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Joshua Runyan
A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Dean, shortly before it left the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm

Cancun, Mexico — Rabbi Mendel Druk, co-director of the new Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Cancun, Mexico, reported on Tuesday that despite expectations, Hurricane Dean largely spared the resort area's Jewish community the brunt of its wrath.

Cancun’s New Chabad House Safe and Sound After Hurricane

Joshua Runyan
A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Dean, shortly before it left the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm

Cancun, Mexico — Rabbi Mendel Druk, co-director of the new Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Cancun, Mexico, reported on Tuesday that despite expectations, Hurricane Dean largely spared the resort area’s Jewish community the brunt of its wrath.

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New Engagement!

Nathaniel Cohen (Neuilly, France) to Raquel Illouz (Paris, France)
Baby Boy!

Leiby and Mushka Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya (nee Laber) Shepard from Albany, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street
New Engagement!

Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Sternberg (New London, CT) to Devora Lea Amar (Seine Et Marne, France) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)
New Engagement!

Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)
New Engagement!

Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)
Baby Girl!

Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)

Baltimore, MD — The Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore under the esteem leadership of the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dovid Weber and the Menahel Gashmi Rabbi Ephraim Rosenbloom, has with the grace of G-D completed the signing on a building for the Yeshiva. The purchase was made possible with the help of the Head Shliach to Maryland Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan.

Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore Buys Building

Baltimore, MD — The Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore under the esteem leadership of the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dovid Weber and the Menahel Gashmi Rabbi Ephraim Rosenbloom, has with the grace of G-D completed the signing on a building for the Yeshiva. The purchase was made possible with the help of the Head Shliach to Maryland Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan.

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Photo Gallery: Sunday in Mei Menuchos, Upstate NY

South Fallsburg, NY — Summer time many Crown Heights families make their way upstate to spend their vacation, and Sundays become the regular outing for Barbeques and camp fires in the various bungalow colonies.

This gallery is from the Mei Menuchos colony in South Fallsburg, of kids roasting marshmallows as the evening sets in.

More in the Extended Article!

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Pamela McLoughlin - New Haven Register

New Haven, CT — Rabbi Yossi Hodakov didn’t realize how meaningful the little things can be to a family when there’s a hospitalized child — until his own 8-year-old daughter had a stay at Yale-New Haven

So when Hodakov delivered some 100 toys Monday to Yale-New Haven’s Children’s Hospital, it really came from the heart.

It’s a Toy-ous Time at Yale Kids Hospital

Pamela McLoughlin – New Haven Register

New Haven, CT — Rabbi Yossi Hodakov didn’t realize how meaningful the little things can be to a family when there’s a hospitalized child — until his own 8-year-old daughter had a stay at Yale-New Haven

So when Hodakov delivered some 100 toys Monday to Yale-New Haven’s Children’s Hospital, it really came from the heart.

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Mazal Tov! – 2 Tuesday Night L’Chaims!

Aaron Vogel (Philadelphia, PA / Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Flint (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [bet Albany and Troy].

Sholom Ber Mendelson (Cleveland, Ohio) and Sarah Brum (New Orleans/Flatbush).
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].

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Chabad of UW Acquires a New Home

Seattle, WA — Chabad of Washington University, directed by Rabbi Elie and Mrs Chaya Rochel Estrin, closed a deal on a home in Seattle’s University District. The property is located at 5200 21st Ave NE. They acquired this 5000 square foot property for $870,000 with the generous help of Mr. George Rohr and his family foundation.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Kristin Erekson - The Jewish Advocate
Roughly 40,000 people will be
able to immerse their dining
utensils in “The Dish Mikvah.”
Natick, MA — For Metrowest residents, dish-washing is becoming a more spiritual experience.“The Dish Mikvah,” which opened last month, is the most recent installation of the Mei Menachem Western Well’s community mikveh, a state-of-the-art Natick facility aimed to serve roughly 40,000 Jewish individuals living west of Boston. Rabbi Levi Fogelman and his wife, Chanie, the leadership at the Chabad Center of Natick, spearheaded the initiative with the intent to revitalize the “mitzvah of the mikveh,” as well as to address the importance of making dishes and other utensils kosher for household use.

A New Mitzvah in the Kitchen – Chabad Opens Community Dish Mikveh

Kristin Erekson – The Jewish Advocate
Roughly 40,000 people will be
able to immerse their dining
utensils in “The Dish Mikvah.”

