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Daily Archives: February 1, 2012

by Karen Schwartz - Chabad.org

A project of Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay, RambamDiario.com offers a free live yeshiva experience to Spanish-speaking Jews from around the world.

Pablo K. of Montevideo, Uruguay likes to learn. One evening, he attended a class that looked at a chapter from the Mishneh Torah, Maimonides’ massive compilation of Jewish law, without ever leaving his house. As a participant in a new Spanish-language online venture, the businessman can fit the demands of a yeshiva into an already-hectic schedule.

Online Yeshiva Gains Spanish-Speaking Following

by Karen Schwartz – Chabad.org

A project of Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay, RambamDiario.com offers a free live yeshiva experience to Spanish-speaking Jews from around the world.

Pablo K. of Montevideo, Uruguay likes to learn. One evening, he attended a class that looked at a chapter from the Mishneh Torah, Maimonides’ massive compilation of Jewish law, without ever leaving his house. As a participant in a new Spanish-language online venture, the businessman can fit the demands of a yeshiva into an already-hectic schedule.

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Baby Girl!

Moshe and Mimi Kulek from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Ari Raskin (Melbourne, Australia) to Aliza Kravitz (Hollywood, FL)
Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs

Jews in Super Bowl History

Jewish Journal

Offensive lineman Alan Veingrad, pictured here as a member of the Green Bay Packers, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys in 1993. He now goes by the name “Shlomo” and is part of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hassidic movement.

With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a sandwich.

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Jewish Week

Not since Melanie Griffith donned a sheitel to play an undercover cop in the 1992 film “A Stranger Among Us,” has an A-list celebrity (not counting Matisyahu) brought an entourage film crew into chasidic Brooklyn.

Oprah Goes Orthodox (Sort Of)

Jewish Week

Not since Melanie Griffith donned a sheitel to play an undercover cop in the 1992 film “A Stranger Among Us,” has an A-list celebrity (not counting Matisyahu) brought an entourage film crew into chasidic Brooklyn.

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160 Chabad Preschool Educators Gather to Brainstorm

On January 16th over 160 teachers and educators from over 20 Chabad schools around the New York area – some as far as New Haven and Philadelphia – joined together to learn and network at a joint Inservice Day, organized by Devora Krasnianski of the Chabad Early Childhood Education (CECE) Network, a project of The Shluchim Office. Mrs. Shternie Raskin and Mrs. Chanie Rogatsky of Kiddie Korner, the Chabad preschool in Brooklyn Heights, hosted the event.

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Kollel Menachem Trains Shluchim in Melbourne

Kollel Menachem of Melbourne, Australia recently hosted a training seminar for local Shluchim. Guest speaker Rabbi Ari Shishler of South Africa presented on the topic of Strategies for Effective Adult Education. Rabbi Shishler shared his insights and experience as a popular speaker and as Director of Adult Education at the central Chabad House of Johannesburg.

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by Matthew Shaer - Forward

In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, “Among Righteous Men,” and the emotional connection I often felt to Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood where the book is set.

Blog: A House Divided

by Matthew Shaer – Forward

In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, “Among Righteous Men,” and the emotional connection I often felt to Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood where the book is set.

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Times Herald-Record

The spiritual center of the Landfield Avenue Synagogue returned home Tuesday as a crowd of jubilant members and supporters carried the congregation's once-stolen Torah from the Monticello police station to the synagogue.

Monticello Welcomes Back Torah with Joy and Dance

Times Herald-Record

The spiritual center of the Landfield Avenue Synagogue returned home Tuesday as a crowd of jubilant members and supporters carried the congregation’s once-stolen Torah from the Monticello police station to the synagogue.

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