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Daily Archives: July 19, 2008

CGI Extravaganza at Running Springs

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RUNNING SPRING, CA [CHI] — History was made this week as over 500 campers from Gan Israel day camps across California camped out at Gan Israel Running Springs for an unbelievable two-day extravaganza! The camps included CGI of the Valley, CGI of Los Angeles & Beverly Hills, Silver GI of Huntington Beach, CGI of Bentwood, Silver GI of Mission Viejo, CGI of Lomita, Gan Izzy Extreme of Agoura, and of course CGI of Running Springs. The highlight of the extravaganza was the commencement of a new Sefer Torah, sponsored by AskMoses, and an incredible concert by the 8th Day band! Rabbi Reuven Wolf, camp Rabbi at CGI Running Springs, explained the significance of the writing and inspired the crowd to utilize this momentous occasion to bring Moshiach.

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New Engagement!

Eliezer Schurder (Boca Raton, FL) to Bassie Katan (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wolowik (Five Towns, NY) to Rosie Hecht (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Benzion Duchman (Crown Heights) to Miri Zajac (S. Paulo, Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mi’hael Nakache (Lyon, France) to Noa Ohayon (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi itshak Bigeliaizen (Pantin, France) to Lirone Jaich (Nogent, France)
New Engagement!

Betsalel Halimi (Paris, France) to Aviva Levy (Creteil, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Tal Goldstein from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 93 E. 45th Street (between Rutland Rd and Winthrop St)
New Engagement!

Shaya Levertov (Crown Heights) to Miriam Stock (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Uriel Hillel (Lod, EY) to Mushky Dubov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, Feb. 9th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Michael Shtrit (Kiryat Gat, EY) to Rachel Minoun (Montrouge, France)
New Engagement!

Mendel Feldman (Crown Heights) to Sarah Grossman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, Feb. 10h, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Eitan Shmuel Corenbaum (Birmingham, AL) to Chana Shira Plotke (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Monday, Feb. 10th, 7:30pm at Congregation Levi Yitzchak 356 N. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles
Baby Girl!

Emanuel and Devorah (nee Tenenbaum) Cohavi from North Miami Beach, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yisroel Cohen (Toronto, Canada) to Itty Meijers (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Enagement!

Shmuel Teller (Edgware UK) to Elisheva Pillemer (Manchester, UK)
New Engagement!

Mendel Korf (S. Petersburg, FL) to Mili Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bouzna (Edgware, UK) to Ruti Fiaz (London, UK)
Beth Schwartzapfel - Forward

AUTHENTIC: Rabbi Mendel Jacobs displays
a certificate from the Scottish Tartans Authority
and a piece of fabric featuring the design of the
first official Jewish Tartan.
GIFFNOCK, Scotland — Rabbi Mendel Jacobs was never much of a kilt man. Although he is the only Scottish-born rabbi living in Scotland, he had always preferred suits to the traditional dress of his home country. Until now. The Scottish Tartans Authority recently registered the only official Jewish tartan, which was designed with Jacobs’s input. He plans to wear a kilt in the Jewish Tartan pattern to his sister’s wedding in November.

Tartan is the Scottish word for “plaid.” Traditionally, various clans or regions each had a unique pattern; the MacDonalds or the MacKenzies would pass down the pattern of their ancestors through the generations. The Tartan playing field has widened considerably in recent years: The Tartans Authority has registered patterns for Sikhs, Chinese, the state of Indiana and the Fire Department of New York’s bagpipe band. But it wasn’t until last year that Jacobs, a Glasgow Lubavitch rabbi, decided it was time for the members of his congregation and beyond to be able to “combine their Scottish heritage and Jewish heritage together.”

Sound the Bagpipes: Scots Design Jewish Tartan

Beth Schwartzapfel – Forward

AUTHENTIC: Rabbi Mendel Jacobs displays
a certificate from the Scottish Tartans Authority
and a piece of fabric featuring the design of the
first official Jewish Tartan.

GIFFNOCK, Scotland — Rabbi Mendel Jacobs was never much of a kilt man. Although he is the only Scottish-born rabbi living in Scotland, he had always preferred suits to the traditional dress of his home country. Until now. The Scottish Tartans Authority recently registered the only official Jewish tartan, which was designed with Jacobs’s input. He plans to wear a kilt in the Jewish Tartan pattern to his sister’s wedding in November.

Tartan is the Scottish word for “plaid.” Traditionally, various clans or regions each had a unique pattern; the MacDonalds or the MacKenzies would pass down the pattern of their ancestors through the generations. The Tartan playing field has widened considerably in recent years: The Tartans Authority has registered patterns for Sikhs, Chinese, the state of Indiana and the Fire Department of New York’s bagpipe band. But it wasn’t until last year that Jacobs, a Glasgow Lubavitch rabbi, decided it was time for the members of his congregation and beyond to be able to “combine their Scottish heritage and Jewish heritage together.”

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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shalom Lubin, second from left, and New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry T. Albin, talk with attendees at the second-annual Jewish Law Symposium.

