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Daily Archives: March 31, 2009

A Hundred Teens Rock for Jewish Youth

By Dora Ellis

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA [CHI] — Last Sunday Hebrew High of Orange County hosted 100 teens for the first summit of its kind. The day of unity and pride brought together high school students from 23 public high schools across southern California. The highlight of the event was an 8th day Jewish Rock concert. Sapir Ohayon (pictured), a 12th grader from Los Al Hebrew High, walked away with VIP tickets to the Clippers vs. Hornets game on April 1st with Chris Paul. The raffle was sponsored by MarcusAdvertising.com of Marina Del Rey.

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Baby Boy!

Shmuel and Rivkie Kesselman from Lake Zurich, IL had a baby boy.
New Engagement!

Yisroel Backman (Monsey, NY) to Shterna Korf (Thornhill, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Avremi and Avigayil Wolosh from New York had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Avraham Gorman (Toronto, Canada) to Hindy Schargorodsky (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Dayan Haï Uzan (Joinville-le-Pont, France) to Haya Mouchka Berreby (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Menachem Shwartz (Montreal, Canada) to Esti Smith (North Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Dovid Brod (Montreal, Quebec) to Chaya Rubinfeld (S. Paul, MN)
New Engagement!

Mendy Oirechman (Vancouver, Canada) to Kayza Denberg (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Mendy Zerbib (Yerres, France) to Ora Fleischer (Yerres, France)
New Engagement!

Tuvya Gewirtz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Goldstein (Crown Heights) L’chaim: Sunday, March 9th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Shmulik Sofer to Aidy Neymark L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:30pm at 1217 President Street
New Engagement!

Kehos Weiss (Charlotte, NC) to Cirel Goldberg (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Chanie Denberg from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Ari Fink (Crown Heights) to Shanah Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The JCM
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Leah Golowinsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Aharon and Chaya (nee Simon) Mishulovin from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Fellig (Crown Heights) to Feigy Fischer (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana

Camera phone picture of the scene submitted to CrownHeights.info by a fan

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 6:45pm today, Tuesday a cyclist riding down Albany Ave was stuck by a car, between Crown and Montgomery St. The cyclist, a black man, went flying off his bike and sustained minor injuries. He was treated on the scene and later transported by FDNY EMS to a local hospital. The driver of the car, a Jewish man, was visibly shaken up.

Cyclist Struck on Albany Avenue

Camera phone picture of the scene submitted to CrownHeights.info by a fan

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 6:45pm today, Tuesday a cyclist riding down Albany Ave was stuck by a car, between Crown and Montgomery St. The cyclist, a black man, went flying off his bike and sustained minor injuries. He was treated on the scene and later transported by FDNY EMS to a local hospital. The driver of the car, a Jewish man, was visibly shaken up.

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Rabbi Abba Brenenson from Kfar Chabad (a brother of YBLA Rabbi Reuven Brenenson AH from Crown Heights) is sitting Shiva for his father AH at his sister's home in The Greens in Melville, Long Island. If you are available to help with any of the Minyonim it would be greatly appreciated. Need until Monday Morning.

Address: 745 Verona Dr, Melville, NY 11747

Shachris: 7:00 am
Mincha Maariv: 7:00 pm

If you are able to come please call him at (631) 385-4283 to help him with his planning for his Minyan.

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menchem Avel R Abba Brenenson

Rabbi Abba Brenenson from Kfar Chabad (a brother of YBLA Rabbi Reuven Brenenson AH from Crown Heights) is sitting Shiva for his father AH at his sister’s home in The Greens in Melville, Long Island. If you are available to help with any of the Minyonim it would be greatly appreciated. Need until Monday Morning.

Address: 745 Verona Dr, Melville, NY 11747

Shachris: 7:00 am
Mincha Maariv: 7:00 pm

If you are able to come please call him at (631) 385-4283 to help him with his planning for his Minyan.

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taichman poses in front of the cemetery after 2005 renovations.

UZHHROD, Ukraine [JTA] — Investigators discovered a mass grave for 200 Jews in a western Ukrainian city. Rabbi Mendel Teichman, the chief rabbi for the city of Uzhhorod, on the country’s border with Slovakia, and the region, in recent weeks had come across an open area with no fence and no headstones in the local Jewish cemetery in recent weeks.

Shliach Discovers Mass Grave of Jews Killed by Nazis

Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taichman poses in front of the cemetery after 2005 renovations.

