Despite cold temperatures, Riverside Park was packed with community members ready to celebrate the first night of Chanukah with the Chabad Jewish Center of Chagrin Falls, run by the shluchim Rabbi Shneur and Simi Itzinger. The event was the first grand menorah lighting hosted by the Chabad House, which opened at the end of August • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Yossi Marozov, director of Friendship Circle of Cleveland, observed the dedicated and selfless teens glancing often at their smartphones, which affected the quality of friendship and validation during these social get-togethers • Full Story

It was a whirlwind of emotions for Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin when he was appointed to take his recently passed father’s place as director of Chabad of Akron and rabbi at Anshe Sfard Revere Road Synagogue in Bath Township in October 2018 • Full Story

At 8:20pm United updated the new departure time from Cleveland to Newark to 12:45am and word came out that the passengers would deboard the plane. I tweeted out asking if any DansDeals readers were on the flight and several people from the flight responded. Some were hungry. Some weren’t able to get in contact with relatives on the plane. Some just wanted to get home already • Full Story, Photos