Rosh Hashana in Watertown, NY

WATERTOWN, NY [CHI] — With the high holidays and all the many preparations for the holidays well underway across the country and the world, there was a rather special and different type of preparations going on in the city of Watertown, home to Fort Drum, a large military base, where four Jewish soldiers did not want to be left out from being involved in the high holidays services.

The soldiers contacted the Aleph Institute, who dispatched a group of Bochurim to help round up local Jews and other soldiers on base who might not be aware that services where being arranged.

In Small Brazilian Neighborhood, One Thousand March With Chabad Rabbi To Tashlich

S. PAULO, Brazil — Home of soccer and Carnival, religion does not usually take center stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Reflecting on the Torah

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Twelve-year-old Zachary Silverstein of Jacksonville knows that on the day of his bar mitzvah in February, he will not only have to read from his synagogue’s 800-year-old Torah scroll but carry it around the sanctuary as well.

New Shluchim to Cleveland, OH

Rabbi Michoel and Mrs. Esty (nee Morrison) Feinstein of Crown Heights have moved on Shlichus to Cleveland, OH where they will be working with the Russian and Bukharian communities of the city.

The new shluchim will be working under Rabbi and Rebbetzin Kaizen along with assistance from the World Congress of Bukharian Jews headed by Lev Leviev.

The new Shluchim can be reached at 216-382-7202 or semachsedek@hotmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Jews ‘Wake up the Sleepy Soul’

DES MOINES, IA — At sundown Wednesday, Jews celebrated Rosh Hashana, the holy day they celebrate as the birthday of the world.

Unlike the festive, secular New Year’s Day, the observance of Rosh Hashana – Jewish New Year 5768 – is a sober and reflective one.

Alaskan Jew Inspires Shabbaton

MORRISTOWN, NJ — More than 75 people participated in a Shabbaton at the Rabbinical College of America’s Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, where they heard Dovid Voluck, who enthralled them with his tale of living with Alaska’s Native American tribes and organizing the first minyan on the island of Sitka.

Teamwork Leads to Recovery of Holy Jewish Cabinet

RIVERSIDE, CA — The timing was perfect: Smooth sailing for Rabbi Shmuel Fuss’ ark.

It isn’t a vessel like Noah’s, but a holy cabinet specially constructed to hold an ancient handwritten scroll called the Torah.

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah on the Ethiopian New Year

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Nine groups of rabbinical students have set up shop in various Sub-Saharan locations for the High Holidays to host services and provide for the spiritual needs of Jews living in the remotest corners of the African continent.