Kosher Meat Market Widens

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Dnepropetrovsk-based ‘AS’ Company, a leading producer of kosher meat in this part of eastern Ukraine, has announced the provision of its new service – the delivery of its products to customers’ homes.

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Sholom M. Rubashkin’s Bail Hearing Today at 3:00pm

After the faxes kept pouring in yesterday the Rubashkin family would like to thank all those that took their time to write a letter, and are asking that we say Tehillim and learn something L’zchus Sholom Mordechai HaLevi ben Rivka.

The hearing taking place tomorrow is to determine if bail should be granted to Sholom Mordechai and if he is a flight risk.

There will be a Minyan at the Ohel at 3:00pm for Tehillim.

For more info and if you have ideas or something to offer or suggest for the case please email protestforkosher@aol.com

More Gun Violence, Man Shot on Empire Boulevard

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — More gun violence erupts on the Streets of Crown Heights, only this time in broad daylight. At around 4:00pm a person was shot in the leg on Empire Boulevard and Schenectady Avenue.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Photo Gallery: Free Seforim on Kingston!

Lined up along 770 is piles of used older Seforim with a sign in Hebrew which read “take a blessing into your home, all the seforim here are free, whatever remains by nightfall (late) will be taken from here”.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

PSA: A Fax Can Help with Pidyon Shvuyim

Shalom M. Rubashkin and the Jewish families of Postville are in URGENT need of your support TODAY (November 18, 2008) by 5:00pm Central Time (6:00pm Eastern Time).

We need personal letters faxed to (563) 864-3460 or (563) 864-6073 that can attest to:

City Bus Swipes Parked Car

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An MTA bus swiped a parked car on Kingston earlier today, the incident took place on Carroll and Kingston at around 12:30pm as the bus apparently tried to pull into the bus stop across the street and hit the parked car.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Bris Avrohom Celebrates 29

shturem.net

TEANECK, NJ — The Marriot Hotel lobby was packed with Rabbonim, Shluchim, relatives, friends, mekurovim and supporters of Bris Avrohom of Hillside New Jersey and Shluchim Rabbi Mordechai and Shterna Kanelsky. The Rebbe’s Shluchim were celebrating 29 years to their Shlichus at a gala dinner and Hachnosas Sefer Torah.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Agriprocessors Poultry Production to Resume Thursday

Tony Leys – Des Monies Register

Earlier this month: A truckload of poultry is moved around inside the AgriProcessors plant in Postville on Nov. 3. The plant has now suspended its meat operation but says it will reopen its poultry lines this week.

POSTVILLE, IA — The Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville suspended production Monday, but one of its officials said the operation should reopen later this week.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mordechai and Leah (nee Cadaner) Kustiner (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

Mapping a Journey to Inner Peace

By Catherine Solyom – the Gazette

Rabbi Ronnie Fine addresses Jewish Learning Institute’s Soul Maps lunchtime class, which teaches the Kabbalah, a set of spiritual lessons to achieve inner peace. The course is taught simultaneously in 300 locations around the world.
Photograph by Marcos Townsend for the Gazette

MONTREAL, Canada — Google “Soul Maps” and you’ll get a self-help book published by the Anglican Church of Canada, an analysis of Karl Jung’s human psychology and a question: Did you mean “Seoul Maps?” But you’ll also be directed to a new course right here, right now in Montreal based on the Kabbalah, about how to map your own soul to find the road to spiritual happiness.