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Florida Professor Arrested for Having a “Suspicious” Bagel on a Plane

A Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a suspicious package in the overhead compartment.That “suspicious package” turned out to be keys, a bagel with cream cheese and a hat.Ognjen Milatovic, 35, was flying from Boston to Washington D.C. on US Airways when he was escorted off the plane for ...

Florida Jews Concerned about Economy

Newt Gingrich describes the Palestinians as an invented people and seeks covert action against Iran, while Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of throwing Israel under a bus.But the Republican presidential candidates’ tough talk on the Middle East in Florida before Tuesday’s primary is doing little to sway the state’s large Jewish population from its longstanding support for the Democrats.If ...

Florida Chabad House Grows with a Torah

Approximately 100 congregants marched the streets by singing, dancing and celebrating Chabad of Pembroke Pines’ first owned Torah.This procession in the streets of Pembroke Pines recently was an emotional celebration for the synagogue’s founder, Rabbi Mordechai Andrusier, as the Torah was dedicated in the memory of his grandmother Chana and nephew Yonatan.“Some people relate death as final and as a ...

Florida Bank Threatens Chabad Shul To Seize Sefer torah As Foreclosure Assets

Members of a Florida Orthodox Jewish congregation said they feel a bank’s action to foreclose on a loan and seize Torah scrolls as assets is unconscionable.Howard Dubosar, a lawyer for Congregation Chabad-Lubavitch near Boynton Beach, said the threat by the Stonegate Bank to seize Torahs is “a desecration. This bank is playing hardball,” the Palm Beach Post reported Thursday.Read More: @ ...

Flames of Chanukah Kindled at McGill University

The flames of Chanukah have been kindled on the campus of McGill University once more! This time, on the first night of the eight day festival of lights 2012, Mayor Michael Appelbaum, the first Jewish mayor of Montreal, joined Chabad at McGill to light the “Official Canned Menorah” on the lower field. The Canned Menorah was built from cans of ...

First Time: Temple Mount Priestly Blessing on Jerusalem Day

Hundreds of religious Jews from all streams were able to happily commemorate the 44th anniversary of the first-ever entry of Israeli soldiers onto the TempleMount.For the first time in the history of Israeli restrictions on Jewish entry to the Temple Mount, the recitation of the Priestly Blessing was permitted there. It happened on Wednesday, Jerusalem Reunification Day, when hundreds of visitors ...

First Signs of Chanukah Emerge in Australia

The traditional lighting of the Menorah took place in the NSW State Parliament in Sydney last night. Although the latkes have yet to make their appearance, politicians and State identities were offered platefuls of doughnuts as they entered the function room in Parliament House.Messages to the community were delivered by Don Harwin the president of the Legislative Council and Speaker ...

First Official Israeli Chinese Jewish Tour Guide

Israel has its first official Chinese Jewish tour guide, leading groups from China to Jerusalem and other sites of interest. Yecholiya Jin is a Chinese Israeli Jew with roots in Kaifeng, the ancient Jewish community of China.“China is my home,” she told the Shavei Israel organization that assists assimilated Jewish communities to return to their Jewish roots. “Israel is also my ...

First ‘Jewish Federation of Israel’ to make debut at GA

For decades Jewish federations have been the backbone of Jewish life in the US and Canada, raising billions in donations that fund communal projects in both countries and around the world.But in Israel, the recipient of much of their largesse, a similar network of regional fundraisers has not appeared – yet.Now there is Takdim, the first “Jewish Federation of Israel” ...

First Ever Bike Ride Sukkah Hop a Success

Chabad of NW Metro Denver’s first Sukkah Hop Bike Ride took place on Sunday October 16.Fourteen people came into Westminster from as far away as Idaho Springs to participate in this first of its kind event with kids as young as twelve joining for the 35 mile bike ride.The Sukkah Hop BikeRide is a novel variation of the popular custom ...

First Chief Rabbi for the 150-member Jewish community of Albania

The inauguration of Rabbi Joel Kaplan, formerly the Chabad emissary in Thessaloniki, Greece, is the result of a meeting held a few months ago in Brussels between Prime Minister Berisha and the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE), an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of Jewish communities in Europe.During the meeting the RCE expressed to Berisha its gratitude for the ...

Firefighters Honored by Congregation Yetev Lev Satmar for Saving Torahs in Synagogue Fire

Brooklyn firefighters received a big thank you from the Conregation Yetev Lev Satmar on Oct. 27, for saving four Torahs from a synagogue just four days earlier.“You are like family to us,” Rabbi Abe Friedman said. “It’s an honor that you came here today.”A fire at the synagogue on South 8th Street in Williamsburg was reported at 4:41 a.m. on Oct. ...