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Shomrei Habrith Reborn as Chabad House

By Carol Balinski for the Reading Eagle

Rabbi Yosef Lipsker with the new sign for the Chabad Center, formerly Congregation Shomrei Habrith, 2310 Hampden Blvd.

READING, PA — Faced with dwindling membership and financial challenges, Congregation Shomrei Habrith, Berks County’s only Orthodox Jewish synagogue, has been transformed into Chabad Lubavitch of Berks County.

Fire Displaces Large Jewish Family Last Night

Video of FDNY working inside of the School.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An electrical fire broke out in the ceiling of a home on Eastern Parkway. The incident took place at around 9:00pm on Motzoai Shabbos inside of 821 Eastern Parkway between Kingston and Albany on the third floor.

The father of the household first noticed the fire while he was exercising when he smelled the acrid smell of smoke and quickly evacuated the entire house and called 911. FDNY arrived as flames and thick smoke was pouring out of the ceiling of the house and the quickly went to work on dousing the fire.

More in the Extended Article.

Mazal Tov! – 5 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Shneur Zalmen Gruzman (Vienna, Austria) and Chani Labkowski (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Yehuda Marrus (Monsey, NY) and Raizel Rosenthal (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH at Beis Eliezer Yitzchok, 394 Kingston Ave, [between Crown and Montgomery].

Menachem Gold (Crown Heights) and Rochel Esti Shloush (Crown Heights) .
IYH the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

Mendel Levin (Palo Alto, CA) and Rochie Levin (Kensington, NY) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Dovid Feld (Berkeley, CA) and Rivkie Ferris (Berkeley, CA) .
IYH at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St, [corner Schenectady Ave].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

Op-Ed: My dear Shluchah…

My dear Wife,

As I sit at home with the kids while you are away at the Kinus Hashluchos, I thought it would be a good time to put my thoughts on paper.

I would like to make a tribute to you;
To your constant work (yes I think it is real work)
To your constant smile (even when there is no reason to)
To the constant hosting (and they get excited at 15 guests for Rosh Hashanah dinner)
To your constant example to our children (I can tell by the look in their eyes)
To inspiring a whole town about the truths of life (think of all the people you have touched)
For dealing with a less than perfect husband (no comment on that)

New JLI Course at Court House with NY Supreme Court Justices

SUFERN, NY [CHI] — As JLI’s new winter course You be the Judge got underway this week in 300 cities worldwide, JLI in Suffern, NY headed by Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, hosted its opening class at the Town of Ramapo Justice Court with special guests NY Supreme Court Justice Robert M. Berliner, Town Court Judge Arnold Etelson and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence.

Taking the “Rabbi” Out of Facebook

By Dan Stamm for MSNBC

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Some local rabbis noticed something strange when they signed onto their Facebook accounts Friday morning — their title was gone from their profile.

Just in time for Shabbat they’ve taken the “Rabbi” away from the social network.

Mazal Tov! – 2 Motzei Shabbos L’Chaims!

Levi Eisenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and Rochel Deitsch (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Razag, 739 E New York Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Avrohom Chaim Weiss (Boro Park) and Rivkah Bracha Menkes (S. Monica CA).
IYH at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, 452 E 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Yosef Abramov (Houston, TX) and Rivky Braude (Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!


Do I Have to Wear the Beard?

By Paul Grondahl for the Times Union

Maimonides Hebrew Day School eighth grade student Elimelech Backman poses as Abraham Lincoln during a celebration Thursday, Feb. 12, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth

ALBANY, NY — Rabbi Israel Rubin turned a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday into a Talmudic inquiry Thursday at the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District in Albany.