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A Community Celebrates its Rabbis 40th Birthday

CEDARHURST, NY [CHI] — Chabad of the 5 Towns celebrated the 40th birthday of Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, and succeeded in planting a very big smile on the Rabbi’s face. In addition to the Farbrengen on Shabbos and other celebrations with family members and friends, Rabbi Wolowik’s wife, Rebbeztin Chanie Wolowik, arranged that at least 40 men that are not regular Minyan attendees or “Tefillin Daveners” join for Sunday morning Shachris followed by a birthday breakfast and Gemorra Shiur.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Chaya Saacks (Crown Heights) to Shmuli Brecher (Boro Park)
New Engagement!

Mendel Goodman (Manchester UK) to Maayan Ochman (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
New Engagement!

Shaya Lipsh (Brooklyn, NY) to Devori Golomb (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Motty Segall (Miami, FL) to Bryna Etel Kosofsky (Longmeadow, MA)
New Engagement!

Simcha Vogel (London, UK) to Mussa Junik (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Brook (Brooklyn, NY) to Nechama Leah Greenberg (Solon, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shneur Zalman and Yehudis Futerfas from Dnipro, Ukraine had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Zevi Rotter (Crown Heights) to Miriam Elkins (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Sunday, March 22nd, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Mendel Minkowitz (Montreal, Canada) to Mushka Lewis (Brighton, England)
Baby Girl!

Zalman and Bella (nee Lifshitz) Brook from Brooklyn Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya Sandhaus from Philadelphia, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Brody (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Horowitz (Canton, MA)
New Engagement!

Chaim Eliyahu Sternberg (Crown Heights) to Yocheved Wilhelm (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Levi Shuchat (Kingston, PA) to Chana Raizel Rachel Banin (Venice, Italy)
New Engagement!

Sroly Goldstein (Crown Heights) to Brocha Klein (Miami, Florida) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor
New Engagement!

Shmuli Dalfin (North Bay Village, FL) to Chayale Groner (Calgary, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM
It’s Twins!

Yossi and Leah Feller from Freedom, PA had twins, a boy and a girl!
NY Post
NEW YORK, NY — Cops are taking longer to respond to serious crimes, police stats show.

More than half the city's 75 precincts saw increased response times to “critical” calls from 2007 to 2008, according to NYPD data.

Although many of the 38 precincts saw only slight increases, others had more significant spikes in average response time, including a 42-second increase at the 100th Precinct in Rockaway, Queens, and a 38-second hike at the 13th Precinct on Manhattan's East Side.

NYPD is Slower to Show

NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — Cops are taking longer to respond to serious crimes, police stats show.

More than half the city’s 75 precincts saw increased response times to “critical” calls from 2007 to 2008, according to NYPD data.

Although many of the 38 precincts saw only slight increases, others had more significant spikes in average response time, including a 42-second increase at the 100th Precinct in Rockaway, Queens, and a 38-second hike at the 13th Precinct on Manhattan’s East Side.

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Besides for the Photo Gallery and Video we at CrownHeights.info published of Birchas HaChama in Crown Heights, we reported on many other such events across the globe. In honor of this once in a 28-year Mitzvah we compiled a list of all the events, with the many reports with pictures and video.

The Birchas Hachama Articles are all hyperlinked in the Extended Article!

Birchas HaChama Around the Wordl!

Besides for the Photo Gallery and Video we at CrownHeights.info published of Birchas HaChama in Crown Heights, we reported on many other such events across the globe. In honor of this once in a 28-year Mitzvah we compiled a list of all the events, with the many reports with pictures and video.

The Birchas Hachama Articles are all hyperlinked in the Extended Article!

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Mrs. Shifra Shurpin will be sitting shiva for her mother, Mrs. Ita Schreiber of Caracas, Venezuela.

Starting Sunday. At 698 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menchem Avel Mrs Shifra Shurpin

Mrs. Shifra Shurpin will be sitting shiva for her mother, Mrs. Ita Schreiber of Caracas, Venezuela.

Starting Sunday. At 698 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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By Ofri Ilani for Haaretz

If not for the Holocaust, there would be as many as 32 million Jews worldwide, instead of the current 13 million, demographer Professor Sergio Della Pergola has written in a soon-to-be published article.

Della Pergola, who holds the Shlomo Argov chair in Israel-Diaspora relations and is the director of the Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attempts to estimate the demographic damage to Jews of the Holocaust. The Holocaust 'struck a mortal blow particularly at the Jews of Eastern Europe because of their especially young age structure,' and particularly the number of children. This led to significant long-term demographic damage. The quantitative ramifications are far beyond what we think," he writes.

Scholar: 32 million Jews Worldwide, if Not for Holocaust

By Ofri Ilani for Haaretz

If not for the Holocaust, there would be as many as 32 million Jews worldwide, instead of the current 13 million, demographer Professor Sergio Della Pergola has written in a soon-to-be published article.

Della Pergola, who holds the Shlomo Argov chair in Israel-Diaspora relations and is the director of the Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attempts to estimate the demographic damage to Jews of the Holocaust. The Holocaust ‘struck a mortal blow particularly at the Jews of Eastern Europe because of their especially young age structure,’ and particularly the number of children. This led to significant long-term demographic damage. The quantitative ramifications are far beyond what we think,” he writes.

