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Daily Archives: June 6, 2007

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Chicago, IL — Over the past thirty years Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois has grown from a one-man operation in a small Chicago apartment to a legion of more than thirty institutions with fifty full time couples providing services for tens of thousands throughout the state.

Video and more pictures in the Extended Article.

Chabad of Illinois Celebrates Thirty Years

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Chicago, IL — Over the past thirty years Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois has grown from a one-man operation in a small Chicago apartment to a legion of more than thirty institutions with fifty full time couples providing services for tens of thousands throughout the state.

Video and more pictures in the Extended Article.

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Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Birthright Group Celebrates 6 Bar Mitzvas

Tel Aviv, Israel — Six members of a “Birthright” traveling group decided that since they had never yet celebrated their Bar Mitzvas, it would be appropriate to do this while they were still in Israel. They got in contact with Chabad of Tel Aviv, who forwarded them to its Yeshiva, “Chazon Eliyahu”.

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Vineland, NJ — Students of the 'Beis Medrash Menachem' Semicha Institute of Morristown, New Jersey, headed by Rabbi Chaim Schapiro, took a trip to a slaughterhouse in Vineland, New Jersey.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Semicha Institute Visit Meat Processing Plant

Vineland, NJ — Students of the ‘Beis Medrash Menachem’ Semicha Institute of Morristown, New Jersey, headed by Rabbi Chaim Schapiro, took a trip to a slaughterhouse in Vineland, New Jersey.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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JLI to Expand to 50 New Cities Next Year

Brooklyn, New York — Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Merkoz L’Inyanei Chinuch has recently announced 50 new Shluchim affiliates to join the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute for the coming semester in the fall of 5768. JLI’s central office projects that the new locations will bring the average number of students participating in the program to over 11,000. The expansion represents a 25% growth from the current 200 affiliates, the biggest leap in JLI’s nine year history.

The new affiliates are located throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Australia, Turkey, Panama and Uruguay. Plans are also underway to establish pilot JLI programs in Israel and Russia during the course of next year. The pilot program entails translating materials to Ivrit and Russian and modifying the series to best serve the respective communities. Subsequently, the program will be expanded to include the many Shluchim serving these two large populations.

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Chicago, IL — A memorial tribute in Wheeling Wednesday evening celebrated the heroic efforts of Holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu, 76, a Virginia Tech professor of engineering who died while trying to save the lives of his students back on April 16.

Chabad of Illinois Honors VT Professor

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Chicago, IL — A memorial tribute in Wheeling Wednesday evening celebrated the heroic efforts of Holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu, 76, a Virginia Tech professor of engineering who died while trying to save the lives of his students back on April 16.

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From Orphan Child to Beaming Bride, A Jewish Wedding in Vilnius

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com
The bride and groom under the canopy, flanked by her guardians, Rabbi Krinsky, reading the Ketuba, and Mrs. Krinsky

Vilnius, Lithuania — While conflict and tension plague the country’s Jewish leadership, a divided community came together for a chuppah in Vilnius—a rare event in a country with high-intermarriage rates and one Chabad family working tirelessly to rebuild Jewish life one soul at a time.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Last week Thursday a special event took place for very special children. In the home of Rabbi Yaacov and Mrs Chana Pinson boys and girls gathered for some food and live musical entertainment and a magic show.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

A Special Evening for Special Children!

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Last week Thursday a special event took place for very special children. In the home of Rabbi Yaacov and Mrs Chana Pinson boys and girls gathered for some food and live musical entertainment and a magic show.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine -– In the East Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, the school bell rang for the last time this year at the Ohr Avner Levi-Yitzhak Shneerson Day School. This June, 58 graduates are leaving the student body to pursue higher education at top universities and institutes in Ukraine, Austria, Israel, USA and elsewhere.

End of Jewish School Year for Dnepropetrovsk Students

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Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine -– In the East Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, the school bell rang for the last time this year at the Ohr Avner Levi-Yitzhak Shneerson Day School. This June, 58 graduates are leaving the student body to pursue higher education at top universities and institutes in Ukraine, Austria, Israel, USA and elsewhere.

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Boynton Beach, FL — The dancing and unbridled joy of the participants at the klezmer playing wedding of a Chassidic couple, is said to be unmatched.

Hours upon hours, to a seven piece band, the groom and bride, dance the night away with community members, family, friends and relatives. This wedding is considered the greatest joy known to Judaism.

