Tuesday Night L’Chaim!
Nachi Rabin (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Gitty Brafman (Crown Heights)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
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The National Weather Service and the city are urging property owners and builders to clear rooftops, awnings and overhangs of snow ASAP, to avoid potential collapses when an ice storm is expected to hit New York Tuesday.
PSA: Shovel That Roof, Before It’s Gone
The National Weather Service and the city are urging property owners and builders to clear rooftops, awnings and overhangs of snow ASAP, to avoid potential collapses when an ice storm is expected to hit New York Tuesday.
Tzfat Chief Rabbi Tests Tzeirei HaShluchim Students
Yeshivat Tzeirei HaShluchim – Tzfat bochurim continued to impress with their baal peh Gemara knowledge, this time following a visit and test with Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.
Alum Donates $1 Million to New Chabad at Yale Building
When private investor Brad Berger first stepped into Yale University’s Chabad House for a Friday night dinner during a trip back east two years ago, he was taken aback. He had heard about the throngs of Jewish students who sought out a “home away from home” at the center run by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shua and Sara Rosenstein, but this was the first time he had actually experienced such a thing at his alma mater.
Banquet Inspires 2,800 Shluchos
On any given Shabbos at Chabad of Markham, Ontario, seven year-old Zalmy Plotkin is walking around giving out high fives. This is his way of helping his parents accomplish their Shlichus. You see, Zalmy has Down syndrome, yet he is an integral partner in his parents’ work.
A short clip introducing Kol Menachems fascinating new Megillat Esther. To order your copy visit: www.kolmenachem.com
The New Megillat Esther – Purim 2011
A short clip introducing Kol Menachems fascinating new Megillat Esther. To order your copy visit: www.kolmenachem.com
Chabad of Mequon Hosts Shabbaton
Chabad of Mequon’s Center for Jewish Life hosted its annual winter Shabbaton, featuring scholar in residence, Rabbi Manis Friedman, and special guest Chazan and performer, Sholom Jacobs.
Baby Girl!
Menachem ans Sima (nee Rabinowitz) Yarmush (Crown Heights)
Chabad House Opening in Brazilian Capital
Jewish infrastructure in Brazil continues to expand, as Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Leib and Sara Rojtenberg, and their daughter Chana, settle in to their new home in the capital city of Brasilia.
On Sunday January 30, 2011, at Chovevei Torah on Eastern Parkway, well over 150 Crown Heights residents attended the Know-Your-Rights seminar. The seminar was organized by Brooklyn college student Yosef Bergovoy and law graduate Eliyahu Federman. The presenters included Federman, Attorney Norman Siegel and Earl Ward, District Attorney counsel Lance P. Ogiste along with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric Adams. Community members found the presentation informative, empowering and inspiring.
Healthy Attendance at Know Your Rights Seminar
On Sunday January 30, 2011, at Chovevei Torah on Eastern Parkway, well over 150 Crown Heights residents attended the Know-Your-Rights seminar. The seminar was organized by Brooklyn college student Yosef Bergovoy and law graduate Eliyahu Federman. The presenters included Federman, Attorney Norman Siegel and Earl Ward, District Attorney counsel Lance P. Ogiste along with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric Adams. Community members found the presentation informative, empowering and inspiring.
CHAMPION, NY — The giant snowman just off of Route 126 in the Town of Champion is back, and this year, he's bigger than ever. Vern Scoville's 35-foot snowman is slowing traffic once again this year. This time around Frosty got a bit of a makeover. Instead of paper, the snowman is sporting a hat made from an old pool.
Video: Not Your Average Snowman…
CHAMPION, NY — The giant snowman just off of Route 126 in the Town of Champion is back, and this year, he’s bigger than ever. Vern Scoville’s 35-foot snowman is slowing traffic once again this year. This time around Frosty got a bit of a makeover. Instead of paper, the snowman is sporting a hat made from an old pool.
New Engagement!
Shloime Denburg (Coral Springs, FL) and Margie (bas Reb Motel) Caplan (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Nachi (ben Yosef (Joe) ) Rabin (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Gitty (bas Leibish) Brafman (Crown Heights)
Selfish Parking Makes Driving in CH Impossible
A typical trip from the parking lot of Beis Rivkah on Crown Street to Carroll and Troy should take no longer then 5 minutes, but thanks to inconsiderate motorists along with construction projects around our neighborhood that trip took over 20 minutes.
NYT Op-Ed: When Speed Compromises Credibility
NPR was reporting definitively that Representative Gabrielle Giffords had been shot dead, but The Associated Press was holding off. The lines into the A.P. offices, recalled A.P.’s executive editor, Kathleen Carroll, were buzzing with complaints: where was The A.P. on this story? How could it let NPR beat it?
Meanwhile, the lines into the New York Times offices were hot as well, said Greg Brock, senior editor/standards: where was The Times on this story?
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib Ehrlich (Hewlett, NY) and Meira Finkelstein (Los Angelos, CA)
L’Chaim Motzai Shabbos at 1081 Channel Dr Hewlett, NY
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