The two-dozen plus boys pose with their chaperones at the Library’s entrance. LOS ANGELES, CA — KYY Diamond Daveners takes inaugurations to next level Los Angeles—on Sunday of last week, November 30, 2008, about 30 boys from Los Angeles’ Lubavitcher community converged on the…
MUMBAI, India [AFP] — People living close to a Jewish prayer centre besieged by Islamist fanatics who murdered its rabbi and his wife fear that if it reopens their Mumbai neighbourhood could once again become a terror target.
EJ Tansky – Lubavitch.com Guma Aguiar with Rabbi Moshe M. Lipszyc FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — Shattered by the murders in Mumbai, one energy magnate is picking up the pieces by making a significant contribution to a Florida Chabad center.
Robert Wiener – NJ Jewish News MORRISTOWN, NJ — If, as its followers sometimes insist, Chabad-Lubavitch is an “army of Hashem,” or God, then the Rabbinical College of America is its West Point.
WEST ORANGE, NJ [CHI] — Over 600 people gathered for a memorial last week in the JCC Metro West in West Orange, NJ. The event was arranged by New Jersey Shluchim together with the Federation and was attended by the large crowd in addition to NJ Governer Jon Corzine, Newark Mayor…
By Tamar Runyan (Photo: AFP – Aris Messinis) ATHEN, Greece — As riots in Greece’s two largest cities extended into their third day with some of the worst violence seen yet, the Jewish community of Athens is safe, but apprehensive.
S. PETERSBURG, Russia [FJC] — Today, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg is marking the anniversary when, exactly 115 years ago on December 8th, 1893, its Great Choral Synagogue was built.
Chani Lifshitz – Lubavitch.com Shluchos at the annual Shluchos Convertion in New York KATAMANDU, Nepal — Chani Lifshitz, Chabad representative in Katamandu, Nepal, wrote a letter to her close friend, Rivkah Holtzberg, following the tragedy in Mumbai.
Rabbi Levy Shmotkin, front, with Yossi Fraenkel, right, Rabbi Mendy Cohen, center back, and Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski, left, attempt to establish contact with their sources in India at Chabad’s Brooklyn World Headquarters on Nov. 28.
The Times of India BANGALORE, India — A Chabad Bangalore Jewish centre proposed to be set up by Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivkah Holtzberg will cater to the cultural and Jewish businessmen and technology professionals working in Bangalore.
CUSCO, Peru [CHI] — Rabbi Ofer and Yael Kripor are part of a dedicated team of Shluchim serving the Israeli – post army – back packers and other tourists. Their Chabad House is located in the rugged mountains of Cusco Peru.
MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a meeting between representatives of law enforcement agencies from Russia and Israel. From the Russian side, the meeting involved officers from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of…
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Amid the destruction and horror of the recent tragedies in Mumbai, FridayLight.org has initiated a worldwide campaign to transform the darkness into light.
In what was considered one of Montreal’s largest Jewish gatherings in a long time, close to 2,000 men and women gathered this week in Chabad’s Montreal Torah Center for a mass memorial service in honor of the slain Mumbai Shluchim.
Barak Obama during his visits to Sderot, with the letter expressing his condolences, inset. WASHINGTON, DC [JTA] — Barack Obama sent condolences to the Chabad-Lubavitch community on the slayings of its emissaries in Mumbai. Full letter in the Extended Article.
Stock Image MOSCOW, Russia [JTA] — A Russian Jewish umbrella organization lauded Russian law enforcement for its efforts to catch perpetrators of hate crimes.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 9:45 this morning, Wednesday, a woman was struck by a commercial van. She was crossing Empire Boulevard by foot, at the intersection of Troy Avenue, when the incident took place. It is unclear as to what caused the accident.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At about 9 O’Clock this morning a yungerman crossing Eastern Pkwy was hit by a car. The Yungerman was leaving Chovevei Torah on Eastern Pkwy, between Albany and Troy Ave, and crossed in middle of the road.
Matt Wagner – J Post KFAR CHABAD, Israel — The message from the funeral at Kfar Chabad on Tuesday was one of revenge – but not through violence. Rather, revenge that answers brutal, pointless Islamic terrorism with the light of loving-kindness.
Haaretz KFAR CHABAD, Israel — “They killed three people, not two,” said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, during her funeral, indicating that she had been pregnant, Army Radio reported Tuesday.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush extend their condolences to those suffering from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, upon their arrival to the White House Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, in Washington DC. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — U.S.
Bris. Illustration Photo. CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While people around the world were participating and watching the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim, a Bris took place in Bais Shmuel Shul. The parents Levi and Rivky Wilhelm gave their child the name Gavriel Noach Chaim.
Close to 2,000 people are watching a live broadcast of the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim Rabbi Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg HY”H at a public screening in Crown Heights organized and sponsored by COLlive.com. Men and women are gathered silently in both halls of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Jason Song and Ted Rohrlich – LA Times Hundreds gather Sunday in Westwood to mourn those killed in the Mumbai attacks. Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES, CA — Jews in Los Angeles on Sunday mourned a slain couple who had run a Mumbai Jewish center besieged by terrorists.
