Baby Boy!
Avremi and Deena (nee Abend) Andrusier (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yisroel and Aliza Silberstein (Chernigov, Ukraine)
Patriots Hold Moment of Silence for Jewish Terror Victim
Massachusetts native Ezra Schwartz HYD, who was murdered by a Palestinian Terrorist last week, was honored by his hometown New England Patriots with a moment of silence by the team and some 60,000 fans Monday night.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Deena (nee Kashy) Holtzman (Miami, FL)
New Engagement
Schneur Zalman Stern (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Margolis (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!
Yisrael Bachar (Givat Ze’ev, Israel) and Raizy Brownstein (Crown Heights)
Nine Burned Sifrei Torah Buried in New Brunswick
Members of the historic New Jersey synagogue Congregation Poale Zedek in New Brunswick, NJ, along with Jews from all around the region, gathered yesterday to bury nine Torah scrolls and hundreds of books that were destroyed in a fire – along with the synagogue itself.
Chabad Stand Kept Busy at ‘Babyland Expo’
The three-day ‘Babyland Expo’ in Tel Aviv, which was held from Tuesday to Thursday last week, attracted around 30,000 visitors this year. Many of them stopped to do a Mitzvah at Chabad’s ‘Mivtzoim’ stand.
Baby Girl!
Shloime and Esther Chaya (nee Kupfer) Zellermaier (Boro Park)
HaMesivta Students Learn to Make Wine
HaMesivta is working on another hands-on learning project: This time around, the bochrim are making wine for Pesach, learning step by step all about its intricate process.
New Engagement!
Kopel Silberberg (West Bloomfield, MI) and Goldy (bas R’ Yankie) Fellig (Crown Heights)
Crown Heights Man Arrested Again on Drug Charges
Police arrested Aaron Akaberi again last week after discovering that he was in possession of a substantial quantity of drugs. He was charged with possession with intent to distribute and other charges.
Avis Apologizes for ‘Misunderstanding’ in Rental Denial to Israeli
One of the largest rental car companies has apologized to an Israeli customer for refusing to rent him a car, which the customer felt was because of his Israeli nationality.
Video: Horsing Around at a Chassunah
Wedding ‘Shtick’ – horseplay with the holy intention of bringing joy to a bride and groom – was brought to a whole new level at a recent wedding in Monsey when an actual horse joined the lively dancers on the ballroom dance-floor.
New Engagement!
Yaakov Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Chaya Mushka Kessler (Montreal, Canada)
Teenaged Girls Stab 80-Year-Old Man with Scissors
Two Palestinian teenaged girls, aged 14 and 16, stabbed an elderly man with a pair of scissors in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market this afternoon, thinking he was an Israeli. The 80-year-old victim was later revealed to be a Palestinian resident of Betlehem.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Has an Idea!
All of us know someone who needs a Shidduch, and a special time, place and Zechus together can bring that Brocho. Devorah Benjamin, founder and director of KSCVK, has gone to the Ohel several occasions to daven for people who need a Shidduch, with a suggested donation of one hundred dollars per name.