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Give one hour a week for 8 weeks towards completion of Meseches Megillah Perek Beis under the guidance of Rabbi Michoel Lerner. The goal is to complete the Perek on Tes Zayin Sivan, IY"H. The Shiurim will take place on Monday evenings at 9:15pm (following Maariv) at Eliyahu Nochum - Lefferts Shul (672 Lefferts Ave) begining Chof Vov Nissan. Be sure to join in!

NEW SHIUR! Finish a Perek in Eight Weeks!

Give one hour a week for 8 weeks towards completion of Meseches Megillah Perek Beis under the guidance of Rabbi Michoel Lerner. The goal is to complete the Perek on Tes Zayin Sivan, IY”H. The Shiurim will take place on Monday evenings at 9:15pm (following Maariv) at Eliyahu Nochum – Lefferts Shul (672 Lefferts Ave) begining Chof Vov Nissan. Be sure to join in!

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South African Community Doubles Space for School

By Dovid Zaklikowski for Chabad.og

BLOUBERGRANT, South Africa — Just in time for the holiday of Passover, South Africa’s Chabad-Lubavitch of the West Coast celebrated the expansion of its school as well as the dedication of a new Torah scroll. The double celebration coincided with the 107th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, a day marked by Chabad-Lubavitch across the globe as Education and Sharing Day.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Rebbe says:

1. The basic outline of this week’s Torah portion is as follows:

The Torah first tells us about the eighth day of the inauguration of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle).

The Torah then continues and recounts how the two eldest sons of Aharon Hakohen (Aaron the High Priest) - Nadav and Avihu - died while bringing a “foreign fire” into the Mishkan.

Towards the end of the portion the Torah tells us the laws of forbidden animals and what constitutes a Kosher animal.

Finally, at the end of the portion the Torah tells us the laws regarding consuming forbidden reptiles and insects.

The Weekly Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Shemini

The Rebbe says:

1. The basic outline of this week’s Torah portion is as follows:

The Torah first tells us about the eighth day of the inauguration of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle).

The Torah then continues and recounts how the two eldest sons of Aharon Hakohen (Aaron the High Priest) – Nadav and Avihu – died while bringing a “foreign fire” into the Mishkan.

Towards the end of the portion the Torah tells us the laws of forbidden animals and what constitutes a Kosher animal.

Finally, at the end of the portion the Torah tells us the laws regarding consuming forbidden reptiles and insects.

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By Parker Michels-Boyce for the St Louis Website

The sun shined brightly in S Louis Missouri, as five hundred Jewish people from all over the community gathered together the day before Pesacch to fulfill the once every 28 years Mitzva to bless the sun. Shliach, Rabbi Yosef Landa of Chabad Greater St. Louis officiates and explains the Birchas HaChama ceremony.

Video – Birchas HaChama at University City Missouri

By Parker Michels-Boyce for the St Louis Website

The sun shined brightly in S Louis Missouri, as five hundred Jewish people from all over the community gathered together the day before Pesacch to fulfill the once every 28 years Mitzva to bless the sun. Shliach, Rabbi Yosef Landa of Chabad Greater St. Louis officiates and explains the Birchas HaChama ceremony.

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NY Post

NEW YORK — At 47,000 meters around NYC, 30 minutes for 25 cents is being reduced to 20 minutes at the same price.

It’s part of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to raise an additional $16.8 million annually to help close the city’s $4 billion budget gap.

Parking Meters Changing From 30 Minutes to 20 Minutes

NY Post

NEW YORK — At 47,000 meters around NYC, 30 minutes for 25 cents is being reduced to 20 minutes at the same price.

It’s part of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to raise an additional $16.8 million annually to help close the city’s $4 billion budget gap.

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Birkas HaChamah Ceremony and Event in Monroe

MONROE, NY [CHI] — Many local Orange County residents, from all walks of life, gathered on Wednesday morning, April 8th, at Chabad’s Monroe Location on Route 17m, to celebrate the rare Jewish practice of Birkat Hachamah, the blessing of the sun, performed only once every 28 years. It is recited on a specific Wednesday morning in the spring, when it is calculated that the sun returns to the same position in the sky it occupied at the time of Creation, and at the same time of the week, 5769 years ago.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by Yossi Greenfeld)

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NEW YORK [AP] — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he doesn't believe a bad economy leads to more violent crime.

Bloomberg said Monday in an interview that murderers “don't read The Wall Street Journal.”

Mayor Bloomberg: No Link Between Violent Crime, Economy

NEW YORK [AP] — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he doesn’t believe a bad economy leads to more violent crime.

Bloomberg said Monday in an interview that murderers “don’t read The Wall Street Journal.”

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Westminster Colorado Chabad House and inset Shluchim Rabbi Benjy and Leah Brackman posing in the Shul.

WESTMINSTER, CO — Historically, and since time immemorial, Judaism has been about community; it has been its fabric, said Rabbi Benjy Brackman, of Westminster, co-founder of the Chabad House Synagogue and Cultural Center, 4505 W. 112th Ave., Westminster.

And, according to Rabbi Brackman, that's what the Chabad House is all about - engaging northwestern community involvement.

Rabbi Brackman: Pioneering for Judaism, Community

Westminster Colorado Chabad House and inset Shluchim Rabbi Benjy and Leah Brackman posing in the Shul.

WESTMINSTER, CO — Historically, and since time immemorial, Judaism has been about community; it has been its fabric, said Rabbi Benjy Brackman, of Westminster, co-founder of the Chabad House Synagogue and Cultural Center, 4505 W. 112th Ave., Westminster.

And, according to Rabbi Brackman, that’s what the Chabad House is all about – engaging northwestern community involvement.

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