Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef Orenstein (Crown Heights) and Estee Bryski (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
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POSTVILLE, IA — When the beleaguered Agriprocessors meatpacking plant first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a small glimmer of hope emerged in Postville. There was an opportunity for another company to take over operations at the plant, for production to continue and for the community not to lose its largest employer.
No News from the Agriprocessors Bankruptcy Auction Could be Bad News for Postville
POSTVILLE, IA — When the beleaguered Agriprocessors meatpacking plant first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a small glimmer of hope emerged in Postville. There was an opportunity for another company to take over operations at the plant, for production to continue and for the community not to lose its largest employer.
Mazal Tov! – 3 Tuesday Night L’Chaims
Moshe Rubin (Borough Park) and Chayale Bukiet (Lexington, MA)
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave]
Yosef Yitzchok Spigler (Melbourne, Australia) and Dina Eliezrie (Yorba Linda, CA)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Willansky (Portland, Maine)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah?
The question was poignantly relevant for Rabbi Moshe Meir and Pnina Lipszyc, Chabad representatives to Ft. Lauderdale, who have cultivated a lively Jewish community over nearly two decades while raising their special needs children under extraordinary circumstances.
Chabad of Ft. Lauderdale Celebrates Goldi’s Torah
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah?
The question was poignantly relevant for Rabbi Moshe Meir and Pnina Lipszyc, Chabad representatives to Ft. Lauderdale, who have cultivated a lively Jewish community over nearly two decades while raising their special needs children under extraordinary circumstances.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Willansky (Portland, Maine) on their engagement.
The L’chaim will IYH be Tonight, Tuesday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — Chabad of Mineola launches the Birkat HaChamah Time Capsule to document today’s Jewish life.
On April 8, 2009, the eve of Passover, Jews around the world will rise early, gaze at the sun and recite the least-frequently-recited blessing in Judaism: Birkat HaChamah, the blessing on the sun.
Chabad ‘Time Capsule’ to be buried at Mineola
MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — Chabad of Mineola launches the Birkat HaChamah Time Capsule to document today’s Jewish life.
On April 8, 2009, the eve of Passover, Jews around the world will rise early, gaze at the sun and recite the least-frequently-recited blessing in Judaism: Birkat HaChamah, the blessing on the sun.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moishe (ben R. Herschel) Lipsker (Crown Heights) and Faigy (bas R. Levi) Weingarten (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Three holding companies have submitted bids to buy various parts of Postville’s embattled kosher meat plant, a spokesman for the trustee said today.
But none of the bidders asked for the same package of equipment and assets, attorney Dan Childers said at the bankruptcy auction for Agriprocessors, Inc. Bidders are now meeting in groups to revise their proposals.
3 Companies Bid on Agriprocessors at Auction
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Three holding companies have submitted bids to buy various parts of Postville’s embattled kosher meat plant, a spokesman for the trustee said today.
But none of the bidders asked for the same package of equipment and assets, attorney Dan Childers said at the bankruptcy auction for Agriprocessors, Inc. Bidders are now meeting in groups to revise their proposals.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef Yitzchok Spigler (Melbourne, Australia) and Dina Eliezrie (Yorba Linda, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish Crown Heights resident first noticed a Black man coming in and out of his apartment building on Monday last week; then again on Wednesday. He didn’t think anything of it until he went into the basement on Friday and noticed a number of his boxes have been stolen.
More in the Extended Article.
Pattern of Home Invasions Burglary’s Emerge in CH
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish Crown Heights resident first noticed a Black man coming in and out of his apartment building on Monday last week; then again on Wednesday. He didn’t think anything of it until he went into the basement on Friday and noticed a number of his boxes have been stolen.
More in the Extended Article.
Original 12 Tribe Mosaic Series Dedicated
GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Ten years ago Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, MD was planning the construction of it’s new building, and the director of Chabad, an artistic series of the 12 Tribes of Israel was included in the planning. After much hard work the building was completed and dedicated in 2002.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Brooklyn, NY — Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and Mr. Alexander Rapaport of Masbia Soup Kitchen have joined forces to draft a religious ban prohibiting Passover price gouging in the Orthodox Jewish community. This decree, known as a kol koreh or a public pronouncement, is not a new phenomenon in the religious Jewish community. There is a great deal of precedent in Jewish law for rabbis to issue edicts against monopolies or other situations which are deemed spiritually reckless.
Full image of the Kol Koreh in the Extended Article.
30 Rabbis Sign Ban Prohibiting Passover Price Gouging
Brooklyn, NY — Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and Mr. Alexander Rapaport of Masbia Soup Kitchen have joined forces to draft a religious ban prohibiting Passover price gouging in the Orthodox Jewish community. This decree, known as a kol koreh or a public pronouncement, is not a new phenomenon in the religious Jewish community. There is a great deal of precedent in Jewish law for rabbis to issue edicts against monopolies or other situations which are deemed spiritually reckless.
Full image of the Kol Koreh in the Extended Article.
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority finance committee voted today to approve higher fares for subway, buses and commuter trains, two days ahead of the full board's vote.
The agency has threatened that unless Albany lawmakers come up with a bailout plan by Wednesday, the fare hikes and service cuts will take effect.
MTA Finance Committee Approves Fare Hike
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority finance committee voted today to approve higher fares for subway, buses and commuter trains, two days ahead of the full board’s vote.
The agency has threatened that unless Albany lawmakers come up with a bailout plan by Wednesday, the fare hikes and service cuts will take effect.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Currently the only Mikvah serving the Crown Heights women has been standing since the early 1950’s and residents say has been extremely overwhelmed with the expansion and growth of Crown Heights. Now a new initiative by members of the Beis Shmuel Shul is being undertaken to build a new one.
More in the Extended Article!
A Second Woman’s Mikvah for CH in the Works
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Currently the only Mikvah serving the Crown Heights women has been standing since the early 1950’s and residents say has been extremely overwhelmed with the expansion and growth of Crown Heights. Now a new initiative by members of the Beis Shmuel Shul is being undertaken to build a new one.
More in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Raizel (nee Gopin) Rosenfeld on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.
More in the Extended Article!
Albany/Northway Birkas Hachama
Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.
More in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! To a good friend Simcha (Simi) Wenger (Montreal, Canada) on his engagement to Chana Kestecher (London, England) !
The L’Chaim will IYH be next week in Montreal
