Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Binyomin Rozenberg (Toronto, Ontario) and Yehudis Nacca (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yisrael and Sara Rosenfeld (Melbourne, Australia) 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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Picture of the Day – Chabad on Campus Group Photo
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Sholom Rubashkin awakens early in his downtown Sioux Falls motel, prays at 6:45 a.m., chats with his lawyers and heads four blocks south for the legal fight of his life.
Behind him, in a wood-paneled federal courtroom, throngs of Orthodox Jews with beards and skullcaps gather to watch his trial.
Rubashkin Draws A Loyal Following
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Sholom Rubashkin awakens early in his downtown Sioux Falls motel, prays at 6:45 a.m., chats with his lawyers and heads four blocks south for the legal fight of his life.
Behind him, in a wood-paneled federal courtroom, throngs of Orthodox Jews with beards and skullcaps gather to watch his trial.
Mazal Tov! – Monday Night L’Chaim!
Yitzchok Smith (Pretoria, South Africa) and Yehudis Rumbak (Tampa, FL) .
IYH at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Pedestrian Struck Crossing the Parkway
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — It’s the second incident in less then ten days where a Bochur crossing eastern parkway in the middle was run down by a passing car. The most recent incident happened this afternoon at around 2:15pm when an Israeli Bochur attempted to cross in the middle of the street near 770.
Tight Vote Shows Brooklyn falls out of Love with Bloomberg
Brooklyn to Bloomberg: Show us some love.
Mayor Bloomberg’s 6 percentage point loss to Controller William Thompson in Brooklyn revealed deep frustration with the mayor.

Photos: The Campus Shabbaton Havdalah
Culminating a Shabbos filled with spirituality was the traditional musical Havdalah ceremony in which over 750 students that came and spent Shabbos in Crown Heights.
It came as no surprise when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was announced as mayor re-elect for his third term in office, but what was surprising was the much narrower win with which Bloomberg took the victory.
Opinion: Does Crown Heights have a Political Action Committee?
It came as no surprise when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was announced as mayor re-elect for his third term in office, but what was surprising was the much narrower win with which Bloomberg took the victory.
JERUSALEM, Israel — For the past 10 days, the State of Israel has been waging a battle against the New York Times, for what it calls tendentious and unfair coverage of the Jewish state.
Israel Wages Battle Against ‘NY Times’
JERUSALEM, Israel — For the past 10 days, the State of Israel has been waging a battle against the New York Times, for what it calls tendentious and unfair coverage of the Jewish state.
Photos: First Mishmor of 5770 in Sydney, Australia!
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Around 30 children got together with the Talmidai Hashluchim for this year, 5770’s, first Mishmor! The boys sat and learned together, enjoyed ‘hot chips’ [or as Americans know is, French Fries] and had an exciting balloon race.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Srulie and Sara Eidelman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Next week’s Kinus Hashluchim will bring to Crown Heights an influx of shluchim coming to recharge and reconnect with their comrades around the world.
The Kinus also affords shluchim the opportunity to stock up on resources for their Chabad Houses.
MyShliach to Shluchim: Bring Home Gift for Your Children
Next week’s Kinus Hashluchim will bring to Crown Heights an influx of shluchim coming to recharge and reconnect with their comrades around the world.
The Kinus also affords shluchim the opportunity to stock up on resources for their Chabad Houses.

Loaves of Love at UConn
Last Wednesday, Chabad, AEPhi and AEPi joined for the Loaves of Love program at UConn. Close to 60 sorority and fraternity members crowded into the small common room of the AEPi house. They rolled out the Challah dough, braided them and added some toppings. Everyone was invited to make “one to give away, and one to keep,” said Shaindel Hecht, director of Chabad at UConn. For many it was a first in Challah baking as Elana Quiroga of UConn puts it, “I had fun making challah for the first time!”
The Chai Learning Center of West Houston, located at 14133 Memorial Dr., one block west of Kirkwood Dr., is the product of a growing and spiritually hungry Jewish community on the city’s west side, explained the center’s founder and director, Rabbi Dovid Goldstein.
Chai on Learning in West Houston
In what started out as a mere lunch-n-learn program nearly a decade ago, today, has become West Houston’s newest full-fledged Jewish education institution, complete with children’s Hebrew school, adult-learning classes and, of course, Shabbat and holiday events.
The Chai Learning Center of West Houston, located at 14133 Memorial Dr., one block west of Kirkwood Dr., is the product of a growing and spiritually hungry Jewish community on the city’s west side, explained the center’s founder and director, Rabbi Dovid Goldstein.