CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday, Oholei Torah’s Rabbi Borenstein’s 8th Grade class, completed the whole Maseches Megilah. The Bochurim made a barbecue Siyum in Rabbi Borenstein’s backyard. They enjoyed hotdogs and burgers. Following the barbecue the class had a baseball game in Lefferts Park.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Henna (nee Shapiro) Shomer (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
The headlines we see each day are grim. America has been hit by what is likely the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression, and the amount of frum families struggling with joblessness is staggering. Consider these numbers: Passaic, a community of approximately 1400 families, has seen 100 breadwinners lose their Parnassa this year. In Brooklyn, Rav Binyamin Eisenberger, the respected Rav of one of the largest shuls in Boro Park, said that, in his kehillah alone, 10 families were left without any means of support when their fathers’ jobs were cut. Tomchei Shabbos of Lakewood has seen the need for food packages rise to frightening proportions, with approximately 1 out of every 25 families receiving aid.
These are not just numbers.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shloime and Rivkah Lison (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
WASHINGTON [JTA] — The announcement by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that he was switching parties and becoming a Democrat leaves no Republican Jew in the U.S. Senate, and just one in the entire U.S. Congress.
FRESNO, CA [CHI] — This past Shabbos a group of 5th and 6th graders attending the Shluchim Online School gathered together for a grand shabbaton at Chabad of Fresno, in conjunction with the Bas Mitzvah celebration of one of their fellow classmates, Esty Zirkind.
Rabbi Chaim Leib and Miki Hilel will IYH be going on Shlichus to California. They will be setting up a new Chabad House to service the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) and the surrounding communities.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Cunin.
CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Velvel Freedman (Florida) and Cheyena Bernstein (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Are you dreading the summer? Do you want some guidance to deal with the modesty crisis? Rabbi Aharon Dovid Gancz, a renowned Mechanech from Morristown, NJ, will address some of your concerns on Wednesday, 5 Iyar (April 29th) at 8.30 pm in Kolel Menachem (1483 Union Street, corner Kingston Ave.) The shiur will address a wide range of issues pertaining to men, like “why is such an emphasis placed on modesty?” and “when should I say something?” The Shiur will be followed by a Question and Answer session.
Full Flyer and More Info in the Extended Article
WASHINGTON [AP] — Is the name swine flu hogwash?
U.S. officials said Tuesday they may abandon the term swine flu, for fear it’s confusing people into thinking they could catch it from pork — which is flat-out wrong.
NORTHBROOK , IL [CHI] — On Sunday evening April 26 close to 200 Alumni, parents and friends came together in Northbrook Illinois for an evening of recognition and celebration, in recognition of Chabad at University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign 5th year university, serving the students at the University and the entire East Central Illinois community.
Video and Many More Pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Sossover (Crown Heights) and Lea Weiser (Vienna, Austria) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As part of the Chayolei Tzivos Hashem program, students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva, went all out with an interactive expo portraying the role of man’s avoda. Four units of the 6th grade division hammered out talented, creative and meaning-full exibits on the themes of Torah, Avoda, Gemilas Chassodim and Tzedaka. Parents and relatives, as well as passers-by, we’re all invited to vote for the best exihibit. At the end of a long night – one unit managed to pull slightly ahead of the others by just 3 votes – Unit Tzedaka!
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With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Dr. Chaim Aryeh Bloom OBM after an illness, he was 57. Dr. Bloom dutifully served the Chabad community of Sydney, Australia as a physician, and as a Mohel who performed over 2000 circumcision for adults.
He is survived by his wife Aidel and children Carmella Markowitz (Flatbush, NY), Talia Broner (California), Sarah Pugen (Toronto) R. Yonah, Tuvia Mendel, Shalom DovBer, Yeshaya Simcha, and Shaina Bracha.
The Levaya will take place on Wednesday at 2:00pm at Chevra Kidasha.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
PRINCETON, NJ — Aspiring Judaic scholars from across the country descended on Princeton University Sunday for a groundbreaking conference with leading professors in an examination of the nexus between Jewish ethics and the post-modern world.
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JERUSALEM, Israel — Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, father of Rifka Holtzberg who was murdered alongside her husband Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg during the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai last year, addressed a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
More pictures in the Extended Article. (by Meir Elfasi – Shturem.net)
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