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Daily Archives: June 23, 2008

Tanya Baal Peh Awards at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In what was the first of its kind; over 100 boys from 1st through 4th grades memorized the entire 1st perek of Tanya and the rest of the boys are not far behind.

The plan is that every year the boys learn at least 1 perek so by the time they near their Bar Mitzvah they will already be fluent in most of the 1st 12 prokim. The first year of this pilot program has been fantastic, with most boys completing the entire first perek by heart!

Videos and 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

Sammy Ghozlan (L), President of the National Vigilance Bureau Against Anti-Semitism, speaks to the press Monday in front of the Paris Cochin hospital after visiting Rudy haddad, the Jewish teenager who was severely beaten by a gang of youths with metal bars last Saturday evening in Paris. The 17-year-old youth, still in an artificial coma, is in a “better condition.”

PARIS, France [EJP] — The Jewish teenager who was severely beaten by a gang of youths on Saturday after leaving the synagogue is still in an artificial coma but he is in an “better condition.”

“He will wake up progressively and doctors are optimistic,” Sammy Ghozlan, head of the National Vigilance Bureau Against Anti-Semitism, told EJP Monday afternoon after visiting Rudy Haddad at the Cochin hospital.

Doctors ‘Optimistic’ About Condition of Jewish Teenager Severely Attacked by Gang

Sammy Ghozlan (L), President of the National Vigilance Bureau Against Anti-Semitism, speaks to the press Monday in front of the Paris Cochin hospital after visiting Rudy haddad, the Jewish teenager who was severely beaten by a gang of youths with metal bars last Saturday evening in Paris. The 17-year-old youth, still in an artificial coma, is in a “better condition.”

PARIS, France [EJP] — The Jewish teenager who was severely beaten by a gang of youths on Saturday after leaving the synagogue is still in an artificial coma but he is in an “better condition.”

“He will wake up progressively and doctors are optimistic,” Sammy Ghozlan, head of the National Vigilance Bureau Against Anti-Semitism, told EJP Monday afternoon after visiting Rudy Haddad at the Cochin hospital.

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Jewish residents of Cherkassy, Ukraine, march their new Torah scroll through the city's streets.

HERKASSY, Ukraine — Two Ukraine Jewish communities celebrated historic milestones with the arrival of new Torah scrolls for their growing synagogues.

Ukraine Communities Celebrate Historic Torah Dedications

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Jewish residents of Cherkassy, Ukraine, march their new Torah scroll through the city’s streets.

HERKASSY, Ukraine — Two Ukraine Jewish communities celebrated historic milestones with the arrival of new Torah scrolls for their growing synagogues.

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New Rabbinical graduates in Miami

MIAMI BEACH, FL — The French Jewish community in Miami Beach, Florida, celebrated the graduation of 12 new Rabbis-Temimim who received their ordination from the local Semicha Institute. During the ceremony the community also saluted Rabbi Yisroel Frankfurter who has been helping and developing the French community there for the past 16 years.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness of Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over 3000 years. He also defends the right of Israelis to settle in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank.

More in the Extended Article!

Dr. Mordechai Kedar on al-Jazeera TV about Jerusalem and Islam

Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness of Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over 3000 years. He also defends the right of Israelis to settle in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank.

More in the Extended Article!

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Move to Restrict Free Travel Passes Creates Rare Controversy for MTA Board

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NEW YORK, NY — A revolt over free travel appeared to be brewing Wednesday on the normally docile board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as several board members said they opposed a move backed by their own chairman to restrict their use of free E-ZPass tags and transit and commuter rail passes.

“I would say it’s probably going to be voted down,” said David S. Mack, a vice chairman of the authority, referring to a resolution that will come before the board next week to curtail its own perks. “The board is not happy.”

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday at around 7:30pm two Bochurim on their way to yeshiva were maced by a group of 3 young Black teens. The incident took place as the Bochurim were approaching the corner of Montgomery St and Troy Ave where the group was playing with a can of mace and sprayed at the two Bochurim, hitting one in the mouth and the other in the eye.

As the Bochurim continued walking, they saw a police officer posted at the corner and alerted him to as what had taken place, the police officer responded by running over to the group and apprehended the three youngsters, and had a police car respond to the scene to take the suspects back to the station house.

Police Catch 3 Assailants for Macing Bochurim

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday at around 7:30pm two Bochurim on their way to yeshiva were maced by a group of 3 young Black teens. The incident took place as the Bochurim were approaching the corner of Montgomery St and Troy Ave where the group was playing with a can of mace and sprayed at the two Bochurim, hitting one in the mouth and the other in the eye.

As the Bochurim continued walking, they saw a police officer posted at the corner and alerted him to as what had taken place, the police officer responded by running over to the group and apprehended the three youngsters, and had a police car respond to the scene to take the suspects back to the station house.

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