The state legislature of Utah has passed a bill targeting the anti-Israel BDS movement. The measure, sponsored by Utah State Sen. Daniel Hemmert and State Rep. Joel Ferry, known as the Anti-Boycott Israel Amendments, prohibits a government entity from contracting with a person that boycotts the State of Israel, JNS reported • Full Story
On Monday evening, Chaya Zippel and Rabbi Mendy Cohen were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at the Grand America Hotel. The Salt Lake Tribune was invited to capture a glimpse into a culture many Utahns rarely get to see • Full Story, Photos
Chabad Jews in the state are passing on their religious heritage with the hiring of Utah’s first locally raised rabbi to found Chabad Hebrew schools ● Rabbi Avremi Zippel and Sheina Zippel, his wife, will serve as youth and program directors in the Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, the state’s chapter of the Chabad Lubavitch, the largest organization of Jews worldwide ● Full Story
Rabbi Benny Zippel, Chabad Shliach to Salt Lake City, Utah performing the marriage ceremony in front of the Chabad House at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, directed by Chabad Shliach to Central New Jersey Rabbi Yossi Carlebach, which is an enlarged version of 770 ● Picture
BABY BOY
NEW ENGAGEMENT
Mendy Margolin – Norfolk, Virginia to Yamna Elharrar – Montreal, Canada
