Baby Girl!
Itche and Nechomie Zalmanov (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Elimelech and Chayale (nee Halberstam) Evers
Baby Girl!
Dovid and Rochel (nee Boyarsky) Eleff (Cleveland, OH)
New Engagement!
Shmuel Yakov Shifrin (Lakewood, NJ) and Chaya (bas Berel) Epstein (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Sholom and Nechama (nee Tiechtel) Lapidus (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Sholom Shaya and Chanale Deitsch (Ridgefield, CT)

Rudy Giuliani Leads New National Poll for 2012
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll shows the former New York City mayor atop the slow-forming Republican primary field.

Ami Magazine Features Spread on the Rebbetzin
She was not in the public eye. Yet, the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka’s inspiration is widespread—a result of her quiet ways and nuances of influence.
Video: Lakewood Mivtzoim!

Chabad in Australian Capital Secures New Building
After opening a mikvah last February, Chabad in Canberra is working at a steady clip, building a strong infrastructure for Canberra’s 2,000 Jewish residents. Last Wednesday, Rabbi Dan and Naomi Avital, directors of Chabad in Canberra secured a disused childcare center just a stone’s throw away from the new mikvah.

To Count is to Be Counted Upon – Kabbalah of Self Worth
The Baal Shem Tov was accustomed to draw out his prayers on Friday evenings. His disciples, who typically finished before him, would wait for their Rebbe to conclude, so as to join him in the Shabbos meal.
It happened, on a given Friday, that one of the participants felt rather hungry. He thought to himself: “There is still plenty of time before the Baal Shem Tov will complete his prayers; I ought to go and eat something. In all likelihood, I will be back before he’s done. Besides, there are plenty of others around; I shall certainly not be missed.”
7 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Areleh and Sarah (nee Risenberg) Eichler
702 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Shmuli and Shaindy Backer
1404 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Elimelech and Chayale (nee Halberstam) Evers
1551 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]
Gamliel and Chana Dray
481 Crown St #B2 [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Avi and Chanie Teleki
555 Crown St #1D [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Moshe and Dena Fox
519 Montgomery St Side Door, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Shneur and Chana Zilberman
718 Lefferts Ave [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe at davening mincha in the winter of 1974, with special thanks to the Schildkraut and Gal families.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe at davening mincha in the winter of 1974, with special thanks to the Schildkraut and Gal families.

Spiritual, Organic Jewish Living in Bat Ayin
Rachel Fragin’s recollections of growing up Jewish in Leningrad are interrupted by bleating from her 15 goats which supply her family and neighbors with organic goat milk, yogurt, cheese.
The “in foreclosure” sign has not yet gone up in front of the Richmond Torah Center in San Francisco, but it will unless a last-ditch fundraising effort succeeds.
San Francisco Chabad House in a Fight for Its Life
The “in foreclosure” sign has not yet gone up in front of the Richmond Torah Center in San Francisco, but it will unless a last-ditch fundraising effort succeeds.

1000 Attend Chabad of West Hempstead Lag B’omer
On Sunday, Lag B’omer, Chabad of West Hempstead hosted a grand BBQ and community celebration at Hempstead Lake State Park with well over 1000 in attendance!