Baby Boy!
Mendy and Chaya Mushka Drookman (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Menachem and Chaya Ladayev (Paris, France)
Two Trees (of Life) Grow in Brooklyn
Zachary Ruttenberg first connected with Chabad last year in Mumbai, India, where he was living at the time. Two young rabbinical students from the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., showed up at the synagogue where he was praying—Magen David in Colaba—and said if he was ever in Brooklyn, he should look them up. A year and several countries later, Ruttenberg did just that; he reconnected with one of them.
New Shluchim to Northern Florida
Chabad on the ‘First Coast’ is rolling out the red carpet for Rabbi Mendel and Dini Sharfstein, along with their two children – the newest recruits to the growing Chabad faculty in the greater Jacksonville area.
Photos: CGI Parksville Bunk Portraits
It was a bittersweet moment for campers and staff at CGI Parksville, as they posed together for a portrait before bidding farewell to the camp where they spent the summer of their lives.
Hundreds Celebrate Completion of Chabad Center
On a piece of land that stood vacant for about seven years after a groundbreaking ceremony, hundreds gathered Aug. 18 to dedicate the new Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Chandler, Arizona.
Man Fatally Shot in Crown Heights
A 32-year-old African-American man was found dead in Crown Heights Wednesday morning. He was shot near the corner of Sterling Pl. and Rochester Ave.
New Website Aims to Be Virtual Gemara Chavrusa
In time for the upcoming school year an exciting new website has been launched.
Shomrim Locates Missing 6-Year-Old Boy
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A frantic mother called the Shomrim hotline after her six-year-old boy, who has down syndrome, had vanished after she took her eyes off him for just a minute.
Crown Heights and the Entrepreneurial Spirit
One day, not too long ago, I got an email from a Rabbi Werde, requesting a meeting. Eager to make a new friend, I spent three hours with him in my office. We began working together on establishing the Chabad Chasidic Entrepreneurs Program of Crown Heights. Chabad means wisdom, understanding, knowledge. Chasidic means pious, kind. So, a person of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge is also pious and kind — this concept really resonated with me because of my great admiration for educators.
2nd Accident Occurs in Same Intersection 1 Day Later
A rear-end collision occurred at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Ave. at about 6:00pm last evening, in almost exactly the same spot and at almost exactly the same time as the accident which occurred there one day earlier.
New Engagement!
Moshe Kulek (Chicago, IL) and Mimi Shifren (Los Angeles, CA)
L’chaim will be Wednesday, August 21, at 692 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.] at 8:00pm.
Mikvah Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy Rebuilt
On Sunday the Jewish community of Belle Harbor, NY celebrated another post-Sandy milestone, with the completion of its newly rebuilt Mikvah after it was destroyed during hurricane Sandy last fall.
Proposed Bill Adds $.10 Fee Per Shopping Bag in NYC
Stores would be required to slap a 10-cent fee on every plastic and paper bag they give out under a new law being introduced in the New York City Council.
Over 500 Educators Participated in Summer Webinar
The Merkos Chinuch Office tried a bold experiment and it was a rousing success. In lieu of the summer Chinuch Kinusim (conferences), the Chinuch Office organized a month-long series of on-line Chinuch presentations in Webinar form, which enabled hundreds of educators from across the globe to join, watch, listen and learn.
New Engagement!
Yanky Shemtov (Tucson, AZ) and Faigy New (Melbourne, Australia)
Kosher Tacos Debut on the US-Mexico Border
On a July afternoon, the kitchen at Chabad Lubavitch in El Paso, Texas was hotter than a desert full of burning bushes. No surprise, considering the amount of cooking that went on that day.
