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Bnos Chomesh Class of 5772 Graduates

“Baruch Shehecheyanu V’kiyemanu V’higiyanu Lizman Hazeh!” exclaimed Principal Dena Gorkin, and Bnos Chomesh’s 3rd graduation was underway. “I am awed,” she continued, “by the fact that this is our 3rd graduating class when just 6 years ago Bnos Chomesh was only a dream!” Yes indeed, it was a dream. And today it is a place where dreams come true.

New Shluchim to California

Rabbi Shmulik and Tzippy Freidman will be moving on Shlichus to San Francisco, CA, along with their 2 boys, Moshe and Dovid. They will be working with Rabbi Yosef Langer to further Chabad’s activities in Downtown SF / SOMA, and also to strengthen the Shalom School.

Governor Assists Jewish Community with Burial Issues

File Photo: Rabbi Shneur Oirechman presents Florida Governor Rick Scott with a Menorah.

While the rest of the South Florida Jewish community was preparing for the upcoming holiday weekend, Mark Rosenberg, Dovi Katz and Chaim Markowitz were up in Tallahassee. They were there to make a presentation to the commanders of the Police Departments and Highway Patrols of the State of Florida. Their topic? Jewish death.

Vandals Target Jewish Cars with BB Gun

News 12

Broken glass is covering several streets in Williamsburg after authorities say nearly a dozen cars were vandalized with a BB gun. In a separate incident, a car driven by Rabbi Aron Kraus of Williamsburg was traveling southbound on the Harlem River Drive from Monsey when an unknown assailant in a dark colored SUV pulled up next to his car and shot out its windows with a pellet gun.

New Engagement!

Labie Vail (Crown Heights) and Shaindel Greenberg (Crown Heights)

L’chaim will be Wednesday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]

Stamford Friendship Circle Celebrates Decade

Stamford Advocate

Rabbi Chezy Deren at the Friendship Circle’s Evening of Appreciation Celebrating 10 Years at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Stamford, Conn., May 13, 2012.

When Emma Caplan learned about the role Friendship Circle of Fairfield County plays in the lives of special needs children during a class at Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, she decided she had to take part.

Music Video: New York City’s Kids of Courage

New York Boys Choir, under the guidance of renowned producer Yitzy Bald and film producer Danny Finkelman, join forces with Kids of Courage, the famed volunteer organization that turns the dreams of children with serious medical conditions into reality by providing them with medically supervised trips, weekends and other events.

Op-Ed: Local Employers Should Provide Healthcare

by Anonymous

Any day now, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the Affordable Care Act, and whatever your opinion is of the legislation, I think it’s high time we talked about health care in Crown Heights. Anyone who has ever worked here can probably attest to the fact that local businesses rarely offer employees health insurance. While businesses may have many financial reasons for not offering such benefits, I believe those justifications pale in comparison to the harm caused by withholding health insurance.