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By Alex Ginsburg for the NY Post
QUEENS, NY — The Queens assistant principal stricken with swine flu succumbed to the deadly virus today, the first person to die in the city from the disease, hospital officials said.

“We were treating him very aggressively,” said Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen. “Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening.”

The sick man, Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Jamaica Estates, first fell ill more than a week ago, but didn't seek help at the hospital until his symptoms became severe early Wednesday morning.

Since that time, he's been in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator.

Boruch Dayan Emes – Jew First New Yorker to Die from Flu

By Alex Ginsburg for the NY Post

QUEENS, NY — The Queens assistant principal stricken with swine flu succumbed to the deadly virus today, the first person to die in the city from the disease, hospital officials said.

“We were treating him very aggressively,” said Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen. “Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening.”

The sick man, Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Jamaica Estates, first fell ill more than a week ago, but didn’t seek help at the hospital until his symptoms became severe early Wednesday morning.

Since that time, he’s been in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator.

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Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Yisroel Sperlin (Montreal, Canada) and Chayale Shusterman (Beverley Hills, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

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Lag BaOmer Celebration on the Beach

Over 150 people attended a Grand Lag Bomer BBQ Celebration on the Beach. The BBQ & Bonfire, which took place at the Pelican Park Beach in Satellite Beach was complete with delicious food and fun for all. The family celebration included a Kosher Barbecue, a large Bonfire and singing Kumzits, Jewish Music, Kite Flying for the children, Water Balloons and a grand Watermelon Hunt (a watermelon is buried in the sand for the children to find).

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The worldwide Living Torah-thon is about to end. Hundreds of people from around the world have given graciously to help keep Living Torah going. Step up and get involved – help keep the inspiration coming!

To produce Living Torah week in and week out, it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every week, thousands and thousands of people watch Living Torah at home, in their shuls or at schools. Please give even a small donation to keep the Living Torah’s inspiration coming…even if it’s only $36, $18, or $10.

Living Torah-Thon Coming to a close!

The worldwide Living Torah-thon is about to end. Hundreds of people from around the world have given graciously to help keep Living Torah going. Step up and get involved – help keep the inspiration coming!

To produce Living Torah week in and week out, it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every week, thousands and thousands of people watch Living Torah at home, in their shuls or at schools. Please give even a small donation to keep the Living Torah’s inspiration coming…even if it’s only $36, $18, or $10.

Chabad News

Lag BaOmer in Kharkov Ukraine

The main streets of Kharkov were closed at 10am in the morning in preparation for a special Lag Baomer parade celebrating the year of Hakhel . The police filled the streets and stopped trolleybuses and traffic on the main streets Pushkinskaya and Sumskaya as the Jewish community of Kharkov marched with pride passed the mayor’s office and the locals smiled and watched the crowd.

Shlichus
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Imagine you are the motivational director of the strategic planning committee in heaven. You are asked to develop a way for the Yidden constantly inspired about Yiddeshkeit, to ensure a heightened awareness of what they need to know, to make sure they have a useful way to spend their time, and to give them something to look forward to.

Though the goals given to you are central to Jewish continuity, you are having difficulty finding an easy fix for this issue. Then you realize. The all in one fix is Torah learning.

Click here for more “Things to Think About”.

Myth Busters – The All-In-One Fix

Imagine you are the motivational director of the strategic planning committee in heaven. You are asked to develop a way for the Yidden constantly inspired about Yiddeshkeit, to ensure a heightened awareness of what they need to know, to make sure they have a useful way to spend their time, and to give them something to look forward to.

Though the goals given to you are central to Jewish continuity, you are having difficulty finding an easy fix for this issue. Then you realize. The all in one fix is Torah learning.

Click here for more “Things to Think About”.

PSA

Lag BaOmer Reaches Baltimore!

by Avraham Kroll

Lag Ba’omer, the thirty third day of the Omer is a time when some seemingly mundane activities take on deep mystical significance. In past generations children would go out to the field with bows and arrows, sing songs, and publicly celebrate their heritage. In more recent years the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged that there should be parades with floats and music to encourage Jewish pride. This he said to do with as many people as possible and wherever possible to bring the message of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai to every corner of the world. Especially since this year is a Shnas Hakhel, a year of gathering when in the time of the Temple, Jews from around the world would gather together to rejoice and hear the King read from the Torah.

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CrownHeights.info and the Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Enan, Gitty Francis and their two children, who have BH newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe's Shluchim. Brought down by Rabbi Shea Hecht, they will be taking on the position of Principal at the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy of Orange CT

A special thank you to Rabbi Shea Hecht and Ari Caroline.

The new Shluchim can be reached at enanfrancis@gmail.com

Announcing New Shluchim to Connecticut!

CrownHeights.info and the Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Enan, Gitty Francis and their two children, who have BH newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Brought down by Rabbi Shea Hecht, they will be taking on the position of Principal at the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy of Orange CT

A special thank you to Rabbi Shea Hecht and Ari Caroline.

