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Daily Archives: January 9, 2008

Chabad of Greater Boynton To Expand and Open New Satellite Chabad Centers

Jill Shayna Brody – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Sholom and Dini Ciment. (photo: Susan L. Friend for Lubavitch.com)

BOYNTON BEACH, FL — A demographic survey commissioned by the Jewish Federation recently established Boynton Beach as the fastest growing Jewish community in the country, and the most densely populated Jewish area outside of Israel. In 1987, there were 9,300 Jews in Boynton Beach. The survey taken in 2005 reported a whopping 58,000, and most recently demographer Dr. Ira Sheskin estimated the Jewish population in the Greater Boynton area at 86,000.

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New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
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!
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Friedman of Borough Park. He is survived by his wife Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim Leah Friedman.

The family will be sitting Shiva at 698 Empire Blvd, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Condolences can be emailed to mrosenfeld@maimonidesmed.org or call 718-778-1947

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan HaEmes – R. M.M. Friedman OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Friedman of Borough Park. He is survived by his wife Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim Leah Friedman.

The family will be sitting Shiva at 698 Empire Blvd, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Condolences can be emailed to mrosenfeld@maimonidesmed.org or call 718-778-1947

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This morning a Crown Heights resident was shocked to find two tires on her car slashed in addition to an obscenity scratched into the paint on the driver’s side door, the car was parked on Kingston Avenue between East New York and Lefferts Avenue.

The incident if following a road incident near her home where another driver claimed that she had struck his vehicle and demanded she pay him, police were called to the scene and determined that there is no grounds to his claim, and that there was no collision. The driver began yelling at cops and then drove off.

More in the Extended Article.

Two Cars Vandalized Following Road Disputes

Photo edited to remove the obscenity.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This morning a Crown Heights resident was shocked to find two tires on her car slashed in addition to an obscenity scratched into the paint on the driver’s side door, the car was parked on Kingston Avenue between East New York and Lefferts Avenue.

The incident if following a road incident near her home where another driver claimed that she had struck his vehicle and demanded she pay him, police were called to the scene and determined that there is no grounds to his claim, and that there was no collision. The driver began yelling at cops and then drove off.

More in the Extended Article.

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Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Rabbi Tzvi Lipinsky helps Georgia native
Mitchell Kaye put on tefillin at the 11th
Pan-American Maccabean Games in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The series of Maccabi games that annually span the globe aim to highlight more than just Jewish athleticism: They're in the business of reinforcing Jewish pride. No where was that mission more apparent than in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week, as a team of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students cooperated with the 11th Pan-American Maccabean Games to help contestants, their families, friends and fans embrace their Jewish heritage.

From the moment the more than 5,000 Jewish athletes arrived in the South American capital city, they availed themselves of a host of Jewish-enrichment activities, from putting on tefillin to posing questions to any number of the 20 rabbinical students who fanned out among the venues and mobilized a “mitzvah tank.” They even could munch on strictly kosher food supervised by Chabad-Lubavitch of Argentina.

Argentine Jewish Community Welcomed Thousands for Athletic Games

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Rabbi Tzvi Lipinsky helps Georgia native
Mitchell Kaye put on tefillin at the 11th
Pan-American Maccabean Games in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The series of Maccabi games that annually span the globe aim to highlight more than just Jewish athleticism: They’re in the business of reinforcing Jewish pride. No where was that mission more apparent than in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week, as a team of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students cooperated with the 11th Pan-American Maccabean Games to help contestants, their families, friends and fans embrace their Jewish heritage.

From the moment the more than 5,000 Jewish athletes arrived in the South American capital city, they availed themselves of a host of Jewish-enrichment activities, from putting on tefillin to posing questions to any number of the 20 rabbinical students who fanned out among the venues and mobilized a “mitzvah tank.” They even could munch on strictly kosher food supervised by Chabad-Lubavitch of Argentina.

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Today, Wednesday, Beis Shevat at 10:00 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.

Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.

Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#

Parsha Shiur by Rabbi Jacobson Tonight

Today, Wednesday, Beis Shevat at 10:00 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.

Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.

Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#

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Text from NY1. Photos by Webby - CrownHeights.info

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — At least 14 people, including a bus driver, were injured this morning when two city buses collided in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn this morning.

Police say a B-44 bus was about to go through the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when it clipped another B-44 bus from behind. The first bus then veered across the intersection and knocked over a traffic light.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Three City Buses Involved In Accidents

Text from NY1. Photos by Webby – CrownHeights.info

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — At least 14 people, including a bus driver, were injured this morning when two city buses collided in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn this morning.

Police say a B-44 bus was about to go through the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when it clipped another B-44 bus from behind. The first bus then veered across the intersection and knocked over a traffic light.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Avi Webb - Chabad.org

Lawyers from the Tri-State area listen to a lecture by Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, dean of the Institute of American and Talmudic Law. (Photos: Benjamin Lifshitz)

NEW YORK, NY — Three lawyers walk into a synagogue.

Don't wait for a punch line. It's how a normal operating day begins at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, which until recently was housed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan.

Talmudic Institute Makes the Demonstrate Talmud’s Legal Relevance

Avi Webb – Chabad.org

Lawyers from the Tri-State area listen to a lecture by Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, dean of the Institute of American and Talmudic Law. (Photos: Benjamin Lifshitz)

NEW YORK, NY — Three lawyers walk into a synagogue.

Don’t wait for a punch line. It’s how a normal operating day begins at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, which until recently was housed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan.

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