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Daily Archives: October 9, 2006

Broken Bottle (Illustration Picture)
At around 11:00pm a Jewish man residing on Carroll St between Schenectady and Utica was leaving his home to make his way towards Simchas Bais Hashuaiva had a glass bottle thrown at him followed by a racial expletive from a Black male. The victim who spotted an officer on a post at the corner of Schenectady and Carroll immediately made his way there and told the officer about the occurrence.

The officer beginning to investigate the incident was directed by the victim to an individual who he identified as his attacker. The officer made the arrest immediately and the victim is pressing charges, NYPD is charging the individual, who is in his 20s, with the commission of a hate crime. The entire incident from the occurrence to the arrest lasted less then 5 minutes.

Bias Incident on Carroll St., Police Apprehend the Suspect

Broken Bottle (Illustration Picture)

At around 11:00pm a Jewish man residing on Carroll St between Schenectady and Utica was leaving his home to make his way towards Simchas Bais Hashuaiva had a glass bottle thrown at him followed by a racial expletive from a Black male. The victim who spotted an officer on a post at the corner of Schenectady and Carroll immediately made his way there and told the officer about the occurrence.

The officer beginning to investigate the incident was directed by the victim to an individual who he identified as his attacker. The officer made the arrest immediately and the victim is pressing charges, NYPD is charging the individual, who is in his 20s, with the commission of a hate crime. The entire incident from the occurrence to the arrest lasted less then 5 minutes.

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Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)

Terrible Accident: Urgent Tehillim Needed

A family is torn apart by a terrible crash on their way to spend some time on a camping site together for Chol Hamoed. The whole family was driving on the highway when the accident occurred, the father and sister were killed instantly, and the son and mother remain in critical condition.

Everyone is urged to please say Tehillim for the Mother; Masha bas Sonia and for the son; Peretz ben Masha.

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Hundreds Attend the Simchas Bais Hashuaiva in Boro Park

13th Ave between 47th and 48th street was closed last night for Simchas Bais Hashuaivah, organized by Rabbi Aaron Ginzburg the Shliach to Boro Park. Hundreds upon hundreds we treated to very lively music and stunt performances by Bochurim who were brought to encourage and create the lively atmosphere.

Each night of Chol HaMoed there will be a Simchas Bais Hashuaiva in the same place.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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A Shliach, A Karate Master, A Writer, A Major…

As reported at the time, Rabbi Fishel Jacobs of Kfar Chabad, Israel retired from his prestigious Israel government rabbinical post last year, Elul. His hope was that this would allow him to better serve an”ash, and the public in general, by being able to dedicate more time to writing and appearances.

Many readers may be aware that Rabbi Jacobs authored the acclaimed Family Purity – A Guide to Marital Fulfillment.

Additionally, for over thirteen years he served as a full-time prison chaplain with the Israel Prison Service, I.P.S. He was a staff officer, his rank was Major.

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First Night of Simchas Bais Hashuaiva

Hundreds packed the block of Kingston between Crown and Montgomery, on the stage the Piamenta brothers rocked the night along with Yaakov Young and Avremi G. and had everyone dancing up into daybreak at 6:00am when police had to open up the street. Great weather contributed to the massive turnout.

Click the Extended Article for a beautiful gallery of pictures from the event!

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The New York Sun
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In the aftermath of a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, the police department has deployed a piece of modern technology that is based on an age-old defense tactic: the watch tower.

The “sky tower,” as police call it, stands about 25 feet high on the corner of Carroll Street and Troy Avenue. A police officer sits behind tinted windows on a swivel chair inside the compartment, where he can monitor video feed from four cameras, and even the wind speed from a meter on the roof. This is the first time the police have used the tower for crime prevention. It was acquired earlier this summer and has been used at the West Indian Day parade and for security during President Bush's visit to ground zero.

Crown Heights Gets a Modern-Day Watch Tower

The New York Sun
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In the aftermath of a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, the police department has deployed a piece of modern technology that is based on an age-old defense tactic: the watch tower.

The “sky tower,” as police call it, stands about 25 feet high on the corner of Carroll Street and Troy Avenue. A police officer sits behind tinted windows on a swivel chair inside the compartment, where he can monitor video feed from four cameras, and even the wind speed from a meter on the roof. This is the first time the police have used the tower for crime prevention. It was acquired earlier this summer and has been used at the West Indian Day parade and for security during President Bush’s visit to ground zero.

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It is with great pain and sadness we inform you of the sudden tragic and very untimely passing, of Chaya Tzirel Goldberg. The 1-year-old daughter of Yechiel and Chana Devorah (nee Perl) Goldberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will be Tomorrow, Monday morning. The motorcade should be leaving Shomrei Hadas chapel at approximately 10:45 am and will then proceed, passing 770 at approximately 11:15 am.

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes – Chaya Tzirel Goldberg OB”M

It is with great pain and sadness we inform you of the sudden tragic and very untimely passing, of Chaya Tzirel Goldberg. The 1-year-old daughter of Yechiel and Chana Devorah (nee Perl) Goldberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will be Tomorrow, Monday morning. The motorcade should be leaving Shomrei Hadas chapel at approximately 10:45 am and will then proceed, passing 770 at approximately 11:15 am.

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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This was the feeling of the children of Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, as they swung into action to respond to the physical and spiritual needs of their brothers and sisters in Israel as they attempted to recover from the unrelenting missile attacks during the summer. “Operation Binyan” was created with the hope of aiding the families in Northern Israel, who absorbed much of these attacks, and helping them rebuild their lives and their communities. Israelis in Haifa, Tzfas, and Nahariya saw their homes, synagogues, schools and places of work destroyed, while thousands were sent to the hospital with injuries.

When a brother or sister is in need, their family is there.

This was the feeling of the children of Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, as they swung into action to respond to the physical and spiritual needs of their brothers and sisters in Israel as they attempted to recover from the unrelenting missile attacks during the summer. “Operation Binyan” was created with the hope of aiding the families in Northern Israel, who absorbed much of these attacks, and helping them rebuild their lives and their communities. Israelis in Haifa, Tzfas, and Nahariya saw their homes, synagogues, schools and places of work destroyed, while thousands were sent to the hospital with injuries.

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LJ World
Jonathan Boyarin, Kansas University professor of religious studies, reads from a book in Yiddish by author Abraham Joshua Heschel, “Kotzk:The Struggle for Integrity.” Boyarin has done research on Yiddish, and he believes there is a resurgence in the language and that it continues to have an impact on English.

Jonathan Boyarin’s feelings toward the Yiddish language go beyond mere scholarship.

“I heard a lot of Yiddish in my childhood, growing up in a community of Jewish chicken farmers,” he says. “I can’t say I learned the language there, but I picked up a heritage of nostalgia for it at least.”

After years of creeping into English, Yiddish experiencing own revival

LJ World
Jonathan Boyarin, Kansas University professor of religious studies, reads from a book in Yiddish by author Abraham Joshua Heschel, “Kotzk:The Struggle for Integrity.” Boyarin has done research on Yiddish, and he believes there is a resurgence in the language and that it continues to have an impact on English.

Jonathan Boyarin’s feelings toward the Yiddish language go beyond mere scholarship.

“I heard a lot of Yiddish in my childhood, growing up in a community of Jewish chicken farmers,” he says. “I can’t say I learned the language there, but I picked up a heritage of nostalgia for it at least.”

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