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Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi David Hollander OBM

It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of Rabbi David Hollander OBM, who was the longtime Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Hebrew Alliance Shul of Brighton Beach.

Rabbi Hollander kept in touch with the Rebbe and partook in many Farbrengen, during his tenure he merited to receive many Brochos and guidance’s from the Rebbe relating to public work.

A few months ago CrownHeights.info published a video of Rabbi Hollander passing before the Rebbe for Sunday dollars in Elul 1991 after the Crown Heights riots where he asked the Rebbe if he should write articles urging Jews to come visit the neighborhood, and the Rebbe responded that he should make sure it would be on the positive side, and bring a positive impact. (The video can be viewed in the Extended Article)

The Levaya will take place today, Tuesday, and will be leaving from the Hebrew Alliance Shul 2915 Brighton 6th Street at 4:30pm and from there will be traveling to the airport to be buried in Israel.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

New Shluchim to Florida!

Rabbi Yanky and Mrs Chanshy (nee Dubov) Majesky of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to North Orlando, Florida, where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the Jews in the area. The Chabad House is scheduled to open before Rosh Hashana 5770.

The Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Sholom B. Dubov head Shliach to the Greater Orlando Area.

To wish the new Shluchim a Mazel Tov or to help support this new Chabad House, ypu can email them at mitzvos@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Police Arrest 3 for Chabad House Attack

TOULOUSE, France [Reuters] — French police arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in a petrol bomb attack on a synagogue earlier this month, officials said Monday.

About a dozen people were inside the synagogue in the southwestern city of Toulouse when a car was set on fire and pushed into the door of the building, which suffered only slight damage.

Don’t Drive If You Don’t Have To!

An accident today on Kingston Ave and Empire Blvd – Illustration Photo.

Snow combined with freezing temperatures are causing very hazardous driving conditions, with snow freezing and turning into sheets of ice.

There were well over 20 reported accidents in Crown Heights and the vicinity alone. Motorists take care and caution while driving tonight.

Alternate Side Parking regulations is suspended tomorrow. Stay tuned to CrownHeights.info where we will keep you updated.

Weekly Web Class with Rabbi YY Jacobson

Tonight, Monday, January 19, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 55-minute advanced Parsha class: G-d’s Arrows — How the energy of Moshiach was unleashed during the Exodus; a Talmudic debate on the liability of an arsonist sheds light on the voyage of history from exile to redemption. The class will have an accompanying curriculum.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.Net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

CW11 Video – How to Fight Bogus Parking Tickets

WPIX – WB 11

Most of us have been there before: outrageous parking fines, bogus citations, ticket agents who literally laugh in your face and blame you for something you didn’t do.

Are you sick and tired of parking ticket abuse? Well, you don’t have to stand for it.Peter Thorne shows you how drivers can fight back in a Fact Finders report.

You can contest or pay for your tickets at http://nycserv.nyc.gov/NYCServWeb/NYCSERVMain

New Webcast to Discuss the US Airways Miracle and more…

MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — Chabad of Mineola today announced it will hold a webcast to discuss ‘Joe the Plumber’ and the ‘US Airways Miracle on the Hudson’ on Jan. 20, 2009 at 8 p.m. EST. Rabbi Anchelle Perl, Director of Cong. Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola, will host the Webcast. The estimated one-hour webcast conference will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

Chabad of Southern Colorado Nearing Completion of their Mikvah

Chabad of Southern Colorado is nearing completion of its beautiful Mikvah. Rabbi Moshe Liberow who has been on Shlichus in the area since 2001, said “There has been a great need of a Mikvah for the locals as well as for the many tourists that visit this region”. The drive to Denvers’ Mikvah – which is currently the closest, is close to 130 miles round trip. Thus, this new Mikvah will enable many to start keeping this integral Mitzvah. After much work and red tape acquiring the necessary permits etc, the work began right before Purim and is now nearing completion.

To help Chabad of Southern Colorado call 719-634-2345 or visit www.TheJewishFlame.com

Videos in the Extended Article!

Picture of the Day! – ULY Experience Mitzrayim!

Students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 1st grade experience life in Mitzrayim. Students Sholom and Avremi would like to show you how they have overcome the challenge of Mitzrayim and did not change from their Yiddishe names or way of speaking.

A Letter from the Rebbe about a Recession…

In honor of fifty-years today from Reb Zalmon Jaffe’s first visit to the Rebbe in 5719 (1959), www.myencounter.com is releasing a copy of a letter from the Rebbe from 5714 (1954) to Reb Zalmon that talks about how one must increase their faith in Hashem when there seems to be a recession and that G-d is not limited to the “business cycles.”

The Letter in the Extended Article!

Canadian Envoy Concludes Anti-Terror Trip With Visit to Mumbai Chabad House

By Joshua Runyan

Jason Kenney, Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, toured the heavily-damaged Chabad House in Mumbai on Friday.

Speaking from the site of Mumbai, India’s heavily-damaged Chabad-Lubavitch center six weeks after Islamist terrorists killed its six occupants, including directors Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, Canadian MP Jason Kenney said that the Nov. 26 attack should be a wake-up call to people around the world.