CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In an effort to bridge the ‘racial tensions’ and bring the Black youth and Jewish youth together in Crown Heights the Community Affairs Unit in One Police Plaza arranged a program which took place this Tuesday morning in the Auditorium of the public school on Empire Blvd and New York Ave.
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This Wednesday a two week series on Kashrus will begin. The series will be delivered by two experts in the field in Kashrus, Rabbi Shmuel Bluming and Rabbi Levi Garelik. The talks will take place at Lefferts Shul on the 15th and 22nd of Sivan (both on Wednesday) from 9:15 to 10:15 PM and will be preceded by Maariv. The talks will be delivered in English. The shiurim are arranged in conjunction with Mivtza Kashrus. For more details click here
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S MONICA [CHI] — An estimated 1,200 people gathered on Sunday, “Fathers Day” to pay tribute to Rabbi Avrohom Halevi Levitansky, a spiritual father, grand father and great grandfather (Zeide un Elter Zeide) to tens of thousands of people across the globe, as a new Torah was completed in his memory.
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MARGATE, NJ — Chabad at the Shore has announced the opening of it’s new location in the heart of Ventnor, at 6412 Ventnor Ave., where the new facility will house the Chabad Ventnor Shul, a newly formed Chabad minyan, which focuses on prayer through singing and joy.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Thick smoke and the acrid smell of burning plastic and rubber filled Crown Street between New York and Nostrand Avenue at around 6:45pm. Firefighters responded to the rear of 309 Crown Street, the home of a Jewish family, where an abandoned car was ablaze.
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Chaya Sarah “Sally” Fradkin of Montreal, Canada.
Mother of Yibadlu L’Chaim Tovim; Shoshana Capland (New York) Rabbi Yonah Fradkin (S. Diego, CA) and Ruby Fradkin (Montreal, Canada).
The Levaya will be Wednesday, 2:30pm at Cemetery De La Savagne.
Condolences can be emailed to nichum@chasd.org
Boruch Dayan Haemes
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OXFORD, England [CHI] — A hundred and fifty people attended the grand opening ceremony of the Oxford Slager Family Mikvah, formally opened last week by the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yona Metzger. The state-of-the-art Mikvah was built by Chabad of Oxford on the site of the Oxford Chabad House, 75 Cowley Rd, and cost over £250,000.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY — A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.
Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.
HOUSTON, TX — In the largest of the 48 contiguous states, thinking big is a way of life. So it comes as no surprise that when the opportunity arose to make the Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Houston bigger and better, the local Jewish community was ready and willing to chip in.
There will be a Rally at the Ohel this Wednesday, June 18th, for all children ages 5 to 12, busses will be leaving 770 at 5pm and returning at 7:30pm. $3.00
On Tes Vov of each month, when the moon is at its fullest, the Rebbe would g to the Ohel to daven. Join us each month to take part in a grand rally, recite the 12 pesukim, sing songs, and learn about the Chassideshe Yomim Tovim. Connect with other children to daven at teh Ohel and participate in a meaningful program that makes the Rebbe proud.
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