18 August 2011 Archives

Jewish Chronicle

Rabbi Mendy Korer, who will run the Canonbury centre, with his wife Hadasa and their two daughters.

Chabad is opening a house in Islington with the aim of reaching the influx of young Jewish professionals and families moving to that part of London.

Posted to Shlichus on August 18, 2011

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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)

New Engagement!

Shmuly Golomb (Crown Heights) to Mushky Steinmetz (Briarwood, NY)

New Engagement!

Moshe Gordon (Crown Heights) to Chaya’le Movsikov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave

New Engagement!

Mendel Gopin (Miami, FL) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, the 5th of Nissan, 8:30pm at the JCM Lower Level

New Engagement!

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s

New Engagement!

Shmuli Lesches (Brooklyn, NY) to Chaya Mushka Hodakov (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.

Baby Boy!

Elchanan and Shterny (nee Dubov) Lerrer from Lod, Israel had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Levi Chazan (Manchester, UK) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Baby Boy!

Mendel and Perl (nee Faygen) Groner from East Flatbush, Brooklyn had a baby boy!

Baby Girl!

Reuven and Nechama (nee Trappler) Giter from Lauderhill, Florida, had a baby girl!

CNN

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, looks forward to Fridays, when he can get home, switch his BlackBerry off and just be Joe - Hadassah Lieberman's husband, father of four, grandfather of 11.

Sen. Joe Lieberman Embraces the Gift of the Sabbath

CNN

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, looks forward to Fridays, when he can get home, switch his BlackBerry off and just be Joe – Hadassah Lieberman’s husband, father of four, grandfather of 11.

Posted to Jewish News on August 18, 2011

Rolling Rabbis Bike into 115 Degree Weather

Bike 4 Friendship’s “Rolling Rabbis” rode into Phoenix, Arizona in 115-degree weather, but they had an even warmer welcome lined up for them.

Posted to Shlichus on August 18, 2011

Daily News

The Rev. Al Sharpton may skip a panel discussion in the Hamptons on the 1991 Crown Heights riots after Jewish leaders blasted the organizer for inviting him.

‘Outrage’ May have Worked!

Daily News

The Rev. Al Sharpton may skip a panel discussion in the Hamptons on the 1991 Crown Heights riots after Jewish leaders blasted the organizer for inviting him.

Posted to Crown Heights News on August 18, 2011

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Video: Rabbi Feller Tells His Koufax Story

Jewish.tv: Rabbi Moshe Feller, the chief Chabad emissary to Minnesota, shares personal stories of how legendary Jewish activist, Rabbi JJ Hecht, showed him how “a red-blooded American” could be the model of a passionately committed Jew.

Posted to Videos on August 18, 2011

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Thu, Apr 3, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Gopin (Miami, Fl) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, Nj)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Tue, Apr 1, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Levi Chazan (Manchester, Uk) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Tue, Apr 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Menachem Rabonowitz (Kfar Chabad) to Chani Braun (Crown Heights)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shimon Goldenberg (Postville, Ia) to Ella Dorn (Lauderhill, Fl)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shneur Cohen (Charlotte, Nc) to Tova Farro (Brooklyn, Ny)

The Arches 1394 S. John Pl

Sat, Mar 29, 9:30pm

L'chaim

Chneour Zalman Mergui (Villiers Sur Marne, Fr) to Ava Siteboun (Paris, France)

Lincoln Pl Shul 1185 Lincoln Pl

Thu, Mar 27, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Wolowik (Baltimore, Md) to Goldie Davidsohn (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 574 Albany Ave

Wed, Mar 26, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Ari Hoch (Montreal, Canada) to Mimi Palace (Crown Heights)

Ulam Chana

Tue, Mar 18

L'chaim

Mendel Piekarski (Crown Heights) to Tzivia Marasow (Crown Heights)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Mar 17, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Katz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Vishedsky (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 16, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Sholom Ber Kirsh (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Kosovski (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Mon, Mar 10, 8pm

L'chaim

Yisroel Backman (Monsey, Ny) to Shterna Korf (Thornhill, Ontario)

Rubashkin's

Tue, Mar 4, 8pm

L'chaim

Mendy Oirechman (Vancouver, Canada) to Kayza Denberg (Coral Springs, Fl)

Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

Sun, Mar 2, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Kehos Weiss (Charlotte, Nc) to Cirel Goldberg (Morristown, Nj)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Thu, Feb 27, 8pm

L'chaim

Yehuda Rubin (Miami, Fl) to Orley Morrison (Troy, Ny)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Feb 27, 8pm

L'chaim

Ari Fink (Crown Heights) to Shanah Drizin (Crown Heights)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Photos by Yaakov Rosenthal

Pictures from the wedding of Aryeh Hoffman (Los Angeles, CA) and Rochel Novoseletsky (Denver, CO) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.

Wedding: Hoffman – Novoseletsky

Photos by Yaakov Rosenthal

Pictures from the wedding of Aryeh Hoffman (Los Angeles, CA) and Rochel Novoseletsky (Denver, CO) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.

Posted to Simcha Galleries on August 18, 2011

The Ostrozynski family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear mother, Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski OBM at her home, 440 Brooklyn Apt 4B in Crown Heights.

Shacharis 7:30, 8:15 and 9:00 (Sunday no 7:30am minyan).
Mincha 7:30pm (Friday: 2:00pm).
Maariv 8:25pm.

Condolences can be sent to ostro770@hotmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Ostrozynski Family

The Ostrozynski family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear mother, Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski OBM at her home, 440 Brooklyn Apt 4B in Crown Heights.

Shacharis 7:30, 8:15 and 9:00 (Sunday no 7:30am minyan).
Mincha 7:30pm (Friday: 2:00pm).
Maariv 8:25pm.

Condolences can be sent to ostro770@hotmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim

Posted to Notices on August 18, 2011

Video: Rabbi JJ Hecht Speaks About the Frierdiker Rebbes Tzava to Him

Posted to Videos on August 18, 2011

In-Fighting Plagues Gold Coast Shuls

Australian Jewish News

Chabad of the Gold Coast – Beis Menachem, Directed by Rabbi Nir Gurevitch.

A Dispute between two rabbis has erupted in Surfers Paradise over who should represent the Chabad-Lubavitch movement on the Gold Coast.

Posted to Chabad News on August 18, 2011

Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News

The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B'av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:

Daily News Profiles C.A.Y. Tu B’av Celebration

Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News

The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B’av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:

Posted to Crown Heights News on August 18, 2011

CBS

The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot.

NYC Sanitation Truck Dangles from Building

CBS

The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot.

Posted to NYC News on August 18, 2011

Magen David Adom (MDA) has declared a mass casualty event and the State of Israel has moved to its highest security alert nationwide as hospitals report that six are dead following terror attacks that struck the country's southern region midday Thursday.

6 Dead in Triple Terror Attack in Eilat

Posted to Jewish News on August 18, 2011

Power of the Jewish Woman at Neshei Chabad Convention

by Shoshanna Silcove

Almost two hundred women from all over Australia descended upon the Mercure Hotel in the beachside town of Geelong outside Melbourne this past erev Shabbos for the 16th Annual Nshei Chabad convention. There they enjoyed two days of inspiration as well as physical and spiritual regeneration.

Posted to Chabad News on August 18, 2011

CBS

As New York City approaches the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, the family of Yankel Rosenbaum is unhappy that Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in a panel discussion about the state of black and Jewish relations.