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From a Theater to a Cheder!

CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — The Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day Schools in Chicago under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf, has completed the purchase of a new building for the Philip and Rebecca Esformes Cheder Lubavitch Girls school.

The massive building which stands in the center and heart of the Jewish community at the busy intersection on Main St. and McCormick Blvd. is a brick building with over 60,000 square feet!

Minn.’s Summer Growth Owed to Lubavitch Yeshiva

Lev Cotlar – Chabad.org
Mayor of Freeborn, Minn., Mark Rubin greets Yeshiva students

FREEBORN, MN — Freeborn, Minn., doesn’t stick out as a thriving metropolis by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, the southern Minnesota town, population 304, can’t even lay claim to a grocery store, post office or school. But that doesn’t seem to trouble Mayor Mark Rubin, currently serving his third year in the post.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli Muli Abramowitz (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah (bas R Moshe) Weiss (Crown Heights) .

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].

Belarus Community to Restore Historic Synagogue

FJC.ru

GRODNO, Belarus -– The Jewish community of Grodno has managed to attract the attention of a perspective donor for the restoration of its historic Synagogue. Chief Rabbi of Grodno Itzak Kofmann has been trying to raise funds for this major project ever since arriving here to serve as a Chabad Lubavitch emissary.

Hawaii Gets a Taste of Yiddishkeit With Kosher Deli

Sara Trappler-Spielman – Chabad.org
Yudi Weinbaum shows off a fresh batch of knishes. The ethnically Jewish foodstuff was until recently missing from most Hawaiiansí palates.

HONOLULU, HI — Growing up in London, Yudi Weinbaum would literally “never be found in the kitchen,” as he tells it. Today, at 25 years of age and half a planet away, he’s in the kitchen six days a week at the helm of his very own deli on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Major New Chabad House to Open in Berlin

European Jewish Press
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal of the Chabad Lubavitch organization speaks about the architecture of the synagogue in the new Jewish community center Szloma-Albam-House in Berlin on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Photo – AP

BERLIN, Germany — The first privately funded Jewish community and educational centre in Germany since the Holocaust will open this week in Berlin as a symbol of the rebirth of Jewish life in the country.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzali (ben R Moshe Nachman) Borenstein (Crown Heights) to Chana Mala (bas R Zalman A”H) Itkin (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) .

The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Picture of the Day – Oholei Torahs New Busses

Let me share with you an interesting story as told by Rabbi Moshe Lazar from Italy at a recent Oholei Torah Dinner

Once while the Rebbe was walking on Eastern Parkway to 770, he noticed a group of boys fussing over a school bus, The Rebbe asked what’s the fuss over, to which the children answered “Oholei Torah just bought a “new” used bus. The Rebbe replied, “An old bus??!! Oholei Torah should have purchased a brand new bus.”

More pictures in the Extended Article!

‘TRIP’ SUITS VS. CITY IN A FREEFALL

By Angela Montefinise – New York Post

A Broken Sidwalk. Illustration Photo.

NEW YORK, NY — Sidewalk trip-and-fall cases aren’t all they were once cracked up to be.

The number of claims filed against the city has been dropping dramatically over the past years, a phenomena alternately credited on good law – and good luck.

In fiscal year 2007 there were 2,536 claims filed against the city for personal injuries related to broken sidewalks – the lowest number in a decade, according to preliminary numbers from the city Comptroller’s Office.

Police apprehend Mugger

Police at the scene of an incident – illustartion photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday at around 7:30 PM, a 17 year old Bochur who was talking on the phone, walking on Eastern Pkwy from Albany towards Kingston Ave, was accosted by a Black male, who demanded his cell phone.

More in the Extended Article

School District Leases Out Space At 2 Closed Campuses

The Camarillo Acorn
Michael Schoppe, a Pleasant Valley School District maintenance worker, removes a message from the Los Primeros Structured School marquee. The campus is now being leased.

CAMARILLO, CA — The Pleasant Valley school board voted last week to lease shuttered campus space to two educational programs.