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Daily Archives: January 21, 2009

Bnos Menachem Hosts Preschool Hakel Gathering

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday morning, Bnos Menachem hosted a preschool Hakel gathering, joined by Bais Chaya Mushka and Mosdos day care center. In this year of shnas hakel the Crown Heights preschools made a special effort to get together in the spirit of achdus for torah, tefilah and tzedaka. The meidelach also enjoyed a very inspiring puppet show. What better gft can we give the alter Rebbe on chof daled teves? Sitting together with our freinds and neighbors from different schools in our shchuna gave us the true feeling of hakel!

More 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

CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

Police Search For Suspect In Crown Heights Bank Robbery

CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

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Hate Crime in the Kingston Avenue Subway Station

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 10:30 this morning, Wednesday, a MTA commuter called Shomrim and alerted them to a number of hate graffiti on the subway platform. The graffiti consisted of a Jewish Star of David being equated to a swastika and the words “long live hamas” underneath it.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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CHILDREN OF WAR: A video presentation dedicated to Hashem's children. A picture is worth a thousand words. “As a father has compassion on his children, so may our Father in Heaven have Mercy on us” ....How it always seems to be the darkest, right before the light, of the morning sun....

Video of the Day! – Children of War

CHILDREN OF WAR: A video presentation dedicated to Hashem’s children. A picture is worth a thousand words. “As a father has compassion on his children, so may our Father in Heaven have Mercy on us” ….How it always seems to be the darkest, right before the light, of the morning sun….

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By Miriam Davids for Lubavitch.com

Stock picture of Sefer Torah and Rabbi Shmaya Katz inset.

NEW YORK NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.

The first letters in the Torah scroll will be inscribed at a black-tie fundraising drive for the Chabad center, March 16, at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.

Chabad of Wall Street to Launch Fundraiser With New Torah Scroll

By Miriam Davids for Lubavitch.com

Stock picture of Sefer Torah and Rabbi Shmaya Katz inset.

NEW YORK NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.

The first letters in the Torah scroll will be inscribed at a black-tie fundraising drive for the Chabad center, March 16, at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.

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Intruder in Bais Rivkah, Police Take 30 Minutes to Respond

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A teacher had her cell phone stolen and her purse rummaged through by an intruder inside of Bais Rivkah high school in Crown Street. The disturbing incident took place at around 12:45pm on Tuesday where a teacher spotted a black man with a light complexion and white hair and a large build who did not work for the school roaming around the hallways on the second floor.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening two cars collided in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, prompting a number of bystanders who witnessed the incident scrambling for their phones and calling Hatzalah.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Two Injured in Evening Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening two cars collided in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, prompting a number of bystanders who witnessed the incident scrambling for their phones and calling Hatzalah.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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GOLDEN BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, was tested on hilchos taaruvos this past Thursday. The testers were Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Dayan in Toronto, Canada; Rabbi Y.Y. Yaruslavski, of the Chabad Beis Din of Israel; and Rabbi Yossi Marlow, the Chabad Rav of North Miami Beach. The Rabbonim expressed great satisfaction and were very impressed by their vast knowledge of the halachos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Prominent Rabbonim Visit Golden Beach Yeshiva

GOLDEN BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, was tested on hilchos taaruvos this past Thursday. The testers were Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Dayan in Toronto, Canada; Rabbi Y.Y. Yaruslavski, of the Chabad Beis Din of Israel; and Rabbi Yossi Marlow, the Chabad Rav of North Miami Beach. The Rabbonim expressed great satisfaction and were very impressed by their vast knowledge of the halachos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Over 200 Jewish communities around the world will gather on Sunday, Jan. 25, to hear a live broadcast of a lecture by the world renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

“This lecture is the first in a series for worldwide Jewry”, explained Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, “as part of the Hakhel initiative launched at the recent Kinus Hashluchim, to foster Jewish unity through Torah as the Rebbe urged during a Hakhel year”.

Hakhel Unity Lecture To Broadcast in over 200 Cities Worldwide

Over 200 Jewish communities around the world will gather on Sunday, Jan. 25, to hear a live broadcast of a lecture by the world renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

“This lecture is the first in a series for worldwide Jewry”, explained Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, “as part of the Hakhel initiative launched at the recent Kinus Hashluchim, to foster Jewish unity through Torah as the Rebbe urged during a Hakhel year”.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. David Sultan of S. Paul, Minnesota, brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Wednesday evening (1/20/09) - getting up on Sunday morning (1/23/09) at 1488 Carroll Street (Albany/Troy).

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mr. David Sultan OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. David Sultan of S. Paul, Minnesota, brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Wednesday evening (1/20/09) – getting up on Sunday morning (1/23/09) at 1488 Carroll Street (Albany/Troy).

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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