On Motzai Shabbos over 150 people gathered together for a Melava Malka celebrating the starting of a new Sefer Torah. Merkaz Habracha of Flatbush is having the new Sefer written in memory of Bracha Yafit A”H, daughter R’ Yisroel Chein — founder of Merkaz Habracha organization. Sunday, 2 Shevat marked her 21st Yartzeit. The Sefer is scheduled to be completed on 2 Shevat of next year.
NEWPORT, CA — The California Supreme Court this week rejected a Jewish organization’s appeal against the estate of Joey Bishop, the late entertainer and member of the “Rat Pack.” But the legal battle over his fortune isn’t over yet, an attorney for the Newport Beach Chabad Center said Friday.
Israeli field hospital earns accolades as only aid mission able to do complex surgery in devastated country. CNN reports other missions transfer patients to Israeli base. ABC reports on young woman giving birth there.
You may have heard about the phenomenon called Improv Everywhere, or even encountered it in person. In order to create awareness for its campaign, the Friendship Circle of Michigan created an exact such ‘scene’ at a Detroit Pistons game on Saturday Jan 16th.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avrahom Yeshaya Schtroks (Surrey, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Wolf (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday 8:30pm at 1572 President St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave].
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalman Levin (Palo Alto, CA) and Mushky Lipskier (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Sholom and Rivka Eichler (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter, Ella.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
RUSSIA [FJC] — During some minor reconstruction work in the Kostrama synagogue, Chief Rabbi of Kostroma Nison Ruppo found a deep hole in the synagogue’s kitchen. After examining the pit, which had been filled in with concrete and covered over, it became apparent that the hole had served as the mikvah for the Kostoma community in the years predating the October Revolution. Later on, during the Soviet regime, this mikvah had been filled and then sealed off.
Passengers and crew members from US Airways Flight 1549, including Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, reunited today on the anniversary of the splash landing on the Hudson River.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended today, Monday, January 18 for observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
ORANGE, CT — Through the work of Rabbi Enan Francis, Judaic and secular studies at Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy have come together like never before in the school’s 65-year history.
Francis, 34, is the first person at the private academy at 261 Derby Ave. to serve as principal for both Judaic and secular studies. Francis said it is “not generally the norm” to have one principal for both.
Last week on Sunday January 10th, a group from Chabad of West Side traveled to Crown Heights to bake Matzahs along with their Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Kugel.
Pictures from the wedding of Leibel Kahanov (Jacksonville, FL) and Chana Stery Bryski (Agoura Hills, CA) took place Wednesday night at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel in Woodland Hills, CA.
The Fire Department has booted the city’s volunteer ambulance companies from its emergency 911 system, The Post has learned.
The volunteer ambulances “are no longer required,” a high-ranking EMS chief told dispatchers in an e-mail last month.
Rabbi Shimon Pelman, the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic who crossed the border into neighboring Haiti on Friday, described the contrasts as day and night. The rabbi counseled earthquake survivors in the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince and was briefed on efforts undertaken by United Nations troops and aid workers in the city.
The Facebook-based Chase Community Giving Challenge has been underway since Friday, January 15th. Lasting for one week, this competition challenges 100 nationwide non-profits to harness the power of social networking to gather the most votes. The winning organization wins $1 million from JP Morgan Chase. The subsequent top five organizations win $100,000.
Friendship Circle, the sole Jewish contestant, quickly advanced into 2nd place in a matter of hours. But as the only Jewish organization, they had to suspend their campaign for Shabbos, which began less than 20 hours after voting began.
Over Shabbos, Friendship Circle fell into 9th place, nearly 13,000 votes behind the current first-place leader. Now, Friendship Circle is calling upon the Jewish community to regain their momentum and reclaim their spot in the Top 3.
