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Daily Archives: May 20, 2008

After Visit, Police Increase Visibility, Patrols

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After the surprise visit by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, there was a noticeable increase in police patrols and vehicles, some say it was due to Kelly’s unhappiness with the fact that there was no police posted in front of 770 and that the patrols weren’t very visible.

Two of the NYPD’s ‘skywatch’ towers were deployed in Crown Heights, one on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue while the other on Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street, along with three NYPD Mobile Command Posts.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
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!
Honolulu Advertiser

Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.

The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll's population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.

Chabbad of Hawaii Sends Rabbi to Kwajalein

Honolulu Advertiser

Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.

The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll’s population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.

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History, Hard Work Realized in New Jewish Center

James Miller – Journal Online

ORMOND BEACH, FL — To this day, Rabbi Morris Esformes seems awed by twists of fate that connect him to the Jewish community of Ormond Beach.

The Chicago philanthropist bought Woodland Towers retirement village in DeLand two decades ago partly to help a friend out of a business bind.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chabad of the Valley Mivtzoim at Israel Festival

TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Once again, with the help of many Anash and Shluchim, Chabad of the Valley has reached its goal of putting on Tefillin with well over 1500 Jews. In addition, close to 3500 Neshek packs were distributed. All in all, the giant Chabad Mivtza booth was a Kiddush Shem Lubavitch. Several people made a commitment to put on Tefillin on a daily basis.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Beni Simcha - Shturem.net

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.

Rabbi Jacobson and Police Commissioner Kelly Argue, during Kelly’s Visit to Crown Heights

Beni Simcha – Shturem.net

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.

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By Tamar Runyan

Israeli singer Boaz Mauda, right, a competitor in this week's Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia, put on tefillin with newly-arrived Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky, second from left.

BELGRADE, Serbia — When he first heard about Serbia from his study partner, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky conjured up images of the war-torn Balkan republic most people remember from news reports: bombed-out buildings and economic stagnation.

Serbia Welcomes First-Ever Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries

By Tamar Runyan

Israeli singer Boaz Mauda, right, a competitor in this week’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia, put on tefillin with newly-arrived Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky, second from left.

BELGRADE, Serbia — When he first heard about Serbia from his study partner, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky conjured up images of the war-torn Balkan republic most people remember from news reports: bombed-out buildings and economic stagnation.

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Chief Rabbi of Vladivostok Meets Governor

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia [CHI] — Chief Rabbi of Primorsky Krai, Yisroel Silberstein, held a meeting with the region’s governor, Sergei Darkin. They discussed various historical and practical issues for the Jewish community in this Far East region. The main concern was the restoration of the Synagogue, a historical and cultural monument dating back to the early 1900s, which was transferred to the community’s ownership in 2004.

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Jewish community criticizes sentence against man who stabbed rabbi in Frankfurt

European Jewish Press

FRANKFURT, Germany — A 23 year-old German man of Afghan origin was sentenced to three-and-half years in prison on Tuesday for attacking a rabbi with a knife in the centre of Frankfurt in September 2007.

Prosecutors had sought four years prison.

Sajed Aziz stabbed Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch, co-director of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Frankfurt, in the lower abdomen while he was walking home from his synagogue with two friends. Witnesses said the attacker shouted “Bloody Jew, I’m going to kill you.”

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With JLI’s spring semester, Talmudic Ethics, now underway we are pleased to bring you the weekly video produced to open this week’s class. Over 250 shluchim around the world are teaching Lesson Two this week to almost 13,000 students in what’s being described as JLI’s largest attendance ever. The course is CLE and CME accredited, attracting scores of attorneys and doctors around the country.

VIdeo of the Day – JLI, Talmudic Ethics

With JLI’s spring semester, Talmudic Ethics, now underway we are pleased to bring you the weekly video produced to open this week’s class. Over 250 shluchim around the world are teaching Lesson Two this week to almost 13,000 students in what’s being described as JLI’s largest attendance ever. The course is CLE and CME accredited, attracting scores of attorneys and doctors around the country.

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By Joshua Runyan

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, center, makes his way through an opening-night crowd at the Old City Jewish Art Center he helped launch.

The year 1983 was a turning point of sorts for Rabbi Menachem Schmidt. That was the year that the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary almost cancelled Passover Seders at Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rabbi’s Brand of Jewish Outreach Demands Constant Innovation

By Joshua Runyan

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, center, makes his way through an opening-night crowd at the Old City Jewish Art Center he helped launch.

The year 1983 was a turning point of sorts for Rabbi Menachem Schmidt. That was the year that the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary almost cancelled Passover Seders at Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Please join us today, May 20th for a spectacular evening of Art and Entertainment featuring famous comedian Reuven Russell.

Come win fabulous prizes at our mini Chinese Auction. Prizes include exquisite Jewelry, a beautiful Shaitel, Ipod, Digital Camera, GPS System, The Gutnick Collection and much more...

TODAY: Bnos Menachem Event! (A)

Please join us today, May 20th for a spectacular evening of Art and Entertainment featuring famous comedian Reuven Russell.

Come win fabulous prizes at our mini Chinese Auction. Prizes include exquisite Jewelry, a beautiful Shaitel, Ipod, Digital Camera, GPS System, The Gutnick Collection and much more…

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