20 September 2008 Archives

750 Shluchim Participate in a High Holiday, Sukkos and Simchas Torah Seminar

ENCINO, CA [CHI] — Last week at Chabad of Encino, California there took place a High Holiday, Sukkos and Simchas Torah seminar – with over 750 Shluchim participating via live broadcast on ShluchimExchange.com and 40 Shluchim in physical attendance. The event began at 1:00 pm with opening words by the director of Chabad of the Valley, Rabbi Joshua B. Gordon and culminated with a Farbrengen by Rabbi Yosef Shusterman, Shliach to Beverly Hills and Chaver Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch, at close to 12:00 midnight.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Posted to Shlichus on September 20, 2008

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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle

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New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!

New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)

New Engagement!

Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)

New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.

New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!

Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)

New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon

New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs

New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)

New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)

New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)

New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)

New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)

Last Jews of Calcutta Have One Last Guardian

by Sam Dolnick

Shalom Israel, one of the last Jews of Calcutta, lights candles and prays in three existing Synagogues every Friday is shown in Calcutta, India, in this Aug. 8, 2008 photo. In the 1930’s and 1940’s, Calcutta was a bustling, raucous hub, and Jews formed a solid minority, their wedding parties and religious feasts flowing down the temple steps. There were once 5,000 Jews living in this teeming port city, but now there are fewer than 35. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

CALCUTTA, India [AP] — The stooped man in the yarmulke fights his way through this chaotic city, the weight of generations heavy upon his shoulders.

Posted to Jewish News on September 20, 2008

New Mikvah Offers the Waters of Purity

Melissa Evans – The Daily Breeze

REDONDO BEACH, CA — To an outsider, the newly completed construction project at Chabad of the Beach Cities, an Orthodox synagogue and community center, may look like a lavish spa.

Visitors must creep around to the side of the building on Vail Avenue in Redondo Beach, where a wide staircase lined with flowers and plants provides a private entrance to an 1,100-square-foot former basement.

Posted to Shlichus on September 20, 2008

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The new year has begun, and Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim is ready to kick off the year with a phenomenal start!

We will be having our fist rally for in honor of Rebbitzen Chana, Sunday, Vov Tishrei, October 5th. It will be taking place at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. E.S.T.

First Rally of the year for Shluchim Office Online School

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The new year has begun, and Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim is ready to kick off the year with a phenomenal start!

We will be having our fist rally for in honor of Rebbitzen Chana, Sunday, Vov Tishrei, October 5th. It will be taking place at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. E.S.T.