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!
More pictures in the Extended Article!
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)
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom and Raizy (nee Vishedsky) Rubaskin on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
TOMS RIVER, NJ [CHI] — A joyous ceremony of completing and dedicating a new Torah Scroll took place Sunday afternoon in Toms River New Jersey, to the local Chabad Center which is under the directorship of Rabbi Moshe and his wife Sara Chana Gourarie.
Many more pictures in the Extended Article! (photos by: L’chayimPhotography.com)
ASPEN, CO — Opposition appears to be growing over a proposal to establish a Jewish community center on the east end of Aspen.
The Aspen City Council at its meeting tonight is likely to hear from dozens of people who oppose the Jewish Community Center moving into the Silver Lining Ranch, a former nonprofit facility that for seven years provided a retreat for kids afflicted with cancer. The facility has largely been underutilized since 2006.
NEW YORK [ABC] — Travelers can get their first glimpse of federal data today documenting where and how often planes hit birds. But as the Federal Aviation Administration publically releases its bird strike data for the first time, the agency itself acknowledges the information is far from complete.
WARSAW, Poland [AP] — The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp.
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