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AMEX Small Business Saturday – November 30th

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amex-top-bar(Editor: Merchants please add a comment to this post if your business will be participating and include special hours for Motzei Shabbos.)

American Express is offering Card Members the opportunity to get a $10 statement credit (too bad it is not the $25 that it was last year) when they enroll their eligible American Express® Card and then use it to spend $10 or more in a single transaction at a qualifying small business location on Small Business Saturday – Nov. 30th, 2013. See below for details.

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Watch Out for the Deadly Knockout Game

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emsabulanceA few weeks ago a Jewish teenager was riding his bike on E. Antisdale in South Euclid and for “no reason” a teen on the street hit him flat in the face. The teen was surrounded by other youths with backpacks who just looked on. The Jewish kid recovered consciousness and could not recall what happened. At the time it seemed just a random event but recently news stories have indicated that it may be part of a new and very dangerous crime trend. At this point, this is the only incident affecting the Cleveland Jewish community to our knowledge.
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TLC Recovery Program for Compulsive Eating

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TLC (To Learn Control) is a Torah based 13 step recovery program for women dealing with compulsive eating.  Join us to learn the secrets from Rebbetzin Moskowitz (Rabbi Ezriel Tauber’s daughter) for permanent weight loss and how to feel like the beautiful Bas Melech that Hashem made you.  Gain chizuk through readings from Rabbi Zelig Pliskin “My Father My King” and “Conversations with Yourself” as well as “Praying with Fire” by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman.

Meetings are held every Tuesday night 7:30pm – 8:15pm.  Kaiser Permanente Hospital, 10 Severance Circle, First Floor ENT section, Conference C.     For more information please call Yehudis at (216) 315-0666.

To find out more information and to hear inspiring lectures from Rebbetzin Moskowitz call the TLC HOTLINE (646) 205-1111 Pin Number: 1101#

CH Awarded a Consultant Team from The Ohio Department of Transportation To Develop a School Travel Plan

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In order to encourage school children to walk or bike to school, the City of Cleveland Heights applied for and was awarded a consultant team from the Ohio Department of Transportation. The team, which includes traffic engineers, is helping to develop a School Travel Plan, with a focus on five schools that are geographically dispersed throughout the city.  The study schools include Oxford Elementary, Canterbury Elementary, Roxboro Elementary, Monticello Middle School and the Hebrew Academy.

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Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District Facilities Accountability Committee Mission & Organization

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(CH-UH School District)(Ed: This is a great opportunity for community members who want to get involved in the planning of school construction as a result of the passing of the school levy.)

The mission of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District’s Facilities Accountability Committee (FAC) is to monitor and regularly report to the Board of Education regarding the status, progress and expenditure of funds for Phase 1 of the District’s comprehensive plan, as authorized by District voters as Issue 81 in November 2013.

The FAC’s responsibilities include: monitoring the implementation of, and revisions to, the Facilities Master Plan; as well as monitoring the status of construction, financing and fundraising, monitoring proposed and actual construction costs, and facilitating community engagement in school planning, construction contracting and construction workforce.

Membership on the FAC will be limited to residents and a Board liaison and will be strictly voluntary. The initial ten (10) members of the FAC will be appointed by the Board of Education from applications received through an open nomination process.

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Annual Pre-Chanukah List of Bogus Olive Oils

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olive-press-150x150(Jerusalem Kosher News) (Ed: This bogus oils may or may not be imported to the US so it is being reprinted here. Be sure to click the PDF at the end of the article for complete names and images of problematic olive oils. )

This is the Chief Rabbinate of Israel annual pre-Chanukah report on bogus olive oils. It pertains to edible oil as well as olive oil for lighting only. The list seems to be growing, in part due to the growing demand for olive oil in the country. The Rabbinate feels this is the result of more health awareness and the known benefits of olive oil as well as the increase in the number of people lighting Shabbat candles Baruch Hashem accompanied by an increase in the number of these people who are changing over from candles of one type or another to olive oil.

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Nshei Agudath Israel Chanukah EZ Lights, Oil, and Wicks

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This year, Nshei will not be delivering oil.  Instead stands with oil will be set up in the Agudah Building, Khal Yereim, and at the home,of Mrs. Esti Reichman, 4365 Churchill Rd., UH, 216-297-9271. Also recently added EZ Lights will be sold for $35.00 and wicks will be $2.00 a bag. For more information, please contact S. Barkin, 216-932-9951.

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes – Shiva Update

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Helen Pollack, the mother of Yacov Pollack, A”H, sister of Mrs. Hilda Stern and Mrs. Rose Smilovitz. The levaya will take place at Berkowitz Kumin, Tuesday, Nov. 19th at 1PM. Kevura will be at Mount Olive Cemetery. Shiva will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Smilovitz- 4340 University Parkway. Minyanim for Shachris Thursday, Friday and Monday mornings at 7:15 AM and Sunday morning at 8:15 AM. Mincha Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 4:50 PM followed by Maariv.

May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Ha’Makom yenachem eschem b’soch she’ar avay’lay Tzion v’Yerushalayim

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Cecilia Roth. The funeral will take place at Berkowitz- Kumin this Friday, November 22 at 11:00 am.

May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Ha’Makom yenachem eschem b’soch she’ar avay’lay Tzion v’Yerushalayim