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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch at the age of 99. Reb Zeev Volf, a longtime Crown Heights resident, merited to see three Rabbeim in his lifetime, and fought in the underground to bring Jewish education to children in communist Russia.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch, OBM

Notices June 27, 2012

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Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM

New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)

Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street

New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva

New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street

New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)

Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!

New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)

Chicago Chabad Center in Foreclosure

Chicago Tribune

Chaya Moscowitz, left, daughter of Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun, leads a study group for women Tuesday at the Chabad House of the Loop.

Seven years ago, Lubavitch Chabad of the Loop, Gold Coast and Lincoln Park took out a $4.9 million loan to build what was supposed to be a state-of-the-art synagogue and community center at Chestnut and Clark streets.

Chabad News June 27, 2012

Hakeem Jeffries Easily Beats Charles Barron

DNA Info

Left: Hakeem Jeffries. Right: Charles Barron.

Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries trounced firebrand City Councilman Charles Barron, a former Black Panther with a history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, Tuesday night in the Democratic primary to represent Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District.

NYC News June 27, 2012

Five Car Collision Injures Ten Near Prospect Park

Ten people were injured, including four Jews, after a ‘dollar van’ slammed into a car that was waiting at a red light on Ocean and Parkside Ave. at the edge of Prospect Park, causing a chain collision involving five vehicles.

Accidents June 26, 2012

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Children Graduate Hebrew School in Scotland’s Capital

80 people – children, parents and grandparents – filled the Lubavitch Centre in Glasgow, Scotland for the annual Hebrew School Graduation, Prize Giving and tea reception.

Shlichus June 26, 2012

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Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, Fl) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, Wi)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, Ia) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, Ca) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 3, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Gopin (Miami, Fl) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, Nj)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Tue, Apr 1, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Levi Chazan (Manchester, Uk) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Tue, Apr 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Menachem Rabonowitz (Kfar Chabad) to Chani Braun (Crown Heights)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shimon Goldenberg (Postville, Ia) to Ella Dorn (Lauderhill, Fl)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shneur Cohen (Charlotte, Nc) to Tova Farro (Brooklyn, Ny)

The Arches 1394 S. John Pl

Sat, Mar 29, 9:30pm

L'chaim

Chneour Zalman Mergui (Villiers Sur Marne, Fr) to Ava Siteboun (Paris, France)

Lincoln Pl Shul 1185 Lincoln Pl

Thu, Mar 27, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Wolowik (Baltimore, Md) to Goldie Davidsohn (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 574 Albany Ave

Wed, Mar 26, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Ari Hoch (Montreal, Canada) to Mimi Palace (Crown Heights)

Ulam Chana

Tue, Mar 18

L'chaim

Mendel Piekarski (Crown Heights) to Tzivia Marasow (Crown Heights)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Mar 17, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Katz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Vishedsky (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 16, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Sholom Ber Kirsh (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Kosovski (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Google Brings Free Wi-Fi to Some Subway Stations

NY Times

This summer, New York subway riders might be able to actually get some work done on the train (rather than just beating their high scores in Angry Birds). Beginning Monday, free Wi-Fi will be available at a number of stations courtesy of Google.

NYC News June 26, 2012

Dutch Princess Inaugurates Jewish Museum

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands formally inaugurated a new building at the Jewish museum in the Dutch city of Elburg on Wednesday. Located about 50 miles northeast of Amsterdam, Elburg was once home to more than 100 Jewish residents, who prayed in the synagogue that was converted into the museum four years ago.

Jewish News June 26, 2012

German Court Outlaws Bris Milah

by Ezriel Gelbfish – Algemeiner

The district court of Cologne, Germany ruled this week that religious circumcision of a child is harmful and that a parent’s jurisdiction over his child does not extend to the practice of circumcision.

Jewish News June 26, 2012

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, June 26, 2012. After saying a prayer at the wall as customary, Mr. Putin requested a tour of the temple mount tunnels, which they were promptly given by the Kotel's rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.

Photos: Putin Visits Western Wall with Rabbi Lazar

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, June 26, 2012. After saying a prayer at the wall as customary, Mr. Putin requested a tour of the temple mount tunnels, which they were promptly given by the Kotel’s rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.

Chabad News June 26, 2012

Nearly a Quarter of Brooklyn’s Residents Are Jewish

NY Daily News

Kings County is the most Kosher jurisdiction in the nation. A new study has found that nearly one in four Brooklynites are Jews – making the borough home to the most Jews of any county in the country.

Jewish News June 26, 2012

Photos: Parksville Gan Israel Heads Off to Camp

Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY set off this morning for the first month of summer up in the Catskill Mountains.

Camp News June 26, 2012

Baby Boy!

Dovber and Shayna (nee Beck) Marcus (Pittsburgh, PA)

Mazel Tov's June 26, 2012

A two-car crash in Crown Heights sent seven people to the hospital on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Rochester Avenue.

Seven Injured in Crown Heights Car Crash

A two-car crash in Crown Heights sent seven people to the hospital on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Rochester Avenue.

Accidents June 26, 2012

Sydney Anash Unite for Gimmel Tammuz

This past Sunday night the entire Sydney community – Shluchim, Rabbonim and Bal Habatim from many synagogues accross Sydney – came together for the 18th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz.

Chabad News June 26, 2012

Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By

Lubavitch Archives

CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Yeshiva Students with their mentors. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?

Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.

Picture of the Day June 26, 2012

Basking Ridge Chabad Celebrates 20 Years

Daily Record

Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards kicked off the season with the Mercedes Feldman Summer Music Festival.

Whatever preconceived notions one might have about the demeanor or perspectives of an Orthodox rabbi, be prepared to have them completely shattered upon meeting Rabbi Mendy Herson, spiritual leader of Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards.

Shlichus June 25, 2012

Authorities were called after a man, dressed as Elmo, started pestering tourists and spewing anti-Semitic vitriol in Central Park yesterday, leading him to be taken in for mental evaluation.

Video: Anti-Semitic Elmo in Central Park

Authorities were called after a man, dressed as Elmo, started pestering tourists and spewing anti-Semitic vitriol in Central Park yesterday, leading him to be taken in for mental evaluation.

Videos June 25, 2012

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch, OBM

Chicago Chabad Center in Foreclosure

Hakeem Jeffries Easily Beats Charles Barron

Five Car Collision Injures Ten Near Prospect Park

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Photos: Parksville Gan Israel Heads Off to Camp

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Seven Injured in Crown Heights Car Crash

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