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Army To Chabad Rabbi: Get A Shave!

The Jewish Week

Not making the cut: If Rabbi Menachem Stern keeps
his beard, he may not achieve his ambition of
serving in the military.

Born into a Chabad Lubavitch family, Rabbi Menachem Stern grew up with one ambition in life: to help people.

“Throughout my life I have pursued this goal by engaging in many different activities, ranging from visiting Jewish inmates in prisons to visiting the sick in hospitals and nursing homes,” he wrote in a short essay.

When he spotted an ad in August 2008 for military chaplains, Rabbi Stern said, “I knew I had found my calling.”

Rabbi Stern, 28, of Brooklyn, said he applied for a commission and “went through all the hoops for them. I had an interview with a chaplain at West Point, the chief of chaplains and his staff, as well as a physical — the full rundown they give to every new recruit.”

An Alumnus Gives Back

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — On Sunday night, 24 Teves, At Crown Condos, Rabbi Moshe Wiener, a graduate of the Menachem Education Foundation’s Teacher Training Program, and the fourth grade Rebbe in Cheder Chabad of Monsey came back to the Teacher Training Program to share his experiences and ideas with the class of 5770.

Wyoming Newborn Already Increasing Jewish Awareness

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Chana Mendelsohn was born at Jackson, Wyo.’s S. John’s Medical Center at 10:47 the morning of Jan. 1, making her the first baby of the decade for all of Teton County.

Chana Mendelsohn may be her parents’ second child, but to the people of Wyoming’s Teton County, the newborn girl will always be a first.

Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Shaindy (nee Denebeim) Friedman (Shluchim to Palm Desert, CA) on the birth of their daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.


MAZAL TOV! MAZAL TOV! NEW ENGAGEMENT!

I would like to wish a very big and hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to Dovie Brown (Los Angeles, CA) on his engagement to my dear sister Kayla (bas Baruch) Pinson (Crown Heights) .

Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].



Police Release Sketch of Suspects in Gun Point Robberies

The New York City Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating six robberies in the confines of the 71st and 77th Precincts as bias incidents.

The incidents are as follows:

1) On Saturday January 2, 2010 at approximately 1820 hours in front of 1500 President Street, in the confines of the 71 Precinct, a M/W/15 was approached by two male blacks who demanded his money. The victim ran from the location with no property removed, no injuries were reported.

2) On Saturday January 2, 2010 at approximately 1821 hours in front of 1507 President Street, in the confines of the 71 Precinct, a M/W/27 was approached by two male blacks, one armed with a firearm, who demanded his property. The suspects fled before any property was removed, no injuries were reported.

3) On Saturday January 2, 2010 at approximately 1835 hours, in the vicinity of Montgomery Street and Albany Avenue, in the confines of the 71 Precinct, a M/W/25 was followed into his building by two male blacks. As the victim was entering his apartment, one of the suspects pulled out a firearm and the suspects forced their way into his apartment. The suspects removed an undetermined amount of cash and fled the location, no injuries were reported.

Blatantly Anti-Semitic Exchange on C-Span

Israel National News

A caller on a C-Span interview program Monday complained about “all these Jews” having “way too much power” in America and pushing the U.S. into wars with the Muslim world. He found his comments echoed and expanded upon by the studio guest.