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WikiLeaks Exposes Chabad Rabbi’s Talks with Iran

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Jewish Chronicle
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Currently based in Stoke Newington, Rabbi Herschel Gluck is honorary secretary of the Arab-Jewish Forum and is chairman and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum, the first of its kind in the world. It deals with a broad range of issues which are of concern to both communities and also serves a role in preventing and defusing tensions.

A London rabbi spoke this week of his deep regret that his secret negotiations with the Iranian regime had been published by WikiLeaks.

Chabad School Refuses to Accept Ethiopian Students

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“We don't take in Ethiopian children,” the parents were told

“We don't take in Ethiopian children. We don't think you match our lifestyle and we're not sure about your Jewishness either.” This is what five young girls of Ethiopian descent were told when they arrived with their parents at the “Or Chaya” school in Petah Tikva.

Court Overturns L.A.’s Grant of Use Permit to Chabad

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A Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by the city of Los Angeles to grant a conditional use permit and parking variance for a Chabad synagogue in a residential section of Van Nuys.

Newspaper Says Chabad ‘Protected’ Child Abuser

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Locksmith and security guard David Samuel Cyprys, 43, was yesterday charged with 16 counts of indecent assault and 13 counts of gross indecency claimed to have been committed between 1984 and 1991.

Prominent members of the Melbourne Jewish community lied to the police, covered up an alleged child abuse scandal and protected a man accused of repeatedly molesting children from a school in St Kilda East, a court has been told.

Jews and Muslims Cook in Harmony

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Jewish and Muslim children pose together for a picture with 'Our Big Kitchen' director David Slavin in Sydney, Australia.

Schoolchildren from Jewish dayschool Mount Sinai College donned aprons along with children from Muslim dayschool Arkana College to cook up a feast of traditional Jewish and Muslim dishes to eat together with overproduction distributed to the needy.

Chabad Greets Israeli Delegation to Moscow

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Rabbi Yakov Fridman, Chairman of Chabad of Moscow's Division for Hebrew-speakers, met Friday with Israel's Ambassador to Moscow, Ms. Dorit Goldiner, 120 branch managers of Israel's Bank Hapoalim and the Chairman of Bank Hapoalim's Worker's Union, Mr. S. Amzalak.

9/11 Tributes Focus on Adding Light to Troubled World

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Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States are planning a plethora of events commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people.

Did You Know? 770 Has a Virtual Mayor

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Photo: Mushka Photography

As life goes digital, people are using social media tools to broadcast more about themselves to their friends. One such service, foursquare, allows users to tell others where they are using a game-like mechanism. Even 770 Eastern Parkway has a “mayor” of its own.

Guard at Melbourne Yeshiva Charged with Child Abuse

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The Age
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Yeshiva College in Melbourne, Australia.

A Balaclava man has appeared in court charged with molesting children at a Melbourne Jewish school.

Going Holy Hog: Hasidic Bikers Spread the Word

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NY Post
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Left: Three of the Rebbe's Riders (from front), Moshe Reitman, Yossi Wolfson and Eli Zissman, help fellow biking Jews who might have strayed from the righteous road. Right: Rebbe's Riders logo.

A tough-looking, leather-clad gang of Hasidic bikers who call themselves “Rebbe's Riders” are cruising the tri-state area, bringing God's word to other motorcycle-riding Jews they meet on the road.

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