UZHHROD, Ukraine [JTA] — Investigators discovered a mass grave for 200 Jews in a western Ukrainian city. Rabbi Mendel Teichman, the chief rabbi for the city of Uzhhorod, on the country’s border with Slovakia, and the region, in recent weeks had come across an open area with no fence and no headstones in the local Jewish cemetery in recent weeks.

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Lubavitch.com

The Shifman family.

SAFED, Israel — Chabad emissaries mourn the death of 44 year old Mrs. Libby Feigele Malka Shifman of Safed, Israel today after she suffered a severe stroke on Monday morning.

Mrs. Shifman’s is survived by nine children and her husband, Rabbi Aharon Shifman, the director of Chabad activities in the nearby villages of Parod and Shefer. She was the sister of Rabbi Daniel Kaye of Chabad of Sydney, Australia and Rabbi Eli Kaye of Chabad’s Ascent outreach center in Safed, Israel.

Shlucha to Safed Libby Shifman, Passes Away

Lubavitch.com

The Shifman family.

SAFED, Israel — Chabad emissaries mourn the death of 44 year old Mrs. Libby Feigele Malka Shifman of Safed, Israel today after she suffered a severe stroke on Monday morning.

Mrs. Shifman’s is survived by nine children and her husband, Rabbi Aharon Shifman, the director of Chabad activities in the nearby villages of Parod and Shefer. She was the sister of Rabbi Daniel Kaye of Chabad of Sydney, Australia and Rabbi Eli Kaye of Chabad’s Ascent outreach center in Safed, Israel.

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Lev Leviev addressing Shluchim during the 2007 banquet

JERUSALEM [JTA] — Russian Jewish billionaire Lev Leviev's Africa Israel Group announced the largest loss in Israel's history. The company lost $426 million in 2008, it announced Monday.

Africa Israel, which is 75 percent owned by Leviev, had a net loss of $637 million in the fourth quarter.

Leviev Posts $426 Million in Real Estate Loss

Lev Leviev addressing Shluchim during the 2007 banquet

JERUSALEM [JTA] — Russian Jewish billionaire Lev Leviev’s Africa Israel Group announced the largest loss in Israel’s history. The company lost $426 million in 2008, it announced Monday.

Africa Israel, which is 75 percent owned by Leviev, had a net loss of $637 million in the fourth quarter.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This morning, Tuesday, police department tow trucks were seen towing cars parked in the no parking zones, designated for Mitzvah Tanks thats will participate in the parade. There are no parking signs posted on President St between Kingston and Albany Ave and Kingston between Carroll and President St.

It is likely that the sign and towing policy will remain in place until the parade, scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 2nd. More info on Parde Here.

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Cars Being Towed to Make Room for Mitzvah Tanks

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This morning, Tuesday, police department tow trucks were seen towing cars parked in the no parking zones, designated for Mitzvah Tanks thats will participate in the parade. There are no parking signs posted on President St between Kingston and Albany Ave and Kingston between Carroll and President St.

It is likely that the sign and towing policy will remain in place until the parade, scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 2nd. More info on Parde Here.

Continued in the Extended Article

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Governor Paterson with MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger.

ALBANY, NY [AP] — Gov. David Paterson and New York legislative leaders are rejecting a proposal to put tolls on bridges as part of any deal to bail out New York City's financially troubled mass transit system.

Paterson: MTA Bailout Won’t Include Bridge Tolls

Governor Paterson with MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger.

ALBANY, NY [AP] — Gov. David Paterson and New York legislative leaders are rejecting a proposal to put tolls on bridges as part of any deal to bail out New York City’s financially troubled mass transit system.

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Rabbi Chaim Shalom and his wife Nechama Dina Segal will soon be moving with their son Menachem Mendel on Shlichus. They are going to establish the tenth Chabad House in China. It will be located on Lantau Island, home of sleepy fishing villagers and the largest island in Hong Kong, near the Pearl River.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon the communist countries head Shliach

CrownHeights.info wished the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Announcing 10th Shlichus Family Team to China

Rabbi Chaim Shalom and his wife Nechama Dina Segal will soon be moving with their son Menachem Mendel on Shlichus. They are going to establish the tenth Chabad House in China. It will be located on Lantau Island, home of sleepy fishing villagers and the largest island in Hong Kong, near the Pearl River.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon the communist countries head Shliach

CrownHeights.info wished the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Everyone is looking for ways to find and save time. Wouldn't it be gratifying to know that there is now even more time? Enter Uvlechtecha Baderech Program by Yagdil Torah (Beta). No tape decks to install, no Mp3 player to buy, no files to convert. Just take the CD and put it straight into your car, personal CD player, or computer and listen. Utilize your time purposefully and learn interesting and important subject matter while you drive. Do the Mitzvah of Uvelechtecha Baderech, get trip security provided by learning Torah, and avoid wasting time.

