BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This years Jewish Learning Institutes conference took place in the heart of Brooklyn, in the halls of the Polytechnic University in the Metrotech Center.
Departing from the normal multi-day conference this year it was packed in to one solid day of sessions without the burdens transportation to distant hotels or resorts, a move which was met with enthusiasm from the Shluchim in attendance.
Tragedy struck the Jewish community of Baltimore when a freak traffic accident claimed the life of a 53-year-old resident heading to a doctor’s appointment after visiting his mother.
Avrohom Goldstein, a beloved figure in the local Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva where he volunteered and studied with the students, passed away the morning of June 8 when his vehicle hit a guardrail and flipped over.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A wild police chase ended on a Crown Heights sidewalk and the arrest of the driver of a stolen van.
MONROE, NY [CHI] — Chabad’s Jewish Women’s Circle recently held its gala event, “The Queen’s Tea”, a fund-raiser to benefit the Camp Gan Israel Scholarship fund. Eighty women from throughout the county attended the elegant affair, held in the ballroom of the estate of Dr. Seth and Nadine Pulver.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Alti Burston (Los Angeles, CA) and Dini Rapoport (Long Beach, CA) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Dassy (nee Light) Tennenhaus (Hallandale, FL ) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yankie and Mindy (nee Toron) Rosenblum (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi and Chanie (nee Deren) Backman (Shluchim to Tufts University) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
LONDON England [CHI] — Earlier this week at the home of Mohel Rabbi Yossi Simon there was a triple Pidyon Haben for 3 boys, ages 7-years-old, 11-months-old and 9-months-old! Each boy had a separate Kohen to redeem them.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi Berkowitz (Southfield MI) and Etty Grossbaum (Melbourne Austrailia) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at the Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmully (ben R Levi) Hecht (Crown Heights) and Dina Metal (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening at Lubavitcher Yeshivah Crown St Crown Heights Hatzalah held their annual community health symposium with Maimonides Medical Center. A raffle was held at the end of the event, Arik Raskin of Crown Heights won the $18,000 raffle. Tickets were available for purchase on Hatzalah’s website Hatzalah.ch, the proceeds of which benefit Hatzalah by enabling them to purchase necessary medical equipment and maintain it.
Chaim Brod (Los Angeles, CA) and Chanie Kesselman (London, UK) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yehuda Cowen (Pittsburgh, PA) and Chaya Hoch (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IYH at 638 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Tzali Perlow (Crown Heights) and Miriam Wilmowsky (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
Shmully Hecht (Crown Heights) and Dina Metal (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid (Dmitri) Salita (Brooklyn, NY) and Alona Aharonov (West Bloomfield, MI) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Another year of achievements and accomplishments was marked the students of Darchai Menachem in a graduation ceremony with their proud parents in attendance.
POSTVILLE, IA — The court-appointed trustee of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville asked a judge today to approve the sale of the slaughterhouse to a newly formed Iowa company that bought the debt held by the plant’s two largest creditors.
The bankruptcy trustee, Joseph Sarachek, filed a motion in U.S. bankruptcy court asking the judge to allow the sale to SHF Industries, LLC.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The eighth grade Bochurim from Oholei Torah had their own Chinese auction today, Tuesday. The Bochurim used the points they earned throughout the year to get tickets for a chances to win lots of diffrent prizes. We would like to wish Mazal Tov to all the winners and thank all those who sponsored prizes.
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