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AllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 68 – February 21, 2013
Two women who exemplify the inner and outer beauty of the Jewish Queen Esther were honored during Chabad of Western Monmouth County’s 25th annual Jewish Women’s Day program. The annual event held in memory of Rebbitzen Chaya Mouska Schneerson OBM, was highlighted by Proclamations issued by Marlboro Township Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Manalapan Township Mayor Susan Cohen.Senior religious Zionist rabbis are calling ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue #67 – February 14, 2013
Hasidim have hoodies too. Though theirs are intended for winter Sabbaths. Many New Yorkers have wondered how Hasidic fashion changes with the seasons, given their seemingly year-round custom of having men wear three-piece dark suits and women calf-length skirts, long-sleeved blouses and thick stockings. Several observers have figured out that except for lighter fabrics Hasidic summer wear is not all that ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 66 – February 6, 2013
An enthusiastic crowd of families celebrated the completion of a new Hewlett Sefer Torah at the Chabad of Hewlett last Sunday. Beginning a little after noon, music, food and drink, dancing, and expressions of mazel tov set the scene for the happy occasion. We always talk about the ‘joy of Torah’, but last Sunday we actually felt the joy as a ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 64 – January 23, 2013
What does a veteran and a yeshiva student from New York City all have in common? They were all participants in last year’s Bike 4 Friendship cross-country bike trip. The grueling 3,500-mile bike ride is held annually to help raise much-needed funds and create awareness about the important global activities of Friendship Circle International an organization that connects children with special needs ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 63 – January 16, 2013
High winds, heavy rain and the prospect of snow were no obstacle to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s annual gathering of Jewish outreach workers. Around five hundred Chabad emissaries met in Nir Etzion hotel on Tuesday despite the Frankenstorm lashing the country. Those present at the meeting are usually spread from Metula to Eilat in Israel’s 294 Chabad House outreach centers.U.S. District Judge Naomi ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 62 – January 9, 2013
A cache of 1,000-year-old documents written by the Jewish community in Afghanistan and unveiled in Jerusalem provides unprecedented insight into medieval Jewish community in central Asia. The collection was reportedly discovered by chance in a cave inhabited by foxes two years ago in northern Afghanistan. The dry climate of the cave preserved the papers, keeping them in excellent condition.Nearly two years after ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 61 – January 03, 2013
The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a travel advisory for Denmark last week in wake of warnings by Israel’s ambassador advising Jews and Israelis to refrain from wearing kippot, religious symbols, and speaking Hebrew on the streets of Copenhagen. It is intolerable that any Jew should have to hide his or her identity on the streets of Copenhagen.For the first time since ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 60 – December 12, 2012
A Jewish cultural and religious center will be opened in the city of Trancoso the first of its kind in Portugal in more than 500 years. The Isaac Cardoso Center for Jewish Interpretation will include an exhibition about the Jewish history of Portugal and the renewal of Jewish life in the region in recent years.Months of hard work by hundreds of RCCS ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 59 – December 5, 2012
After the successful restoration of the Hurva Synagogue, the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue will be restored next by the Jerusalem Municipality. The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem Ltd. has undertaken to rebuild the synagogue, which was destroyed by Arabs during the 1948 War of Independence.For the first time in a uniform ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 58 – November 28, 2012
New York yeshiva students received $9 million in state grants during the first half of 2012, thanks to a change in state law that made them eligible for the first time for a state-funded financial aid program. The students previously barred from receiving funds offered by New York State’s Tuition Assistance Program, also claimed $17.2 million dollars in federal Pell grants.A truck ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 57 – November 21, 2012
Despite reports that raised questions about whether Jews can feel at home in Germany, Chabad will be opening additional centers in two North Rhine-Westphalian cities. There are some 3- 4000 Jews living in Dortmund, a major city near Dusseldorf, and about 1,000 in Essen. The Chabad goal is to work together with the community and the rabbi to enhance the experience of ...
Read MoreAllJewishLinks.com Newsletter Issue # 56 – November 14, 2012
The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity of the University of Illinois’ partnered with Illini Chabad and The Friendship Circle to host the sixth annual Alley Oop for Autism fundraiser for children with special needs. Zeta Beta Tau started hosting Alley Oop for Autism five years ago as a charity basketball event for children with autism.The Chief Rabbinate ruled that eating bug-free leafy vegetables ...
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