Chabad Center of Spokane opens its doors to all Jews

Spokane, WA — In a South Hill home stocked with kosher food and religious books in both Hebrew and English, where visitors are often welcomed with an offering of food and the strains of klezmer music, Rabbi Yisroel Hahn shares his faith.

“Every Jew is welcome here,” says the rabbi, a bearded young man dressed in a dark suit, a red tie and a black yarmulke. “We are here with an unconditional love for every Jew, regardless of their background or affiliation.”

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New Shluchim to California

Rabbi and Mrs Yisroel Zavdi of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Huntington Beach, CA where they will serve as the Youth and Program Director’s for Chabad of West Orange County.

The Zavdi’s were appointed by Rabbi Aron Dovid Berkowitz of Chabad of West Orange County.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at yzavdi@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

‘I Feel it in My Heart’

Daily Breeze

Special needs teen’s bar mitzvah is a sign of the work the young man has done over the last year.

Wesley Baer, 13 and born with Down’s Sydrome, celebrates a milestone in his life – his Bar Mitzvah. Flanked by friend Ronnie Itzikovitz, left, and Rabbi Yitzi Magalnic, right, Wesley gets ready to read from the Torah. Photo – Scott Varley

Torrance, CA — Wesley Baer had a typical bar mitzvah on Sunday – reciting the Torah in Hebrew, chanting traditional blessings and prayers that mark the age of maturity in the Jewish tradition.

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Bar Mitzva Marked in Siberian Community

FJC.ru

Omsk, Russia – In the west Siberian city of Omsk, local Jews have good reason for celebration, as another young man underwent his Bar Mitzva this week. The event took place on June 24th in the Synagogue, which was filled with relatives, loved ones and members of the local community.

it is a natural progression that this 13-year-old boy would have a Bar Mitzva. A student of the Jewish Sunday School and ‘Gan Israel’ camp each summer, he also actively participated in various projects organized by the local community. He accompanied by his mother, personally made the request to the region’s Chief Rabbi Osher Krichevsky, to mark his coming of age Jewish-style.

5th Annual Farewell Dinner for the Bochurim in Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto

Toronto, Ontario — On Tuesday June 12, more than 100 businessmen from across the greater Toronto area arrived at Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto for the 5th annual farewell dinner, honoring the Bochurim for their dedication to Mivtzoim.

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History Made in Vietnam!

Shturem.net

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam — History was made in Vietnam in the beginning of this week. For the first time since the revelation of the Giving of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai over 3,000 years ago, a Torah Scroll has been dedicated for the Jewish community in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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One Hundred Branches in Three More Years

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One hundred Shluchim and Shluchos convene for successful Friendship Circle Conference

Newark, NJ — Close to 100 Shluchim and Shluchos from all over North America, gathered on Wednesday of last week for the annual Friendship Circle conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. The conference closed Thursday evening.

More in the Extended Article.