Lubavitch Center of Pittsburgh, held their annual Simchas Beis Hashoeiva for 5770 on Tuesday with music by the Moshe Pekkar Orchestra and singer/songwriter Mendel “the Sheichet”.
An email signed by ten Shluchim was sent out recently calling on Shluchim to dedicate one Hakafah on Simchas Torah in memory of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl HY”D, whose birthday falls out on Simchas Torah.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Two Flatbush Bochurim, on their way to attend Simchas Beis Hashueva in Crown Heights, were involved in a serious accident that injured all those involved.
When I found out that my friend’s baby had been diagnosed with a malignant tumor, my first reaction was, “But it can’t be. I know her.” How could this happen to someone I knew? We were too young to be dealing with such things.
I went to visit her, but she was not home. I don’t know what I would have said. I don’t know if she knew I had dropped by. I did send a card or two to tell Chana Devorah that I was thinking of her. But I didn’t call. I was afraid. What could I possibly say? Since I didn’t call, she didn’t know.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Moshe and Libby (nee Weinberger) Lazoros (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Rivky (nee Grossbaum) Kotlarsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yossi and Mashie (nee Bluming) Slavaticki (Shluchim to Antwerp, Belgium) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK — The NYPD is amassing a database of cell phone users, instructing cops to log serial numbers from suspects’ phones in hopes of connecting them to past or future crimes.
In the era of disposable, anonymous cell phones, the file could be a treasure-trove for detectives investigating drug rings and other criminal enterprises, police sources say.
QATAR [YNet] — Former Israeli billionaire Haim Saban is holding negotiations for the purchase of 50% of the al-Jazeera television network from the Qatari government, Egyptian newspaper al-Mesryoon reported Wednesday. The negotiations are said to be conducted through an Egyptian mediator.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute if happy to present a Beautiful photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Bracha in the early 1970’s. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
New York State Governor David A. Patterson dropped in to Crown Heights as a guest of State Senator Eric Adams, and visited the Jewish Childrens Museum.
CHAMPAIGN, IL [CHI] — Governor Pat Quinn of the state of Illinois, paid a visit to the Sukkah mobile of Chabad at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, headed by Rabbi Dovid and Goldie Tiechtel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Menachem and Gitty Grossman (Flatbush) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Mendy Fisher hosted a fun and joyous Simchas Beis Hashueva for family, friends and neighbors.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Unusually strong gusty winds toppled tens of Sukkahs in Crown Heights and around Brooklyn today, Wednesday. Wind speeds reached as strong as 53mph according to the National Weather Service, causing lots of damage.
NEW YORK [CBS] — There’s a new chief in town — and as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s head honcho, Jay Walder says he’s ready take his first fight to the roads.
His first proposal is an idea that he says can dramatically improve bus service.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has announced that Junior welterweight stalwart, Dmitriy Salita, an observant Jew, is to fight for the WBA light-welterweight title in December. Unbeaten Salita is to fight Amir Khan for the title. Khan is an English-born Muslim who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
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