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Photo: Eli Kahan - col

The first snow fall in Crown Heights this year wasn't much and didn't really last long before turning into sleet.

You can check out the weather in Crown Heights on bottom of left side bar.

If you have something you think is news worthy email it to us at News@CrownHeights.info.

Picture of the Day – First Snow Fall in CH this year

Photo: Eli Kahan – col

The first snow fall in Crown Heights this year wasn’t much and didn’t really last long before turning into sleet.

You can check out the weather in Crown Heights on bottom of left side bar.

If you have something you think is news worthy email it to us at News@CrownHeights.info.

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New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
The Coloradoan
Ft. Collins, CO — Some residents are upset by a white supremacist recruitment flier that was delivered last month in an east Fort Collins neighborhood.

The recruitment flier, produced by the Nationalist Coalition, named Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik of the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and was distributed Dec. 19 in the Parkwood East neighborhood.

One question on the flier asked whether Gorelik should be allowed to display the menorah in Old Town.

“It was in my driveway,” Parkwood East resident Ralph Smith said. “I thought it was a little newspaper.”

Click Extended Article to view the flyer.

Shliach Targeted by White Supremacist Group

The Coloradoan

Ft. Collins, CO — Some residents are upset by a white supremacist recruitment flier that was delivered last month in an east Fort Collins neighborhood.

The recruitment flier, produced by the Nationalist Coalition, named Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik of the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and was distributed Dec. 19 in the Parkwood East neighborhood.

One question on the flier asked whether Gorelik should be allowed to display the menorah in Old Town.

“It was in my driveway,” Parkwood East resident Ralph Smith said. “I thought it was a little newspaper.”

Click Extended Article to view the flyer.

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Chabad Launches the First Online International School For Jewish Children

E. Silberstein – Lubavitch.com
Shneur Jacobs 8 of Burlington, VT at the Online School for Young Shluchim

Ithaca, NY — Chabad Shluchim living in remote places or cities where there is no Jewish school, have long contended with schooling their children at home or parting with them at young ages, so they can get a traditional education. A newly developed online school now gives these children the benefit of a classroom situation where they daily interact with classmates–children of other shluchim, and a teacher, at home.

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Crown Heights — Last Shabbos, Shliach, Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick of Chabad of Boca Raton, Florida brought Students from Florida to Crown Heights for a Shabbton. The group of teens from Boca Raton came to Crown Heights to experience their first Shabbos ever! They enjoyed a beautiful friday night beginning with davening in 770, where they were amazed at the sea of black hats, a delicious meal with the Gutnick family, and finally an amazing farbengen lasting till the early morning.

More pictures in the Extended Article

Floridain Students Enjoy Shabbton in Crown Heights

Crown Heights — Last Shabbos, Shliach, Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick of Chabad of Boca Raton, Florida brought Students from Florida to Crown Heights for a Shabbton. The group of teens from Boca Raton came to Crown Heights to experience their first Shabbos ever! They enjoyed a beautiful friday night beginning with davening in 770, where they were amazed at the sea of black hats, a delicious meal with the Gutnick family, and finally an amazing farbengen lasting till the early morning.

More pictures in the Extended Article

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The Rebbe says:

1. This weeks Parshah tells us about the beginning of the redemption from our Exile in Egypt. Seven of the Ten Plagues are mentioned in this week’s Parshah, and the Ten Plagues were what caused Pharaoh to let the Jews leave Egypt (actually at the end of the tenth plague Pharaoh chased the Jews out of Egypt).

2. As we said many times, every story in the Torah is written for us to learn a lesson from.

Seemingly the Torah should be called “Chochmah – Wisdom” because the Torah is the wisdom of Hashem? Instead Hashem named the Torah “Torah” which comes from the word “Ho’ra’ah – lesson”. This is because the Torah is deeper then just having great wisdom, it is a guide book for us as to how we should conduct our daily lives in the service of Hashem.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Va’eira

The Rebbe says:

1. This weeks Parshah tells us about the beginning of the redemption from our Exile in Egypt. Seven of the Ten Plagues are mentioned in this week’s Parshah, and the Ten Plagues were what caused Pharaoh to let the Jews leave Egypt (actually at the end of the tenth plague Pharaoh chased the Jews out of Egypt).

2. As we said many times, every story in the Torah is written for us to learn a lesson from.

Seemingly the Torah should be called “Chochmah – Wisdom” because the Torah is the wisdom of Hashem? Instead Hashem named the Torah “Torah” which comes from the word “Ho’ra’ah – lesson”. This is because the Torah is deeper then just having great wisdom, it is a guide book for us as to how we should conduct our daily lives in the service of Hashem.

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Jewish Author to Lead Talk on Christian Evangelists

The Coloradoan

Ft. Collins, CO — The Chabad Jewish Student Alliance at Colorado State University is dedicating an evening to the issue of Christian missionaries who proselytize to Jews.

