Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Leah Grunblatt (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yisroel King (Nashville, TN) and Ashira Welton (Berkeley, CA) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Mimulo, 334 Albany Ave [between Eastern Pkwy and Union Street]
MOSCOW [FJC] — On January 26, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar held a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The event took place on the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Red Army’s liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The conversation touched on the struggle against revisionism of the history of the Second World War, as well as the construction of the Museum of Jewish History.
Chief Rabbi of Russia Meets with Prime Minister Putin
MOSCOW [FJC] — On January 26, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar held a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The event took place on the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Red Army’s liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The conversation touched on the struggle against revisionism of the history of the Second World War, as well as the construction of the Museum of Jewish History.
There will be Melava Malka rally at the Ohel this Motzoi Shabbos, Tu B'Shvat, January 30th. The rally will be for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses leave 770 at 7:00 and return at 9:00. There will be a special program in honor of Tu B'Shvat.
Motzoi Shabbos: Rally at the Ohel
There will be Melava Malka rally at the Ohel this Motzoi Shabbos, Tu B’Shvat, January 30th. The rally will be for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses leave 770 at 7:00 and return at 9:00. There will be a special program in honor of Tu B’Shvat.
Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center's facility.ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.
Court Orders Chabad House Closing
Judge wants more details about fire, safety measures by Feb. 5, orders temporary closing of the Chabad Israeli Center’s facility.
ROCKVILLE, MD — A District Court judge last week ordered the Chabad Israeli Center to temporarily close down the house it operates in Rockville until it can provide city officials with more detailed fire and safety plans.
Computer users seem to be taking reports of security breaches, over the years, as also the recent attacks, on Google's email-service with a huge lump of salt, say security experts.
Study: Simple Passwords are a Hackers’ Delight
Computer users seem to be taking reports of security breaches, over the years, as also the recent attacks, on Google’s email-service with a huge lump of salt, say security experts.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Motti and Chaya (nee Klein) Grossbaum (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Aneta bas Chana, She is having open heart surgery.
Tinok Ben Tziporah.
Jumbotrons at Parade 5770!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the first time ever, technology used by major sporting and entertainment groups will be used outside 770!
A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance ProjectHOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.
Video – Jewish Student Forced to Wear Yellow Star
A Jewish Student was Forced to Wear Star of David for School Holocaust Remembrance Project
HOUSTON, TX — A high school history lesson left one student in tears. The lesson is about the Holocaust and part of the assignment is to wear the Star of David. However, one parent said it made her daughter feel it was more like the scarlet letter.
Chabad at the Beaches Farbreng for Yud Shevat
Shluchim, Bochurim and Mekurovim Farbrenged in Jacksonville Florida with Rabbis Nochum Kurinsky and Mendy Lieberman.
Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo - the iPad.
It's a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.
Apple Debuts the iPad Tablet
Apple honcho Steve Jobs hit the stage Wednesday and took the wraps off his newest cutting-edge gizmo – the iPad.
It’s a touchscreen tablet computer that weighs 1.5 pounds. A half-inch thin, it has 9.7-inch screen and is a cross between a laptop and a smartphone.
WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — A group of the nation's most prominent rabbis gathered in Washington, D.C. today to express their dismay and concern over the premature imprisonment of Sholom Rubashkin, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to closely scrutinize the demands by federal prosecutors in Iowa that Rubashkin be imprisoned before he is sentenced.
Prominent U.S. Rabbis Urge Release of Sholom Rubashkin
WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — A group of the nation’s most prominent rabbis gathered in Washington, D.C. today to express their dismay and concern over the premature imprisonment of Sholom Rubashkin, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to closely scrutinize the demands by federal prosecutors in Iowa that Rubashkin be imprisoned before he is sentenced.
BERLIN, Germany [CHI] — Israeli president Shimon Peres arrived earlier this week in Germany and began his visit to the country marking the upcoming international holocaust remembrance day.
Israeli President Shimon Peres in Berlin with Shluchim
BERLIN, Germany [CHI] — Israeli president Shimon Peres arrived earlier this week in Germany and began his visit to the country marking the upcoming international holocaust remembrance day.
Ottawa Alumni Farbreng for Yud Shvat
Alumni of Ottawa yeshiva Farbrenged last night with the former Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi M. Berger in honor of Yud Shvat at the home of Berel Zaklikofsky in Crown Heights.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yosef Wolf (Chicago, IL) and Mushka Segal (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Rabbi Yisroel Deren
Yagdil Torah arranged a seminar for the community last week with the focus of how we and Yidden deal with tragedy, following the recent accidents which claims young lives from our midst.
Video: the Yiddishe Response to Tragedies
Rabbi Yisroel Deren
Yagdil Torah arranged a seminar for the community last week with the focus of how we and Yidden deal with tragedy, following the recent accidents which claims young lives from our midst.