CANTERBURY, New Zealand [CHI] — Fourteen Rabbinical Students returned to the Chabad headquarters in Canterbury, after spending their Pesach in Cities throughout the Island, organizing Sedorim, distribiuting Matzah and other Pesach essentials. “this was the most efective Pesach Shlichus ever” said Berri Spitezki, who coordinated the Islandwide Shlichus.
LOS ANGELES, CA [AP] — A man accused of insurance fraud and other crimes has been extradited from Israel to Southern California, marking the first time Israel has extradited an Israeli to the U.S. on state charges under a binational treaty.
California insurance department officials announced Thursday that Moshe “Sanny” Assoulin was returned to the U.S.
PARIS — Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in France will convene for the first national conference, Sunday-Monday, April 25-26.
To date, there are 113 Chabad centers and 452 representatives, (men and women) serving France’s Jewish population. The conference will address issues pertinent to the country’s Jewish population needs, and the challenges specific to French Jewry.
In late 1977, Dr. C. Everett Koop made national headlines when he performed surgery on a pair of conjoined twins who shared one heart, separating the two infants. But the news didn’t so much center on the operation itself – at the time, Koop, the future U.S. Surgeon General under President Ronald Reagan, was a famed pediatric surgeon at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and foremost authority on the phenomenon of conjoined twins – as on the fact that the separation took place only after weeks of debate involving top doctors and one of the generation’s foremost authorities on Jewish law.
Der baal agalah shmaised, dee ferd briken-zich, un-dervaile fort-men.
– Reb Mendel Futerfass;
Loosely translated:
The coachman whips, the horses lash-out and all the while the journey progresses.
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and debts are high
You try to smile but somehow sigh.
When life weigh’s you down more than a bit
Rest you must but never ever quit.
Life is queer it twists and it turns
As everyone at some point is apt to learn.
But don’t give up though the pace seems slow
You might yet succeed with just another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of clouds of doubt.
Many a failure will turn about
You may be a winner should you stick it out.
You never can tell how close you are
It may be very near when it seems all so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must recommit!
– Author unknown
Der baal agalah shmaised, dee ferd briken-zich, un-dervaile fort-men.
– Reb Mendel Futerfass;Loosely translated:
The coachman whips, the horses lash-out and all the while the journey progresses.
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and debts are high
You try to smile but somehow sigh.
When life weigh’s you down more than a bit
Rest you must but never ever quit.
Life is queer it twists and it turns
As everyone at some point is apt to learn.
But don’t give up though the pace seems slow
You might yet succeed with just another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of clouds of doubt.
Many a failure will turn about
You may be a winner should you stick it out.
You never can tell how close you are
It may be very near when it seems all so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must recommit!
– Author unknown
As in years past, Tzivos Hashem of the CIS, under the auspices of Rabbi Yossi Glick, organized a Pesach camp for the duration of Pesach, for children to come and celebrate Pesach in a Kosher fashion with many exciting programs.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Aaron Eliyahu ben Tamara
He is going through an emergency and risky surgery.
Dr Frank discusses the importance of raising passionate children.
What is a woman’s responsibility to her unborn child? Is it her right not to birth the infant? Is it her obligation to care for her child?
Teenagers in 21 American cities grappled with this issue and other hot-button topics at the recently concluded MySpace/YourSpace course offered through the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), the adult education arm of the Lubavitch movement. This was the adult education institute’s first foray into the world of teenage minds, and by all accounts, it was a successful one. An additional 50 cities are on a waiting list to participate.
RURRENABAQUE, BOLIVIA [YNET] — Bolivian police forces raided a Chabad center [not listed as an official chabad house on Chabad.org] in the northeastern town of Rurrenabaque a number of times in recent days, ordered its closure and arrested a number of Israeli tourists who were staying there.
Rabbi Aharon Fraiman, who heads the center, told Ynet the police refused to give him a reason for the raid, but rumors throughout the town have linked the police activity to an assassination attempt on the Bolivian president last week.
Raskins Fruits in one of Crown Heights’s oldest business establishments, started in 1959 by Reb Michel Raskin, replaced its aging sign with a bright and new one.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Dear concerned residents of Crown Heights, the monthly meeting of the 71st Precinct Community board will take place today, Thursday, the 23nd of April at 7:00pm, in the public school across the street from the 71st Precinct, 400 Empire Blvd.
At this meeting there will be a discussion about the city selling off all overdue and delinquent water bills and/or tax bills to a lien company. There will be a speaker from NEDAP [Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project] who will come and speak about the Tax Lien Sale.
Also, residents can bring up grievances and concerns with the police department. Come and make your voices heard.
From Australia to America, Children Join in Global Birchas Hachama Campaign Some 3500 children from over 200 locations worldwide participate in global children’s Birchas Hachama contest.
Italy, Australia, England, France, Israel, Canada, Argentina, Venezuela, and the US are some of the country’s from the comprehensive list of locations from where children participated.
Unused newspaper racks clutter a storage yard in San Francisco.
Almost since I can remember, I’ve wanted to go into the newspaper business. Specifically, I’ve wanted to be a journalist. I’ve always felt a connection to the written word: book report assignments in elementary school thrilled me and I often finished them the same day they were assigned; I am a voracious reader, probably utilizing my library card more often than I do my credit card; and I rarely leave the house without a book or two tucked away for long train rides or delays at the doctor’s office. Watching my father flip through the New York Times every morning when I was a little girl made quite an impression on me: whatever could demand his attention first thing in the morning, as well as the attention of millions of readers around the world, was something I wanted in on. And let’s face it, there was probably no cooler heroine when I was growing up than plucky Lois Lane, who went after her story without thought of safety or consequence (though admittedly, not every reporter has a superhero to rescue her from any potential peril).
In the lead-up to Passover, Jews scattered across the globe turned to the Internet to answer their holiday-related questions on everything from the proper arrangement of a Seder plate to the deeper meanings of freedom.
NEW YORK, NY [AP] — An idling taxi, truck, or car sitting stagnant in the street is not an uncommon sight in NYC, however a new city-wide green initiative is aiming to change that.
Rabbi Chaim and his wife Aidel (nee Blau) Zaklos of Crown Heights will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Solano County, CA where they will be establishing a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents in the communities of Vacaville, Fairfield and Vallejo.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, head Shliach of California.
Special thanks to Rabbi Mendy Cohen of Sacramento, Rabbi Elchonon Tenenbaum of Napa and Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton for making the Shlichus a reality.
CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
You can email the new Shluchim at rabbichaimzaklos@gmail.com
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