Thank You Bozeman! By Rabbi Chaim Bruk
KMMS - Bozeman, MT,Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
| ...Thank you Bozeman for embracing diversity and welcoming our five adopted children, including our black son, into the community with non-judgmental love.
Thank you Bozeman and the amazing school system for being considerate of Jewish holidays like Chanukah, Passover and Sukkot and doing everything in your power to give our Zeesy, who has special needs, all that she needs to succeed… |
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Community Walk Celebrates Friendship
Atlanta Jewish Times - GA,Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
| ...Friendship Circle of Atlanta’s goal for the Walk4Friendship is to raise $100,000 through donations. New hopes attendance will match or exceed the 600 participants in last year’s walk. Registration remains open and the nonprofit will continue to accept donations and volunteers both online and on the day of the event. Participation is open to the entire community, not just for those with special needs… |
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Hundreds Gather At Chabad Of Poway To Hear Holocaust Survivor's Story
S. Diego Union-Tribune - CA,Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
| Hundreds of people gathered last week at Chabad of Poway to hear Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and childhood friend/step-sister of Anne Frank, speak about her experiences.
Schloss spent about 45 minutes sharing her experiences in the Holocaust, which included spending about a year in hiding and nine months in Auschwitz. She called her life “a sad story, but with a happy ending.”
Though she shared her tragic history, Schloss’s message was one of survival and hope… |
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‘People are Forgetting’: A Day in Paradise
Napa Valley Register - CA,Tuesday, March 12, 2019 |
| Yesterday, my husband and I drove to Paradise to meet with folks there who are the “boots on the ground” for the “RV to Paradise” project and to have our first experience with the situation.
In Chico we stopped at the Chabad Jewish center where we met with Mendy and Chana Zweibel – the rabbis who have been coordinating the donations of vehicles to the victims of the Camp Fire and who will be doing the same with ours. Their gratitude for the project was palpable as Mendy Zweibel described needs that remain overwhelming and support that is rapidly dropping away… |
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Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs to Host Gala Awards and Dinner Event
Coral Springs Talk - FL,Tuesday, March 12, 2019 |
| ...Denburg said their center – all of its programs and worship services – are entirely supported by the community it serves, adding that it’s the most active and involved people he wants to honor with a grand event this April. Without donors and volunteers, none of the growth the 10-year-old center has experienced would be possible.
“Many miracles have happened to us since we moved into our center and this gala is a way of launching the next decade,” said Denburg… |
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BU Students Celebrate Jewish Holiday With Purim Palooza
WICZ - Vestal, NY,Monday, March 11, 2019 |
| ..."All the money that we're raising is going to an organization called Sharsheret which raises money and help benefit women that suffer from ovarian and breast cancer and their families," said Wild.
The event is a project of the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life and spearheaded by Chabad, Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, and Alpha Epsilon Phi… |
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The Jews Of Donetsk Still Living In The Midst Of Ukraine's Ongoing Armed Conflict
Jewish Chronicle - UK,Monday, March 11, 2019 |
| ...In Donetsk’s synagogue, the acting rabbi is Odessa-born Arie Shvartz. This is now the fifth year of the war, but the Chabad emissary has not left the city once, not even for a single day.
He is not afraid to go out wearing his kippah and he says that he has never personally experienced antisemitism in Donetsk.
“It is very important for people to come to the synagogue,” he says… |
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Hundreds Join Together In Las Vegas For Walk4Friendship
Las Vegas Review-Journal - NV,Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
| ...Shaina Kinn, 18, has Asperger’s syndrome and used to have a difficult time making friends, her mother said. Since joining Friendship Circle, which meets once a month and hosts holiday parties and game nights, the younger Kinn has made many friends and gained confidence.
“They help children of all kinds get together with other children,” Shoshana Kinn said… |
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Larry King Joins Tefillin Campaign Launched in Honor of Rabbi Suffering From ALS
Algemeiner,Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
| ...In a video posted on Facebook, King is shown wearing his tefillin while telling Hurwitz “I know it’s a tough fight you’re in, but you’re a tough guy. I just said prayers for you. I wish you nothing but the best. A good and better and long life.”
Rabbi Hurwitz, a Chabad emissary to Temecula, Calif., has been suffering with ALS for six years and can only communicate through his eyes, according to Chabad.org… |
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Chabad To Dedicate New Center In North Fulton
Johns Creek, GA Patch,Thursday, March 7, 2019 |
| ...On Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 12:00pm, the Jewish community will unveil the brand new and exquisite 'Rashi's Campus' Chabad Jewish Center, named for the late founder of the community, Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, who passed away suddenly in March, 2014, at the young age of 37… |
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Holocaust Survivor To Meet Students In Swastika Party Photo
AP,Thursday, March 7, 2019 |
| ...Rabbi Reuven Mintz of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life says the meeting will be private, but the 89-year-old Schloss will speak to news media afterward… |
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