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By Joshua Runyan

Police gather outside the American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. (Photo: Steven Gorgos)

BINGHAMTON, NY — Members of Binghamton, N.Y.'s tight-knit Jewish community were in shock over the weekend after the death of Roberta “Bobbie” King, a 72-year-old substitute teacher who was one of 13 killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the downtown American Civic Association.

Jewish Community Grapples With Binghamton Tragedy

By Joshua Runyan

Police gather outside the American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. (Photo: Steven Gorgos)

BINGHAMTON, NY — Members of Binghamton, N.Y.’s tight-knit Jewish community were in shock over the weekend after the death of Roberta “Bobbie” King, a 72-year-old substitute teacher who was one of 13 killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the downtown American Civic Association.

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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle

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New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
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)

There are truck loads of free fruits and vegetables at the Jewish Children's Museum [corner Eastern Pkwy and Kingston Ave]. Call you friends and family and let them know.

Come over and pick some up, no questions asked!

UPDATE: there are still some items left as of 9:30pm stay tuned for more tomorrow.

Free Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at the Museum

There are truck loads of free fruits and vegetables at the Jewish Children’s Museum [corner Eastern Pkwy and Kingston Ave]. Call you friends and family and let them know.

Come over and pick some up, no questions asked!

UPDATE: there are still some items left as of 9:30pm stay tuned for more tomorrow.

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JERUSALEM [JTA] — Somali pirates attacked a ship belonging to an Israeli freight company.

The ship, which was flying the Maltese flag, did not have any Israeli crew members on board when it was attacked Saturday afternoon, according to reports.

Pirates Attack Israeli Freight Ship

JERUSALEM [JTA] — Somali pirates attacked a ship belonging to an Israeli freight company.

The ship, which was flying the Maltese flag, did not have any Israeli crew members on board when it was attacked Saturday afternoon, according to reports.

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Tonight, Monday, 12 Nissan, April 6, 2009, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part Two, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions, and the Rebbe's revolutionary idea in Birchas Hachamah. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Globel Webcast: The Rebbe’s Revolution in Birchas Hachamah


Tonight, Monday, 12 Nissan, April 6, 2009, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part Two, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions, and the Rebbe’s revolutionary idea in Birchas Hachamah. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

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Photo Gallery: Spring in Lefferts Park!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Today, Sunday a CrownHeights.info photographer went out to capture Crown Heights residents enjoying the warm spring weather. In the beautiful gallery below, we have pictures of residents of all ages enjoying the beautiful weather we had this afternoon.

Huge Beautiful Gallery with over a 150 Pictures in the Extended Article!

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Shomrim Retrieve Stolen Moped

The owner of the bike smiling after retrieving his moped.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Pennsylvania resident received a rude “Brooklyn welcome” when a group of hooligans stole his moped while visiting the borough. The incident began when two members of Shomrim, who were patrolling on Motzai Shabbos, spotted a group of about 20 to 30 Black teens walking down Union Street from New York Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue.

More in the Extended Article!

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Every year, the Chabad youth organization in Israel invites kindergartens and schools to the Pesach (Passover) Experience Fair. The children get a hands-on matzah-baking experience and learn the ideas behind the precepts of Pesach. Its not easy conveying 3,000-year-old messages to todays children, explained one of the Chabad activists, but were doing it here through an interactive experience.

Arutz7 Video – Kids Bake Matzah in Kfar Chabad

Every year, the Chabad youth organization in Israel invites kindergartens and schools to the Pesach (Passover) Experience Fair. The children get a hands-on matzah-baking experience and learn the ideas behind the precepts of Pesach. Its not easy conveying 3,000-year-old messages to todays children, explained one of the Chabad activists, but were doing it here through an interactive experience.

Videos

The Beis Shmuel Mitzvah Tank!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — As in the past the Beis Shmuel Shul in Crown Heights arranges their own mitzvah tank on the Yud Aleph Nissan Parade, then today the fathers and children gathered up and took their tank to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn for a day of Mivtzoim. The children together with their fathers asked people if they would to put on Tefillin and gave out Matzah along with pamphlets about Pesach.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Way Things Were: Reflections On The Rebbe’s Birth Date

By Baila Olidort for Lubavitch.com

Where were you the last time the Jewish people assembled to bless the sun?

