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Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs Chana Siev OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs Chana Siev of Tzfas, Israel on the 18th Shvat 5770. Mrs Siev, 52 was a teacher in the local Chabad school, Ohr Menachem.

She is survived by her husband, Shliach Rabbi Mordechai Siev, the outreach program director at Ascent; her children Yaakov (Crown Heights), Rivka, Nechama, Tamar and Moishe; and 3 sisters.


They will be sitting Shiva at their Tzfas home. Condolences can be called in to +97246974390


Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
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Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
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Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
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Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
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Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
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Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
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Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
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Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org

Volunteers with the Plant-a-Tree organization introduce saplings in a fire-damaged forest outside of Athens, Greece. (Photo: Panos Valampous-Kountouras)

GREECE — Grecian Jews marked the holiday of Tu B’Shevat by bringing life back to a forest southeast of Athens that was claimed by fire more than two years ago. All told, 80 members of the Greek capital’s Jewish community planted some 200 trees in Kalyvia Thorikou, a suburban area near the city’s international airport. Chabad-Lubavitch of Greece, in cooperation with the Plant-a-Tree organization, sponsored the Sunday arboreal event.

Grecian Jews Reforest Athens Area Claimed by Fire

By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org
Volunteers with the Plant-a-Tree organization introduce saplings in a fire-damaged forest outside of Athens, Greece. (Photo: Panos Valampous-Kountouras)

GREECE — Grecian Jews marked the holiday of Tu B’Shevat by bringing life back to a forest southeast of Athens that was claimed by fire more than two years ago. All told, 80 members of the Greek capital’s Jewish community planted some 200 trees in Kalyvia Thorikou, a suburban area near the city’s international airport. Chabad-Lubavitch of Greece, in cooperation with the Plant-a-Tree organization, sponsored the Sunday arboreal event.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalmy Kirshenbaum (Crown Heights) and Sarah Leah Krinsky (Sydney, Australia) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

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NEW YORK [WSYR] — It appears New York roads are no safer than those in states that don't ban use of hand held cell phones. A new Highway Loss Data Institute study finds no reductions in crashes after these laws take effect.

According to the study it’s not just New York. Other states that’ve enacted cell phone laws have also seen little change in the number of crashes.

Study: No Fewer Accident – Despite Cell Phone Ban

NEW YORK [WSYR] — It appears New York roads are no safer than those in states that don’t ban use of hand held cell phones. A new Highway Loss Data Institute study finds no reductions in crashes after these laws take effect.

According to the study it’s not just New York. Other states that’ve enacted cell phone laws have also seen little change in the number of crashes.

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Fifty congressmen signed a letter which was sent to President Barak Obama urging him to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to resolve the Gaza blockade, the troubling signature in the mix was that of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who represents the 11th district which includes Crown Heights.

Yvette Clarke takes Step Against Israel, Again

Fifty congressmen signed a letter which was sent to President Barak Obama urging him to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to resolve the Gaza blockade, the troubling signature in the mix was that of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who represents the 11th district which includes Crown Heights.

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By Christopher Leake for the UK Daily Mail
New weapon: To avoid detection by airport body scanners (above), Al Qaeda are said to be planning to surgically insert explosives into suicide bombers' bodies
Britain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives surgically inserted inside them.

Terrorists Surgically Implanting Bombs

By Christopher Leake for the UK Daily Mail

New weapon: To avoid detection by airport body scanners (above), Al Qaeda are said to be planning to surgically insert explosives into suicide bombers’ bodies

Britain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives surgically inserted inside them.

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Jpost

Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year's Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and political commentator Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the jurist, someone he once considered a friend, was “a traitor to the Jewish people.”

Dershowitz: Goldstone is a Traitor

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Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year’s Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and political commentator Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the jurist, someone he once considered a friend, was “a traitor to the Jewish people.”

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