Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Gila (nee Hecht) Eber (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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Chabad’s Kids In Action Youth-Zone Records Audio Books for Visually Impaired
GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Chabad’s kids In Action Youth-Zone recently met at Colonial Lanes to record Jewish children’s storybooks for visually impaired children. Each participant, together with a partner, chose a story to practice reading in an animated manner. Children then recorded their stories with a microphone on computer, which were then edited by Chabad’s youth leader Chaya Goldman, and sent on CD’s to Jewish children who are visually impaired.
Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York Harbor. The plan is to consolidate Marine Safety And Security Teams from five cities, and then transfer them to Boston as a cost-cutting measure.
Obama Plans to Pull Elite Coast Guard Unit from New York
Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York Harbor. The plan is to consolidate Marine Safety And Security Teams from five cities, and then transfer them to Boston as a cost-cutting measure.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovber and Gila (nee Wasserman) Marshall (Toronto, Canada) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Itzik and Chanie (nee Avtzon) Wolf (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Photos: Kinus Melava Malka and General Session
Motzoai Shabbos, before the general session of the Kinus, thousands of Shlucous met in the Oholei Torah lunch room for a Seudas Melava Malka and mini centers spa. Following the Melava Malka, the shlucous packed into the Oholei Torah main ballroom for the general session, chaired by Mrs. Rivky Brikman from Brooklyn, NY.
Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a “stealth tax” — launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.
The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
New York’s Phantom Taxes
The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show.
Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a “stealth tax” — launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.
The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Esty (nee Lazar) Raitport (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Rafi Mogilevsky (Toronto, Canada) and Yonit Raphaely (South Africa) on their engagement.
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – Monday Night L’Chaims!
Yossi Lewis (Crown Heights) and Mushki Newman (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA)
ITH at the Jewish Childrens Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Photos: 770 Young Shluchos!
Running concurrent to the Kinus Hashluchos is the no-less-important Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos, the Young Shluchos from around the world. In its largest Kinus yet there are 770 Shluchos and staff members in attendance!
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [KCRG] — A former Agriprocessors human resource employee was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to one year probation for helping to hire illegal workers at the meatpacking plant.
Video – Agriprocessors Employee Sentenced to Probation
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [KCRG] — A former Agriprocessors human resource employee was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to one year probation for helping to hire illegal workers at the meatpacking plant.
ISRAEL [YWN] — Once again, Israel ultra-libertarian High Court of Justice has ruled in favor of tearing children away from yiddishkeit, ordering the return of two children, members of the Chabad community, to their non-Jewish father. In this case, the Hadera Family Court and the Haifa District Court which heard the appeal felt there would be “no significant harm” to the children by sending them to France, to live with the non-Jewish biological father. The High Court did not overrule the decision of the lower courts.
Israeli Court Gives Chabad Kids to Non-Jewish Father
ISRAEL [YWN] — Once again, Israel ultra-libertarian High Court of Justice has ruled in favor of tearing children away from yiddishkeit, ordering the return of two children, members of the Chabad community, to their non-Jewish father. In this case, the Hadera Family Court and the Haifa District Court which heard the appeal felt there would be “no significant harm” to the children by sending them to France, to live with the non-Jewish biological father. The High Court did not overrule the decision of the lower courts.
Gallery: “Noach Adventures” Camp, from Brazil to CH
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — For the eighth time, “Noach Adventures” showed that touring and torah is a great camp combo.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Light of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, on Thursday Night.
She is survived by her husband, Berl, sons Yossi (Crown Heights), Nachi (Crown Heights), Chaim (Far Rockaway), and Levi (Fair Lawn).
The family is sitting Shiva until Thursday Morning at 804 Susan Place, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Davening times are as follows: Shacharis - 2 minyanim: 6:30am Mincha - 2 minyanim: 5:05pm Maariv - 2 minyanim: b'zmana
e-mail: yossilight@gmail.com
The family asks to not visit after 10:00pm.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Sarah Light OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Light of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, on Thursday Night.
She is survived by her husband, Berl, sons Yossi (Crown Heights), Nachi (Crown Heights), Chaim (Far Rockaway), and Levi (Fair Lawn).
The family is sitting Shiva until Thursday Morning at 804 Susan Place, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Davening times are as follows: Shacharis – 2 minyanim: 6:30am Mincha – 2 minyanim: 5:05pm Maariv – 2 minyanim: b’zmana
e-mail: yossilight@gmail.com
The family asks to not visit after 10:00pm.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Photos: Shluchos in the Rebbe’s Room and Library
Hundreds of Chabad Shluchos got an opportunity last night to visit the Rebbe’s room in 770 for a moment to Daven, while Rabbi Sholom Ber Levin led a number of tours for Shluchos through the Central Chabad-Lubavitch Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
