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FJC.ru
VOLGOGRAD, Russia –- This week, the Jewish community of Volgograd has been busy taking part in the Fourth National Cultural Festival 'Volgograd's Mutual Friendship'. The highlight of this event was a gala concert that took place at the city's Musical Theater. Along with presentations by a number of Jewish performing arts groups, the show also featured lively and touching routines from the other ethnic groups and diasporas represented in Volgograd, as well as ethnic songs and dances performed by local ensembles having a much broader repertoire.

Volgograd Jewish Community Shines at Multi-ethnic Festival

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VOLGOGRAD, Russia –- This week, the Jewish community of Volgograd has been busy taking part in the Fourth National Cultural Festival ‘Volgograd’s Mutual Friendship’. The highlight of this event was a gala concert that took place at the city’s Musical Theater. Along with presentations by a number of Jewish performing arts groups, the show also featured lively and touching routines from the other ethnic groups and diasporas represented in Volgograd, as well as ethnic songs and dances performed by local ensembles having a much broader repertoire.

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New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

IY“H tomorrow, Friday October 26, Yud Daled Cheshvan, there will be a rally at the Ohel for children ages 5 to 12.

The busses leave from 770 at 1:00pm and return at 3:30pm

Children should bring $3 with them.

The rally is in memory of Shlomo Aharon A”H ben Yisroel HaKohen Deren

Full Flyer in the Extended Article!

Friday – Rally at the Ohel!

IY“H tomorrow, Friday October 26, Yud Daled Cheshvan, there will be a rally at the Ohel for children ages 5 to 12.

The busses leave from 770 at 1:00pm and return at 3:30pm

Children should bring $3 with them.

The rally is in memory of Shlomo Aharon A”H ben Yisroel HaKohen Deren

Full Flyer in the Extended Article!

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by Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

Rabbi Mendel Cohen, left, distributes chicken soup at S. Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium Tuesday night.

The number of displaced Southern Californians climbed to more than 1 million Wednesday as several wildfires continued their warlike march across the state's arid brush and forests.

Tuesday night saw some 12,000 S. Diego residents bed-in at the downtown Qualcomm Stadium, waiting for word on the fate of their homes and belongings. There to feed about 3,000 of them were Chabad-Lubavitch representatives and a team of volunteers who had driven in a mobile kitchen to supplement the relief efforts of the city's own Chabad Houses.

Los Angeles Chabad’s Food Truck Feeds Evacuees in S. Diego

by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Rabbi Mendel Cohen, left, distributes chicken soup at S. Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium Tuesday night.

The number of displaced Southern Californians climbed to more than 1 million Wednesday as several wildfires continued their warlike march across the state’s arid brush and forests.

Tuesday night saw some 12,000 S. Diego residents bed-in at the downtown Qualcomm Stadium, waiting for word on the fate of their homes and belongings. There to feed about 3,000 of them were Chabad-Lubavitch representatives and a team of volunteers who had driven in a mobile kitchen to supplement the relief efforts of the city’s own Chabad Houses.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – It was with great pain and sadness that we reported of the passing’s of R. Moshe Kazarnovsky OBM followed by that of his sister Mrs. Risya Posner OBM a few hours apart from each other.

This afternoon hundreds of Rabbonim, Members of Anash and Bochurim gathered along with hundreds of Beis Rivka Girls in front of 770 for both their Levaya’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

A Levaya for a Brother and Sister

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – It was with great pain and sadness that we reported of the passing’s of R. Moshe Kazarnovsky OBM followed by that of his sister Mrs. Risya Posner OBM a few hours apart from each other.

This afternoon hundreds of Rabbonim, Members of Anash and Bochurim gathered along with hundreds of Beis Rivka Girls in front of 770 for both their Levaya’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Police talking to the victim and witness.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur sitting on a bench on Eastern Parkway was assaulted early Tuesday evening. The incident took place at around 8:30pm, between Kingston and Albany Avenues, where the Bochur was sitting with another Bochur, talking when they were approached by a group of three black youths.

One of the group, described to be around 18 years old, ask one of the Bochurim for the time, the Bochur immediately sensed something wrong and stood up, that’s when the youth punched the Bochur in the face then together with his gang began fleeing down the parkway towards Albany Avenue.

Bochur Assaulted on Eastern Parkway

Police talking to the victim and witness.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur sitting on a bench on Eastern Parkway was assaulted early Tuesday evening. The incident took place at around 8:30pm, between Kingston and Albany Avenues, where the Bochur was sitting with another Bochur, talking when they were approached by a group of three black youths.

One of the group, described to be around 18 years old, ask one of the Bochurim for the time, the Bochur immediately sensed something wrong and stood up, that’s when the youth punched the Bochur in the face then together with his gang began fleeing down the parkway towards Albany Avenue.

