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Moving Past Mumbai
Moving Past Mumbai
Although mourning two of their finest, Chabad emissaries remain firmly entrenched and committed to their movement’s mission and mandate.
Alan H. Feiler
Managing Editor
In a tranquil, dimly-lit room at Mikvah Mei Menachem at the Shul at the Lubavitch Center in Smith-Greenspring, Rebbetzin Rochelle Kaplan revealed to visitors last Monday afternoon her plans for honoring the memory of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, the Chabad shlichim, or emissaries, brutally murdered by Islamic terrorists last week in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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Robert Lang’s Radio Days
Robert Lang is a reporter/anchor for WBAL Radio (1090AM) and wbal.com. A native Baltimorean who became a bar mitzvah at the Rogers Avenue Synagogue, Mr. Lang, 43, is married and lives in Reisterstown.
How did this career happen?
I’ve always been fascinated with current events and with journalism. At the University of Delaware, I majored in political science and toyed with the idea of law school. But…
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Chanukah House Bash Moves Site
Unlike past years, this year’s community-wide Chanukah Celebration event, scheduled for Dec. 22, will not take place on the lawn of the celebrated “Chanukah House,” at 6211 Park Heights Ave., according to Betsy Gardner, Jewish community liaison to Mayor Sheila Dixon.
Instead, the gathering, which draws as many as 500 people, will be held down the street on the grounds of Temple Oheb Shalom, at 7310 Park Heights…
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Lives of Alan and Naomi Scherr Celebrated With Words, Tears and Prayer
Alan Scherr and his daughter Naomi were able to accomplish what many of us will never understand. They could find spirituality in its most obvious and sometimes its most hidden places. And that these pursuers of peace and tranquility left this world as victims of violence and hatred has left that those that know them or know of them from all over the world in sorrow.
On a…
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Mumbai Tragedy Hits Close to Home
First an immediate detail:
A memorial service for Alan Scherr and his daughter, Naomi, both murdered by terrorists in the recent attack on India’s financial district, will be held Sunday, November 30, 7 p.m. at the Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Studies, 3702 Fords Lane. Mr. Scherr’s sister and brother-in-law Soozie and Kurt Seiden are members of Tiferes Yisroel Bais Dovid, Rabbi Goldberger’s Shul.
Mr. Seiden’s sorrow and…
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