MOSCOW, Russia -– On January 3-6, the Gan Yisroel camp in conjunction with Club Rimon, which meets regularly on Sundays in Moscow, hosted a shabbaton-seminar for Jewish families in the suburbs of the capital.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avraham Meir and Perla (nee Timsit) Markovich (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hatzalah members went around to area Hospitals New Years Eve, handing out a special cake made for the occasion. Hatzalah thanked the Hospital staff for the care they gave to patients they brought to the hospital.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Aaron ben Perel
Duvid ben Rochl
MELBOURNE, Australia — A Melbourne man has been arrested and is expected to be charged over stalking the victim of an anti-semitic attack who was allegedly sent death threats and pictures of dead Jewish people.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Meir and Yael (nee Nates) Tessler (New York, NY) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT — After a year of restoration, a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust will be welcomed to its new home this week by Chabad-Lubavitch of Utah.
A few months ago I stood by the Rebbe’s Ohel and cried from the depths of my heart. I cried tears of happiness, tears of fulfillment because I was on my way to fulfilling my life long dream. In but an hour I was about to embark on shlichus. I was about to undertake the great responsibility of going on Shlichus, of joining the elite group of the Rebbe’s army.
Yes, I was scared and yes, I was nervous. I was going a long way from home, to an isolated place, with no family support but I knew that I was taking the Rebbe with me. And I thought that the people who had spent years working for the Rebbe and had given him so much would help me along the way.
Continued in the Extended Article.
MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — Camp Gan Yisroel started off like every other year. The days were packed with a range of amazing activities, Shiurim, Davening, meals, night activities, and Rebbe times – all carried out with an unbelievable chayus from every camper.
Thursday night, Yud Alef Teves, changed everything. The tragic news that shocked the entire world and especially the Australian community affected us in camp tremendously.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch is pleased to announce a new initiative for Shluchim and Shluchos respectively: The Beis HaMedrash L’Shluchim and the Shluchos Learning Center. This new program, jointly coordinated by ShluchimExchange.com and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), will feature amongst other presentations live, online video shiurim and periodic farbrengens by leading Rabbonim, Maggidei Shiur, Mashpi’im and Shluchim. The weekly shiurim will focus primarily on practical aspects of your Shlichus as well as Chassidus and Hashkafa to enhance your Avodas HaKodesh.
More info a Shiurim Schedule in the Extended Article!
Local Chabad rabbis are distancing themselves from the comments of an Israeli Chabad rabbi who last week said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other Israeli officials should be “hanged from the gallows.”
The remarks by Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe led to widespread condemnation in Israel and calls on the attorney general to open an investigation into whether the remarks constitute incitement. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America issued a statement, saying the Jan. 1 remarks “are beyond the pale of legitimate democratic protest and have no basis in Jewish law or hashkafa [philosophy].”
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — Chaya Mushka bas Matil Yanni, one of the two Chaya Aydel Seminary girls who were hit by an SUV driven by an 82 year old woman in Hallandale Beach, Florida 3 weeks ago, Boruch Hashem left Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood Thursday afternoon, Gimmel Shvat. She will need 6-8 weeks more of rehabilitation, but she is already walking with the assistance of crutches.
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BROOKLYN, NY — The world Jewish population climbed by 200,000 over the past year, says a Jerusalem-based think thank. That brings it in total to 13.2 million. But those who read on in the report quickly put away the party blowers: The projections for population growth are much more sobering.
DONETSK, Ukraine –- In eastern Ukraine, the Jewish community of Donetsk have concluded it latest seminar. Held from January 6th through 8th, this educational opportunity involved Jewish women, aged 14 and 15 years old. Sponsored and run by the Avi Chai Foundation.
The event, which was facilitated by Anna Skobeleva, a representative of the ‘Avi Chai’ Foundation in Minsk, was met with a strong turnout of young enthusiasts. The ‘Junior’ program is aimed at preparing counselors for Jewish camps, as well as leaders for the various youth initiatives organized by Jewish communities across the Former Soviet Union.
BERLIN, Germany — Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, who directs the city’s Chabad, told JTA Thursday that the Talmud Torah Or Avner will add on an elementary school building and a sports facility.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli Bogart (Sharon, MA) and Devorah Leah Kamman (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Parkway, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
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