Baby Girl!
Yossi and Becky (nee Labovitch) Miller (Spring Valley, NY)
New Engagement!
Yossi Moshel (Melbourne, Australia) and Shterna Raskin (Bentleigh, Australia)
Baby Boy!
Itche (Yisroel Yitzchak) and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov (Crown Heights)

Rabbi Mendel Sasonkin, 54, Chabad Emissary to Ohio
When newly ordained Rabbi Mendel Sasonkin moved to northeastern Ohio in 1989, he knew just a smattering of English. But with a broad smile and an open heart, he was ready and willing to serve the Jewish communities in Canton and Akron, cities south of Cleveland.

Video: What is the Best Way to go to Israel?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Parasha of Bereishis. This week he answers the question: What is the Best Way to go to Israel? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Photos: Guests Tested on Tishrei Learning
Among the thousands of guests that celebrated the high holidays in Crown Heights, many participated in the learning programs organized by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim. With the conclusion of this uplifting month, many took part in tests on the material they learned.

Heber Family to Dedicate Torah
The Heber Family will be completing a new Sefer Torah in honor of the first yartzeit of Mrs. Rochel Heber, Rochel Leah bas R’ Yisroel Shimon.
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Leah Cohen (West Henrietta, NY)

Lubavitchers Violently Assaulted While Returning from Tahalucha
Two Lubavitchers were violently assaulted on Monday night, Smichas Torah, as they were making their way back to Crown Heights following Tahalucha. by CrownHeights.info A group of Lubavitchers walking back to Crown Heights on Simchas Torah eve were accosted by […]

Burglar Apprehended by Police inside Apartment
A burglar was apprehended by police Emergency Services after a Jewish woman observed him breaking into an apartment through a fire escape.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Mendy Sasonkin, 54, OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Mendy Sasonkin OBM, Shliach in Akron, Ohio, on Simchas Torah morning. He was 54 years old.

Lubavitcher Shot and Killed on Shmini Atzeres
24-year-old Eliyahu Moscowitz was shot and killed on Monday, Shmini Atzeres at night, as he was walking in the Rogers Park section of Chicago.

Driver Flees After Flipping Car on Lefferts Ave.
A motorist fled the scene of a crash in which he flipped his own vehicle after colliding with a double parked car at a high rate of speed.