RUNNING SPRINGS, CA [CHI] — If three times are a charm then three Bar Mitzvahs in one night is about as charming as it gets. Not one, not two, but three Young men celebrated their Bar Mitzvah last night. Making History as the first Hat-trick Bar Mitzvah in Gan Israel Running Springs History
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Recently a new company came into the market, by the name “Of a Nash”.
This company is shechting and processing poultry under the strict supervisor of Rabbi Boruch Dov Lesches, the Chief Rabbi and Av Bais Din of the Lubavitch Kehilla of Monsey, New York, and who is known as an expert in Shechita and Kashrus for many years.
While en route from Chicago to Minneapolis last weekend, three guys in a Dodge Sprinter heard about a small town halfway to their destination. They decided to pull over for a few hours, still eager to reach the Twin Cities in time for Shabbat. Though they found themselves in Wisconsin Dells, water park capital of the world, their appearance made a splash of a decidedly non-aquatic nature.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Eliyahu Dov Horowitz (Crown Heights) and Shoshana Rochvarger (Rishon Letzion, Israel) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Levi and Leah (nee Altein) Lipskar (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
I would like to wish Mazal Tov to my friend Chezi Denebeim (Palm Springs, CA) and Sima Chitrik (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at the Chitrik’s, 730 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
GREENWICH, CT [CHI] — Earlier today, Tuesday, the Fourth National Jewish Retreat got underway in the luxurious Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, CT. A record number of participants registered to attend, selling out the entire hotel.
Nachman Bronstein will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Miriam bas Dovid Shlomo at his home in Monsey, 10 Tracey Court, during the following times:
Thursday, August 13: 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Friday, August 14: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Motzai Shabbos Re’eh: 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Call in your condolences to 845-362-8338 or email nachmanbr@aol.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avremel and Shaina (nee Abenson) Dubroff (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
For Jewish travelers and academics exploring Salonica, Greece’s second-largest city and a fabled crossroads between Europe and the East, a new center endorsed by the local community is providing a menu of religious services previously offered on a spotty basis.
Bris Avrohom of Hillside, NJ, recently held a Bar Mitzvah program in Israel for 13 boys from the Former Soviet Union. The children selected for this special program live in the southern cities in Israel, such as Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon and others, and have all been affected by the fighting in Gaza. Without our funding, these children would have had no Bar Mitzvah celebration at all.
Children of Shluchim who are currently at sleep away camps around the country, as well as those on location at their families Chabad Houses, were surprised to receive a special gift in the mail. When they opened their packages, they found sport water bottles filled with yummy goodies sent from “MyShliach”.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur was robbed at gun point late Thursday night on his way home. The incident took place on Albany Avenue and Park Place at approximately 2:00am when he was approached by a talk black man who pulled a gun on him and demanded his shoulder bag and the contents of his pockets.
It was a perfect summer day when Steven Altman set out from a suburban airstrip in his single-engine plane, heading up to northern New Jersey to pick up his brother and nephew and take them to the beach.
There was nothing in the weather forecast or in Altman’s aviation files to portend the horrifying accident that would happen Saturday 1,100 feet over the Hudson River, when his aircraft smashed into a tourist helicopter, killing nine people.
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