First Ever Chassidic Wedding in Northern Palm Beach County

Boynton Beach, FL — The dancing and unbridled joy of the participants at the klezmer playing wedding of a Chassidic couple, is said to be unmatched.

Hours upon hours, to a seven piece band, the groom and bride, dance the night away with community members, family, friends and relatives. This wedding is considered the greatest joy known to Judaism.

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Nipol, Ukraine -– In the near future, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk Region Shmuel Kaminetsky shall be visiting all Jewish communities in the region. During his visits, which shall take place over the next three months, he will be providing assistance to numerous smaller communities in order to promote Jewish life at the local level – morally, administratively, and in terms of both infrastructure and taxation of non-governmental organizations.

Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk Visits Rural Communities

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Nipol, Ukraine -– In the near future, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk Region Shmuel Kaminetsky shall be visiting all Jewish communities in the region. During his visits, which shall take place over the next three months, he will be providing assistance to numerous smaller communities in order to promote Jewish life at the local level – morally, administratively, and in terms of both infrastructure and taxation of non-governmental organizations.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – “I need to feed my kids” is what a mugger told his victim when he snatched the laptop out of the hands of a Bochur on Eastern Parkway. The incident took place yesterday, Tuesday, at around 3:00pm between New York and Brooklyn.

The Bochur was sitting on a bench on Eastern Pkwy when a tall male black described to be in his mid 20’s pulled the laptop from the lap of the Bochur while pushing him down, the perp was accompanied by what was described as a 10 year old youth, as the perp pulled the laptop for the grasp of the Bochur he said “I need to feed my kids”.

More in the Extended Article.

Bochur Mugged for his Laptop on Eastern Pkwy

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – “I need to feed my kids” is what a mugger told his victim when he snatched the laptop out of the hands of a Bochur on Eastern Parkway. The incident took place yesterday, Tuesday, at around 3:00pm between New York and Brooklyn.

The Bochur was sitting on a bench on Eastern Pkwy when a tall male black described to be in his mid 20’s pulled the laptop from the lap of the Bochur while pushing him down, the perp was accompanied by what was described as a 10 year old youth, as the perp pulled the laptop for the grasp of the Bochur he said “I need to feed my kids”.

More in the Extended Article.

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As Gimmel Tammuz is rapidly approaching, Thousands of Talmidim in the Rebbe's Yeshivos around the world, united in an intense study cycle of Sichos and Maamorim to strengthen their connection to the Rebbe in preparation for the day, with the hope that very soon we will be reunited with the Rebbe leading us to the Geulah Shleimah.

First Segment of Hachanah Reaps Phenomenal Results

As Gimmel Tammuz is rapidly approaching, Thousands of Talmidim in the Rebbe’s Yeshivos around the world, united in an intense study cycle of Sichos and Maamorim to strengthen their connection to the Rebbe in preparation for the day, with the hope that very soon we will be reunited with the Rebbe leading us to the Geulah Shleimah.

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Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deno’s Wonder Wheel cycling team, which included new NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (third from left), kick off the “Tour de Brooklyn.”. Photo By Stephen Lipuma

Brooklyn, NY — On Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd, BrooklynBest 2007, a Brooklyn Tourism destination event which officially launches Brooklyn’s summer season each year, took to Grand Army Plaza and several of the borough’s cultural institutions. Fireworks, fashion shows, musical performances, an 18-mile “Tour de Brooklyn” bike ride, mini-golf, and a 30th anniversary showing of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” starring Brooklyn’s own Richard Dreyfuss were among the activities enjoyed by Brooklynites and visitors alike.

BP Markowitz Celebrates “BrooklynBest Festival” 2007

Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deno’s Wonder Wheel cycling team, which included new NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (third from left), kick off the “Tour de Brooklyn.”. Photo By Stephen Lipuma

Brooklyn, NY — On Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd, BrooklynBest 2007, a Brooklyn Tourism destination event which officially launches Brooklyn’s summer season each year, took to Grand Army Plaza and several of the borough’s cultural institutions. Fireworks, fashion shows, musical performances, an 18-mile “Tour de Brooklyn” bike ride, mini-golf, and a 30th anniversary showing of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” starring Brooklyn’s own Richard Dreyfuss were among the activities enjoyed by Brooklynites and visitors alike.

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