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Some 200 attorneys and jurists packed a ballroom of the Madison Hotel in Morris Township, N.J., for two presentations dealing the nexus between civil rights law and Talmudic jurisprudence.

Jewish Law Symposium Examines Talmudic Take on Civil Rights

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shalom Lubin, second from left, and New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry T. Albin, talk with attendees at the second-annual Jewish Law Symposium.

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Some 200 attorneys and jurists packed a ballroom of the Madison Hotel in Morris Township, N.J., for two presentations dealing the nexus between civil rights law and Talmudic jurisprudence.

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We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Dr Yaakov (Jacob) Hayes OBM, a long time resident of Monsey.

He is survived by Yibadlu L'Chaim Tovim, his wife Baila Hayes and Children; Mrs Raitzel Wenger (Montreal, Canada), Rabbi Dovid Hayes (Ottawa, Canada) Mr Yosef Hayes (Monsey, NY), Mrs Yehudis Baitz (Crown Heights), Mr Avrohom (Avi) Hayes (Brooklyn, NY) and Mr Mendy (Mark) Hayes (Florida).

The Levaya will take place this Sunday, at 1:15 PM at Rabbi Waxman's shul on Harvest Court (near Mesivta Beis Shraga).

Shiva will be at the Hayes home, 12 Besen Pkwy, Monsey, NY 10952. Davening times will follow.

Boruch Dayan Haemes

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Dr. Yaakov Hayes OBM

We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Dr Yaakov (Jacob) Hayes OBM, a long time resident of Monsey.

He is survived by Yibadlu L’Chaim Tovim, his wife Baila Hayes and Children; Mrs Raitzel Wenger (Montreal, Canada), Rabbi Dovid Hayes (Ottawa, Canada) Mr Yosef Hayes (Monsey, NY), Mrs Yehudis Baitz (Crown Heights), Mr Avrohom (Avi) Hayes (Brooklyn, NY) and Mr Mendy (Mark) Hayes (Florida).

The Levaya will take place this Sunday, at 1:15 PM at Rabbi Waxman’s shul on Harvest Court (near Mesivta Beis Shraga).

Shiva will be at the Hayes home, 12 Besen Pkwy, Monsey, NY 10952. Davening times will follow.

Boruch Dayan Haemes

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Dan Goldberg - Forward
LIGHTER LOAD: Rabbi Mendel Kastel
(left), shown with Sam Rowen, is
launching a campaign to encourage
Jews to lose weight.
An American-born Australian rabbi is waging war on kosher calories by launching a campaign to shed pounds for charity.

Rabbi Mendel Kastel, a Lubavitch movement member who is executive director of The Jewish House, a crisis center in Bondi, hopes to encourage 100 Aussie Jews to lose 10 kilograms — around 22 pounds — each.

The Jewish House will receive $1 from corporate sponsors for every kilo lost. “If you look at the 1,000 kilos it adds up to, it all helps,” Kastel, 40, told The Shmooze. “The response has been great. I’ve had people contacting me on my Facebook site and by text. People want to lose weight.”

Aussies Count Kosher Calories

Dan Goldberg – Forward
LIGHTER LOAD: Rabbi Mendel Kastel
(left), shown with Sam Rowen, is
launching a campaign to encourage
Jews to lose weight.

An American-born Australian rabbi is waging war on kosher calories by launching a campaign to shed pounds for charity.

Rabbi Mendel Kastel, a Lubavitch movement member who is executive director of The Jewish House, a crisis center in Bondi, hopes to encourage 100 Aussie Jews to lose 10 kilograms — around 22 pounds — each.

The Jewish House will receive $1 from corporate sponsors for every kilo lost. “If you look at the 1,000 kilos it adds up to, it all helps,” Kastel, 40, told The Shmooze. “The response has been great. I’ve had people contacting me on my Facebook site and by text. People want to lose weight.”

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The fast begins tonight at 4:01am and ends at 8:53pm (These times are for the NY area)

Tammuz 17 is a fast day, devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem's walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from “daybreak” (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day's services.

Chabad.org Calender (Set your location by Zip Code to get your fast times)

The Fast of Shivaa Asar BeTamuz

The fast begins tonight at 4:01am and ends at 8:53pm (These times are for the NY area)

Tammuz 17 is a fast day, devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from “daybreak” (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day’s services.

Chabad.org Calender (Set your location by Zip Code to get your fast times)

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DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Dnepropetrovsk Education Resource Center for special needs' children, which is run by the 'Beit Chana' Women's Pedagogical College, hosted a celebration to mark the end of the school year. The party involved 27 pupils and their parents, who were thrilled to witness their children in this wonderful learning environment.

Center For Children With Special needs Concludes Year

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Dnepropetrovsk Education Resource Center for special needs’ children, which is run by the ‘Beit Chana’ Women’s Pedagogical College, hosted a celebration to mark the end of the school year. The party involved 27 pupils and their parents, who were thrilled to witness their children in this wonderful learning environment.

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