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Rabbi Yitzchok Hecht, director of Chabad of Ulster County (Kingston, NY), attended the birthday celebration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. While there, he met the governor’s father, former governor Mario Cuomo, and they discussed the special relationship between the elder Mr. Cuomo and the Shliach’s grandfather Rabbi J.J. Hecht OBM.
During the holiday season, we often read inspirational stories that raise our awareness of the plight of the needy and celebrate a spirit of helping the unfortunate who have suffered from hard luck, injury and hurt.
Hundreds of men, young and old, participated in a Chinese auction Motzei Shabbos to benefit the Oholei Torah educational institute. The evening was dedicated in memory of Reb Dovid Malka OBM, who kept the bochurim in Zal and Mesivta well fed throughout the years, and Reb Moshe Abelsky OBM, beloved bus driver for the elementary school over two decades.
Yosef Yitzchak Rabin (Oak Park, MI) and Nechama Dena Bergstein (Farmington Hills, MI)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.] at 8:30 PM
Sholom and Mushky (nee klein) Kass (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Chaya Mushka (nee Charytan) Cunin (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Sarah (nee Schmerling) Itzinger (London, UK)
Yisroel Newman makes an interesting point in his op-ed, Chevra Ahavas Yisroel, One Year Later: CAY has no business holding itself out as an official shul in Crown Heights unless it complies with the community’s standards. Therefore, if CAY wishes to continue operating in Crown Heights, it has an obligation to the community to change the way it operates.
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.
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
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.
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?”
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.
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