Daily Archives: February 15, 2006

Governor, Jewish Community Fight Xenophobia in Perm Region

At a recent youth conference on various aspects of modern life in Russia, Governor of Perm Region Oleg Chirkunov made an important statement in support of inter-ethnic tolerance. During the discussion, a participating member of the National People’s Party and an activist in the Movement against Illegal Immigration, Mr. Kirilovich stated that he and his friends have decided that racially-motivated murder was no longer effective and, therefore, they would instead be pursuing legal ways of their political struggle. The Governor denounced this statement, remarking that there is no place in the Perm Region for organizations that incite racial or national hatred within society and that legal proceedings should be initiated against the group based on this statement.

New Shluchim to Singapore

Rabbi Shai & Naomi Vaknin of Montreal, Canada will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Singapore where they will be working with the Bochurim and the local
community. The couple can be reached via email shyyehoshua@hotmail.com.

The Vaknin’s were appointed by Rabbi Mordechai Abergel and facilitated by Rabbi Aharon Fehler of the Shluchim Office Placement Bureau.

The Placement Bureau works with Yungerliet and Shluchim to assist them in finding their ideal position for Shlichus. We have positions available! If you are looking for Shlichus, or a Shliach look to fill a position please go to www.shluchim.org/placement today.

Hatzlocha Rabba!

Chabad Representative Offers Invocation To Albany Legislature

It’s just about that time of year in Albany, when legislators might be heard wishing for money to grow on trees. Tu-Bishvat, the New Year for Trees, is celebrated around the time lawmakers return from the holiday recess and settle in to shape the budget. On Monday, Chabad of the Capital District was found in the Capitol lobby looking to give legislators a taste of the holiday of Tu Bishevat.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was among the 200 legislators, legislative aids and staff who munched chewy dried fruits in honor of the day that celebrates trees. Serving fruits of Israel – dates, pomegranates, figs – is traditional, but Chabad representative Rabbi Yisroel Rubin mindfully added a New York State twist by including New York grown apples and pouring sparkling Kedem grape juice, made from concord grapes grown upstate. For the first time since Rabbi Rubin began offering the Tu Bishevat spread in 1979, the festivities were just outside the Assembly chamber instead of in a side room or legislator’s office.

Chabad Of The Rivertowns Announces Opening Of New Preschool

Dobbs Ferry, NY – Rabbi Benjy Silverman has announced the opening of a Preschool in the Rivertowns starting in September of this year.

Chabad Preschool is a place where young Jewish children will receive an exciting, creative and nurturing experience that will provide them with the foundation to grow educationally, socially and spiritually.

“We offer small classes with excellent teacher/student ratios”,said Rabbi Silverman, “a professional staff of early childhood specialists and a welcoming facility equipped with the most educationally sound early childhood equipment. Most importantly, your child will receive a well rounded, enriching education, filled with Jewish traditions and customs intertwined with a wide array of academic subjects, personal development, values, socialization and learning skills. If you are looking for a remarkable Jewish Preschool experience for your child, we invite you to enroll in the Chabad Preschool”.

Hundreds Escort R. Chitrik to Rest

The eldest Chosid R. Yehuda Chitrik passed in front of 770 the Lubavitch World Headquarters where hundreds of people gathered, Bochurim for the nearby Yeshivos and men that were Davening and on their way to work. From there the Levaya made its way to the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens and was buried close to the Ohel.

Major News Outlets Report The Passing Of R. Chitrik OBM

The New York Post Reports: “BROOKLYN RABBI DEAD AT 106

Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik, a 106-year-old Lubavitcher scholar known for his storytelling, died yesterday.” Click Here for More

The Associated Press Reports: “Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik, scholar and storyteller, dies at 106

Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik, a 106-year-old Lubavitcher scholar known for his storytelling and longevity, died Tuesday.” Click Here for More.

Isreal Insidea Reports: “Lubavitcher scholar passes away at 106, survived by over 300

Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik, a 106-year-old Lubavitcher scholar known for his storytelling and longevity, has passed away.” Click Here for More.

Antisemitic Leaflet Posted on Kiev Synagogue

An antisemitic leaflet was posted on the door of Kiev’s Brodsky synagogue, according to a February 14, 2006 report by the AEN news agency. “Chabad is the road to hell! No to Judeo-Fascism!” the leaflet read, along with demands that the synagogue building, which served as a puppet theater after the Soviet regime confiscated it from the Jewish community, be returned to the puppet theater.

Strangely, the puppet theater has already found new accommodations. The leaflet contained a threat of antisemitic violence. “Today our children don’t go to the theater—Tomorrow they will grab a gun and go on a pogrom,” the leaflet read, picturing skinheads at a neo-Nazi concert. The leaflet’s author claims to represent a marginal political party, whose spokesman denied that it had anything to do with the leaflet.

A New Chabad Centre for Oxford Students

Amit Pundik began lugging a satchel of books and paper around Oxford University four months ago when he arrived to study law. Excelling in an environment populated by a select group of scholastically driven students and some of the world’s finest minds as faculty, where final exam crunch time arrives every few weeks requires discipline. But when Pundik wants to set his heavy load down and unwind he heads for the brand new, half-million dollar Rohr Jewish Student Centre.