Engagement: Noah Pawliger and Chana Wolff
Noah Pawliger (Atlanta, GA) and Chana Wolff (Crown Heights)
Charles Plumb was a US Naval Academy graduate who flew jets in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, he was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Upon ejecting he parachuted into the jungle where the Viet Cong captured him and held him prisoner for six years in North Vietnam. After the war, Charles Plumb lectured on lessons learned from that experience.
One day, when he and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man came up to him and said, “You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”
“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb, the former pilot.
“Well, because I packed your parachute!” replied the stranger. Plumb gasped in surprise. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!”
Attitute Of Gratitude – The Virtue Of Light Is In Contrast To The Dark
Charles Plumb was a US Naval Academy graduate who flew jets in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, he was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Upon ejecting he parachuted into the jungle where the Viet Cong captured him and held him prisoner for six years in North Vietnam. After the war, Charles Plumb lectured on lessons learned from that experience.
One day, when he and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man came up to him and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”
“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb, the former pilot.
“Well, because I packed your parachute!” replied the stranger. Plumb gasped in surprise. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!”
Photo Gallery: Over 700 at the Seder in Cusco, Peru
CUSCO, Peru [CHI] — It’s not for no reason that Cusco, Peru is known as the ‘Tel Aviv’ of South America. With tens of thousands of Israeli tourists visiting the city each year, almost every street corner is decorated with a sign in Hebrew – the city’s second language.
Last week the city played host to an event that will not be forgotten by tourists and locals alike, an event only Chabad of Cusco could provide; a Pesach Seder for close to a thousand people.
Bochurim Farbreng in Place Tomchei Tmimim Once Stood
A group of Bochurim who have come to Warsaw, Poland on Merkos Shlichus for Pesach, traveled to Otwock (a half hour from Warsaw) where Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim once was before the Second World War.
5 Injured in Friday Morning Crash
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Five people were injured in a Friday morning, among those injured were an infant and a number of children. The incident took place at approximately 11:00am at the intersection of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway, where a left turning SUV broadsided a minivan with a Jewish family.
New Engagement! – Boruch Hecht and Mooka Naparstek!
Boruch Hecht (ben R Yisroel, Los Angeles, CA) and Mooka Naparstek (bas R Shmulik, Agoura Hills, CA)
First Tanya Printing in Monroe, New Jersey
In honor of the 108th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and final Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe took part in the campaign to spread Chabad’s fundamental philosophical text by printing 150 copies of Tanya on March 26.
Mazal Tov Shur! – It’s A Boy!
Dovid Leib and Sheina Sarah (nee Abramowitz) Shur (Crown Heights)
Denver Seder Starts with Tefillin Mivtzoim
Shluchim to Denver Colorado, Rabbi Benjy and Leah Brackman, hosted their 7th annual Pesach Seder at the Westin Westminster Hotel Ball Room. The Seder began an hour before sunset, allowing the Bochurim, Shmuel Shapira and Levi Ceitlin don Tefillin with the male participants; while sitting at the Seder table before the onset of the holiday.
Mazal Tov Edelman! – It’s A Boy!
Sholem and Mirul (nee Baumgarten) Edelman (Shluchim to Pontault, France)
This Weeks Sholom Zochors!
Menachem and Rachel Esty (nee Shloush) Gold
1455 Union St [between Kingston and Brooklyn]
Dovid Leib and Sheina Sarah (nee Abramowitz) Shur
392 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Choni and Gitty Lesches
672 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady]
Mendy and Grunie Uminer
Shmully and Adina (nee Duchman) Altein
901 Shaftesbury Blvd, Winnipeg, Canada
Sholem and Mirul (nee Baumgarten) Edelman
61 Boulevard Beaumarchais, 75003 Paris, France
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present an inspiring essay written by Susan Handelman, Professor of English, Bar Ilan University, in which she recounts her visits to the Rebbe, whom she describes as “the light in that darkness.” She writes vividly of his foresight in outreach, his involvement in her work, and her gratitude to the leader who shaped many from her generation. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
A Professor’s Moving Recollection with the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present an inspiring essay written by Susan Handelman, Professor of English, Bar Ilan University, in which she recounts her visits to the Rebbe, whom she describes as “the light in that darkness.” She writes vividly of his foresight in outreach, his involvement in her work, and her gratitude to the leader who shaped many from her generation. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
