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Lubavitch.com

Gov. Corzine prepares to light the Menorah as Rabbi Moshe Z Schapiro from Chabad of Hoboken and Mayor of Hoboken Dave Roberts look on.

HOBOKEN, NJ — Miracles were on NJ Gov. Jon Corzine’s mind when he kindled Chabad of Hoboken’s 6-foot tall menorah at City Hall before a crowd of 300 on Sunday.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Governor Corzine Celebrates Chanukah With Hoboken’s Jews

Lubavitch.com

Gov. Corzine prepares to light the Menorah as Rabbi Moshe Z Schapiro from Chabad of Hoboken and Mayor of Hoboken Dave Roberts look on.

HOBOKEN, NJ — Miracles were on NJ Gov. Jon Corzine’s mind when he kindled Chabad of Hoboken’s 6-foot tall menorah at City Hall before a crowd of 300 on Sunday.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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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!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
Local News 10

N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — A North Miami Beach synagogue caught fire on the final day of Hanukkah.

Sky Lake Synagogue on Northwest 183rd Street went up in flames while 25 children were inside for Hebrew classes Wednesday night.

Children Inside When Synagogue Catches Fire

Local News 10

N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — A North Miami Beach synagogue caught fire on the final day of Hanukkah.

Sky Lake Synagogue on Northwest 183rd Street went up in flames while 25 children were inside for Hebrew classes Wednesday night.

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Chanukah Celebration in Chicago

CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — Winding their way down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile was a convoy unlike anything shoppers were expecting. Amongst the whirl of green and reed a fifty car long procession of Menorah Topped Vehicles snaked along Downtown Chicago’s most glamorous stretch of highbrow shops and swanky cafes.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chanukah with Chabad at CALTECH

PASADENA, CA [CHI] — The California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), one of the top ten universities in the world, held its first public Menorah lighting on campus this Chanukah. On Thursday night, December 6th, over eighty students, family members and faculty, gathered outside Caltech’s main dining hall for an outdoor Menorah lighting ceremony and Chanukah celebration.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The worlds only Menorah Fire Truck Parade

One of the many stops of the Menorah Fire Truck Parade that took place in Gaithersburg Maryland

GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Rockville Volunteer Fire Department, in conjunction with Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, paraded through Gaithersburg this past Thursday night. With a three foot Menorah perched on the front of Rescue Engine 33, the parade included five Chiefs vehicles a ladder truck and an ambulance, which drove throughout town handing out dreidels and chocolate Chanukah “Gelt”.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Ed Tenney RVFD)

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Bochurim Summonsed for Hanging up Posters

The minivan pulled over at the intersection of Carroll and Kingston.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two Kvutzeh Bochurim driving around Crown Heights in a minivan and hanging up posters were stopped and summonsed for illegally hanging up signs on city property.

The Bochurim, who could not speak English very well, were assisted by two patrolling Shomrim members with translating and explaining what happened. After receiving the summons they were told to stop hanging up the signs.

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The Courier-Journal

Under the watchful eyes of the children, Gov. Ernie Fletcher lit the central candle of the Grand Community Menorah yesterday during Chanukah on Ice at Iceland Sports Complex. Chabad of Kentucky organized the event to help build Jewish pride and encourage diversity. (Pam Spaulding)

LOUISVILLE, KY — Chanukkah might be the miracle of light, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday yesterday in Louisville was grounded in cold, hard ice.

The third annual Chanukah on Ice drew more than 250 people to the Iceland Sports Complex off North Hurtsbourne Parkway.

More pictures in the Extneded Article!

Fest of Lights and Ice

The Courier-Journal

Under the watchful eyes of the children, Gov. Ernie Fletcher lit the central candle of the Grand Community Menorah yesterday during Chanukah on Ice at Iceland Sports Complex. Chabad of Kentucky organized the event to help build Jewish pride and encourage diversity. (Pam Spaulding)

LOUISVILLE, KY — Chanukkah might be the miracle of light, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday yesterday in Louisville was grounded in cold, hard ice.

The third annual Chanukah on Ice drew more than 250 people to the Iceland Sports Complex off North Hurtsbourne Parkway.

More pictures in the Extneded Article!

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — A record breaking number of 10,000 people, as estimated by the police, filled the Gulfstream Park of Hallandale Beach, Florida, to join a huge Chanukah party held for the 28th year in a row.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Eli Kahan)

Thousands at Goldstream Park Chanukah Event

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — A record breaking number of 10,000 people, as estimated by the police, filled the Gulfstream Park of Hallandale Beach, Florida, to join a huge Chanukah party held for the 28th year in a row.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Eli Kahan)

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Chanukah in the Snow in Florida

MIAMI, FL [CHI] — This past Sunday December 9, 2007 over 400 people gathered together to witness Chanukah in the snow at Chabad of Kendall/Pinecrest.

The crowd witnesses as 10 Tons of snow was made in front of their eyes, who would think that this would happened in Florida this was one of the miracles of Chanukah in Florida.

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Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

London Mayor Ken Livingstone, left, and Rabbi Gershon Overlander, co-director of the Chabad House on Hendon, make their way to the top of the Chabad House’s 30-foot menorah on Trafalgar Square with the help of a cherry picker. (Photo: Shelley Kelaty)

LONDON, England — London Mayor Ken Livingstone welcomed some 5,000 revelers to Trafalgar Square Tuesday night for a historic lighting of a Chanukah menorah with the Chabad House of Hendon.

Environmentally-Friendly Menorah Towers Over London’s Trafalgar Square

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

London Mayor Ken Livingstone, left, and Rabbi Gershon Overlander, co-director of the Chabad House on Hendon, make their way to the top of the Chabad House’s 30-foot menorah on Trafalgar Square with the help of a cherry picker. (Photo: Shelley Kelaty)

LONDON, England — London Mayor Ken Livingstone welcomed some 5,000 revelers to Trafalgar Square Tuesday night for a historic lighting of a Chanukah menorah with the Chabad House of Hendon.

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First Ever Chanukah Parade in Las Vegas!

LAS VEGAS, NV — This past Motzei Shabbos, Chabad held its first ever Grand Car Menorah Parade down the world famous Las Vegas strip in which over 20 vehicles participated. The parade finished at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign at which some of the cars stopped to take a picture.

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