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Grand Opening of New Volgograd Synagogue

FJC.ru

VOLGOGRAD, Russia -– Residents of Volgograd enjoyed a festive ceremony to mark the inauguration of the city’s new Synagogue. Hosted by Chief Rabbi of Volgograd Zalman Yoffe and his wife Yael who serves as the community chairman, the event involved Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and Alexander Boroda, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, in addition to key patrons, lay leaders and members of the local Jewish community.

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Baby Boy!

Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Enagagement!

Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Baby Girl!

Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Shmuly and Geula (nee Katzman) Gniwisch from Houston, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Memke Goldshmid (Valley Stream, NY) to Mushky Gancz (West Palm Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Mendel Minkowics (Crown Heights) to Sara Fajnland (Herndon, VA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Sender Gurewitz (Lyon, France) to Malki Lipskier (S. Petersburg, Russia)

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New Engagement!

Shalom Assouline (Paris, France) to Bracha Labi (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 9:00pm at 1185 Lincoln Pl
Baby Girl!

Yossi and Mushky (nee Parnes) Teleshevsky from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Esther (nee Fajnland) Scharf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Aharon and Rivka (nee Felberman) Simon from Dallas, TX had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Chaya Pape from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Levi and Miri Tenenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Chanie Mogilevsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Sarah Spalter from Lake Forest, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Itshak Cohen (Versailles, France) to Hanni Sitruk (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Meir Yabra (Crown Heights) to Chaya Spritzer (Monroe Township, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Orlando Sentinel
Rabbi Mendel Druk, 25, in the kitchen of his Cancun apartment, where Sabbath services are held each Friday evening. With him are his wife Rachel, 23, and daughter Mushka.

CANCUN, Mexico — When Orlando businessman Eytan Tayer visits this glitzy Caribbean resort two or three times a year, he sometimes feels he has left his Judaism behind.

A Young Hasidic Rabbi Plies his Faith in the Caribbean Playground of Cancun

Orlando Sentinel
Rabbi Mendel Druk, 25, in the kitchen of his Cancun apartment, where Sabbath services are held each Friday evening. With him are his wife Rachel, 23, and daughter Mushka.

CANCUN, Mexico — When Orlando businessman Eytan Tayer visits this glitzy Caribbean resort two or three times a year, he sometimes feels he has left his Judaism behind.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nochum and Leah (nee Rothman) Kurinsky (Shluchim to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) on the birth of their daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, Sunday there was a Siyum Sefer Torah at the Rimler home. The Sefer Torah which was written in honor of their parents, Reb Yechezkel and Mrs Esther Langsam OBM, was led in beautiful procession to Bais HaMedrash Eliyahu Nochum.

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Siyum Sefer Torah in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, Sunday there was a Siyum Sefer Torah at the Rimler home. The Sefer Torah which was written in honor of their parents, Reb Yechezkel and Mrs Esther Langsam OBM, was led in beautiful procession to Bais HaMedrash Eliyahu Nochum.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (88 pictures)

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The group making Havdala at 'the crossroads of the the world', Times Square.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — On Nov. 16-17 the Teen Club at Lubavitch on the Palisades directed by Rabbi Chaim and his wife Yocheved Boyarsky organized a Shabbaton to NYC.

Some 40 high school teens stayed in a beautiful hotel in the heart of Manhattan, ate delicious food catered exclusively by Dorna’s and Deli Kasbah’s, prayed at the Carlebach Shul and the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. They got to meet 100 Jewish teens from Toronto, and were inspired by a wonderful speaker from Israel, Doron Kornbluth. Doron spoke about the importance of Jewish pride.

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Teen Club at Lubavitch on the Palisades Enjoys NYC Shabbaton!

The group making Havdala at ‘the crossroads of the the world’, Times Square.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — On Nov. 16-17 the Teen Club at Lubavitch on the Palisades directed by Rabbi Chaim and his wife Yocheved Boyarsky organized a Shabbaton to NYC.

Some 40 high school teens stayed in a beautiful hotel in the heart of Manhattan, ate delicious food catered exclusively by Dorna’s and Deli Kasbah’s, prayed at the Carlebach Shul and the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. They got to meet 100 Jewish teens from Toronto, and were inspired by a wonderful speaker from Israel, Doron Kornbluth. Doron spoke about the importance of Jewish pride.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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N.J. law targets hand-held phone use, sending texts while driving

AP

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey motorists yakking on a hand-held cell phone or firing off text messages will soon run a greater risk of getting pulled over by a cop.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Friday signed legislation giving police more authority to target drivers using hand-held cell phones, and making it illegal to send text messages while driving distractions legislators contend make for risky driving.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Bernice (Basya) bas Menachem Mendel Gordon OBM wife YB"L Mr. Arnold Gordon and mother of Robert Gordon, Harvey Gordon and Mrs. Yocheved Novack of Los Angeles, CA.

