Baby Boy!
Nochum and Chanie (nee Sanowicz) Schapiro (Miami Beach, FL)
ULY of Ocean Parkway Fine-tunes Teaching Skills
This past Sunday the Rebbeim and English teachers of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway got together to fine tune and hone their educational skills.
Baby Girl!
Mikey and Baila (nee Shpigelman) Yaron (Los Angelos/Montreal)

7 People Shot in NYC Since Ringing in New Year
A man who took a bullet to the stomach was clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital Tuesday, cops said. He was the seventh person shot since the city rang in the new year.

City Recoreds Slump in Parking, Red Light Violations
Last year brought a reprieve for the city’s ticket-weary drivers. Red-light cameras snagged 615,726 motorists blowing through intersections between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of 2012, down from 880,922 in all of 2011.

Homeless Man Breaks into Garage, Shomrim Arrange Shelter
It wasn’t a gift of a pair of boots, but it was a warm place to stay for the night. After apprehending a man for breaking into a garage, Shomrim discovered that he was homeless and only sought to find a place to stay for the night. Together with police assistance shelter was arranged and most likely saving the man’s life.
NY Welcomes Back the “Bike 4 Friendship” Team
This past Shabbos the “Bike 4 Friendship” cross-country team reunited for a Shabboton in Crown Heights, at The Shluchim Office, the central headquarters where the Friendship Circle International offices are located.
New Engagement!
Leibel Berktin (Markham, Ontario) and Rena Friedman (Markham, Ontario)
Lechaim Tonight, Monday at 638 Midwood St.
[between Albany and Troy Avenue]
Baby Girl!
Shmulik and Nechama (nee Itkin) Shur (Crown Heights)

New Maamar Published in honor of Chof Daled Teves
In honor of the 200th Yohrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe on Chof Daled Teves, Kehot published a Maamar, which was compiled by Vaad Hanachos b’Lahak and was given over by the Frierdiker Rebbe on the eve of Chof Daled Teves in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Baltimore before a crowd of around 1,500 in the year 1930. Update: English translation of the Maamar added.
Baby Girl!
Levi Yitzchok and Leah (nee Labkowski) Stern (Chicago, IL)

CT Shlucha Featured in Papers ‘Movers & Shakers’
Connecticut’s Jewish Journal featured their ‘top 28 Movers and Shakers of 2012’, among them was Shlucha Shaindel Hecht who, together with her husband Shlomo, direct the Chabad at UConn in Storrs Mansfield, CT.

Win $100,000 by Supporting Rabbi ‘O’s YNS! (ad)
Yeshivas YNS NJ, under the guidance of Rabbi ‘O’, is currently running its annual raffle campaign! This is the opportunity that you have all been waiting for, a chance to support Torah and in return have a chance of winning big!
Baby Girl!
Zevi and Bina (nee Lewis) Stiefel (Piestany, Slovakia)
MIAMI, FL — Students in the Klurman Mesivta division of Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami's 8th grade were rewarded for their amazing behavior and grades of a Farher by Rabbi Zavdi - the principal.The students were rewarded with a grand overnight and outdoor adventure.
8th Graders Rewarded with Outdoor Adventure
MIAMI, FL — Students in the Klurman Mesivta division of Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami’s 8th grade were rewarded for their amazing behavior and grades of a Farher by Rabbi Zavdi – the principal.The students were rewarded with a grand overnight and outdoor adventure.