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Daily Archives: February 12, 2008


Flatbush Avenue covered in a layer of ice earlier today.

Snow combined with freezing temperatures are causing very hazardous driving conditions, with snow freezing and turning into sheets of ice.

There were well over 20 reported accidents in Crown Heights and the vicinity alone. Motorists take care and caution while driving tonight.

As of now Alternate Side Parking regulations are in effect for tomorrow. Stay tuned to CrownHeights.info where we will keep you updated about this storm.

Don’t Drive If You Don’t Have To!

Flatbush Avenue covered in a layer of ice earlier today.

Snow combined with freezing temperatures are causing very hazardous driving conditions, with snow freezing and turning into sheets of ice.

There were well over 20 reported accidents in Crown Heights and the vicinity alone. Motorists take care and caution while driving tonight.

As of now Alternate Side Parking regulations are in effect for tomorrow. Stay tuned to CrownHeights.info where we will keep you updated about this storm.

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Bochurim from Oholei Torah Zal took the day to go bake Matzohs in the Crown Heights Matzoh Bakery, later the Bochurim went to 770 where they drew ‘Mayim Shelonu’ used for making the dough.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Photo Gallery: Oholei Torah Zal Baking Matzos!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Bochurim from Oholei Torah Zal took the day to go bake Matzohs in the Crown Heights Matzoh Bakery, later the Bochurim went to 770 where they drew ‘Mayim Shelonu’ used for making the dough.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein talks to Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries about contemporary questions in Jewish law.

CINCINNATI, OH — Associates of Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, the chief rabbi of Cincinnati, Ohio's Vaad Hoeir rabbinical authority who died on Monday, remembered him as a brilliant authority on Jewish law who spent hours each day responding to questions from around the globe. Sharfstein, a New Yorker by birth, was 79.

Legal Scholar and Rabbi to Rabbis Passes Away at 79

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein talks to Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries about contemporary questions in Jewish law.

CINCINNATI, OH — Associates of Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, the chief rabbi of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Vaad Hoeir rabbinical authority who died on Monday, remembered him as a brilliant authority on Jewish law who spent hours each day responding to questions from around the globe. Sharfstein, a New Yorker by birth, was 79.

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

CITY ISLAND, NY — “Culturally Jewish” is the self-described label offered up by Russell Harmon, a 19-year-old City Island, NY, native currently pursuing a degree in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Increasingly, American Adult Jewish Males Request Ritual Circumcision

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

CITY ISLAND, NY — “Culturally Jewish” is the self-described label offered up by Russell Harmon, a 19-year-old City Island, NY, native currently pursuing a degree in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Carleigh Kate Knight - Marietta Daily Journal

Rabbi Zalman Charytan and his wife Nechami moved to Acworth to establish the Chabad Jewish Center of Acworth. Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen

ACWORTH, GA — Michelle Gilbert of Kennesaw drives her son Mitchell to Sandy Springs every morning so he can attend the Jewish-based The Epstein School.

Chabad is Opening New Doors

Carleigh Kate Knight – Marietta Daily Journal

Rabbi Zalman Charytan and his wife Nechami moved to Acworth to establish the Chabad Jewish Center of Acworth. Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen

ACWORTH, GA — Michelle Gilbert of Kennesaw drives her son Mitchell to Sandy Springs every morning so he can attend the Jewish-based The Epstein School.

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Amy Taxin - OC Register

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Arye Kramsky sits by the window Thursday afternoons, waiting for his “buddy” to come over and put together a puzzle or go for a bike ride.

It's an excitement his mother Allison says she hasn't seen before in her 14-year old son, who is autistic.

Special Needs Children Bond With Young Buddies

Amy Taxin – OC Register

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Arye Kramsky sits by the window Thursday afternoons, waiting for his “buddy” to come over and put together a puzzle or go for a bike ride.

It’s an excitement his mother Allison says she hasn’t seen before in her 14-year old son, who is autistic.

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Businessman Mel Landow dances with a Torah scroll at the 1974 opening of the new Landow Yeshivah Center.

Mel Landow, a self-made South Florida millionaire and benefactor of Jewish education in the region, died Feb. 4 after suffering a heart attack while playing a game of tennis. He was 81.

Self-Made Millionaire Who Supported Education Dead at 81

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Businessman Mel Landow dances with a Torah scroll at the 1974 opening of the new Landow Yeshivah Center.

Mel Landow, a self-made South Florida millionaire and benefactor of Jewish education in the region, died Feb. 4 after suffering a heart attack while playing a game of tennis. He was 81.

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NYS PR
Second Grant Available to Those in Crisis

Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that additional emergency home heating assistance is being made available to New York’s most vulnerable residents, in response to rising energy costs. The state has approved offering a second emergency benefit to qualified applicants through the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). HEAP, a federally-funded program administered by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), assists eligible households in meeting their home energy needs. So far this winter heating season, HEAP has issued benefits to more than 719,000 families, totaling more than $178 million.

OTDA Commissioner David A. Hansell appeared today at Senior Services of Albany on Delaware Avenue to help publicize the additional benefits.

Gov Spitzer Announces Additional Heating Assistance To Combat Rising Energy Prices

NYS PR

Second Grant Available to Those in Crisis

Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that additional emergency home heating assistance is being made available to New York’s most vulnerable residents, in response to rising energy costs. The state has approved offering a second emergency benefit to qualified applicants through the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). HEAP, a federally-funded program administered by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), assists eligible households in meeting their home energy needs. So far this winter heating season, HEAP has issued benefits to more than 719,000 families, totaling more than $178 million.

OTDA Commissioner David A. Hansell appeared today at Senior Services of Albany on Delaware Avenue to help publicize the additional benefits.

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