New Engagement!
Shmaryahu (ben R’ Zalman) Labkowski (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Zilberstrom (Jerusalem, Israel)

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday praised the city’s police and fire departments for making 2011 one of the city’s safest years ever.
NYC Marks Another Year of Declining Crime Rates
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday praised the city’s police and fire departments for making 2011 one of the city’s safest years ever.
New Engagement!
Zalmy Morris (Crown Heights) and Naomi Levine (New Haven, CT)
New Engagement!
Ari Levy (Flatbush) and Rochel Ahern (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Yossi Itzinger (London, UK) and Leah (bas R’ Yaakov Tuvia) Rapoport (Syracuse, NY)
L’Chaim Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]

American College Students Light Up Israeli Army Base
In a rare occurrence among student tours of the Holy Land, a group of 23 American Jewish college students brought some Chanukah joy to a secretive Israeli army base near the Lebanese border. Bearing candles and the traditional fried jelly doughnuts known in Hebrew as sufganiyot, the participants of the IsraeLinks program joined their uniformed counterparts for dinner and a mass menorah lighting that, in the words of one soldier, gave his platoon “the strength to go on.”

Trifecta of Chanukah Fun at London Boys’ School
The boys of the Lubavitch Boys’ School in London enjoyed three beautiful Chanuka programs before they broke up for their winter holidays.
Baby Girl!
Shmuly and Esther (nee Kessler) Borenstein (Crown Heights)
1,000 at Menorah Lighting in Amsterdam’s Dam Square
This year, once again, over one thousand people attended the annual menorah lighting in Amsterdam’s Dam Square; located in front of the royal palace, it is the most famous square in Holland.

A Closer Look at Chabad Life in Yeshiva University
Many students say they do not relate to the Chabad club because they are not Chabadniks. This is a shame, since the Chabad club at both Yeshiva University and Stern College is open to everyone, not just chabadniks, and everyone walks out a different and better person.
Unaffiliated Flatbush Jews Now Have a Center
Nearly half a million Jews call Brooklyn, New York their home. To some the image of Brooklyn Jewry is young Yeshiva boys hurrying to school in groups, or hundreds of Kosher restaurants and cafés crowding Flatbush street corners. But to many Brooklyn Jews who do not affiliate with a specific community, Jewish community was never an active part of their lives.
For the second time in under three months, Britain’s second best selling daily newspaper, the Daily Mail, has shown itself to be completely ignorant of Jewish customs.
Daily Mail Shows Ignorance of Jewish Customs, Again
For the second time in under three months, Britain’s second best selling daily newspaper, the Daily Mail, has shown itself to be completely ignorant of Jewish customs.
Over 15 Million Witness the Miracle of Chanukah
Bris Avrohom continues their busy holiday of Chanukah with events throughout the area for young and old alike. Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, Executive Director of Bris Avrohom and his staff lit menorahs on the Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing with administrators of the Port Authority of NY and NJ. This is an annual event which publicizes the miracle of Chanukah to millions of people who cross these bridges over the eight days of Chanukah.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Chitrik, OBM
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Chitrik, OBM, of Crown Heights at the age of 84.
