Family Fun Day For Lag B’Omer
Long Island Herald - NY,Thursday, May 17, 2018 |
| Music and dancing, entertainment from Cirque Taquilar, relay races, inflatables, a petting zoo and a huge bonfire were all part of Chabad of Five Towns 23rd annual family fun day for the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on May 3… |
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Downtown Chabad Center Aims For Mid-June Opening
Fountain Hills Times - AZ,Thursday, May 17, 2018 |
| After successfully raising $120,000 in 30 hours, Chabad Lubavitch of Fountain Hills moves closer to its opening.
Rabbi Mendy Lipskier, co-director with his wife, Tzipi, said he hopes renovations in the former Gridleys building on the Avenue of the Fountains will be completed by mid-June… |
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Valley Groups Cater To Caregivers During Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - AZ,Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
| ...One group that recently partnered with Duet to host the discussions is Smile on Seniors, a volunteer program run by Chabad Lubavitch of Arizona that pairs seniors with volunteers for regular visits. Founded in 2009, it serves those in assisted-living facilities and those who live alone, offering a mix of companionship and access to group activities. Rabbi Levi Levertov, the co-director of Smile on Seniors, said they were very happy with the series and plan to host another 10-week session next year… |
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Pop-Up Jewish Deli Returns June 17
KGET-TV - Bakersfield, CA,Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
| The Chabad Jewish Community Center of Bakersfield has announced the return of its pop-up Jewish deli.
The deli will return June 17 at 4 p.m. at community center at 6901 Ming Ave., according to the center's Facebook page.
The deli will serve sandwiches stuffed with New York pastrami and corn beef, salad, kosher hot dogs, chicken matzah ball soup, and knishes, according to organizers.
Pre-orders for the event open June 4. |
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Gov. Rick Scott Visits Chabad Of Naples, Talks Increased Funding For Hebrew School Safety
Naples Daily News - FL,Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
| Surrounded by more than a dozen kids at Chabad of Naples, Gov. Rick Scott talked about the importance of protecting Hebrew schools.
The governor Wednesday took a tour of the day school on Mandarin Road off U.S. 41 south of Golden Gate Parkway. During a news conference, he talked about the $2 million in security funding for Hebrew day schools for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
“We have to support the safety of all the Jewish day schools,” he said… |
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LI Rabbi Zalman Wolowik Led Prayer At Jerusalem Embassy Opening
Newsday - Long Island, NY,Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
| A Long Island rabbi’s connection with a former bankruptcy lawyer for President Donald Trump landed him in the middle of a historic event this week: the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, an Orthodox rabbi who runs the Chabad Center of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst, said his longtime friendship with David Friedman, who was appointed last year by Trump as the U.S. ambassador to Israel, was the key to his invitation to deliver the invocation at the event… |
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Chabad Of Charleston Hosts Torah Dedication In Honor Of Jewish Veterans
Charleston City Paper - SC,Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
| ...Tomorrow night at 7 p.m., Chabad of Charleston will host a Torah dedication and ceremony as Charleston's Jewish community completes a Torah scroll in honor of Jewish veterans and active members of the armed forces.
The project started two years ago when Admiral (Ret.) Malcolm Fages and his wife decided they wanted to honor fellow Jewish veterans. According to a press release, Fages' Navy career spanned more than three decades, with assignments including commander of off-coast attack and ballistic missile submarines, director of Undersea Warfare for the U.S. Navy, and director of International Negotiations on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff… |
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Ambassador Visits Chabad in Canberra
J-Wire,Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
| The Ambassador of Israel to Australia, Mark Sofer and his wife Sarah have visited Chabad ACT’s HQ in Canberra.
The Sofers were greeted by Chabad ACT’s Chairman, Rabbi Shmueli Feldman and Co-Director, Rebbetzin Chasia Feldman.
They toured the centre in Northern Canberra, which includes Canberra’s only Jewish Preschool and Child Care Centre – Gan Yisroel, a Synagogue, Kosher shop, community kitchen and administrative offices… |
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Anti-Semitic Incidents Provoke Unease In Berlin
NBC News,Friday, May 11, 2018 |
| ...On the surface, Jewish life in Berlin is flourishing. Two weeks ago, the Chabad Lubavitch synagogue celebrated five births, a bar mitzvah and an engagement. The city is home to several kindergartens, two schools and eight synagogues, and a new Jewish community center is planned.
But other parents at the religious school where Granov sends his son cite an unsettling number of low-level incidents of anti-Semitism that seem to have increased in recent years… |
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