Daily Archives: June 21, 2006

Chabad of the Conejo Wows Crowd in Sold Out Benefit Banquet

Chabad of the Conejo, CA held its annual Gala Banquet on Wednesday, June 14th, 2006. The event was held at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Eight hundred friends and supporters gathered for an evening of glamour, entertainment, and tribute. The gala this year was titled “Imagine: A Vision for the Future” and was followed by a performance in the sold-out Kavli Theatre (1800 people) featuring The 8th Day Band, Benny Friedman and Marc Salem of Broadway’ s “Mind Games”.

Chabad paid tribute to Noam and Sherry Lotan, the honorees at this year’s gala. “Noam and Sherry are truly deserving of this prestigious award” said Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski, the Executive Director of Chabad. “This is a couple deeply concerned with the material and spiritual welfare of others. They are true community leaders who have given of their time, energy, and benevolence to ensure a more vibrant and educated Jewish community for all of us. Their endless acts of kindness have not gone unnoticed.” Noam is the CEO of MRV Communications, a High Tech company in Northridge California.

In an emotional response at the dinner, Noam spoke about his first encounter with Chabad in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.

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5-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car In Williamsburg

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A five-year-old girl crossing the street to catch her school bus was struck and killed in Brooklyn Tuesday morning.

Police say Chana Friedlander darted out between parked cars on Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg after she saw the school bus, which had stopped to pick up a student a short distance away. Instead of waiting for the driver to move to her location, she tried to run to the bus.

“I stopped here to pick up two children from both sides – this side and that side – put on the flashing lights, opened the door and all of a sudden in my mirror, I see a car right near my bus and I beeped her to stop,” said the bus driver Jenoe Lichtman. “I blowed the horn [for her] to stop. She ignored everything. She passed the red lights, the flashing lights, and hit the child.”

Event To Benefit Hatzalah, Great Success!

Sunday the Crown Heights Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corps held an evening to benefit the organization. A Symposium entitled “Early detection and prevention of Heart Disease” and was given over by Doctor Robert Frankel, the topic was heart disease which covered how to recognize symptoms and how it is treated. This was followed by an address by Dr. Pamela S. Brier, President & CEO of Maimonides Hospital who thanked Hatzalah for cooperating with Maimonides Hospital.

The evening ended with the raffle for $18,000, and the winner’s was three women who purchased one ticket together they are Tziporah Hamn, Ora Goldstein and Tami Lieder. All the attendees were given a gift bag which included a first aid kit.

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Torah celebrate’s son’s memory, future synagogue

Ormond Beach, Florida — A year ago a young man died. On Sunday a Torah was born.

With a photo of Jay Sappington nearby, Rabbi David Golowinski writes letters on the Torah while Rabbi Pinchas Ezagui officiates at Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Community Center on Sunday.
Outside the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Community Center on Granada Boulevard, it drizzled. Inside, under bright lights, the family and friends of Jay Sappington chatted happily and sipped fruit punch, watching.

This Torah, commissioned by Sappington’s family in his memory, was not yet finished. David Goliwinski, a scribe from Miami, labored over the vast parchment scroll, adding the final letters of the scripture it contained.