Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Benny and Taphara (nee Francis) Goldstock (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Hirshy and Rashi Minkowicz (Shluchim to Alpharetta, GA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Pinchos and Dini (nee Braude) Vorst (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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
Photo Gallery: King and Welton L’Chaim!
Pictures from the L’Chaim of Yisroel King (Nashville, TN) and Ashira Welton (Berkeley, CA) which too place last Wednesday at Mimulo.
Video of FREE winter camp going skiing. Camp Gan Israel of Brooklyn took 21 campers for an upstate skiing trip. The boys had lots of fun.
Video – FREE Winter Camp Goes Skiing
Video of FREE winter camp going skiing. Camp Gan Israel of Brooklyn took 21 campers for an upstate skiing trip. The boys had lots of fun.
Photos: KSCVK’s 9th Annual Auction and Winners List
Hundrends of woman and girls turned out all afternoon, and into the late Sunday evening for Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah’s 9th annual auction. The program took place in Oholei Torah on Eastern Parkway, where there was the auction viewing, a mind games show with Marc Salem along with lots of food and drink.
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
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.
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].
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Josh Solomon (North Miami Beach, FL) and Esther Miriam Lipkind (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at the Lipkind residence, 1703 President St [between Utica and Rochester Ave]
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Jewish Woman Mugged at Gunpoint, Mugger Apprehended
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish woman was mugged at gunpoint and the masked mugger made off with her purse. The incident took place earlier this evening at around 6:45pm at the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and President Street.
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.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shomie and Hindy (nee Chazanow) Schechter (Manalapan, NJ) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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.
Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Moshe Ben Chana Leah.
New weapon: To avoid detection by airport body scanners (above), Al Qaeda are said to be planning to surgically insert explosives into suicide bombers' bodiesBritain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives surgically inserted inside them.
Terrorists Surgically Implanting Bombs
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.
After 5 Daughters Shliach is Blessed with a Son
Rabbi Levi Hodakov quietly admitted he was nervous as the crowd streamed into Young Israel-Chabad of Pinellas County last week.
