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Daily Archives: April 22, 2008


SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

Invocation and Mivtza Pesach in Illinois State Capital

SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

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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!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Broward Teacher to Receive National Honor

Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

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Fire Damages Miami Beach Chabad Synagogue

Miami Herald

MIAMI BEACH, FL — Police on Tuesday are investigating an overnight fire that gutted a Miami Beach synagogue during Passover.

Congregants of The Chabad Shul at 2401 Pinetree Dr. suspect the fire was intentionally set, and they say whoever did it also vandalized a Torah inside.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Canadian Rabbi is Brigade’s First Since WWII

David Fleischer – Georgina Advocate

Photo by Cpl Terence Fernandes 32 CBG Public Affairs

THORNHILL, Canada — He is a 52-year-old father and an Orthodox rabbi, but last week Lazer Danzinger tried something entirely new: he joined the Canadian Armed Forces.

“I’m actually excited about it. I like challenges, I like learning,” the Thornhill resident said of his new role as a chaplain.

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The Rebbe during Mincha Davening, in the winter of 1976.
The picture is from the new book on the Rebbe to see more on the book visit www.Inspiringageneration.com

Picture of the Day – The Rebbe 1976!

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The Rebbe during Mincha Davening, in the winter of 1976.
The picture is from the new book on the Rebbe to see more on the book visit www.Inspiringageneration.com

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The Acclaimed Frum Film Musical For Woman and Girls Tuesday and Wednesday At 4PM and 8PM

United Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown Street

Tickets 16 Dollars Purchased at the door.

Full Flyer in the Extended Article!

Today & Tomorrown: A Light for Grey Towers! A FRUM Musical! (A)

The Acclaimed Frum Film Musical For Woman and Girls Tuesday and Wednesday At 4PM and 8PM

United Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown Street

Tickets 16 Dollars Purchased at the door.

Full Flyer in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two incidents took place in the Lincoln Terrace Park, also known as the Rochester Park, upset the overall calm of the first days of Pesach in Crown Heights.

Sunday afternoon, the first day of Pesach, two boys walked into the park with a basketball, and as they were making their way across the park to the basketball courts they were approached by a group of 4 black young teens, who demanded they empty their pockets and hand over the ball.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Over Yom Tov, Two Incidents in Rochester Park

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two incidents took place in the Lincoln Terrace Park, also known as the Rochester Park, upset the overall calm of the first days of Pesach in Crown Heights.

Sunday afternoon, the first day of Pesach, two boys walked into the park with a basketball, and as they were making their way across the park to the basketball courts they were approached by a group of 4 black young teens, who demanded they empty their pockets and hand over the ball.

Continued in the Extended Article.

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