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By Grant Schulte for WCF Courier
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Two kosher meat sellers who regularly bought from Agriprocessors Inc. testified today that they were unaware that the eastern Iowa slaughterhouse allegedly attached their business names to made-up debts which were then used to defraud a bank.
But one of the sellers, Aaron Tzivin, who owns the Crown Heights House of Glatt in Brooklyn, N.Y, told jurors that he still has a good relationship with the plant's former owners, the Rubashkin family.
Lubavitchers Testify at Rubashkin Trial
By Grant Schulte for WCF Courier
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Two kosher meat sellers who regularly bought from Agriprocessors Inc. testified today that they were unaware that the eastern Iowa slaughterhouse allegedly attached their business names to made-up debts which were then used to defraud a bank.
But one of the sellers, Aaron Tzivin, who owns the Crown Heights House of Glatt in Brooklyn, N.Y, told jurors that he still has a good relationship with the plant’s former owners, the Rubashkin family.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Shula Swerdlov, a 3 and a half year old girl was fatally injured in a hit and run accident in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Volunteers in the United Hatzalah organization responded to the scene and for a long hour attempted to revive the girl then transporting her to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Shula is the daughter of a Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov who work in the Tourisim outreach division of Tzerei Agudat Chabad in Israel, and grandparents Reb Leibel and Miriam Swerdlov in Crown Heights.
Shula Swerdlov OBM, 3, Killed in Horrific Accident
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Shula Swerdlov, a 3 and a half year old girl was fatally injured in a hit and run accident in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Volunteers in the United Hatzalah organization responded to the scene and for a long hour attempted to revive the girl then transporting her to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Shula is the daughter of a Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov who work in the Tourisim outreach division of Tzerei Agudat Chabad in Israel, and grandparents Reb Leibel and Miriam Swerdlov in Crown Heights.
Chabad’s Sukkos Events Make Fall Holiday a Public Affair
Michele Dixler of Monroe, right, recites the blessing on “the Four Kinds,” one of the mitzvoth of the holiday, while in the Sukkah with Rabbi Pesach Burston, left
MONROE, NY [CHI] — Children and adults of all ages learned about the beauty and joy of the Jewish “autumn” holidays – beginning with the High Holy-Days, and culminating with the festivities of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Chabad of Orange County, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, organized these events.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy (ben Gavriel) Gopin (Crown Heights) and Rikkel Loebenstein (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yitzchok Lerman (Crown Heights) and Bina Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
By S. Fridman for Lubavitch.com
CYPRUS — When Randi Luxenberg was planning her 25th wedding anniversary, she came up with a gift idea for her husband, Arthur that was anything but same old, same old:
A newly inscribed Torah scroll.
A Torah-on-Loan Travels To North Cyprus
By S. Fridman for Lubavitch.com
CYPRUS — When Randi Luxenberg was planning her 25th wedding anniversary, she came up with a gift idea for her husband, Arthur that was anything but same old, same old:
A newly inscribed Torah scroll.
L’Chaim: Benjaminson – Perl
Pictures from the L’Chaim of Levi Benjaminson (Crown Heights) and Shainy Perl (Los Angeles, CA) took place Monday night in the Jewish Childrens Museum.
Crown Heights Diligence – Learning During Chol Hamoed
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This past Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Yagdil Torah and Agudas Avreichim Lubavitch got together to arrange a most extensive array of shiurim. This was done in the spirit of the Rebbe’s words (Parshas Tzav 5731) that Chol Hamoed is a time when one can fulfill “You should study them (the words of Torah) all day and night” in the most literal sense.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Leibel Kahanov (Jacksonville, FL) and Chana Stery Bryski (Agoura Hills, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Chay Sarah Rochel bas Fechke
Chaya Musha Bas Chana
Eliyahu Yaakov HaKohen ben Devorah
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Asher and Miriam (nee Newfield) Friedman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendel and Chaya (nee Brennan) Goldberg (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
lubavitch.com
FRANCE — Chabad representative in Marseille, France, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Labkowsky was presented with a medal of honor by the city’s police department for his work with Jewish inmates in the prisons of southern France.
“Rabbi Labkowsky serves as a model for excellence and tireless dedication,” said the district commander of southern France, who placed the medal on the Rabbi’s lapel in the presence of the French police commissioner.
Shliach to Marseille Recognized for Outreach Activities
lubavitch.com
FRANCE — Chabad representative in Marseille, France, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Labkowsky was presented with a medal of honor by the city’s police department for his work with Jewish inmates in the prisons of southern France.
“Rabbi Labkowsky serves as a model for excellence and tireless dedication,” said the district commander of southern France, who placed the medal on the Rabbi’s lapel in the presence of the French police commissioner.
By Chuck Bennett for the NY Post
NEW YORK — This jihadist wannabe is a “terror” on the road.
Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedicab by day and propagandizes for the terrorists he idolizes by night.
Bike-Cab Jihad Jerk is a Hate ‘Pedaler’
By Chuck Bennett for the NY Post
NEW YORK — This jihadist wannabe is a “terror” on the road.
Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedicab by day and propagandizes for the terrorists he idolizes by night.
Maccabi Looses 91-106 in Exhibition Game vs. NY Knicks
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Many Israelis, Lubavitchers attended an exhibition game between the Knicks and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv at Madison Square Garden Sunday, played mainly to benefit Migdal Ohr, an Israeli orphanage.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yossi and Aidie Baron (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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