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News Synagogue Damaged, Jewish Service Interrupted as Meteorite Strikes Russia
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to earth which shattered windows and damaged buildings, injuring more than 500 people. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, in the industrial city 950…
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Culture Drawn to Chabad Preschools, Stuffed Torahs and All
In our Brooklyn neighborhood, it’s said you should put your kid on a waiting list for child care while she is still in the amniotic sac. And when it comes to preschool, don’t hold your breath — unless, that is, you’ve got good connections. When it was our turn, I attended workshops on applying to…
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News Chabad College in Michigan Gets Building Go-Ahead
A Jewish college in Michigan that has enjoyed massive growth fueled by federal funding of its overseas studies programs is poised to build a new 16,000 square foot headquarters — even though almost no students ever set foot on campus. West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, granted permission for Michigan Jewish Institute to proceed…
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Fast Forward American Gets 35 Years for Aiding Mumbai Terrorists Who Killed Local Chabad Family
A federal judge in Chicago sentenced an American citizen to 35 years in prison for helping Islamist terrorists kill 160 people in India in 2008. David Coleman Headley, a 52-year-old U.S. citizen of Pakistani heritage, was sentenced Thursday after an attack victim appealed on behalf of herself and others for a life sentence, the Associated…
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Fast Forward Ehud Halevy, Jewish Victim of Caught-on-Tape Police Beating, Files Civil Right Suit
A Brooklyn man who was beaten by New York police officers at a Chabad youth center in Brooklyn has filed a civil rights lawsuit. Ehud Halevy, 21, filed the lawsuit Jan. 22 in Brooklyn federal court. The assault last October was captured by a security camera. The video shows Halevy exchanging words with a male…
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Fast Forward Russian Jews Slam Chabad Over Schneerson Trove
Leaders of Russia’s Jewish community have criticized a U.S. federal court ruling that fined Russia for refusing to hand over ancient Chasidic texts. Rabbi Zinovy Kogan of the Russian Jewish Congress told the Itar-Tass news agency Jan. 17 that 12,000 books and 50,000 documents from the collection of Rabbi Joseph I. Schneerson, who led the…
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Fast Forward Russia Irate Over U.S. Judge’s Order On Disputed Jewish Texts
Russia has criticised a U.S. judge’s ruling in a longstanding dispute over a collection of Jewish writings, warning of potential retaliation in an irate statement that reflected strained ties with the United States. A judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered Russia to pay $50,000 a day in fines for failure to adhere to a 2010…
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Fast Forward Chabad Yeshiva in Mass. Needs $472K To Survive
A Chabad-affiliated yeshiva in Worcester, Mass., has launched a last-ditch effort to prevent its imminent closure. The Yeshiva Academy is hoping to raise $472,000 in donations before Friday, when the building in which it is housed will be auctioned off by the Internal Revenue Service. By Wednesday afternoon, the academy had raised $35,564 in online…
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