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This weeks Living Torah, 10 Shevat 5740 - January 28, 1954 (Volume 41, Episode 163).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, 10 Shevat 5740 – January 28, 1954 (Volume 41, Episode 163).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

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Sue Fishkoff - Chabad.org

Mrs. Risya Posner OBM
Mrs. Risya Posner, who with her husband Rabbi Zalman Posner established the first Chabad-Lubavitch presence in Nashville, Tenn., died Tuesday at the age 80. An inimitable force behind Lubavitch outreach operations and techniques across the world, she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Lubavitch parents who had immigrated from Russia. She and her husband pioneered the field of campus-based outreach, almost immediately inviting Vanderbilt University students to their home after their arrival in Nashville.

From when she was a baby until her last day in the hospital, she elicited love from those who were mere acquaintances as easily as from those who had known her for decades.

Pioneering Chabad Emissary, Mother and Grandmother Passes Away in Nashville

Sue Fishkoff – Chabad.org

Mrs. Risya Posner OBM

Mrs. Risya Posner, who with her husband Rabbi Zalman Posner established the first Chabad-Lubavitch presence in Nashville, Tenn., died Tuesday at the age 80. An inimitable force behind Lubavitch outreach operations and techniques across the world, she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Lubavitch parents who had immigrated from Russia. She and her husband pioneered the field of campus-based outreach, almost immediately inviting Vanderbilt University students to their home after their arrival in Nashville.

From when she was a baby until her last day in the hospital, she elicited love from those who were mere acquaintances as easily as from those who had known her for decades.

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shaya Zirkind (Montreal, Canada) and Esther Channa Evers (Amersfoort, Holland) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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Marissa Brostoff - Forward

David Berger
NEW YORK, NY — Rabbi David Berger, a historian who is a sharp critic of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, has been appointed head of Jewish studies at Yeshiva University’s undergraduate college in a move that has ruffled some feathers on the campus.

Writing in the college’s student paper, the Commentator, Josh Shteir, a senior at the school and a co-president of the Chabad Club on campus, argued that Berger’s “intolerance” of Chabad is unacceptable at Y.U. The university is affiliated with the Modern Orthodox movement but welcomes Orthodox Jews who practice differently.

Yeshiva U Brings On Critic of Chabad

Marissa Brostoff – Forward

David Berger

NEW YORK, NY — Rabbi David Berger, a historian who is a sharp critic of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, has been appointed head of Jewish studies at Yeshiva University’s undergraduate college in a move that has ruffled some feathers on the campus.

Writing in the college’s student paper, the Commentator, Josh Shteir, a senior at the school and a co-president of the Chabad Club on campus, argued that Berger’s “intolerance” of Chabad is unacceptable at Y.U. The university is affiliated with the Modern Orthodox movement but welcomes Orthodox Jews who practice differently.

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R. C. Berman- Lubavitch.com
Chabad representatives to Vanderbilt University, Rabbi Shlomo and Nechama Rothstein, with their son, Menachem Mendel.

NASHVILLE, TN — Of the top 20 American universities still without a Chabad-Lubavitch Campu center, only two remained. One was the private Catholic university Notre Dame.

Chabad Opens Student Center At Vanderbilt University

R. C. Berman- Lubavitch.com
Chabad representatives to Vanderbilt University, Rabbi Shlomo and Nechama Rothstein, with their son, Menachem Mendel.

NASHVILLE, TN — Of the top 20 American universities still without a Chabad-Lubavitch Campu center, only two remained. One was the private Catholic university Notre Dame.

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Ski Camp Arrives at Running Springs

Michael R. Meredith – Chabad.com

RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — As the temperature drops and snow falls on Chabad’s beautiful mountaintop campus, Camp Gan Israel Running Springs is preparing to welcome children from all over the West Coast to CGI Ski Camp. The mini winter-camp session is the perfect time for children to explore their Jewish identity, while also enjoying a wide range of winter sports and alpine activities.

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fjc.ru
S PETERSBURG, Russia — In honor of the 'Day of the Homeless', the Jewish community of S. Petersburg has carried out an initiative jointly with one other non-governmental organization 'New Social Resolution'. Very active locally in working with the homeless, this non-commercial organization also publishes a journal entitled “The Way Home”. On this occasion, the two forces joined efforts in a project aimed at distributing fruit among the homeless of Russia's northern capital.

S Petersburg Jewish Community Aids the Homeless

fjc.ru

S PETERSBURG, Russia — In honor of the ‘Day of the Homeless’, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg has carried out an initiative jointly with one other non-governmental organization ‘New Social Resolution’. Very active locally in working with the homeless, this non-commercial organization also publishes a journal entitled “The Way Home”. On this occasion, the two forces joined efforts in a project aimed at distributing fruit among the homeless of Russia’s northern capital.

Shlichus

College Students Reach Out to California Fire Evacuees

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.edu
In northern S Diego County, evacuees found shelter at Escondido High School.

S DIEGO, CA — Students associated with local Chabad on Campus chapters mounted relief efforts at key locations throughout S. Diego as four separate fires consumed hundreds of thousands of acres across Southern California, displacing more than 500,000 people. Dozens of college students, along with Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Chalom Mendel Boudjnah, co-director of the city’s Jewish Student Life Center distributed bottled water to the 12,000 evacuees that made Qualcomm Stadium their temporary home.

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