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Thursday – Rally at the Ohel

This Thursday, December 11th, the 14th of Kislev there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5-12. Busses leaving at 5:00 pm and returning 7:30 pm. $3.00 for the bus.

More info in full flyer the Extended Article

Mumbai Neighbourhood Uneasy over Return of Chabad House

MUMBAI, India [AFP] — People living close to a Jewish prayer centre besieged by Islamist fanatics who murdered its rabbi and his wife fear that if it reopens their Mumbai neighbourhood could once again become a terror target.

Some residents near Nariman House said they would rather the ultra-orthodox Jewish movement that owns the badly damaged building did not return as planned.

The Original 1928 Photo of The Rebbe!

On 14 Kislev 5689 (December 27, 1928), the Rebbe’s marriage to Chaya Mushka, daughter of then Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, took place in Warsaw, Poland. In honor of this occasion the Avner Institute is happy to release, for the very first time, the original picture of the Rebbe with his father-in-law prior to the Rebbe’s wedding. Special thanks to Jewish Educational Media and Rabbi Goldstein for their efforts in retrieving this picture.

To hear Rabbi Goldstein’s story of the Rebbe’s wedding visit: www.TheLivingSidrah.com
To learn More about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com
Full pictures in the Extended Article

Young Energy Magnate Promises ‘Taking Care of Chabad A Priority’

EJ Tansky – Lubavitch.com

Guma Aguiar with Rabbi Moshe M. Lipszyc

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — Shattered by the murders in Mumbai, one energy magnate is picking up the pieces by making a significant contribution to a Florida Chabad center.

Boruch Dayan Emes – Mrs. Batya Reinitz OBM

We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Batya (Basha) Reinitz of Crown Heights, early Tuesday morning. Her husband is R Yosef Zeev Reinitz.

The levaya will be today Tuesday at 5:00pm at Shomrei Hadas and passing 770 at 5:30pm, where she will then be flown to Israel for burial on Har Hazetim.

Shiva will be in the home of R’ Shmuel Chaim Reinitz in Emanuel.

Boruch Dayan Haemes.

For Emissaries-To-Be, a Defiant Mood

Robert Wiener – NJ Jewish News

MORRISTOWN, NJ — If, as its followers sometimes insist, Chabad-Lubavitch is an “army of Hashem,” or God, then the Rabbinical College of America is its West Point.

The Morristown seminary is a main training ground for the Chabad shluchim, or emissaries, who are dispatched around the world to open outreach centers in places ranging from comfortable suburbs to developing cities like Mumbai.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Yisroel and Dina (nee Flood) Schneider (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel


A Bittersweet Telethon

Tamar Snyder – The Jewish Week

MINEOLA, NY — When a terrorist murdered a teacher and four students in Kfar Chabad, Israel, in 1956, the Lubavitcher rebbe issued a proclamation meant to cut through the depression permeating the close-knit community: “Through building, and galvanizing the community, you will be comforted.”

Over 600 Attend NJ Memorial with Gov and Mayor

WEST ORANGE, NJ [CHI] — Over 600 people gathered for a memorial last week in the JCC Metro West in West Orange, NJ. The event was arranged by New Jersey Shluchim together with the Federation and was attended by the large crowd in addition to NJ Governer Jon Corzine, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Israeli Council General and Somerset County Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Latest From Kent Ave. Bike Lane: Hasidic Chicken

by Jen Chung for the Gothamist

BROOKLYN, NY — The Hasidic community has been upset over bike lanes in their South Williamsburg for months, what with the immodest apparel of female bicyclists and the lanes taking up street space. Previously, the Hasidim announced they would use private buses to intentionally block bike lanes; now a reader tells us about her ride today:

Strengthening Riots in Greece Keep Jewish Residents on Edge

By Tamar Runyan

(Photo: AFP – Aris Messinis)

ATHEN, Greece — As riots in Greece’s two largest cities extended into their third day with some of the worst violence seen yet, the Jewish community of Athens is safe, but apprehensive. The Chabad-Lubavitch center that Rabbi Mendel and Nechama Hendel have operated since 2001 is operating as usual, with the couple regularly checking up on residents by telephone.

Speaking Monday night as anarchist youths took their spree of arson and vandalism closer to the capital’s Parliament, the rabbi said that the previous two hours had seen a drastic intensification in the protesters’ actions.

Notice for People Riding Subway with Baby Carriages

NEW YORK, NY — In a letter sent to President Howard Roberts, Jr. of the MTA, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) expressed concern about a growing number of constituent complaints he received involving the 34th Street, Herald Square Station in Manhattan.