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Daily Archives: April 25, 2008

Crown Heights Jews and Blacks Talk, Urging Calm After Attack

NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — More than two dozen Black and Jewish community leaders gathered in Crown Heights on Thursday to urge calm following the alleged beating of a black college student by two Jews.

“We use this ugly incident … just to bring us together even more,” said Tzvi Lang, chairman of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, after the two-hour sitdown at the local community mediation center.

More in the Extended Article.

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New Engagement!

Zalmy Glassner (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivki Krinsky (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Monday, Dec. 30th, 9:00pm at 2/ 303 Glen Eira Rd, Elsternwick 3161
New Engagement!

Menny Farkash ( Crown Heights) to Sara Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Yaacov Djian (Paris 15e, France) to Nechama Dinah Sultan (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Tzvi Spielman (Crown Heights) to Zoey Frank (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Main Floor
Baby Boy!

Yisrael and Ruthy Kugal from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zochor: 680 Eastern Parkway
New Engagement!

Mendel Greenberg (Vancouver, Washington) to Sarah Tovah Nelson (Tzfas, EY)
New Engagement!

Zelig Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) to Batsheva Smoller (S. Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Yoni Teitelbaum (Florida) to Nechama Cole (Las Vegas, NV)
Baby Boy!

Shaya and Fruma Gansburg from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 7:30pm at 775 Maple Street
New Engagement!

Yosef Bergstein (Oak Park, IL), to Chani Super (Melbourne, Australia)
Baby Boy!

Shmuel Dovid and Chaya (nee Mitz) Sandhaus from Philadelphia, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Chalom Benmoussa (Paris, France) to Moussy Hadjajd (S. Diego, CA)
Baby Boy!

Shmaya and Nechama (nee Brashevitzky) Krinsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholom Zochor: 510 Crown Street Apt #1A (between Kingston Ave & Albany Ave)
New Engagement!

Sholom Lebovics (Lauderhill, FL) to Raizel Wilhelm (Portland, OR) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Chaim Dovid Hertz (Chicago, IL) to Itta Pinson (Lomita, CA)
Baby Boy!

Michoel and Rochele (nee Blau) Abraham from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Rivka (nee Rosenblum) Greenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
The political and media outrage following the alleged attack by Jewish boys in Crown Heights on Mr. Andrew Charles leaves the Jewish community shocked and anxious. We will not let a one-sided story be told. We will not curl-up in fear while our families are terrorized.

Friday, April 25, 2008
20 Nissan 5768, Sixth day of Passover – The Festival of Freedom

The Honorable Charles J. Hynes,
Kings County District Attorney
350 Jay St. Brooklyn, New York, 11201

Over the last months, members of the JLC have repeatedly met in your office, concerned that the armed muggings and bigoted harassment against the Orthodox Jewish community continue unchecked. This is in sharp contrast to the attention to justice you’ve shown to the recent allegations against an Orthodox Jew by an African American.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Open Letter to Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes from the Jewish Leadership Council in Crown Heights

The political and media outrage following the alleged attack by Jewish boys in Crown Heights on Mr. Andrew Charles leaves the Jewish community shocked and anxious. We will not let a one-sided story be told. We will not curl-up in fear while our families are terrorized.

Friday, April 25, 2008
20 Nissan 5768, Sixth day of Passover – The Festival of Freedom

The Honorable Charles J. Hynes,
Kings County District Attorney
350 Jay St. Brooklyn, New York, 11201

Over the last months, members of the JLC have repeatedly met in your office, concerned that the armed muggings and bigoted harassment against the Orthodox Jewish community continue unchecked. This is in sharp contrast to the attention to justice you’ve shown to the recent allegations against an Orthodox Jew by an African American.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Posted to General on
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Find yourself with the Rebbe, name your friends, and share!

In cooperation with the Chabad.org team, JEM’s The Living Archive has just posted thousands more newly restored images of the Rebbe giving out dollars. For many years, people have been requesting to find their encounters with the Rebbe. With The Living Archive’s success in raising over one million dollars, JEM has fast-tracked the My Moment with the Rebbe project. We will now be able to post new stills on a regular basis.

New Dollars Moments Now Online!

Find yourself with the Rebbe, name your friends, and share!

In cooperation with the Chabad.org team, JEM’s The Living Archive has just posted thousands more newly restored images of the Rebbe giving out dollars. For many years, people have been requesting to find their encounters with the Rebbe. With The Living Archive’s success in raising over one million dollars, JEM has fast-tracked the My Moment with the Rebbe project. We will now be able to post new stills on a regular basis.

Posted to Chabad News on
Leo Leonidou - Cyprus-Mail

Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin taste's Lambouri's Kosher Wine

LARNACA, Cyprus — The Jewish community will be celebrating Passover in style with a new local kosher wine steeped in Talmudic tradition

A Rabbi has teamed up with a local winery to produce a special wine for the island’s Jewish community.

Rabbi Teams up with Platres Winery to Reproduce Talmudic Wine of Cyprus

Leo Leonidou – Cyprus-Mail

Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin taste’s Lambouri’s Kosher Wine

LARNACA, Cyprus — The Jewish community will be celebrating Passover in style with a new local kosher wine steeped in Talmudic tradition

A Rabbi has teamed up with a local winery to produce a special wine for the island’s Jewish community.

Posted to Shlichus on
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By Dovid Zaklikowski

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis Motti Seligson and Shalomke Nagar teach Jewish children in Abuja, Nigeria, about Passover.

ABUJA, Nigeria — Rabbi Motti Seligson hasn't spent a Passover Seder with his family since the age of 16. He's not alone. Every year, thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rabbinical students travel around the world with their parents' permission to assist Chabad Houses with their Passover needs and conduct Seders in Jewish communities without a permanent rabbi.

A Bittersweet Passover for Rabbis Who Leave Home for Holiday

By Dovid Zaklikowski

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis Motti Seligson and Shalomke Nagar teach Jewish children in Abuja, Nigeria, about Passover.

ABUJA, Nigeria — Rabbi Motti Seligson hasn’t spent a Passover Seder with his family since the age of 16. He’s not alone. Every year, thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rabbinical students travel around the world with their parents’ permission to assist Chabad Houses with their Passover needs and conduct Seders in Jewish communities without a permanent rabbi.

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