TORONTO, Canada [CHI] — Moses, Pharaoh, Pyramids and Plagues have landed in Toronto for the Exodus Experience. From March 12 to March 31, visitors will be transported back 3,300 years to ancient Egypt, where an interactive re-enactment of the Passover story is brought to life.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
New Pesach Promo, Creative Director: Mendy Pellin Produced by JabMedia Inc.
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — The Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk has introduced a new course aimed at adults interested in pursuing an intensive Jewish education in a short period of time. This latest initiative rounds out a series of educational initiatives that are already regularly offered by the Jewish community of Ulyanovsk. This one, however, is particularly advantageous for those individuals who have limited free time and a genuine interest in Jewish culture and traditions.
More in the Extended Article!
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — For weeks Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman, students in Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Chabad in Los Angeles, would go into a furniture store and drop off a weekly L’chaim pamphlet by the elderly man, in his mid-to-late eighties, by the desk. “The man you’re looking for is not here” he said every week. “I’ll give it to the owner” he says making sure to show that he wouldn’t read it.
More in the Extended Article!
Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps to fill every interest.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night’s, Thursday’s 71st precinct council meeting was well attended with a number of Crown Heights Jewish Residents, including a large group of Bochurim from Chovevei Torah who were there following the incident where one of their classmates was injured after being hit by a brick, and approximately 15 Shomrim members. All in attendance had one concern in mind: the recent escalation of beatings and rock throwing at Jewish children.
This concern was apparently not just that of the Jewish crowd, but was also expressed by the NYPD’s top cop, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who attended the meeting, addressing the audience. Mr. Kelly said that despite the recent downturn in the economy, crime is down citywide.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Serraf (Montreal, Canada) and Sylvia Lubienietsky (Ottawa, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Chabad Queen Mary, 4941 Chemin Queen-Mary, Montreal, QC, Canada.
VIENNA, Austria [Reuters] — A former Nazi concentration camp guard who was deported from the United States on Thursday is now a free man because he cannot be prosecuted in Austria, the Austrian justice ministry said on Friday.
Josias Kumpf, 83, who has admitted to participating in a 1943 massacre of 8,000 Jews in the Trawniki labour camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, arrived in Austria on Thursday after the United States deported him following the revocation of his citizenship.
BROOKLYN, NY — Prices for the coveted Shmura (flour watched from planting) Matzohs rose only nominally despite the economy and the steep increases in commodity prices. Most of the bakeries reached by KosherToday said that they were cognizant of the hardship consumers faced in the continuing recession.
Yanky and Rivkie (nee Polter) Goldstein.
IYH at 425 Brooklyn Ave [between Montgomery and Crown St].
Daniel and Sarah Melul.
IYH at 660 Eastern Pkwy [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin.
IYH at 646 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yossi and Chani (nee Vilenkin) Wilschanski.
IYH at 789 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Moshie and Devorah Leah (nee Chazan) Raitport.
IYH at 1739 49th St, Brooklyn NY 11204.
Nesanel and Rivka (nee Joseph) Rafaelov.
IYH at 16750 NE 10th Ave, Miami Beach, FL.
Hershel and Josepine Basher.
IYH at 16750 NE 10th Ave, Miami Beach, FL.
Yaakov and Nechama Dina (nee Demercur) Mizrachie (Coral Springs, FL) .
Danny and Chanie (nee Fishman) Gavin.
IYH at 10810 Shawnbrook Dr, Houston, TX 77071.
Sholom and Tzivia (nee Feldman) Wasserman.
IYH at 4975 Avenue Carlton, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Please stay tuned as we update this list as 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.
In the year 1910, the Czarist government convened a Rabbinical conference with the explicit aim of meddling in Jewish religious affairs. In good despotic tradition, the participating Rabbis were secretly exposed to a list of 102 Jewish communities where pogroms were to “likely occur” should the conference fail to produce the desired results.
Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (Rashab) saw the issue as a matter of spiritual life and death. Throughout the conference, he railed the government’s plan and even dared to expose the ministers who were kind enough to share the grim prophesy of the impending pogroms.
“It is beyond the capacity of any power on earth,” declared the Rebbe, “to decree over matters of our faith,”even if they might claim jurisdiction over material issues.”
Menahel Ruchni
Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.
Head counselors:
Moshe Shemtov – Uruguay
Mendy Gurkov – Wayne, NJ
Chaim Gourarie – Brazil
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chayim Baruch and Sarah Alevsky (Shluchim to the Upper West Side of Manhatten) on the birth of their daughter, Maryasha Esther.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A supervisor at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse raided by immigration agents has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza was sentenced Thursday in Cedar Rapids federal court. He agreed to plead guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to hire illegal immigrants and one count of aiding and abetting the hiring of illegal immigrants.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Daniel and Sarah Melul (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
This past Chanukah, Chabad of Oregon held a special Chanukah event and the Rose Quarter home of the NBA Portland Trailblazers. Between the quarters, Rabbi Dovi Bialo of Chabad of Portland Campuses was given the opportunity to shoot some free throws from the line with a chance to win $250. Watch the video and see what happens.
WASHINGTON, DC — Federal officials and the airline pilots union are denying a report that the Obama administration is seeking to end a program that trains pilots to carry guns in jetliner cockpits.
An editorial published in the Washington Times on Tuesday stated that “President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.”
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