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Guided by a Israeli National Service volunteer, right, a resident of Colel Chabad's Grabski Rehabilitation Center goes for a walk in the surrounding Migdal Ha'Emek neighborhood.

MIGDAL HA'EMEK, Israel — Israel's only residential center geared solely for patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS, is expanding its operations in order to accept 10 more long-term residents. The Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Ha'Emek, run by the Colel Chabad social services agency, currently cares for 25 residents; besides the additional rooms, the renovation will include the construction of an outpatient clinic for high-functioning MS patients and those with other similar neurological disorders.

Center Looks to Expand its Trailblazing Approach to MS

Guided by a Israeli National Service volunteer, right, a resident of Colel Chabad’s Grabski Rehabilitation Center goes for a walk in the surrounding Migdal Ha’Emek neighborhood.

MIGDAL HA’EMEK, Israel — Israel’s only residential center geared solely for patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS, is expanding its operations in order to accept 10 more long-term residents. The Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Ha’Emek, run by the Colel Chabad social services agency, currently cares for 25 residents; besides the additional rooms, the renovation will include the construction of an outpatient clinic for high-functioning MS patients and those with other similar neurological disorders.

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Shneur Zalman and Yehudis Futerfas from Dnipro, Ukraine had a baby boy!
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Zevi Rotter (Crown Heights) to Miriam Elkins (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Sunday, March 22nd, 8:00pm at The JCM
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Zalman and Bella (nee Lifshitz) Brook from Brooklyn Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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by Rabbi Yossi Refson [Shliach to Charleston, SC] - The Charleston Post and Courier
Today marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of some 15,000 concentration, extermination and forced-labor camps established by the Germans during World War II. It is estimated that, at minimum, 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945; of which at least 1.1 million were murdered.

As a rabbi in this community here in Charleston and a grandson of one of those fortunate to have survived the horrors of Auschwitz, much about this dark chapter in human history informs my personal and professional life.

My late Bubby (Grandma) Bluma was 13 when her mother, five older siblings and their children were exterminated under the orders of Josef Mengele, aptly referred to as the “Angel of Death.”

A Tribute to Auschwitz’s ‘Angels of Life’

by Rabbi Yossi Refson [Shliach to Charleston, SC] – The Charleston Post and Courier

Today marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of some 15,000 concentration, extermination and forced-labor camps established by the Germans during World War II. It is estimated that, at minimum, 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945; of which at least 1.1 million were murdered.

As a rabbi in this community here in Charleston and a grandson of one of those fortunate to have survived the horrors of Auschwitz, much about this dark chapter in human history informs my personal and professional life.

My late Bubby (Grandma) Bluma was 13 when her mother, five older siblings and their children were exterminated under the orders of Josef Mengele, aptly referred to as the “Angel of Death.”

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by Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Participants in a conference of Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries welcome the daughters of emissaries to the grand banquet. (Photos: Mendy Bleier)

The screens at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge flashed images from past and present as the 2,160 Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries and their guests took their seats in a banquet area spanning several ballrooms. The annual Sunday night banquet, the culmination of the five-day International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, was clearly an event not to be missed.

Brooklyn Convention Draws Jewish Women Young and Old

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Participants in a conference of Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries welcome the daughters of emissaries to the grand banquet. (Photos: Mendy Bleier)

The screens at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge flashed images from past and present as the 2,160 Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries and their guests took their seats in a banquet area spanning several ballrooms. The annual Sunday night banquet, the culmination of the five-day International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, was clearly an event not to be missed.

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Empire and Troy, the Scene of yet another Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The sound of two vehicles colliding was heard all the way to Montgomery and Albany, a minivan attempting to make a left turn from Empire up to Troy was struck by a sedan going straight down Empire in the other direction, the force of the collision sent one car onto the sidewalk while the other spun 180 degrees and winding up facing the other direction.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Chani (nee Kessler) Katz (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.

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Veronika Belenkaya - NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Tensions are high in Crown Heights, where Jewish community leaders and local NYPD brass are clashing over charges there's been a spike in bias beatings of Jews.

“The Police Department has been characterizing racial instances in our community, downgrading them to robberies, rather than addressing the true origin of the crime,” charged Jewish Leadership Council President Barry Sugar.

Hate crime spike in Crown Heights?

Veronika Belenkaya – NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Tensions are high in Crown Heights, where Jewish community leaders and local NYPD brass are clashing over charges there’s been a spike in bias beatings of Jews.

“The Police Department has been characterizing racial instances in our community, downgrading them to robberies, rather than addressing the true origin of the crime,” charged Jewish Leadership Council President Barry Sugar.

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Annual Bnos Chabad Inter School Convention

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – The culmination of the Annual Beis Rivkah Bnos Chabad Inter School Convention was marked last night with a supercharged gala banquet in the Oholei Torah ballroom. Nearly 2000 Bnos Chabad packed in to the hall for a special program which included speakers, videos, stories and dancing.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Experts Turn Over Key Jewish Practice to the Public

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In an unprecedented event, the Jewish Children’s Museum plans to reveal the entire process of creating a Hebrew Torah scroll to the public and allow visitors to try it themselves. An expert scribe handwrites 304,805 individual letters in a Torah scroll in a process that lasts one year on average.

While perhaps unconventional, the event – dubbed “Torah Unwrapped” – is ripe for the times and is a tradition that should be shared. A museum spokesman said this is a “chance to unite all people of very different interests and familiarity in a rich and stimulating journey.”

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Todd Maisel – NY Daily News)

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