A fire has damaged the historic Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, but the synagogue’s Chabad Rabbi, who was on the fire scene Sunday morning is grateful two Torahs, a Shofar and a citron box were saved.
Zalman (ben R’ Yossi) Korf (Crown Heights) and Mushka Wolowik (Los Angeles, CA)
L’chaim will be Monday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
When Gina Mulligan of Folsom, Calif., found out that her community would be commissioning a Torah scroll of its own, she called her mother. And now her mother’s got a plane ticket to visit the Sacramento suburb to see the big event for herself.
When US Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley (D. Nevada) met Rabbi Shea Harlig twenty one years ago, she tried to hide her skepticism. New to Vegas and just married, Harlig and his wife Dina were reaching out to local Jews, getting acquainted. Berkeley was then Vice President of Government and Legal Affairs at the Sands Hotel.
As the rabbi left her office, she recalls thinking, “This will never happen.”
Naftali Schechter (Toronto, Canada) and Risa Sheingarten (Argentina)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Heshie Goldfein (Philadelphia, PA) and Malka Grosh (Crown Heights)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
Yehudah Leib Ahearn (Sharon, MA) and Fruma Khazanovich (Sharon, MA)
F.R.E.E., 1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Yossi and Mushky (nee Plotka) Birman (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Next Sunday, the Jewish community in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine will celebrate the dedication of the world’s largest Jewish community center, named The Menorah.
Yehudah Leib Ahearn (Sharon, MA) and Fruma Khazanovich (Sharon, MA)
Crown Heights physician Dr. Rosen spent a few days in Moscow, where he was honored with being Sandek at the Bris of a student in the Mesivta.
A blood drive will take place today, Sunday, October 14 (28 Tishrei) from 2:00pm to 7:30pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.].Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Warning: One must wait 56 days between blood donations.
Nota and Tova (nee Baitz) Berger (Los Angeles, CA)
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Toronto’s Chabad on the Avenue, which operates the Family Shul, has purchased the First Hungarian Baptist Church on Falkirk Avenue and will take possession late next month.
Chaim Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Mushky Schmukler (Los Angeles, CA)
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Naftali Schechter (Toronto, Canada) and Risa Sheingarten (Argentina)
Con Edison will be reaching into consumer’s wallets again – just in time for the New Year. Beginning in January, Con Ed customers can expect to pay an additional $9 on average per month owing to a price increase for energy plants approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
David and Michal Zelman
612 Eastern Pkwy. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yosef Yitzchok and Rivka Devora (nee Karzag) Gruzman
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