Maybe you didn’t even know about it then. The year was 1981. PC’s were still a thing of the future, cell phones unheard of, and the internet age had yet to dawn. Instant mass communication seemed still a fantastic idea, and educating people across geographic, linguistic and cultural distances was slow and painstaking.

Op-Ed

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY [CHI] — Rabbi Hanoch Hecht and members of the Jewish community of Rhinebeck, New York will ascend in hot air balloons to Rabbi Takes Congregation in Hot Air Ballons.

Birkas HaChama (the blessing of the sun) is a ceremony in which Jews recite a blessing on the Sun as it returns to the place it was appointed during Creation. It occurs every 28 years and always on a Wednesday.

Shliach to take Cong. in Hot Air Balloons for Birkas HaChama

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY [CHI] — Rabbi Hanoch Hecht and members of the Jewish community of Rhinebeck, New York will ascend in hot air balloons to Rabbi Takes Congregation in Hot Air Ballons.

Birkas HaChama (the blessing of the sun) is a ceremony in which Jews recite a blessing on the Sun as it returns to the place it was appointed during Creation. It occurs every 28 years and always on a Wednesday.

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When you explore these stories, you will identify with characters who grapple with the feelings and dilemmas that are at the heart of the human experience. You will see how their stories are also the stories of YOUR life, reflecting your joy and your pain, your struggles and your victories. And you will learn how the Torahs eternal values provide insight that helps you respond more thoughtfully as you face critical moments of your own.

JLI Promo Video – Biblical Reflections

When you explore these stories, you will identify with characters who grapple with the feelings and dilemmas that are at the heart of the human experience. You will see how their stories are also the stories of YOUR life, reflecting your joy and your pain, your struggles and your victories. And you will learn how the Torahs eternal values provide insight that helps you respond more thoughtfully as you face critical moments of your own.

Videos
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Rabbi Shmuli, his wife Sara (nee Dinerman) Stiefel and their infant son of Crown Heights, will IYH be going on Shlichus to St Ives, Australia. They will be joining the staff at Chabad House of the North Shore.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Shliach Rabbi Nochum Shapiro.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Announcing New Shluchim to Australia

Rabbi Shmuli, his wife Sara (nee Dinerman) Stiefel and their infant son of Crown Heights, will IYH be going on Shlichus to St Ives, Australia. They will be joining the staff at Chabad House of the North Shore.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Shliach Rabbi Nochum Shapiro.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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With sadness we inform our reader of the passing of Tzvi Lewis OBM of Jerusalem, Israel.


Passing Moitzei Shabbos in Jerusalem.


He survived by his wife Etlle, his sons Yonason (Crown Heights), Shmuel (Kfar Chabad, Israel), and his daughter, Chaya Rapporport (Jerusalem, Israel)


The levaya was in Jerusalem Sunday evening.


Boruch Dayan Hoemes



Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Tzvi Lewis OBM

With sadness we inform our reader of the passing of Tzvi Lewis OBM of Jerusalem, Israel.

Passing Moitzei Shabbos in Jerusalem.

He survived by his wife Etlle, his sons Yonason (Crown Heights), Shmuel (Kfar Chabad, Israel), and his daughter, Chaya Rapporport (Jerusalem, Israel)

The levaya was in Jerusalem Sunday evening.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices

As Pesach draws nearer and the streets are abuzz with an entire community preparing for the holiday, 570 Bochurim are leaving the comfort of their homes and families for the Seder nights to fly all over the world and conduct Sedorim for Jews who otherwise wouldn’t be celebrating Pesach at all.

This group left earlier in the afternoon and are all heading to Ukraine to conduct the Sedorim across the country.

Picture of the Day! – Bochurim Leaving for Pesach Shlichus!

As Pesach draws nearer and the streets are abuzz with an entire community preparing for the holiday, 570 Bochurim are leaving the comfort of their homes and families for the Seder nights to fly all over the world and conduct Sedorim for Jews who otherwise wouldn’t be celebrating Pesach at all.

This group left earlier in the afternoon and are all heading to Ukraine to conduct the Sedorim across the country.

Merkos Shlichus
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