Students of Oholei Torah got to enjoy a Carnival in the Gym in honor of Shushan Purim. The event was organized by the Oholei Torah Eighth Grade.
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Treat yourself to an afternoon of inspiring song and dance as Bnos Menachem students take the stage in our sensational production, “And the Rest is Commentary”.
As the message of Ahavas Yisroel reverberates through the audience as you join hearts with the cast members and find yourself swept away by the performance.
KIEV, Ukraine [JTA] — Three of the four billionaires from Ukraine are Jewish, according to the Forbes magazine annual billionaires list.
The highest ranking Jewish Ukrainian on the list, Victor Pinchuk, 48, a business tycoon and son-in-law of the former president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, slipped from 203 to 246.
Igor Kolomoysky, 47, a co-owner of the Privat business group with interests in metal and financial sectors also slipped, together with his business partner Gennady Bogolyubov, 47.
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Conflict? How is it possible to get along? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is proud to present a letter from the Rebbe to a frustrated Jew who had left the Torah path and written him explaining why. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
Chabad.org has launched a m.chabad.org.
The feature simulates how Chabad.org’s mobile site would appear on a mobile device, such as Black Berry, Treo or pocket PC, giving visitors the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the mobile site from the comfort of their desktop.
MOSCOW — At a meeting Wednesday with religious leaders in Russia, President Dmitri Medvedev promised to instruct his staff and heads of security regarding policies of foreign clergy in Russia.
“Government officials should not be interfering in religious life unless security concerns are involved,” said Medvedev at the meeting.
Mrs. Bina Cunin is sitting shiva after the passing of her father Harav Tzvi Mordechai Felder ZTL, longtime Rov of Beis Medrash Bais Aharon. She will be at her parent’s home, 4901 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204 until Sunday morning.
Mrs Cunin can be reached at 718-435-3505.
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
BROOKLYN, NY — Cops nabbed a man they’d wanted for repeatedly breaking into a Brooklyn Heights synagogue over the past few months, finally delivering the congregation from torment by the burglar — and it couldn’t have happened on a more auspicious day.
Rabbi Aaron Raskin, who heads congregation B’nai Avraham, was preparing for Purim, a holiday that celebrates another long-ago deliverance, on March 10, when police told him that they had cornered the suspect as he loitered on Henry Street, between Pierrepont and Clark streets.
Already in costume for his shul’s annual holiday festivities, Raskin hopped into the squad car and positively identified the suspect.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In honor of the month of Adar, the Rebbe says, we must add in Joy and celebration; more than the rest of the year. Especially when the Joy expresses itself in physical dancing, the natural expression of great Simcha.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On Tuesday at about 6pm, while Jewish residents were celebrating Purim around Crown Heights. Police entered a President St apartment to find a black woman shot. It all started when police received a call regarding someone unconscious inside 1677 President St, Apt 16, corner Utica Ave.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yaakov Glassner (Montreal, Canada) and Chayale Niasoff (Sydney, Australia) on their engagement.
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ALBANY, NY [CHI] — Governor David Paterson and the New York State QuadriCentennial Commission have officially recognized Albany’s Maimonides School as a designated Henry Hudson Partner integrating the historic voyage milestone with school’s programs.
Artist Carl Braude of Austria has done it again. Braude is famous in Lubavitcher circles and beyond for painting the Rebbeim together, in many different variations. Along with the Rebbeim are depicted the Rebbe’s father- Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, The Razo, and Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, the Rebbe’s maternal grandfather.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Daniel and Feige (nee Gudelsky) Swimmer (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
GURNEE, IL — It’s fine to put on a funky costume to celebrate Purim. In fact, it’s expected.
Pride in being Jewish is one of the messages of the two-day holiday. It’s also the joy of deliverance from annihilation in ancient Persia. Costumes and fun are traditional, said Beth Levine-Chaitman of Grayslake.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Taken at the large Yud Shevat Farbrengen in 1970 to mark the day the Rebbe assumed the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, it was the first time a Farbrengen was broadcasted live. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.Portraitofaleader.org
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