Atop Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, dancers at Pascale Gozlan’s wedding pulsed to a Sephardic middle eastern beat. Grooving along with the radiant groom, Tomer Chazan, was Rabbi Yossi Witkes, director of IsraeLinks. He held his two-week-old baby daughter in one hand and a Skype-enabled videophone in the other.
This Friday, 14th of Cheshvan, marks the birthday of the highly esteemed, well respected and beloved maggid shiur in Oholei Torah Zal, Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky. There has been a tradition for many years that on his birthday, his talmidim make it a special day, a highlight in the Oholei Torah calendar. This year was no exception.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion titled “Angels: What are they? Do they have any impact on us?”
The legendary hospitality of the Crown Heights community is often put to the test. Throughout the year, Yomim Tovim, conferences and events bring thousands into the area, all of whom are cared for with gracious kindness.
Itzik and Chaya Itzchakov (Crown Heights)
In 1941, in an effort to help America defeat the Nazis Ym”s, The Rebbe went to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, drawing wiring for the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), and other classified military work. Long closed to the public and considered a place of mystery, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is now open to the public.
Rivka Eilfort is an 18-year-old Chasidic singer and songwriter whose parents serve as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in southern California. She sings deep, mystical lyrics while playing the guitar like a natural star.
Levi Cohen (Potomac, MD) and Sarena Traurig (Toronto, Canada)
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Friday, November 11th, for Veterans Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
IYH this Motzei Shabbos, the 15th of Cheshvan (November 12th, there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Boruch (Dave) Berenson OBM, from the first mekuravim of Chabad in California, passed away today. He is credited for coining the term “Chabad House,” on reference to Chabad-Lubavitch outreach centers. He was also a survivor of the infamous Westwood Chabad fire, which prompted the creation of the Chabad Telethon. He was very beloved to many of the original Chabad Shluchim’s children (many today shluchim themselves) for driving them to school for many, many years.
Parking scofflaws are about to lose a precious perk. The city Department of Finance is axing a program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines for motorists who agree not to fight their summons in court, The Post has learned.
An Israeli court has ordered a Brooklyn man extradited to the U.S. in connection with an April 2008 assault on a black man.
Miki Glazer (Kiryat Melachi/Miami) and Chana Popack (Tzfat, Israel)
Yitzchok and Mimi Feldman (Bend, OR)
