Ashley Glass reports.

Take a guess. How many slices of salami does it take to create this, the world’s first deli-made Menorah. “130” “150” “It’s big.”

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Fred Swegles - OC Register

Rabbi Mendel Slavin speaks during the lighting of the first candle on a menorah for the first night of Hanukkah. The Chabad Jewish Center of San Clemente had a sculptor carve a 6-foot menorah out of 600 pounds of ice on the San Clemente Community Center lawn.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — As children played with slivers of ice this afternoon on the Community Center lawn, a sculptor placed final touches on a 6-foot menorah made of ice.

It prompted Rabbi Mendel Slavin to remind close to 200 people that warmth can answer cold, that light can answer darkness.

Mumbai Massacre Remembered in San Clemente During Chanukah

Fred Swegles – OC Register

Rabbi Mendel Slavin speaks during the lighting of the first candle on a menorah for the first night of Hanukkah. The Chabad Jewish Center of San Clemente had a sculptor carve a 6-foot menorah out of 600 pounds of ice on the San Clemente Community Center lawn.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — As children played with slivers of ice this afternoon on the Community Center lawn, a sculptor placed final touches on a 6-foot menorah made of ice.

It prompted Rabbi Mendel Slavin to remind close to 200 people that warmth can answer cold, that light can answer darkness.

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Judy Silberstein - Larch Mont Gazette

“Judah the Macabee” and others from the audience help the rabbi illustrate the Chanukah story.

LARCHMONT, NY — Chanukah begins Sunday evening, December 21, but in Larchmont, the holiday is “ahead of the curve.” The Dreidel House, operated by Rabbi Mendel Silberstein of Larchmont and Mamaroneck’s Chabad, opened on December 8 at 2098 Boston Post Road, the prior home of a Curves exercise studio. The workout machines are gone, replaced with menorahs, dreidels, arts and crafts and Chanukah-themed gifts.

Chanukah Gets a Head Start at The Dreidl House

Judy Silberstein – Larch Mont Gazette

“Judah the Macabee” and others from the audience help the rabbi illustrate the Chanukah story.

LARCHMONT, NY — Chanukah begins Sunday evening, December 21, but in Larchmont, the holiday is “ahead of the curve.” The Dreidel House, operated by Rabbi Mendel Silberstein of Larchmont and Mamaroneck’s Chabad, opened on December 8 at 2098 Boston Post Road, the prior home of a Curves exercise studio. The workout machines are gone, replaced with menorahs, dreidels, arts and crafts and Chanukah-themed gifts.

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Jeff Brumley - Jacksonville Life

Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky guides Devon Christenson, 9, as she lights the menorah during a talk at Neptune Beach Elementary School.
Photo by John Pemberton/The Times-Union

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL — Hanukkah isn't the biggest holiday of the year for the Banks family in Mandarin.

“Hanukkah is not in the Torah,” mom Debbie Banks said, referring to holiday's origin in Jewish tradition instead of Scripture. “It's not a very important holiday for us.”

Chanukah Message for Everyone

Jeff Brumley – Jacksonville Life

Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky guides Devon Christenson, 9, as she lights the menorah during a talk at Neptune Beach Elementary School.
Photo by John Pemberton/The Times-Union

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL — Hanukkah isn’t the biggest holiday of the year for the Banks family in Mandarin.

“Hanukkah is not in the Torah,” mom Debbie Banks said, referring to holiday’s origin in Jewish tradition instead of Scripture. “It’s not a very important holiday for us.”

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Jordana Horn - Forward

BROOKLYN, NY — Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller, is well known as a genre-busting Hasidic reggae artist who performs in tzitzit. But with his new EP, ”Shattered,” and current tour, he shows a new, bold eclecticism that demonstrates a simultaneous evolution in his music and religious attitudes. He’s taken true steps — away from Chabad in his religious observance, and away from more conventional reggae in his musical development — and has opted instead to define his own new path.

Matisyahu: I Don’t Belong To Any Hasidic Group

Jordana Horn – Forward

BROOKLYN, NY — Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller, is well known as a genre-busting Hasidic reggae artist who performs in tzitzit. But with his new EP, ”Shattered,” and current tour, he shows a new, bold eclecticism that demonstrates a simultaneous evolution in his music and religious attitudes. He’s taken true steps — away from Chabad in his religious observance, and away from more conventional reggae in his musical development — and has opted instead to define his own new path.

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Larry Celona - NY Post

The thinning NYPD hopes auxiliary-police cars like this one will create the illusion of more cops.

NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD is making an unusual move to ensure no one notices a decline in the number of cops on the streets - decking out the vehicles used by traffic-enforcement agents, auxiliary police and school-safety agents so they look like regular cruisers.

The move will be phased in slowly with the special units - who have typically used cars painted dark blue - to be given the white cars that are taken out of use from the main fleet.

Finest Big Faux of Force – Fleet of “Fake Police Cars”

Larry Celona – NY Post

The thinning NYPD hopes auxiliary-police cars like this one will create the illusion of more cops.

NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD is making an unusual move to ensure no one notices a decline in the number of cops on the streets – decking out the vehicles used by traffic-enforcement agents, auxiliary police and school-safety agents so they look like regular cruisers.

The move will be phased in slowly with the special units – who have typically used cars painted dark blue – to be given the white cars that are taken out of use from the main fleet.

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