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Daily Archives: March 27, 2012

Co-op Members Vote on Boycott of Israeli Products [Update: Boycott Proposal Defeated]

One protestor, Yankee Teitelbaum, held a sign depicting massacred Israelis, and explained how he feels that boycotting Israel is siding with terrorists. Photo: Aaron Showalter.

Members of the park slope co-op are currently debating whether to vote on a measure that, if approved, will ban all Israeli products from the progressive – ‘consumer owned’ – outlet. More than 2,000 members showed up at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene for a memorable meeting that could last hours. You can follow a live Twitter feed of the meeting here.

Update: Boycott proposal rejected, to the tune of 1,000 against to 600 in favor.

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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)
New Engagement!

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

 

A suspicious looking stranger was seen outside Beis Rivkah today, taking pictures and behaving erratically. The school’s security guard approached the man after waiting in vain for him to move along, but he refused to leave and kept insisting that he wanted to go inside and pray.

Bizarre Incident at BR Leaves Man with Broken Leg

A suspicious looking stranger was seen outside Beis Rivkah today, taking pictures and behaving erratically. The school’s security guard approached the man after waiting in vain for him to move along, but he refused to leave and kept insisting that he wanted to go inside and pray.

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The still-grieving mother of a 16-year old Orthodox Jewish boy, who was killed when his student van was shot up on the Brooklyn Bridge in March 1994, reacted Monday to the public revelation that a Lebanese-born cab driver targeted the students solely because they were Jewish.

Ari’s Mom: “Why Isn’t He Treated as a Terrorist?”

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The still-grieving mother of a 16-year old Orthodox Jewish boy, who was killed when his student van was shot up on the Brooklyn Bridge in March 1994, reacted Monday to the public revelation that a Lebanese-born cab driver targeted the students solely because they were Jewish.

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From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Daled)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

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Every year for the the past twenty years, the Rebbe's birthday has been celebrated on Yud Aleph Nissan with a Mitzvah Tank parade around the city, and this year is no different. Sixty-two tanks - corresponding to the sixty two years of the Rebbe's leadership - will be parading from Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, reaching all the way to Manhattan.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Every year for the the past twenty years, the Rebbe’s birthday has been celebrated on Yud Aleph Nissan with a Mitzvah Tank parade around the city, and this year is no different. Sixty-two tanks – corresponding to the sixty two years of the Rebbe’s leadership – will be parading from Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, reaching all the way to Manhattan.

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550 Students Volunteer to Lead Pesach Sedorim

Merkos Shlichus preparations for Pesach 5772 are currently in full gear. Following two days of non-stop interviews with Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and those who applied, the Merkos Shlichus vaad has been working non-stop to assign the applicants to their Seder locations. So far, over 550 student Rabbis have been volunteered to lead sedorim in over 190 cities all over the world.

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