Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Russia Jews to flee after top official attacks Chabad Community finds itself in the crosshairs after Russian national security official calls Hasidic sect, the largest Jewish movement in the former Soviet Union, a supremacist cult Former chief rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt on Thursday called on Russian Jews to flee...
A groundbreaking ceremony is planned this week for Waldorf Astoria Miami, the first ever supertall in the city, and new details of the construction process have been revealed. A formal groundbreaking ceremony will take place on October 27, but construction is actually already underway. The tower will rise 100 stories and 1,049 feet, making it...
Weed dispensaries will open adjacent to the convenience stores. Select Florida Circle K gas stations will look a little different starting next year. The company signed an agreement with Green Thumb Industries to open weed dispensaries adjacent to the convenience stores. The two will start small with a “test and learn phase” in 2023 with...
American Airlines has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from passengers who alleged they were wrongfully charged baggage fees. Five passengers filed a federal lawsuit against American in February 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas, where the airline is based. The customers claimed they were forced to pay bag fees at an airport...
Hard-hit communities experience ‘the season of our rejoicing’ Chabad-Lubavitch centers in cities and towns on the Gulf Coast hardest hit by Hurricane Ian are constructing large communal sukkahs where more than a thousand guests are expected to gather during the seven-day holiday. At Chabad of Naples, the preschool of the arts returned to school just...
Despite flooded streets, power outages, and evacuations, Cape Coral’s Jewish community came together for Yom Kippur services at Rabbi Yossi Labkowski’s Chabad center Jacob hadn’t set foot inside a synagogue since 1971. But after Hurricane Ian turned peaceful Cape Coral, Florida, into a watery nightmare, he called Rabbi Yossi Labkowski to ask about Yom Kippur...
Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Coral is offering free mental and medical help to the public. The Chabad Jewish Center, 1716 Cape Coral Pkwy., will be open and offering these services beginning on Thursday as Yom Kippur, which began on Tuesday and ends Wednesday evening, is a day of fasting, WINK News reports. Copyright 2022 Gulfshore Life...
By: Alex Barak On Friday 49 years ago. 1973. Erev Yom Kippur, all Israeli civilians were evacuated from the Golan. Israel suspected a war was coming, but U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wamed Israel not to initiate hostilities, or risk losing U.S. support. At an 8 AM meeting on October 6, Israeli Prime...
