Mazal Tov! – 3 Tuesday Night L’Chaims!
Tzvi Greenberg (Morristown, NJ) and Chaya Morosow (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Yonatan Sanford (Seattle, WA) and Sarah Williamson (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
Levi Hershkowitz (Crown Heights) and Avigail Fradkin (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at 1586 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
Cheder Menachem of LA’s Tzivos Hashem Grand Expo
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Thursday, the 12th of Sivan, saw the entire Anash of Los Angeles, CA gather at Cheder Menachem, the Chabad Elementary boy’s school for the annual Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Grand Expo.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over the last week the Department of Transportation changed out street parking signs along the corners of Empire Boulevard restricting parking close to the intersections. So far the intersections of Troy and Empire along with Brooklyn and Empire have been changed to no parking zones.
New Parking Regulations on Empire Blvd.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over the last week the Department of Transportation changed out street parking signs along the corners of Empire Boulevard restricting parking close to the intersections. So far the intersections of Troy and Empire along with Brooklyn and Empire have been changed to no parking zones.
Pictures from the wedding of Mendy Weiss (Manchester, England) and Chanale Baumgarten (East Hampton, LI) took place Sunday night in the Hamptons. Photos by Yaakov Rosenthal - Photography and Video (718) 221-0483.
Wedding: Weiss – Baumgarten
Pictures from the wedding of Mendy Weiss (Manchester, England) and Chanale Baumgarten (East Hampton, LI) took place Sunday night in the Hamptons. Photos by Yaakov Rosenthal – Photography and Video (718) 221-0483.
Pictures from the wedding of Dovi Wachtel (Toronto, Canada) and Russie Woonteiler (Crown Heights) took place Sunday night in the Beis Rivka Ballroom. Photos by BYK.
Wedding: Wachtel – Woonteiler
Pictures from the wedding of Dovi Wachtel (Toronto, Canada) and Russie Woonteiler (Crown Heights) took place Sunday night in the Beis Rivka Ballroom. Photos by BYK.
Pictures from the L'Chaim of Yisroel (ben R Peretz) Laine (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gopin (West Hartford, CT) took place Sunday night in the Razag Ballroom. Photos by lchayimphotography.com.
L’Chaim: Laine – Gopin
Pictures from the L’Chaim of Yisroel (ben R Peretz) Laine (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gopin (West Hartford, CT) took place Sunday night in the Razag Ballroom. Photos by lchayimphotography.com.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — A unique, special project is nearing its realization—the central mass celebration of 107 Bar Mitzvah boys from all across Israel who joined for a preparatory course under the auspices of social-services organization Colel Chabad.
Colel Chabad’s Mass Bar Mitzvah for 107 Orphans
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — A unique, special project is nearing its realization—the central mass celebration of 107 Bar Mitzvah boys from all across Israel who joined for a preparatory course under the auspices of social-services organization Colel Chabad.
Midnight Accident on Eastern Parkway
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 12:00am Sunday Night two cars collided in the intersection of Troy Avenue and Eastern Parkway, with a total of 5 passengers on board. One Yid who heard the sound from the collision called 911, Hatzalah and Shomrim.
The recently released Mayer Rivkin Music Video “It Happened Yom Kippur”, revived by Infinity Productions, will soon be sent out in HD DVD form, to over 1000 Shluchim throughout the United States. A colorful attractive jacket and packaging with original graphic art-work, was prepared for this music video. The song was composed and the lyrics written during the summer of 1974 at Camp Gan Israel, Montreal, Canada. It describes a young Israeli soldier in a conversation with his father, as he prepares to go into battle.
New Rivkin Music Video “The Promise” Released Soon
The recently released Mayer Rivkin Music Video “It Happened Yom Kippur”, revived by Infinity Productions, will soon be sent out in HD DVD form, to over 1000 Shluchim throughout the United States. A colorful attractive jacket and packaging with original graphic art-work, was prepared for this music video. The song was composed and the lyrics written during the summer of 1974 at Camp Gan Israel, Montreal, Canada. It describes a young Israeli soldier in a conversation with his father, as he prepares to go into battle.
Mazal Tov ! It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Asher Noam and Doba Webb (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
While men were still in Shul on Friday night a woman called the Shomrim hotline and stated that there was a Black male who broke into her building, 575 East New York Avenue, and was trying to get into apartments. Many Shomrim members responded and upon arrival all they found to be missing was one bicycle from the garage area.
Shomrim Apprehend Burglar & Return Missing Child over Shabbos
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos Shomrim radios crackled to life on two separate occasions over Shabbos, the first a call for a burglar inside of a Jewish building on Friday night, and the second from the Police Precinct after officers found a young Jewish special needs child wandering on Nostrand Avenue alone.
While men were still in Shul on Friday night a woman called the Shomrim hotline and stated that there was a Black male who broke into her building, 575 East New York Avenue, and was trying to get into apartments. Many Shomrim members responded and upon arrival all they found to be missing was one bicycle from the garage area.

Sperlin Hosts Fundraiser for State Senator
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The new Vaad Hakhol of Crown Heights hosted a fundraiser for State Senator John Sampson this past Thursday night. The State Senator has represented District 19 in the New York State Senate, which comprises Crown Heights, as well as some surrounding neighborhoods, since being elected in 1996. The fundraiser was held at the home of Chanina Sperlin.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Yisroel Laine (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gopin (West Hartford, CT) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Shneur Edelkopf (Kiryat Malachi, Israel) and Chaya Lipszyc (Toronto, Canada)
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Itche and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Beis Levi Yitzchok Completes and Dedicates new Torah
Members of the Beis Levi Yitzchok Shul on Crown Street completed a new Sefer Torah for their Shul. The Torah was dedicated in memory of Reb Levi Yitzchok, the Rebbes Father.
4-Story-Building Colapse near Crown Heights
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Firefighters were on the scene of a building that collapsed in Brooklyn.
The four-story building on Myrtle Avenue in the Fort Greene section housed several apartments but luckily, no one was home.
Photos: Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 8th Grades Graduate
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The eighth grades of Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street graduated today in a ceremony with their parents and teachers in attendance. The Bochurim will be starting Mesivta next year.