The new Shluchim can be reached at enanfrancis@gmail.com

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By Rabbi Yossi Gordon, Director of Chabad on Campus
Sholom Aleichem. Imagine a priceless thing that no one wants. If it’s priceless, why doesn’t everyone want it? If no one wants it, why is it priceless? Please read on:

When the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880-1950), left Soviet Russia after miraculously being freed from a death sentence, he was asked for his reaction to his recent experiences. He answered:

“If you wanted to give me a million dollars to go through it again, I would refuse. But if you wanted to give me a million dollars to erase one moment of the suffering I just went through, I would refuse that too.”

One seldom encounters a person who stands up for what is right even when life itself hangs in the balance. People who are harassed by powerful governments and hold steadfast to truth and their belief in G-d’s mercy are indeed heroic. You might think that I am describing a case that happened under some villainous totalitarian regime. Sadly, I am referring to events that occur in these hallowed (Yes, I really mean hallowed, as in sacred) United States of America.

No Sale! – Parshas Behar-Bechukosai

By Rabbi Yossi Gordon, Director of Chabad on Campus

Sholom Aleichem. Imagine a priceless thing that no one wants. If it’s priceless, why doesn’t everyone want it? If no one wants it, why is it priceless? Please read on:

When the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880-1950), left Soviet Russia after miraculously being freed from a death sentence, he was asked for his reaction to his recent experiences. He answered:

“If you wanted to give me a million dollars to go through it again, I would refuse. But if you wanted to give me a million dollars to erase one moment of the suffering I just went through, I would refuse that too.”

One seldom encounters a person who stands up for what is right even when life itself hangs in the balance. People who are harassed by powerful governments and hold steadfast to truth and their belief in G-d’s mercy are indeed heroic. You might think that I am describing a case that happened under some villainous totalitarian regime. Sadly, I am referring to events that occur in these hallowed (Yes, I really mean hallowed, as in sacred) United States of America.

Something Jewish
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We are offering the community a crash course on CPR and First Aid that will teach quick-action, life-saving skills and techniques. The course will cover the proper steps for administering emergency CPR, what to do for choking victims of all ages and the basics of first aid for many common emergencies. The program will also provide a question-and-answer session. The goal is to equip as many people as possible with the knowledge and skills to do what must be done when every second counts.

Learn CPR and First Aid

We are offering the community a crash course on CPR and First Aid that will teach quick-action, life-saving skills and techniques. The course will cover the proper steps for administering emergency CPR, what to do for choking victims of all ages and the basics of first aid for many common emergencies. The program will also provide a question-and-answer session. The goal is to equip as many people as possible with the knowledge and skills to do what must be done when every second counts.

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by Getzy Markowitz - Jewish Thought in Simple Words

Spending Lag Beomer day with my nephew this week sent me down memory lane to the days when thousands of children marched down the famous Lag Beomer parade route at Lubavitch World Headquarters.

I cannot purport to remember the Rebbe's address to the legions of men, women, and children, who came from across the metropolitan area to join in the show of Jewish unity. I wont profess to recall every detail of the events that took place only a couple of times in my youth, as the parades were only held when Lag Beomer was on a Sunday. However, I can look back on one time that I actually marched with my kindergarten class by the grand podium from which the Rebbe viewed the procession.

Op-Ed: Children of Believers

by Getzy Markowitz – Jewish Thought in Simple Words

Spending Lag Beomer day with my nephew this week sent me down memory lane to the days when thousands of children marched down the famous Lag Beomer parade route at Lubavitch World Headquarters.

I cannot purport to remember the Rebbe’s address to the legions of men, women, and children, who came from across the metropolitan area to join in the show of Jewish unity. I wont profess to recall every detail of the events that took place only a couple of times in my youth, as the parades were only held when Lag Beomer was on a Sunday. However, I can look back on one time that I actually marched with my kindergarten class by the grand podium from which the Rebbe viewed the procession.

Something Jewish
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Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Mendele and Chana Raizel (nee Rodal) Sossonko.
IYH at Khal Chassidim, Baumgarten Shul, 1612 Carroll St [corner Schenectady Ave].

Mordechai and Chavie Palace.
IYH at 888 Montgomery St Apt A14 [between Troy and Schenectady Ave].

Levi and Tzippy Israel.
IYH at 810 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Boruch Shalom and Faigy (nee Roitblat) Schwei.
IYH at 796 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Levi and Esther Blum.
IYH at 581 Montgomery St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Yossi and Hinda Friedman.
IYH at 726 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Mendy and Dina Goldshmid.
IYH at Bais Shmuel, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Boruch and Zlatie Benjaminson .
IYH at 14 Tikvah Way, Morristown, NJ 07960.

Sruli and Danielle (nee Zuchowski) Perlman (Valley Village, CA) .

Mendel and Rochel (nee Sternberg) Edelman (Shluchim to Luxembourg) .
IYH at the Chabad House, 6 Rue Albert 1er, 1117 Luxemburg City, Luxembourg.

Please stay tuned as we update this list when information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.

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