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Nearly 300 Latin American Jews gathered on the evening of December 4 to celebrate the inauguration of their first community Torah of the Jewish Latin Center in New York City.
Center for Latin-American Jews Welcomes New Torah
Nearly 300 Latin American Jews gathered on the evening of December 4 to celebrate the inauguration of their first community Torah of the Jewish Latin Center in New York City.
6 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Asher and Miram (nee Newfield) Friedman
530 Maple St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Tzvi and Shayna Margo
735 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Avigdor and Devory Zeitlin
Anshei N.E.L.M, 960 St. John’s Pl. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Meir Shlomo and Nechama (nee Drizin) Berenshtein
Ohel Nosson, 580 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin
547 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Eli and Mussi (nee Zajac) Simpson
Obama Celebrates Chanukah Early at the White House
Haaretz
President Barack Obama talks with a guest attending the Hanukkah reception, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. Photo: AP
The annual Hanukkah reception timeline at the White House does not change much each year. Usually, there is some unique Menorah, brought especially for the festive occasion (this time, a Menorah made in a displaced persons’ camp after World War II, was lent by The Jewish Museum in New York), a mix of Jewish lawmakers, officials, rabbis, activists and donors, president’s remarks, music and good food.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Tanya’s ‘Beinuni’
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic: “I am so far from being a Beinuni, does it talk to me?”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique photo of the Rebbe, from the visit of Sephardic Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in the winter of 1987.
Some experiences are not easily forgotten. They hang in our memories as vivid snapshots; moments of pride, enjoyment or amazement; times when expectations are exceeded in a way that stains our minds with delight.
Banquet in Sydney a Night to Remember
Some experiences are not easily forgotten. They hang in our memories as vivid snapshots; moments of pride, enjoyment or amazement; times when expectations are exceeded in a way that stains our minds with delight.
Picture of the Day: New Chaplain Dons His Uniform
Rabbi Menachem Stern
In a story that has already caught the attention of many major news outlets throughout the United States, Chabad Rabbi Menachem Stern has been granted permission to enlist in the US Army without having to remove his beard.
Wedding: Goldstein – Feldman
The wedding of Zalmy Goldstein and Esti Feldman took place in Sydney, Australia.
Baby Boy!
Asher and Miram (nee Newfield) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Sholom zochor will be at 530 Maple St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Chabad Couple Honored at Bet-El Gala Dinner
Mushkee and Dovid Efune accept the Young Leadership Award, with Eugen Gluck (right) and Israeli MK Yakov “Ketzele” Katz. Photo: Maxine Dovere.
On an extraordinarily warm December evening, more than a thousand supporters of Bet El Yeshiva Center came to the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York City to celebrate a gathering of the generations, at the Friends of Beit El Yeshiva annual Gala, Sunday, December 4.
Shomrim Responds to Frantic Call by Harassed Bochur
At around 7:00 PM tonight Shomrim dispatchers received a frantic call from a Bochur who was being harassed and intimidated by a stranger who would not let him continue on his way and was threatening to assault him.
Left: Yitzchak Shuchat. Right: Andrew Charles.
Three weeks after an Israeli court approved a request by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to extradite a former Crown Heights resident to the United States in order to face bias charges in a 2008 attack, the Israeli supreme court has granted an appeal and will delay the extradition until July 2012, VIN News has learned.
Shuchat Extradition Delayed Until Summer
Left: Yitzchak Shuchat. Right: Andrew Charles.
Three weeks after an Israeli court approved a request by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to extradite a former Crown Heights resident to the United States in order to face bias charges in a 2008 attack, the Israeli supreme court has granted an appeal and will delay the extradition until July 2012, VIN News has learned.
The Pinson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Rochel OBM, at 625 Montgomery Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shachris: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00
Mincha: 4:00 (12:30 on Friday)
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: pinson625@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Shachris: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00
Mincha: 4:00 (12:30 on Friday)
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: pinson625@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Pinson Family
The Pinson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Rochel OBM, at 625 Montgomery Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shachris: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00
Mincha: 4:00 (12:30 on Friday)
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: pinson625@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
New Engagement!
Chanan Fisher (Scottsdale, AZ) and Henya Shoshana Greenberg (Oak Park, MI)
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