Natick, MA — For Metrowest residents, dish-washing is becoming a more spiritual experience.“The Dish Mikvah,” which opened last month, is the most recent installation of the Mei Menachem Western Well’s community mikveh, a state-of-the-art Natick facility aimed to serve roughly 40,000 Jewish individuals living west of Boston. Rabbi Levi Fogelman and his wife, Chanie, the leadership at the Chabad Center of Natick, spearheaded the initiative with the intent to revitalize the “mitzvah of the mikveh,” as well as to address the importance of making dishes and other utensils kosher for household use.

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Yehuda L. Ceitlin - Chabad.org
Klezmer artist Andy Statman plays to a 500-plus crowd at the annual Berkshire Jewish Music Festival.

Lenox, MA — More than 500 people turned out for the second annual Challahpalooza: The Berkshire Jewish Music Festival. Held at the Duffin Theater in Lenox, Mass., smack dab in the middle of Massachusetts' famous Berkshires vacation and cultural destination, the festival featured Klezmer artist Andy Statman.

Challahpalooza Music Fest a Big Hit in Massachusetts’ Berkshires

Yehuda L. Ceitlin – Chabad.org
Klezmer artist Andy Statman plays to a 500-plus crowd at the annual Berkshire Jewish Music Festival.

Lenox, MA — More than 500 people turned out for the second annual Challahpalooza: The Berkshire Jewish Music Festival. Held at the Duffin Theater in Lenox, Mass., smack dab in the middle of Massachusetts’ famous Berkshires vacation and cultural destination, the festival featured Klezmer artist Andy Statman.

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Greenwich, CT — This summer marks the 10th year anniversary of Camp Gan Israel of Greenwich, most recently located on Lake Avenue. Founded by Yoseph and Maryashi Deren in 1997, the camp seeks to provide a quality camp experience within a Jewish environment for children 20 months to 13 years old. The camp shares a name with 1,500 national Camp Gans and is one of 3,500 Chabad organizations worldwide.

Camp Gan Israel Celebrates a Decade of Summer Fun

Greenwich, CT — This summer marks the 10th year anniversary of Camp Gan Israel of Greenwich, most recently located on Lake Avenue. Founded by Yoseph and Maryashi Deren in 1997, the camp seeks to provide a quality camp experience within a Jewish environment for children 20 months to 13 years old. The camp shares a name with 1,500 national Camp Gans and is one of 3,500 Chabad organizations worldwide.

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com
Several of the members in the Men's Club

Sussex County, NJ — At the new members brunch on Sunday, the Jewish Men's Club of Sussex County had more to offer than sesame bagels, lox and vegetable studded cream cheese. Those who took part defied statistics that say that civic life in America is a relic of a dying past.

Bagels and Brotherhood: How Guys Grow a Community

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com
Several of the members in the Men’s Club

Sussex County, NJ — At the new members brunch on Sunday, the Jewish Men’s Club of Sussex County had more to offer than sesame bagels, lox and vegetable studded cream cheese. Those who took part defied statistics that say that civic life in America is a relic of a dying past.

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Chabad.org
Moscow’s new Mitzvah Mobile awaits a facelift before it makes its rounds in the city’s business district.

Moscow, Russia — A new Mitzvah Mobile will soon become a fixture in the bustling city of Moscow, making good on a pre-Passover resolution made by the community to purchase a mobile Jewish outreach center.

Moscow Gets its Very Own Mitzvah Mobile

Chabad.org
Moscow’s new Mitzvah Mobile awaits a facelift before it makes its rounds in the city’s business district.

Moscow, Russia — A new Mitzvah Mobile will soon become a fixture in the bustling city of Moscow, making good on a pre-Passover resolution made by the community to purchase a mobile Jewish outreach center.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Sara (nee Lipsh) Zimmerman (Tzfas, Israel) on the birth of their baby girl, Mushka.

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

Mazel Tov's

Thousands of Jewish Kids Attend Gan Israel Camps Across the Former Soviet Union

FJC.ru

Moscow, Russia — This summer, more than 6,000 children from over 130 cities across 10 countries of the former Soviet Union are enjoying and exciting summer experience at ‘Gan Israel’ camps across the Former Soviet Union. The camps are run by local Jewish communities and coordinated by the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic Countries, and Chabad Lubavitch representatives. This year’s camp season witnessed the operation of close to 50 separate summer camps, which involved children from dozens of more communities.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org
Shirley Chisholm, the Brooklyn congresswoman who spearheaded the creation of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known by its acronym, WIC

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, provided the inspiration for the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known by its acronym, WIC, according to new information gleaned in an interview with a former Senate aide.

Interview Unearths Details in Genesis of U.S. Food Allotment Program

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org
Shirley Chisholm, the Brooklyn congresswoman who spearheaded the creation of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known by its acronym, WIC

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, provided the inspiration for the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known by its acronym, WIC, according to new information gleaned in an interview with a former Senate aide.

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