New Chabad House for Jews of Naples

Naples, FL — Chabad of Naples, directed by Rabbi Fishel and Mrs Ettie Zaklos, will IYH be moving into a newly rented space, large enough to meet the needs of their multi-faceted programs and services. Renovations are currently underway, and they are planning to move in just in time for the grand opening of their Hebrew School on September 9, 2007.

Rabbi Opens Home to Jewish Students

Ewing, NJ — Beginning this week, Rabbi Kivi Greenbaum and his wife Zeesy will open their home to Jewish students at The College of New Jersey as they head the newest branch of the Chabad of Greater Mercer County on the campus here.

Annual Event Offers Beauty, Depth, Spirituality’ for Women

Oxnard, CA — The Chabad Jewish Women’s Circle of Ventura County will host its annual “Spa for the Soul” event Sunday at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard.

The event runs from 9:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the Marriott is at 600 E. Esplanade Drive.

Remembering Russia’s largest Holocaust Massacre

Rostov-On-Don, Russia –- A memorial ceremony took place near Rostov-on-Don to commemorate nearly 30,000 Jews and thousands of other victims murdered here 65 years ago in the biggest single atrocity of the Holocaust in Russia. The event occurred at the ‘Zmievskaya Balka’ Memorial near the village of Zmievka. Busloads of people made their way here via the same route taken by those who met their death here – the crowd holding the same constituency as those who perished here – young and old, Jews and non-Jews, from all walks of life.

Mets Pitcher Offers CGI Campers Some Tips

Greenwich, CT, Aug 8th ’07 — Stamford’s Ephraim Zucker stepped into the batter’s box yesterday against New York Mets lefty pitcher Scott Schoeneweis.

With a mighty swing of a plastic bat, the 8-year-old smacked a single. After a teammate’s hit, Ephraim raced past third base to try to score, but he couldn’t elude the tag by Schoeneweis.

Jewish Camp Unites Youngsters From Across Ukraine

Lugansk, Ukraine — The ‘Gan Israel’ Camp has wrapped up its 2007 season in Ukraine’s Lugansk Region. This is the seventh year in a row that children have had the opportunity to take part in this educational and spiritual health retreat.

Organized at the initiative of the Jewish community of Lugansk and under the leadership of Chief Rabbi of Lugansk Region Shalom Gopin and his wife Chana, the camp has gradually expanded from involving youngsters from this east Ukrainian region to also including kids from communities across the country.

JLI Launches New Groundbreaking Course on Israel in 250 Cities Worldwide

The Rohr JLI has just launched a worldwide marketing campaign for its upcoming course, entitled “The Land and the Spirit: Why We All Care about Israel”, scheduled to run after Tishrei in over 250 cities around the world.

Makes Its Relevance Known To A New Crop of Students

Princeton, NY — Princeton, Hofstra, Cambridge. At two of these universities, the 2007 Fall semester begins with the Chabad center in a new, larger space. At one, the rabbi will be dressed up like a chicken. Can you guess which one?

New Shluchim to Connecticut

Rabbi Shlame and Mrs Miriam Landa of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Fairfield, CT where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish Community.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kantor and Rabbi Yisroel Deren.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlamelanda@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Siberian Jewish Community Honors Heroes

Omsk, Russia — This week in Omsk, the ‘Achdut’ Newspaper issued by the local Jewish community held a meeting involving local Jews and 18 of their ‘heroes’. These individuals all seem to be familiar to local residents since these admirable individuals were all featured, one at a time, in the pages of ‘Achdut’ in the section “Interview of the Month” over the past two years.

US Soldier killed in Iraq Remembered

Cleveland, OH — Army Pfc. Daniel Agami was described as a fearless, patriotic soldier who never hesitated risking his life for his fellow soldiers.

Agami also had a love for Iraqi children. He gave them candy and toys, and helped build their schools. The children seemed to love him, too, his family said.

Belarus Jewish Community Celebrates 1st Brit Mila

Brest, Belarus — This week, the Jewish community of Brest celebrated an event of importance to Jewish life in the region, as well as that of one individual man. 27-year old Gurayev, an active participant in the ‘STARS’ Torah educational program for Jewish youth, had a Brit Mila.

Chabad Lubavitch Center Set for River Heights Area

Winnipeg, Canada — A religious movement founded in a small Russian town 250 years ago is about to break ground on a new modern centre in 21st-century Winnipeg. The Chabad Lubavitch Torah Centre is due to open in the River Heights area in late 2008.

‘Gan Israel’ Camp Season Ends in Estonia

Tallin, Estonia — In Estonia, the ‘Gan Israel’ Camp has finally wrapped up after an eventful season. All day for 20 days, Jewish children and teenagers gathered at the ‘Kanutimaya’ Center for Youth Creativity, located in the very center of town for an entertaining and educational program.

FJC Russia expands cooperation with the Russian army to assist Jewish Soldiers

Moscow, Russia -– A meeting took place between the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and the company VMK (War Memorial Company) to widen their cooperation. While established in 1997 at the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, VMK now is comprised of 300 branches in 76 regions of Russia.

Moscow Wraps Up 2007 Jewish Camp Season

Moscow, Russia — The ‘Gan Israel’ Camp near Moscow has wrapped up, putting an end to the 2007 season. Over 110 youth and 20 counselors involved in this last camp bid farewell and looked forward to the upcoming school year. This year, several retreats were held this year in order to give the opportunity to attend camp from over 20 surrounding cities.

Hillel and Chabad team up for the Sabbath of Sabbaths

Hanover, NH — Hillel and Chabad, the two Jewish organizations on campus, served a mass home-cooked Shabbat meal to more than 200 students and 20 professors and administrators on Friday night in Alumni Hall.

“In Judaism there’s no better way to come together than over food,” Chabad Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray said.