Chabad Jewish Learning Center Gets $640,000 Boost

The Winnipeg Free Press

Drawing of the Chabad of Winnipeg planned Jewish center.

WINNIPEG — Plans to build a new Jewish Learning Centre in Winnipeg’s south end just got a $640,000 boost from the federal and provincial governments.

Winnipeg South Tory MP Rod Bruinooge announced $320,000 for the centre Sunday under Ottawa’s new shovel-ready infrastructure stimulus fund. The province matched the amount.

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Weekly Picture of the Rebbe!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute are proud to present a beautiful photo of the Rebbe from the N’shei Chabad convention in 1990. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Yagdil Torah’s Last Daled Minim Shiur Tonight

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The final shiur in the series of Hichos Daled Minim will take place tonight, Wednesday Chof-Zayin Elul September 16th, 8:15 pm at the Kollel on 1483 Union St [corner of Kingston Ave]. Rabbi Yehudah Benshimon will give over valuable information regarding the details purchasing your Daled Minim as well as the Halachos pertaining to it.

Anti-Smoking Mike Dubious of Cigarette Arrests

By David Seifman for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bloomberg indicated yesterday that he supports the idea of a smoking ban in parks and beaches, but has reservations about how it would be enforced.

“Nobody is more of a believer in saving lives and stopping smoking,” Bloomberg said. “In fact, we already ban smoking, for example, in playgrounds.”

“Jewish Jordan” Retires from Professional Basketball

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Tamir Goodman, the “Jewish Jordan”, announced today his retirement from professional basketball during a press conference and fundraiser at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Goodman, 27, who played his last season with the Maccabi Haifa professional basketball team (Israeli Premier League), has been named the Director of the Haifa Hoops for Kids charity program, an initiative spearheaded by Maccabi Haifa and United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, which benefits underprivileged and special needs children in Israel.

New Torah to Chabad House of Eastern Michigan!

FLINT, MI [CHI] — Members of the Jewish community in Flint, Michigan celebrated the completion and dedication of a new Sefer Torah. The Torah was written in memory of Mrs. Freida Bluma Polter OBM, and was sponsored by the community members.

New Years Gift

Rabbi Chaim Jacobs (L), Director Of Lubavitch of Scotland together with Provost Mackie of East Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow and Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, Director of Lubavitch Outreach Programs presenting an Apple and Honey gift in honor of the new year on behalf of Lubavitch of Scotland.

Video: Truck Goes Up in Flames in NJ Accident

Video from the scene of the accident which involved Toms River, NJ Shliach Rabbi Moshe Gourarie. In the video you can see how one of the vehicles, a truck, goes up in flames and its gas tank explodes after the high power electric lines fell on the cars.

Beis Shmuel Slaughters House of Glatt

Top: (L to R) Avremy Zuntz, Levi Feigenson, Noach Hebber, Binyomin Klein, Lipa Lieberman, Chesky Malamud, Nochum Greenwald, Ronen Kaniarski, Menachem M. Krinsky.
Bottom: (L to R) Mendy Smetana, Shmulik Zalmenov, Dovid Teich, Momo Spielman.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Well it wasn’t actually a slaughter, but the underdogs, the Beis Shmuel Mulles, took the 2009 Crown Heights Softball League Champion title. The game was pretty close ending with a score of 6 to 4 at the top of the 7th.