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Daily Archives: December 15, 2009


BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On Monday, December 14, in celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with the help of Mehmet Samsar, consul general of Turkey in New York City and New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, presided over the lighting of Brooklyn’s official 29-foot menorah in front of the Supreme Court building in Columbus Park/Borough Hall Plaza. The ceremony was led by Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham, and holiday refreshments were provided.

Brooklyn Boro President, Turkish Council General Light Menorah

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On Monday, December 14, in celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with the help of Mehmet Samsar, consul general of Turkey in New York City and New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, presided over the lighting of Brooklyn’s official 29-foot menorah in front of the Supreme Court building in Columbus Park/Borough Hall Plaza. The ceremony was led by Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham, and holiday refreshments were provided.

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New Engagement!

Ariel Stein (Brooklyn, NY) to Tziporah Epelbaum (Buenos Aires, Argentina) L’Chaim: Monday, Nov. 11th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Schneur Cohen (Buffalo, NY) to Rishi Greenshtat (S Paulo, Brazil)
New Engagement!

Yonason Tamrin (Moscow, Russia) to Rivkah Laufer (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at Eshel
Baby Boy!

Yeheil and Chana Bracha Moscowitz from Michigan had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Avremy and Mushka Scheinfeld from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 8:30pm at 391 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yaakov Shalom Lifshitz (Atlanta, GA) to Devorah Leah Yeshayahu (Vancouver, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sholom Piekarski (Kensington, Brooklyn) to Mussia Kvin (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 7th, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Rodal (Crown Heights) to Batsheva Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E.
Baby Boy!

Gershon and Chayale (nee Gluckowsky) Muchnik from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Menachem Yosef and Goldi (nee Spielman) Zirkind from Crown Heights, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yitshak Scholte (Yerres, France) to Sosha Bentolila (Kinshasa, Congo)
New Engagement!

Mendel Benjaminson (Glenview, IL) to Chana Levertov (Austin, TX) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Ari Bastomski (Los Angeles, CA) to Mimi Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Uziel Leiter (Efrat, EY) to Stera Goldschmidt (Dallas, TX) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Mendel Goldberg (Crown Heights) to Chana Brackman (Oxford, UK) L’Chaim: Monday, Nov. 4th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mutik Schusterman (Atlanta, GA) to Shaina Gurary (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yosef Emunah (Baltimore, MD) to Pessy Greenstein (Crown Heights)
Great Falls Tribune

Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., left, leads Aaron Weissman and his daughter, Sarah, in lighting the fourth light of a Jewish Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center on Monday evening. The lights are lit one by one on each of the eight days of Hanukkah. The center light represents the shamash, a candle used to light the other candles in a traditional Menorah. (TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER)

Amid bitterly cold temperatures, two young Jewish rabbis lit a Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center Monday evening, marking the start of the fourth day of Hanukkah.

Rabbi Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., told eight hardy Jewish souls that the ceremony in Great Falls, at 9 degrees below zero, marked the coldest lighting of a Menorah in the United States on Monday.

Traveling Rabbis Light Menorah Display at Civic Center

Great Falls Tribune

Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., left, leads Aaron Weissman and his daughter, Sarah, in lighting the fourth light of a Jewish Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center on Monday evening. The lights are lit one by one on each of the eight days of Hanukkah. The center light represents the shamash, a candle used to light the other candles in a traditional Menorah. (TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER)

Amid bitterly cold temperatures, two young Jewish rabbis lit a Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center Monday evening, marking the start of the fourth day of Hanukkah.

Rabbi Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., told eight hardy Jewish souls that the ceremony in Great Falls, at 9 degrees below zero, marked the coldest lighting of a Menorah in the United States on Monday.

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Over 80 Cars in Monsey’s Menora Parade!

MONSEY, NY [CHI] — Over 80 vehicles joined the Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Monsey annual Menorah Parade on Sunday night, the 3rd night of Chanuka. The parade, which was organized by K’hal Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch of Monsey and Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch of Monsey, departed from K’hal Tzemach Tzedek and was led by fire trucks from the Monsey and Spring Valley Fire Departments.

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Chanukah Mivtzoim for all!

A new initiative for Chanukah spearheaded by the Igud Avreichim of Crown Heights aims to get families and individuals to go out on Chanukah Mivtzoim. “Thousands of Jewish families living within a half hour of Crown Heights, in Brooklyn and Manhattan, will celebrate Chanukah this year with visits from Lubavitch families like yours.”

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1000 Attend 12th Annual Chanukah on the River

S. ANTONIO, TX [CHI] — Over 500 people rode 12 boats adorned with Menorahs for a Chanukah Cruise at the 12th Annual Chanukah on the River celebration in Downtown S. Antonio on Sunday, the third night of Chanukah. They then joined another 500 people waiting at the outdoor Arneson River Theatre for a menorah lighting and concert with The 8th Day led by the Marcus brothers, a Jewish rock band from LA.

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CHISINAU, Moldova [INTERFAX] — Several dozens of people took part in an anti-Semitic manifestation in central Chisinau on Sunday. The protestors who called themselves as “Orthodox Xtians” said they will not let “Moldova be run by Jews.”

Shocking Video: Romanians Tear Down Menorah, put up Cross

CHISINAU, Moldova [INTERFAX] — Several dozens of people took part in an anti-Semitic manifestation in central Chisinau on Sunday. The protestors who called themselves as “Orthodox Xtians” said they will not let “Moldova be run by Jews.”

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It is with great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of a young girl Chaya Mushka Itkin, at the young age of 3, after months of suffering a terrible illness.

Chaya Mushka is the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok and Chanie Itkin, who serve as Shluchim in Chabad of the Upper East Side.

Eight months ago, Chaya Mushka and her mother Chanie prepared for her third birthday. They bought birthday bags and hats, made a pretty cake and spoke about how Chaya Mushka would now be a big girl and light her own Shabbat candle.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Chaya Mushka Itkin, 3, OBM

It is with great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of a young girl Chaya Mushka Itkin, at the young age of 3, after months of suffering a terrible illness.

Chaya Mushka is the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok and Chanie Itkin, who serve as Shluchim in Chabad of the Upper East Side.

Eight months ago, Chaya Mushka and her mother Chanie prepared for her third birthday. They bought birthday bags and hats, made a pretty cake and spoke about how Chaya Mushka would now be a big girl and light her own Shabbat candle.

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