2 Sunday Night Lechaims!
Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) and Tsofia Drori (S. Paul, MN)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yaakov Goodman (Manchester, UK) and Chaya Krafchik (Leeds, UK)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
Monday: Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspended
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, February 18 for Presidents Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Betzalel Jacobson OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Reb Betzalel Jacobson OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 76.
Photos: Bnos Chomesh’s Modern Purim Story
Weeks of preparations and rehearsals paid off in a grand fashion for the students in Crown Heights’s Bnos Chomesh High School. Parents, friends and supporters packed into the hall for the schools production – which aside from the great story, was a great success.
Dispelling Agudah’s Erroneous Information on Chabad and the Holocaust
Over the past few months Lubavitch Archives director Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski (the “Chabad Archivist”) has been doing research on the history of the Rebbe Rayatz, the sixth Chabad Rebbe, during the Holocaust.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Shaya Gansburg OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg who served as a Shliach in Harlem, NY. He was 57.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Yitzchok Abramov OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yitzchok Abramov of Boro Park, who passed away on Shabbos. He was 82.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Dayan (nee Habib) Rapoport (Philadelphia, PA)
Russian Jews have Memorable Weekend at Shabbaton
Over 150 Russian families converged on Stamford Connecticut for the 4th annual Presidents Day Weekend Retreat at the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
Baby Boy!
Mendel and Chana Kalmenson (London, England)
New Engagement!
Shmuel Vishedsky (Crown Heights) and Sara Kabacznik (Belem, Brazil)
Photos: Rabbi Cunin Visits Paris Moisdos
From Los Angeles to Paris, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin visited the local Chabad moisdos in Paris over the weekend in a visit organized by Rabbi Mendel Azimov.
Sunday: Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive
A blood drive will take place Sunday, February 17 (7 Adar) from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Place]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
NYC Suing for Posting Modesty Guidelines in Stores
Does a requirement that customers at Satmar-run stores in Brooklyn dress modestly run afoul of human rights law? That is the question at issue in the upcoming trial of seven businesses being sued by New York City’s Commission on Human Rights for having signs in their storefronts stating, “No shorts, no barefoot, no sleeveless, no low cut neckline allowed in this store.”
‘Young’ Shuls Attend Evening Supporting Friendship Circle
Members of local “Young” Shuls got together on Thursday for an evening benefitting the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn. These young men got a chance to learn about the Friendship Circle, its programs and activities in a relaxed social setting.
NYC School Bus Strike Apparently Will End Tonight
The month-long strike by New York City school bus drivers will apparently come to an end Friday night. Sources familiar with the negotiation told WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb that the union has decided to end the strike.
Shabbos at the Besht: the Real Purim Torah
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Ari Chitrik will lead a discussion on the topic of Purim, and the real Purim Torah.
