Baby Girl!
Mendel and Esti Altein (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Mordechai ad Esty (nee Benjaminson) Groner (Calgary, Canada)

Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Elishama Pinchas ben Devorah Leah, a 3-year old who is undergoing surgery today, Tuesday at 2 pm EST

New Zealand Chabad House Destroyed in 6.3 Earthquake
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand’s second-largest city Tuesday morning, sending buildings crashing to the street and toppling the city’s central Chabad-Lubavitch center.
Today, Monday, it was a cold wintery day outside, yet in Oholei Torah Kindergarten - East Flatbush Division, it was hot, lively and everyone was in the festive Purim Koton Mood.
Purim Koton warms up Oholei Torah – in East Flatbush
Today, Monday, it was a cold wintery day outside, yet in Oholei Torah Kindergarten – East Flatbush Division, it was hot, lively and everyone was in the festive Purim Koton Mood.

Shluchim Gather for 39th Annual West Coast Kinus
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Some 200 Chabad emissaries of The Rebbe gathered this week for the 39th Annual West Coast Chabad Kinus Hashluchim. In 1972 West Coast Chabad launched the very first Kinus Hashluchim with the blessing and encouragement of The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, and subsequently inspired the creation of the worldwide Kinus Hashluchim in New York. In fact the world’s first Kinus Hashluchim was held at the world’s first “Chabad House”, founded in 1969 at the UCLA university campus in Los Angeles.

Discussion Enlightens, Inspires
Robert Palomo said he had a different take on the story of man’s fall from the Garden of Eden after talking Sunday night with visiting Rabbi Manis Friedman.
Rabbi Chaim Miller sat with CrownHeights.info to talk about the new Megillah he published from Kol Menachem, and gave us some profound insight into the Rebbes attitude towards the story of Purim, as well as highlighting the significant role women played.
Video: Women and the Megillah
Rabbi Chaim Miller sat with CrownHeights.info to talk about the new Megillah he published from Kol Menachem, and gave us some profound insight into the Rebbes attitude towards the story of Purim, as well as highlighting the significant role women played.
The day has arrived! Registration for the 2011 Softball League opens today and runs through Thursday the 24th of Feb.
Registration Opens for the CH Softball League
The day has arrived! Registration for the 2011 Softball League opens today and runs through Thursday the 24th of Feb.

Torah Lesson Inspires Community to Donate Blood
A suburban Chicago synagogue’s first-ever blood drive netted 30 donors, with Hebrew school parents, high school students, area homeowners and even grandparents supporting the effort.
New Engagement!
Meir New (Crown Heights) and Chaviva Katz (New Haven, CT)
L’Chaim tonight Monday at Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Photos: Brooklyn Blanketed in a Light Snow
With accumulations foretasted to reach 5 inches, Brooklyn was covered in a light snow this Presidents Day. Thanks to warm temperatures the snow quickly melted and little was left by the afternoon.
Excavations in Baltimore’s historic Lloyd Street Synagogue, the third oldest synagogue standing in America, have uncovered the oldest mikvah in the country to-date. The mikvah complex is located in the basement of a row-house adjacent to the Greek revival style synagogue.
Mikvah Excavation Confirms Observance of Ritual Among Early Jews in America
Excavations in Baltimore’s historic Lloyd Street Synagogue, the third oldest synagogue standing in America, have uncovered the oldest mikvah in the country to-date. The mikvah complex is located in the basement of a row-house adjacent to the Greek revival style synagogue.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On this car the thief’s didn’t bother with its wheels, they went for the entire interior. Homeowners who use the alleyway behind their homes on President and Carroll Streets found that they couldn’t exit from the Troy side because of a stripped car blocking their path.
Greedy Thieves Steal the Interior of a Car
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On this car the thief’s didn’t bother with its wheels, they went for the entire interior. Homeowners who use the alleyway behind their homes on President and Carroll Streets found that they couldn’t exit from the Troy side because of a stripped car blocking their path.

Cost of Living In NYC About to Get Even Higher
Fresh financial pain is on the way, with price hikes expected on everything from underwear to cereal.
An appreciation Homework Helper meeting took place Thursday night at the Shluchim Lounge at The Shluchim Center. It was for the Beth Rivkah Students who volunteer throughout the year assisting the Lilian and Meyer Nigri Online School for Boys and the Shluchim Online School for Girls students with their homework.
Homework Helpers are Appreciated
An appreciation Homework Helper meeting took place Thursday night at the Shluchim Lounge at The Shluchim Center. It was for the Beth Rivkah Students who volunteer throughout the year assisting the Lilian and Meyer Nigri Online School for Boys and the Shluchim Online School for Girls students with their homework.

California Shluchim Pose for a Group Photo
Shluchim to the cities of California gathered in Los Angeles for their annual regional Kinus, and posed for a group photo.