Shlucha Wins ‘Remarkable Woman’ Award
When Lizzy Breiter heard about the University of Southern California’s Remarkable Women Awards, the sophomore knew exactly who she wanted to nominate.
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Neo-Nazis Eliminated as Suspects in Toulouse Attack
JTA
The suspected paratroopers were cleared by French police.
Three former French soldiers who were believed to be involved in the shooting attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse were questioned and released by French police.
Photos: Community Mourns Slain Rabbi and Children
Wails and weeping filled the air Tuesday as coffins bearing the four slain victims were carried out from the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school the day after the shooting in Toulouse, southwestern France.
New Engagement!
Yossi Dworcan (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Sarah Malka Lipskar (Johannesburg, South Africa)
L’chaim will be tonight at 655 Montgomery St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Aspen Times
Rabbi Mendel Mintz speaks to more than 150 people who gathered for Sunday's groundbreaking ceremony.
Construction on the long-awaited Chabad Jewish Community Center of Aspen is likely to start in three to four weeks, Rabbi Mendel Mintz said. Mintz, members of the local Jewish community and other well-wishers gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday afternoon at the project site, where the synagogue's temporary facility now stands.
Aspen Chabad House Construction Set to Begin
Aspen Times
Rabbi Mendel Mintz speaks to more than 150 people who gathered for Sunday’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Construction on the long-awaited Chabad Jewish Community Center of Aspen is likely to start in three to four weeks, Rabbi Mendel Mintz said. Mintz, members of the local Jewish community and other well-wishers gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday afternoon at the project site, where the synagogue’s temporary facility now stands.
Couple Honored for Rescuing West Coast Chabad HQ
It was the largest rabbinic gathering in the history of West Coast Chabad. On Sunday, March 4, Chabad’s 260 rabbis — emissaries of The Rebbe from up and down the states of California and Nevada — gathered in Westwood to celebrate the 40th Annual West Coast Kinus HaShluchim and to pay tribute to Shlomo Yehuda and Tamar Rechnitz, pillars of chesed in California and throughout the world, who stepped forward last year and courageously rescued the West Coast Chabad Headquarters from financial distress.
Tuesday Night L’chaim!
Eli (ben R’ Ari) Chitrik (Crown Heights) and Malky (bas R’ Yehoshua) Chein (Crown Heights
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
NYPD Beefs Up Security at 770
DNA Info
The NYPD stepped up security at Jewish institutions on Monday after a gunman at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, shot and killed a teacher and three children. Though there was no specific threat, extra police presence was added to more than 50 Jewish centers across the city, including Lubavitch headquarters on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, NYPD officials said.
Students, parents and staff at Darchei Menachem Boys' School in Crown Heights took to their feet to celebrate the joyous month of Adar.
Photos & Video: Darchei Menachem Dances for Adar
Students, parents and staff at Darchei Menachem Boys’ School in Crown Heights took to their feet to celebrate the joyous month of Adar.
PSA: Young Entrepreneurs Workshop Today
Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs Invites you to a networking event called “Start it up” With Zalmi Duchman. With your mind set on a goal – to get to the point of “Start it up,” you should be successful and follow through to reach your dreams. Duchman will be speaking about his experiences as the founder and CEO of “The Fresh Diet.”
Op-Ed: Is Marriage the Solution?
by Anonymous
About a month ago, a letter came out signed by many Chabad Rabbonim, Roshei Yeshiva and Mashpiim urging bochurim to get married earlier, at the age of 20-21, instead of what has been the common practice to begin getting involved in shidduchim at 23-24.
Photos: Thousands March in Solidarity with Victims
Thousands participated during a silent march at the Place de la Bastille in Paris today to pay tribute to the four victims killed by a gunman at a Jewish school in Toulouse. Meanwhile, France’s incumbent President and UMP ruling candidate for 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy and France’s First Lady Carla Bruni, attended at the Nazareth synagogue for a somber ceremony.
Accident Leaves Lubavitcher in Critical Condition
A Kfar Chabad resident was struck by a car in an intersection at the entrance to the central Israeli town. He had reportedly been intoxicated, and ran into the street where he was hit by an oncoming vehicle. He condition is listed as critical. Please say Tehilim for Meir Tzvi ben Yael Katrina.
Chabad on Campus UK Hosts Exhilarating Shabbaton
Chabad on Campus UK hosted an exhilarating Shabbaton with students from over 10 university campuses across the UK in a suitably idyllic location in South Wales, in West Glamorgan, Goytre Valley.
History Comes Full Circle at Kharkov Wedding
Hundreds of guests came to partake in an historic wedding in Kharkov, Ukraine. Rivka Moskovitz, daughter of the Shluchim to the city, got married in her hometown to Moishy Korf, son of Rabbi Yossi Korf from Crown Heights. Moishy’s grandfather, Reb Gedalya Korf, grew up in Kharkov, and was from the founders of “Ezras Achim” – an organization that kept the flames of Yiddishkeit alive throughout Soviet times. By Hashgocha Protis, it was Ezras Achim that was active in helping the Moskovitz family come as shluchim of the Rebbe to Kharkov in 1990.
New Engagement!
Dovid Yiftach (Los Angeles, CA) and Mushky (bas R’ Yossi) Avtzon (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim will be tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Not what you expected?
Parents: Have you ever sent your child/young adult away for the summer only to find out that you did not do your due diligence in researching the track record of the hiring party?
Head Staff: Have you ever taken a summer Shlichus position that you thought was going to be great and ended not being to your liking?
Have You Ever Had an Expectation That Was Not Met?
Not what you expected?
Parents: Have you ever sent your child/young adult away for the summer only to find out that you did not do your due diligence in researching the track record of the hiring party?
Head Staff: Have you ever taken a summer Shlichus position that you thought was going to be great and ended not being to your liking?
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