The CD's are being sold for a $1 and are available in 770 (on the center table) and at Empire Shtibel.

Take Hilchos Birchas Hachama on the Road!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Everyone is looking for ways to find and save time. Wouldn’t it be gratifying to know that there is now even more time? Enter Uvlechtecha Baderech Program by Yagdil Torah (Beta). No tape decks to install, no Mp3 player to buy, no files to convert. Just take the CD and put it straight into your car, personal CD player, or computer and listen. Utilize your time purposefully and learn interesting and important subject matter while you drive. Do the Mitzvah of Uvelechtecha Baderech, get trip security provided by learning Torah, and avoid wasting time.

The CD’s are being sold for a $1 and are available in 770 (on the center table) and at Empire Shtibel.

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By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org

After a 2004 fire nearly destroyed its historic synagogue, the Jewish community of Irkutsk, Russia, spent four years restoring it to its former glory.

Members of Irkutsk, Russia’s central Jewish community spent the first Shabbat since the reopening of their 130-year-old synagogue in a state of disbelief. According to Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Aharon Wagner, the Siberian city’s chief rabbi, the community has come a long way since a 2004 fire destroyed almost all of the historic shul.

“The community didn’t believe that the synagogue would be rebuilt,” said Wagner. “It was like a dream.”

Siberian City Celebrates Restoration of Central Synagogue

By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org

After a 2004 fire nearly destroyed its historic synagogue, the Jewish community of Irkutsk, Russia, spent four years restoring it to its former glory.

Members of Irkutsk, Russia’s central Jewish community spent the first Shabbat since the reopening of their 130-year-old synagogue in a state of disbelief. According to Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Aharon Wagner, the Siberian city’s chief rabbi, the community has come a long way since a 2004 fire destroyed almost all of the historic shul.

“The community didn’t believe that the synagogue would be rebuilt,” said Wagner. “It was like a dream.”

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FRESNO, CA [AP] — A Central California company is recalling about 1 million pounds of pistachios over concerns of possible salmonella contamination.

Food safety officials are looking through Setton Farms' plant in rural Tulare County to see if it could lead them to the source of the contamination.

Salmonella Worries Prompt Pistachio Recall

FRESNO, CA [AP] — A Central California company is recalling about 1 million pounds of pistachios over concerns of possible salmonella contamination.

Food safety officials are looking through Setton Farms’ plant in rural Tulare County to see if it could lead them to the source of the contamination.

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By Susannah Moran for the Australian

SYDNEY, Australia — A prominent Sydney rabbi has blocked his congregation from making him redundant, successfully arguing he should be subject to Jewish, rather than secular employment laws.

Moshe Gutnick took the Mizrachi Synagogue, his employer, to the NSW Supreme Court yesterday for an urgent hearing ahead of a proposed meeting last night to make him redundant.

Rabbi Moshe Gutnick Wins Right to Fight Sacking

By Susannah Moran for the Australian

SYDNEY, Australia — A prominent Sydney rabbi has blocked his congregation from making him redundant, successfully arguing he should be subject to Jewish, rather than secular employment laws.

Moshe Gutnick took the Mizrachi Synagogue, his employer, to the NSW Supreme Court yesterday for an urgent hearing ahead of a proposed meeting last night to make him redundant.

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Cheskel's Shwarma King located at 3715 13th Avenue in Boro Park, the site of an unfortunate incident involving the sale of a non-kosher frankfurter is currently very busy. No longer answering questions about what transpired--that has been answered to the satisfaction of its supervising agency--Bais Din Tartikov but extremely busy trying to fulfill orders of everything ranging from Shwarma, fries and its trademark VIP Chulent.

Press Release – Cheskel’s Shwarma King Update

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Cheskel’s Shwarma King located at 3715 13th Avenue in Boro Park, the site of an unfortunate incident involving the sale of a non-kosher frankfurter is currently very busy. No longer answering questions about what transpired–that has been answered to the satisfaction of its supervising agency–Bais Din Tartikov but extremely busy trying to fulfill orders of everything ranging from Shwarma, fries and its trademark VIP Chulent.

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