The student group is hosting a visit by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, author of the book “The Jewish Response to Missionaries” and founder of Jews for Judaism International. Kravitz will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday at Colorado State University Lory Student Center, Room 230.

The talk is titled “J*s Was a Jew: But Can a Jew Be for J*s?!” Kravitz will discuss Messianic Christian groups that assert that Jews can believe in J*s as the Messiah and still remain Jewish. He also will make suggestions about how Jewish students can respond to Christian evangelists.

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Kinnus Talmidei HaShluchim of the FSU

Kharkov, Russia — This past shabbos, Talmidei HaShuchim from throughout the Former Soviet Union gathered in Kharkov, Ukraine for the Annual Kinnus Talmidei Hashluchim, sponsored by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Haolami and the local Kharkov Community. The bochurim arrived Thursday afternoon, and immediately started an informal Farbrengen. After registering at the Yeshiva Ketana, the Bochurim went to the Shul where Hatomim Bentzion Geisinsky gave a shiur in Chassidus which sparked a lively discussion among the Bochurim.

More pictures in the Extended Article

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Businessman and Professionals turn out for Jewish Business Network (JBN)

Southwest Florida — Over 200 Business & Professionals turn out for the newly formed Jewish Business Network (JBN) started by Rabbi Yitzchok & Nechamie Minkowicz Directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Sothwest Florida

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida said that the response to their first JBN event was way beyond their wildest dreams of interest & success.

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This year's West Coast Kinus HaShluchim location has been announced - in Glendale, California. A record amount of Shluchim is expected to participate - over 200 - and for the first time Balabatim are invited to attend the gala “Leadership Dinner”.

More information forthcoming.

Announced: West Coast Kinus HaShluchim – 5767

This year’s West Coast Kinus HaShluchim location has been announced – in Glendale, California. A record amount of Shluchim is expected to participate – over 200 – and for the first time Balabatim are invited to attend the gala “Leadership Dinner”.

More information forthcoming.

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Montgomery Street Hondas Hit Again

Late Monday night/Early Tuesday morning airbag theifs struck Montgomery St. once again, this time it took place in between Albany and Troy and the car was a Honda Accord. The rear small window was smashed in order to gain access to the vehicle and the driver and passenger side airbags were removed along with the airbag computers.

This incident follows the night before airbag job on Montgomery between Kingston and Albany.

More in the Extended Article.

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Yocheved Miriam Russo - Jerusalem Post
Velvl Greene
My life is a series of footnotes,“ says Velvl Greene, 78, now retired as professor emeritus from both the University of Minnesota and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. ”I was at the right place at the right time. Big things were happening, and I took advantage to be involved."

Greene, a biologist, earned his first national reputation under fire when a devastating outbreak of Staphylococcus took place in Louisiana, where he was teaching. He earned his second reputation as a principal scientist for NASA in the 'man on the moon' project. Today, he travels internationally to speak on the topic of science and religion, a career that began when he became a close associate and emissary for Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

The Rebbe and the Rocket Scientist

Yocheved Miriam Russo – Jerusalem Post
Velvl Greene

My life is a series of footnotes,“ says Velvl Greene, 78, now retired as professor emeritus from both the University of Minnesota and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. ”I was at the right place at the right time. Big things were happening, and I took advantage to be involved.”

Greene, a biologist, earned his first national reputation under fire when a devastating outbreak of Staphylococcus took place in Louisiana, where he was teaching. He earned his second reputation as a principal scientist for NASA in the ‘man on the moon’ project. Today, he travels internationally to speak on the topic of science and religion, a career that began when he became a close associate and emissary for Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

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A Time To Build

Lubavitch.com
The Rohr Chabad Jewish Community Center in Ekaterinburg, Russia

It’s a pattern that repeats itself in one community after another: the Chabad House that opened only a few years back soon outgrows the space of its lively storefront upstart, and the search for larger facilities begins. But a review of the construction projects included in this feature suggests an impulse more intriguing than the need for additional space. Judging by the aesthetics and multi-purpose functions of the new buildings—some that include everything from a sanctuary to a sports club, and many of them worthy of architectural reviews—it seems that inside each fabulous exterior of glass, steel and stone, there beats the pulse of a vibrant Jewish community.

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Another Honda Gets Its Airbags Stolen + Car Break-in & Police Reduces its Patrolman Force

In the last few months we reported over 30 Honda Accords, Civics and Nissan Maxima’s having their airbags stolen. CrownHeights.info had learned that this isn’t a problem plaguing just Crown Heights but surrounding neighborhoods as well.

Monday morning a resident awoke to find the rear small window on her Honda Accord broken and the two airbags and air bag computer removed from the car, no other items had been taken. This incident follows the same pattern of those that had been happening in the past.

More in the Extended Article.

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