Services will be held at Mount Sinai - Hollywood Hills Sunday, 15 Kislev, 25 November 2:00 PM PST.

Shiva will be observed from Monday at 332 North Detroit Street.
Please no visits Tuesday or Thursday from noon to 5:00

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mrs. Bernice Gordon OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Bernice (Basya) bas Menachem Mendel Gordon OBM wife YB”L Mr. Arnold Gordon and mother of Robert Gordon, Harvey Gordon and Mrs. Yocheved Novack of Los Angeles, CA.

Services will be held at Mount Sinai – Hollywood Hills Sunday, 15 Kislev, 25 November 2:00 PM PST.

Shiva will be observed from Monday at 332 North Detroit Street.
Please no visits Tuesday or Thursday from noon to 5:00

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

At The Shul of Bal Harbour, Fla., hundreds listen to Shlomo Lorch in Jerusalem expound on a Talmudic passage during an event broadcast live via the Internet and marking the close of the first 30-day mourning period for Charlotte Rohr. (Photos: Carlos Chattah)

BROOKLYN, NY — A six-continent simultaneous Web-cast Thursday marked the completion of a cooperative global initiative to learn the entire Talmud within the first 30-day mourning period for Charlotte Rohr, the matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family who passed away Oct. 22.

Shluchim Complete Talmud Study in Memory of Charlotte Rohr

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

At The Shul of Bal Harbour, Fla., hundreds listen to Shlomo Lorch in Jerusalem expound on a Talmudic passage during an event broadcast live via the Internet and marking the close of the first 30-day mourning period for Charlotte Rohr. (Photos: Carlos Chattah)

BROOKLYN, NY — A six-continent simultaneous Web-cast Thursday marked the completion of a cooperative global initiative to learn the entire Talmud within the first 30-day mourning period for Charlotte Rohr, the matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family who passed away Oct. 22.

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Deborah Kolben - The New York Times

Sam Habib, a Muslim, and Cindy Gluck, who is Jewish, on the job.

BROOKLYN, NY — On the morning in August 2005 when Sam Habib and Cindy Gluck opened their first Dunkin’ Donuts, they awoke at dawn to make sure that the glazed fritters and French crullers were out on the counter. Then Mr. Habib sneaked off to the neighboring mosque to pray, and Ms. Gluck, panicky about the prospects of their new venture, went to the back of the store to cry.

United on the Issue of Pork

Deborah Kolben – The New York Times

Sam Habib, a Muslim, and Cindy Gluck, who is Jewish, on the job.

BROOKLYN, NY — On the morning in August 2005 when Sam Habib and Cindy Gluck opened their first Dunkin’ Donuts, they awoke at dawn to make sure that the glazed fritters and French crullers were out on the counter. Then Mr. Habib sneaked off to the neighboring mosque to pray, and Ms. Gluck, panicky about the prospects of their new venture, went to the back of the store to cry.

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Courtney Pomeroy - Mitzpeh

Mendel (left), Yossel, Chaiky and Beryl live with
their parents, Rabbi Eli and Nechama Backman,
in the Chabad house on Hopkins Avenue.
Media Credit: Shira Yudkoff
COLLEGE PARK, MD — Most residences near campus are occupied by university students whose afternoon and nightly activities include studying for exams or partying- and either way, crawling into bed at 2 a.m. But for some city dwellers, the daily routines are a little different.

“From 4p.m. to 7p.m., from when my kids come home until they go to bed, it's family time,” said Nechama Backman, explaining her family's routines in their home on Hopkins Avenue.

Growing up in College Park

Courtney Pomeroy – Mitzpeh

Mendel (left), Yossel, Chaiky and Beryl live with
their parents, Rabbi Eli and Nechama Backman,
in the Chabad house on Hopkins Avenue.
Media Credit: Shira Yudkoff

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Most residences near campus are occupied by university students whose afternoon and nightly activities include studying for exams or partying- and either way, crawling into bed at 2 a.m. But for some city dwellers, the daily routines are a little different.

“From 4p.m. to 7p.m., from when my kids come home until they go to bed, it’s family time,” said Nechama Backman, explaining her family’s routines in their home on Hopkins Avenue.

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HALLANDALE, FL [CHI] — In what is traditionally North America's largest Annual Chanukah Festival, some 10,000 men, women, and children are expected at the 28th Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival, organized and sponsored by Chabad of South Broward. The festival is set for Tuesday, December 11, at 7:00 P.M.

Avraham Fried, “The Kinderlach”, At The New Gulfstream Park

HALLANDALE, FL [CHI] — In what is traditionally North America’s largest Annual Chanukah Festival, some 10,000 men, women, and children are expected at the 28th Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival, organized and sponsored by Chabad of South Broward. The festival is set for Tuesday, December 11, at 7:00 P.M.

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