Des Plaines, IL — Big turnouts aren’t just for upshernishes anymore. When Yosef Yitzchok (Yossele) Hecht turned two, he had more guests than at his bris.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
If you are unable to join in person, don’t forget to purchase your tickets online at kscvk.org.
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Hollywood, CA — With production now in full swing, Chabad today announced that noted journalist and broadcaster Larry King is joining the list of in-studio guests for the 2007 Chabad “To Life” Telethon. Chabad’s annual fundraising event airs live from Hollywood on Sunday, September 9, from 4:00 to 10:00 pm, PDT.
“I’m looking forward to dancing with Rabbi Cunin and Jon Voight,” quipped King about his upcoming appearance on the broadcast.
Video in the Extended Article!
It’s an outstretched arm — actually dozens of them that greet Chabad of Dallas’ Rabbi Zvi Drizin each Friday as he makes his way through the city, helping men complete the mitzvah of putting on tefillin. “Just before the Six-Day War, the Lubavitcher Rebbe began a campaign for Lubavitchers to help soldiers in Israel by having soldiers put on tefillin,” he said. “Since that time, yeshiva students and other Lubavitchers have made it their mission to reach those who might not otherwise have the mitzvah. Tefillin are associated with Jewish pride and strength.”
Conejo, CA — The Friendship Circle of the Conejo Valley has announced the appointment of Rabbi Eli Laber of Chicago, Ill., as its new fulltime director. Laber’s wife, Rochel (nee Bryski), will assist in program development for the children and teenage volunteers.
Laber and his wife have served as teachers and directors of major school and summer programs in California, Texas and New York. The couple is expected to move to the area in mid-August.
Atlantic City, NJ — The second annual Kosher Cruise, which is schedule to set sail Sunday from the Trump Marina in Atlantic City.
Click here for Article and Pictures from last years cruise.
Participants will enjoy a scenic excursion of the back bays of Atlantic City while enjoying a delicious kosher barbecue.
Running Springs, CA — This coming Labor Day weekend, people from all over the West Coast will gather together for a special weekend of learning and fellowship as Chabad’s Running Springs campus hosts the inaugural West Coast Chabad Jewish Retreat. Against the backdrop of the picturesque S. Bernardino Mountains, Retreat participants will get the chance to spend a unique long weekend with friends, old and new, as they explore and celebrate their common heritage.
Chabad of Queens College celebrated the opening of its new home on Sunday with a sushi-and-salad buffet and charity auction.
Queens College president James Muyskens addressed the gathering of 75 students with words of praise for Chabad-Lubavitch’s three-year involvement on the campus. Pointing to Chabad House directors Rabbi Shaul Wertheimer and his wife Tzipah, he said, “My message here tonight is ‘Thank you.’”
Bellingham, WA — Chabad of Bellingham just signed a lease, Thursday, July 19, which expanded the Chabad House, the center for Jewish Life for our ever fast growing Chabad Jewish Community and Student Organization.
That means more community activities, more campus events, more adult education, more Jewish Pride, and awareness, more Yiddishkeit and mitzvos. More love for G-d, the Torah, Israel, and all humanity!
Rabbi Levi and Mrs Bassie Shemtov of West Bloomfield, MI and the founders the Friendship Circle, one of Chabad-Lubavitch’s most popular programs, have been chosen as one of this year’s recipients of the Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
The Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship honors non-profit leaders who have found innovative, private solutions for America’s most pressing social problems.
Rabbi Schneur and Mrs Tzippy (nee Gourarie) Schneerson of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Newbury Park, CA where they will establish Chabad of Newbury Park for the Jewish residents of the area.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski of Chabad of the Conejo with the assistance of the neighboring Shliach, Rabbi Chaim Bryski of Chabad of Thousand Oaks.
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shas42@gmail.com.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
Berkeley, CA — From the moment Chabad-Lubavitch began reaching out to unafilliated Jews, the movement set a pattern that would not only change the lives of those they reach, but also dramatically alter the demographics within Chabad-Lubavitch itself.
Ridgefield, CT — This Sunday members of the Chabad of Ridgefield and Northern Fairfield County under the directorship of Rabbi Shaya and Chanah Deitsch gathered in the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for a Siyum Safer Torah and dedication ceremony.
The Torah was donated in memory of Reb Yosef Yitzchok ben Reb Sholom Yeshaya Deitsch Z”L by his family, friends and the community.
A large gallery of pictures in the Extended Article!
Santa Fe, Argentina — The toughest challenge for the new Chabad representatives to Santa Fe, in Santa Fe province, Argentina, is to gently dispel mistaken notions about Jewish identity pervasive to this community of 1500 Jews.
Toledo, OH — A group of Jews have rolled into town to be on call for your questions. For three weeks, rabbinical students are offering to come right to your door and study Torah, the Five Books of Moses.
Lawrence, KS — For many years, Neil and Leni Salkind had to drive to Johnson County if they wanted to buy meat.
That’s because they follow the Jewish cultural and religious law of kosher — that foods have to be prepared according to certain rules for them to be eaten.
Cincinnati, OH — Chabad Hebrew School, CHS, is entering its 17th year. The school offers Jewish education for children of various backgrounds and affiliations, ages 3 to 14.
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine –- An invaluable new initiative in the city of Dnepropetrovsk has gotten underway in aims of introducing national and religious traditions in the lives of local Jewish families. The Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk inaugurated the project ‘My Shabbat, My Soul’ this week.
Such a project is of particular value in modern society, given that many national traditions have been lost and very few people hold enough knowledge on celbrating the Shabbat. “This is not only a day we refrain from working, but a day that we can support a relationship with the source of our spirituality,” stated Alexander Zhukov, the Coordinator for this project.
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