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Daily Archives: April 14, 2007

Pesach in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi, Vietnam

Shturem.net

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Over 150 Jews celebrated Pesach this year in central Sedorim organized and arranged by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hartman Shliach to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City and in the city of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

The Sader in Hanoi is believed to be the first public Sader that has ever taken place in the city. Participating were over 80 Jewish Tourists, and was conducted by Rabbi Nochum Shtrasberg and his wife who have been in Hanoi for the past few months assisting Rabbi Hartman with his outreach.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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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)
New Engagement!

Shmuly Golomb (Crown Heights) to Mushky Steinmetz (Briarwood, NY)

 
1010 WINS

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New York City and surrounding areas braced Saturday for a wallop from a winter storm well into what was supposed to be spring.

A flood watch was in effect for New York City, Long Island and some northern suburbs as the National Weather Service predicted 2 to 4 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph, meteorologist John Koch said Saturday morning. Snow and sleet were possible inland, he said.

Nasty NE’ Expected Sunday Into Monday

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New York City and surrounding areas braced Saturday for a wallop from a winter storm well into what was supposed to be spring.

A flood watch was in effect for New York City, Long Island and some northern suburbs as the National Weather Service predicted 2 to 4 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph, meteorologist John Koch said Saturday morning. Snow and sleet were possible inland, he said.

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FJC.ru

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia — Approximately 5,250 miles from Zabars in New York City, 5,680 miles from Jerusalem - and, in April, still resting peacefully under several feet of fresh snow - Kamchatka may be the last place in the world you'd expect to find a Jew diligently grating maror for a seder.

Russian-Speaking Emissaries Bring Seders to an Isolated Community

FJC.ru

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia — Approximately 5,250 miles from Zabars in New York City, 5,680 miles from Jerusalem – and, in April, still resting peacefully under several feet of fresh snow – Kamchatka may be the last place in the world you’d expect to find a Jew diligently grating maror for a seder.

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Jerusalem Post
Mordechai Tzivin
Bucharest, Romania — A haredi lawyer from Kfar Chabad is embroiled in a scandal in Romania that threatens to bring down the government, after he briefly represented a Syrian-born businessman who was indicted by Romanian authorities for terrorist activity and corruption.

A few days ago, attorney Mordechai Tzivin informed the Romanian legislature he was prepared to address its Parliamentary Control Commission for SRI (the Romanian Information Service) regarding alleged corruption in the country's secret services and government.

Israeli Lawyer Caught in Romanian Scandal

Jerusalem Post
Mordechai Tzivin

Bucharest, Romania — A haredi lawyer from Kfar Chabad is embroiled in a scandal in Romania that threatens to bring down the government, after he briefly represented a Syrian-born businessman who was indicted by Romanian authorities for terrorist activity and corruption.

A few days ago, attorney Mordechai Tzivin informed the Romanian legislature he was prepared to address its Parliamentary Control Commission for SRI (the Romanian Information Service) regarding alleged corruption in the country’s secret services and government.

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Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
Have a question related to Judaism that's keeping you awake at night? There's no need to wait until morning to schedule an appointment with your rabbi. Just ask Moses.

AskMoses.com has scholars - rabbis as well as other qualified men and women - available 24/6 for one-on-one online conversations related to Judaism (They're not available on Shabbat and certain Jewish holidays).

Online advice from Moses

Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Have a question related to Judaism that’s keeping you awake at night? There’s no need to wait until morning to schedule an appointment with your rabbi. Just ask Moses.

AskMoses.com has scholars – rabbis as well as other qualified men and women – available 24/6 for one-on-one online conversations related to Judaism (They’re not available on Shabbat and certain Jewish holidays).

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Chabad 1 Step Closer to Building Center

by Michael Gannon – The New Haven Register

Guilford, CT — Chabad of the Shoreline [under the direction of Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Baila Yaffe] cleared its first hurdle this week with revamped plans to establish a community center on Goose Lane.

Chabad’s revised application for dealing with drainage, waste water and storm runoff passed the Inland Wetlands Commission unanimously this week.

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Enduring hope: Utah honors Jews and other Nazi victims

Deseret News
Holocaust survivor Jerry Meents pins on the
original Star of David he wore as a 12-year-old boy
in Amsterdam in 1942.

Salt Lake City, UT — Wearing the same faded Star of David that identified him as a Jew under the Nazi regime, Jerry Meents, 76, recalled his last day at school.

Meents, who escaped the roundups of Jews in Holland because he was considered half-Jewish, had been allowed to remove the star and attend school. While playing during a recess, he saw an elderly Jewish woman hauled away on a stretcher.

“One boy, 12 or 13, started laughing,” he recalled, “He thought it was great that they took an old Jew away. I got mad, I got very mad and beat the hell out of him. I went home and never went back to school.”

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