Baby Girl!
Yanky and Sarah (nee Jeda) Kopfstein (North Miami Beach, FL)
Chabad of North Orlando Distributes Free Mezuzahs
Chabad of North Orlando, led by Rabbi Yanky and Chanshy Majesky, is currently holding a mezuzah campaign to help local families display their Jewish heritage with pride. Fifty Jewish households in Lake Mary, Longwood and Sanford can have a mezuzah installed on their home for free. The mezuzahs will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. The current campaign is being sponsored by Chaim and Lauren Thomas of Longwood.
Jews and Politics: UN Resolution on Iran Is Predictably Soft and Pathetically Meaningless
Inside the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, diplomats from around the world tried to formulate a resolution to repudiate Iran for its suspicious nuclear intentions. Sitting around a long conference table in a spacious room were the leading diplomats of the west, including the US, Britain, France, Germany, and the diplomats of Russia and China.
Open Letter: Thank You Avremel!
The Kinus has always been the highlight of a Shliach’s year. It’s a time when we can connect, meet old chaveirim, and draw chayus for our shlichus. Even more than what we gain at the kinus, is the experience our children, the Yaldie Hashluchim, have.
New Engagement!
Eli (Ben R’ Boruch) Raksin (Parkland, FL/Crown Heights) and Chani (Bas R’ Yudke) Edelkopf (Kiryat Malachi, Israel)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Parkway [corner Kingston Ave.]
Picture of the Day: Repair Work Being Done on Crown Heights Home
A passing Crownheights.info reader caught a photo of some repair work being done on a Crown Heights home. Can you identify whose home it is?
Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, which will be celebrating 110 years since it opened its doors, has announced a major gala concert to mark that occasion.
Fried to Mark Jerusalem Hospital’s 110th Anniversary
Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, which will be celebrating 110 years since it opened its doors, has announced a major gala concert to mark that occasion.
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Doba (nee Greene) Schlass (Miami Beach, FL)
Melbourne Yeshivah Congratulates New Couple
Dovid Rahmani was a beloved shliach in Yeshivah College of Melbourne until a few months ago, now he’s engaged to Mushka Glick. This sign appeared on the Yeshivah billboard this past Shabbos, congratulating the Young couple on the wonderful news.
New Engagement!
Shmuly Wolf (Crown Heights) and Musy Matusof (Madison, WI)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Bais Rivkah
470 Lefferts Ave. [corner Brooklyn Ave.]
Baby Girl!
Nissim and Chaya (nee Steinmetz) Forma (Crown Heights)
The Meeting of a Lifetime
When Darren [name changed] first met Rabbi Dovid Weinbaum, it was at the CTeen Shabbaton last January. As the only representative from his Chabad Center in Hillsborough, NJ, Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky arranged for Darren to join Rabbi Dovid’s group from Montreal.
Baby Boy!
Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin (Crown Heights)
The Chabad Army at Ease
The Chabad movement’s emissaries in cities and backwater villages throughout the world are often described as an army. This week I had a rare opportunity to observe their field officers at ease. I was one of a few women reporters invited to the banquet of the International Conference of Shluchim in Brooklyn.
Soccer Inspires Kids in Crown Heights
Violence erupts randomly on the streets of Crown Heights. What has remained consistent is the need for children to get out and play.
First Letters Written in Sefer Torah for R’ Dovid Raskin
Several Shluchim and Chabad dignitaries came together last week to pay respects to R’ Dovid Raskin OBM by writing the first letters to a new Sefer Torah being dedicated in his memory.
New Engagement!
Chaim Marcus (Los Alamitos, CA) and Pessy Haskelevitch (Crown Heights)
