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Daily Archives: January 10, 2008

Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical student Chananya Rogalsky teaches Jewish kids during a summer visit to Nairobi, Kenya.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's small Jewish community is living each day as it comes as their country descends into political turmoil following a closely contested election marred by charges that the party of President Mwai Kibaki tampered with votes.

Kenya’s Jewish Community Stays Put as Violence Rages

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical student Chananya Rogalsky teaches Jewish kids during a summer visit to Nairobi, Kenya.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s small Jewish community is living each day as it comes as their country descends into political turmoil following a closely contested election marred by charges that the party of President Mwai Kibaki tampered with votes.

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Caytak (Ottawa, Canada) to Chanchie Lowenthal (Copenhagen, Denmark) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Nov. 4th, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Yossi Jacobs (Cleveland, OH) to Moussia Shmotkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Dovvi Gopin (Hartford, CT) to Rochelle Katzman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, Nov 9th, 7:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Mendel Belhamon (Cretail, France) to Nechami Malka (Kfar Chabad, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at 4 Rechov Baal Hatanya, Kfar Chabad
New Engagement

Shalom Marton (Beitar, EY) to Chavi Weber (Dnipro, Ukraine)
New Engagement!

Moshe Maness (Crown Heights) to Hinda Mendelow (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Aharon Tzvi and Chana (nee Reich) Altman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Levi and Rochel (nee Wolowik) Engel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Baby Girl!

Eli Nochum and Mushky Baron from Bowie, MD had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Yudi and Chana Gerber from Glen Mills, PA had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Motty and Raizy (nee Konikov) Rosenfeld from Vero Beach, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Youval Hezrony (Roosevelt, NJ) to Estie Green (Lancater, PA) L’Chaim: Monday, Oct. 27th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sruly Rutman (Kyiv, Ukraine) to Chai Henna Friedman (Miami, FL)
Baby Girl!

Daniel and Sara (nee Mahpour) Wasserman from Crown Heights, had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Tzemach and Chaya Simon from Miami Gardens, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Moshe and Chana Esther (nee Brennan) Lewis from Dallas, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Mendel Gordon to deliver Main Address at Upcoming Kinus Hatmimim.

We have recently reported about the fourth annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami which is to take place on Thursday evening, IYH Yud Shvat in the “Rosa Hall” Campus Chomesh, 470 Lefferts Ave, [corner Brooklyn Ave].

Rabbi Gordon to deliver Main Address at Kinus Hatmimim

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Mendel Gordon to deliver Main Address at Upcoming Kinus Hatmimim.

We have recently reported about the fourth annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami which is to take place on Thursday evening, IYH Yud Shvat in the “Rosa Hall” Campus Chomesh, 470 Lefferts Ave, [corner Brooklyn Ave].

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Tomim Reaches 1000

TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — Hatomim Elchanan Hacohen Cohen from New York – one of the Temimim from Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim -Tzfas, on Rosh Chodesh Shvat reached a goal of 1000 Teffilin since the beginning of this year.

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Jay Firestone - The Jewish Journal

LOS ANGELES, CA — Each week, a group of more than 120 congregants gather together at Kol Yakov Yehuda for their regular Shabbat prayer. The rabbi gives a sermon, the president makes announcements and the congregation follows along with the occasional chitchat, followed by a Kiddush. In addition to having its own Web site and an annual fundraising banquet, Kol Yakov Yehuda seems like any highly functional congregation.

‘Shul for Kids’ Redefines Concept of Youth Services

Jay Firestone – The Jewish Journal

LOS ANGELES, CA — Each week, a group of more than 120 congregants gather together at Kol Yakov Yehuda for their regular Shabbat prayer. The rabbi gives a sermon, the president makes announcements and the congregation follows along with the occasional chitchat, followed by a Kiddush. In addition to having its own Web site and an annual fundraising banquet, Kol Yakov Yehuda seems like any highly functional congregation.

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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people- every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.

2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.

Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Bo

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people- every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.

2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.

Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.

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Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Dean Teremforush, who lost his mother in a terrorist attack five years ago, holds a Torah scroll at the Western Wall after his bar mitzvah, which was organized by the Chabad Terror Victims Project.

JERUSALEM, Israel — Flanked by his father and siblings, Dean Teremforush, 13, proudly read from the Torah in front of Jerusalem's Western Wall. Conspicuously absent, however, from the bar mitzvah service ñ one of several arranged in the last few weeks by the Chabad Terror Victims Project ñ was the boy's mother, who perished five years ago in a terrorist attack southeast of Tel Aviv.

Terror Victim’s Son Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at Western Wall

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Dean Teremforush, who lost his mother in a terrorist attack five years ago, holds a Torah scroll at the Western Wall after his bar mitzvah, which was organized by the Chabad Terror Victims Project.

JERUSALEM, Israel — Flanked by his father and siblings, Dean Teremforush, 13, proudly read from the Torah in front of Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Conspicuously absent, however, from the bar mitzvah service ñ one of several arranged in the last few weeks by the Chabad Terror Victims Project ñ was the boy’s mother, who perished five years ago in a terrorist attack southeast of Tel Aviv.

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Night Long Search Ends – Missing B”H Found

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn [CHI] — At 11:00pm last night the Williamsburg’s Shomrim Hotline received a call for a person that had been missing since 10:00am. The missing, 61 year old Berel Lerner, who has a mental history, didn’t show up to the Petach Tikvah Yeshiva.

Williamsburg Shomrim members began canvassing the area and later called the Crown Heights Shomrim Division for more manpower and together they searched into the night.

More in the Extended Article!

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Two Cars Collide on Empire and Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars collided earlier today in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Empire Boulevard. The incident took place at around 12:00pm where a Chevy Malibu was traveling down Brooklyn and collided with a Chevy Avalanche who was driving along Empire.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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New York City Has First Baby Boom In 2 Decades

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Writer

NEW YORK CITY, NY — After two decades, New York City’s birth rate finally registered some growth. According to city Deputy Health Commissioner Lorna Thorpe, 125,506 children were born in 2006, more than 3,000 babies compared to 122,725 infants born in 2005.

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The Star-Ledger

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the damage done to nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in New Brunswick, a rabbi from one of the two synagogues that uses the cemetery said today.

Rabbi David Bassous of Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park said he met with officials from Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan's office today and was told the juveniles, ages 15 to 17, had been arrested for causing the damage at Poile Zedek cemetery.

Four Teens Arrested in Cemetery Vandalism

The Star-Ledger

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the damage done to nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in New Brunswick, a rabbi from one of the two synagogues that uses the cemetery said today.

Rabbi David Bassous of Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park said he met with officials from Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan’s office today and was told the juveniles, ages 15 to 17, had been arrested for causing the damage at Poile Zedek cemetery.

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Crown Heights dad reaches out to Max Rosenbaum’s family over death

NY Daily News

Max Rosenbaum OBM

NEW YORK, NY — They were two fathers caught up in the storm of the 1991 Crown Heights riots – one black, the other white – who bonded over the shared grief of losing their sons.

Carmel Cato and Max Rosenbaum reached out to each other in their darkest hour to heal a borough split along racial lines.

Cato, 56, reached out again to Rosenbaum’s family Tuesday, placing a long distance call to Australia to express condolences over his old friend’s death.

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