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Ex-Major Leaguer Lenny Dykstra has gone from baseball to prison to Torah study

Dykstra, 55, a three-time All-Star who played for the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies and retired from the game in 1996, attends Torah study every Wednesday afternoon in the basement of the Ambassador Wines shop on New York’s East Side, with Rabbi Shmuel Metzger, who runs the Chabad at Beekman-Sutton, the New York Post reported.

JNS
After the fires: Californians start to pick up the pieces of their lives

“Initially, everyone was focused on clothing, food and shelter,” says Chana Rochel Zwiebel, co-director of Chabad of Chico with her husband, Rabbi Mendy Zwiebel. “Now we are in the next phase, and we are doing everything we can to help with the rebuilding and giving people back some independence.”

Island Now
Hebrew reading champions at Chabad Hebrew School

Students at Chabad Hebrew School are honored for their Hebrew reading achievements at an Aleph Champ Award Ceremony.

KSNT
Lawrence rabbi named 1 of the 50 influential Jewish leaders

The Forward magazine recently included Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel in its list of this year’s influential leaders. Tiechtel and his wife, Nechama, have led Chabad, a University of Kansas campus Jewish community, since 2006.

CBS Local
Arrest In Machete Incident Outside North Hollywood Chabad

A frightening picture taken outside the Chabad of North Hollywood appears to show a man with his face covered in a scarf, holding a machete in a threatening manner toward the Chabad.

Daily UW
Huskies come together to celebrate Chanukah with UW Chabad and President Cauce

The night was cold with the coming of winter, and although it was only 5 p.m., Red Square was already dark, but neither that nor impending final exams stopped about 150 UW students from gathering on the steps of Suzzallo Library.

Jewish Link
Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2018

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, co-director, Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, noted, “27 years ago, people mentioned to me there was no Chabad in Riverdale; there was no Chabad in the Bronx.

My Edmond News
‘A really holy moment’: Celebrating a bris at Chabad synagogue

About 100 people attended a bris ceremony Wednesday morning at the Chabad of Snohomish County synagogue in Lynnwood’s Perrinville neighborhood.

Jewish Link NJ
Tenafly Chabad Academy Learns About Dreidels

Tenafly Chabad Academy students welcomed Rabbi Binyamin Yablok and were treated to a fun and interactive dreidel exhibition and demonstration.

Med City Beat
Rabbi lends a listening ear to patients receiving care in Rochester

As we continue our exploration across the various touch-points patients have when traveling here, we stopped by Chabad-Lubavitch of Rochester, Minnesota to better understand how the local faith community contributes to the spiritual and emotional well-being of our most vulnerable visitors.

The Suburban
Toys for A Smile: The organization that keeps on giving

Jack Hoziel founded the Toys for A Smile program, with the Chabad Chai Center. The program aims to visit and put smiles on hospitalized childrens’ faces through volunteers distributing unique gifts to everyone including the parents and staff, while improving the overall quality of life and atmosphere at the hospitals.

Israel National News
US ambassador joins Chabad to pack food for Israeli needy

American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his wife, Tammy, helped package food for needy families at a Chabad charity in Jerusalem earlier this week.

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