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Daily Archives: September 21, 2009

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Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet
Addressing a United Synagogue council meeting this past Monday night, made up of delegates from all the synagogues, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue said, “when there is this whole challenge to the legality of Jewish identity – absurd as it may be – it compels us to challenge ourselves and to consider, what are we doing about the morality of Jewish identity?’”

An Appeals Court ruling last month said that Jewish schools in the UK could not discriminate against children with only a Jewish father who identify themselves as Jewish. In response, all Jewish schools implemeted a points system whereby one has to attend synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

School Admissions ‘a wake up call,’ says Rabbi

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Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet

Addressing a United Synagogue council meeting this past Monday night, made up of delegates from all the synagogues, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue said, “when there is this whole challenge to the legality of Jewish identity – absurd as it may be – it compels us to challenge ourselves and to consider, what are we doing about the morality of Jewish identity?’”

An Appeals Court ruling last month said that Jewish schools in the UK could not discriminate against children with only a Jewish father who identify themselves as Jewish. In response, all Jewish schools implemeted a points system whereby one has to attend synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

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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
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)

“Tzivos Hashem 5770” has reported record recruitment levels. Almost every Lubavitch school has joined the program, uniting thousands of children worldwide. From Crown Heights to Melbourne, Los Angeles to London, children across the globe are being motivated to do numerous missions as part of “Operation Tishrei”. Never before have so many children been a part of one program, and parents and teachers are reportedly ecstatic with its success.

Record Recruitment Levels for Tzivos Hashem 5770

“Tzivos Hashem 5770” has reported record recruitment levels. Almost every Lubavitch school has joined the program, uniting thousands of children worldwide. From Crown Heights to Melbourne, Los Angeles to London, children across the globe are being motivated to do numerous missions as part of “Operation Tishrei”. Never before have so many children been a part of one program, and parents and teachers are reportedly ecstatic with its success.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — After much anticipation and excitement another masterpiece by Malka Touger together with JEM is being released. Take a tour of the holy cities of Israel - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Chevron and Sefad.

Feel a part of it as they lead you on an unforgettable journey with fun and song along with valuable lessons.

Video – ‘My Land’, the Movie is Finally Here!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — After much anticipation and excitement another masterpiece by Malka Touger together with JEM is being released. Take a tour of the holy cities of Israel – Jerusalem, Tiberias, Chevron and Sefad.

Feel a part of it as they lead you on an unforgettable journey with fun and song along with valuable lessons.

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By Rebbetzin Sara Osdoba for the BBC

Hi, I'm Sara. As a Jewish Orthodox woman, I've been asked to write a diary during our Holy Days and Festivals.

For those of you who don't know, our new year begins tonight. It is then followed by Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement, and finally by Sukkot - which lasts a week.

So why was I asked to write a diary? Well, it all started 19 years ago on a trip to New York when I met my husband.

How we met is a topic for a different day, but the fact that he was a Rabbi was not something I thought a lot about at the time.

However (a word of caution to those planning to marry a man of the cloth), once I married a Rabbi, I soon came to learn that I would have to share him with a community. In fact, in the Jewish world, the wife of the Rabbi even gets a title - Rebbetzin.

The Rebbetzin’s Diary – Food, Family and the High Holy Days

By Rebbetzin Sara Osdoba for the BBC

Hi, I’m Sara. As a Jewish Orthodox woman, I’ve been asked to write a diary during our Holy Days and Festivals.

For those of you who don’t know, our new year begins tonight. It is then followed by Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement, and finally by Sukkot – which lasts a week.

So why was I asked to write a diary? Well, it all started 19 years ago on a trip to New York when I met my husband.

How we met is a topic for a different day, but the fact that he was a Rabbi was not something I thought a lot about at the time.

However (a word of caution to those planning to marry a man of the cloth), once I married a Rabbi, I soon came to learn that I would have to share him with a community. In fact, in the Jewish world, the wife of the Rabbi even gets a title – Rebbetzin.

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By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — Lawyers for an indicted eastern Iowa slaughterhouse executive filed a lawsuit Friday demanding government accounts of how a May 2008 immigration raid was planned and executed.

Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin, the former executive at Agriprocessors Inc., sued U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for “the immediate processing and release of agency records” related to the controversial raid.

Rubashkin Lawyers file Lawsuit over Raid

By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — Lawyers for an indicted eastern Iowa slaughterhouse executive filed a lawsuit Friday demanding government accounts of how a May 2008 immigration raid was planned and executed.

Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin, the former executive at Agriprocessors Inc., sued U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for “the immediate processing and release of agency records” related to the controversial raid.

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Can I Inspire Teens While Giving Them a Blast?

Attention Shluchim:

Plans for the national CTeeN Shabbaton are well underway! The tremendous
success of last year’s Shabbaton is giving rise to an even better and more
exciting event this year.

The Shabbaton in NYC is an amazing opportunity for teens to:

– Experience a part of Yiddishkeit they will want to hold on to
– Come back with a new appreciation for what you do
– Tell their friends what a cool program you’re part of!
– Have crazy fun and monumentally inspirational moments they will
remember
– Meet other teens from Chabad Houses around the world

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NBC's late night comedy show, 'The Late Show with Conan O'Brien' marked Rosh Hashanah by playing a video clip from the Chabad Telethon. In the clip, the 'Triumph the Insult Comic Dog' sang “My Yiddishe Mama,” the canine version.

Video – Late Show with Conan O’Brien Marks Rosh Hashanah

NBC’s late night comedy show, ‘The Late Show with Conan O’Brien’ marked Rosh Hashanah by playing a video clip from the Chabad Telethon. In the clip, the ‘Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’ sang “My Yiddishe Mama,” the canine version.

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By Hana Levi Julian and Avraham Zuroff for Arutz Sheva

INDIA — The Chabad Lubavitch outreach organization reports that Chabad Houses throughout India were crowded over the Rosh Hashanah holiday, despite warnings by Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau of plans to attack the facilities. Most participants were young Israelis vacationing in India.

India Chabad Houses Full Despite Terror Warnings

By Hana Levi Julian and Avraham Zuroff for Arutz Sheva

INDIA — The Chabad Lubavitch outreach organization reports that Chabad Houses throughout India were crowded over the Rosh Hashanah holiday, despite warnings by Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau of plans to attack the facilities. Most participants were young Israelis vacationing in India.

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The fast end at 7:26pm (in NYC), for the Zmanim in your area visit Chabad.org

Today is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple.

Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival; when the day after Rosh Hashanah is a Shabbat the fast is postponed to Tishrei 4.)

The Fast of Gedalia

The fast end at 7:26pm (in NYC), for the Zmanim in your area visit Chabad.org

Today is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple.

Gedaliah’s killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival; when the day after Rosh Hashanah is a Shabbat the fast is postponed to Tishrei 4.)

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Seen driving around Crown Heights Erev Rosh Hashana was a new Mitzvah Tank, later a few Bochurim along with Rabbi Levi Baumgarten were seen transferring all the stuff from the old 'tank' to the new one.

Photos: New Year, New Mitzvah Tank

Photos by: CHPicturesblog.com

Seen driving around Crown Heights Erev Rosh Hashana was a new Mitzvah Tank, later a few Bochurim along with Rabbi Levi Baumgarten were seen transferring all the stuff from the old ‘tank’ to the new one.

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