CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Velvel (Vladimir) Mikhlin – Hunter College Class of 2000 names his first baby under the supervision of his Chabad Lubavitch Shliach Rabbi Boruch Sholom Jacobson at the Lubavitch World Headquarters, 770 Eastern Pkwy.
The NYPD released a 103-page tome so private sector security officials can better safeguard their buildings against terrorists. Only about 1,000 copies of the book, “Engineering Security: Protective Design for High Risk Buildings,” have been printed. In other news; the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights and the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Pkwy were awarded anti-terror security grants this year.
ALBANY, NY [CHI] — The Capital Region Friendship Circle noted the efforts of its 65 teen, college and adult volunteers at a recent dinner at Beth Abraham-Jacob Synagogue. Over 180 friends and supporters attended a program that included Lydia Kulbida, emcee; Karen Carpenter-Palumbo of the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, honoree; and Ted Saint James, entertainer.
An estimated 50,000 people flocked to the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, over the 24-hour period marking the 15th anniversary of his passing.
Visitors from around the world waited as much as two hours June 25 to spend as little as two minutes beside the Rebbe’s resting place at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights, N.Y. Over the course of the day, they took stock of their lives, immersed themselves in Torah study and derived inspiration from the Rebbe’s call to strengthen Judaism and reach every single Jew, wherever he or she may be found.
NEW YORK, NY — The Health Department has identified 11 cases of measles in Brooklyn during the past two months, and is urging doctors to be vigilant and promptly report suspected cases to the agency. Nearly all the known cases have occurred in children who went unvaccinated, leaving them unprotected against the disease. Measles is not common in New York City, but it is highly contagious.
The management at Boymelgreen Capital has been given a breather. Yesterday the holders of series B1 and B3 bonds convened and agreed to forgo their demand for immediate repayment of NIS 400 million, at this stage at least.
The Chabad Terror Victims Project took a group of injured soldiers from recent Israeli battles to Australia for a special vacation. They landed yesterday with Rabbi Yossi Swerdlov of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project who is accompanying them on the trip. In the Extended Article he recounts their experiences so far.
MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — Chabad of Melbourne CBD was honored to have Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan address their Businessman’s Luncheon this week.
The Shliach of the Chabad House, Rabbi Chaim Herzog introduced Rabbi Kaplan of Baltimore, Maryland, saying that he is, in fact, no stranger to Melbourne, having attended the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand in the early 1970’s.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Menachem Mendel ben Chana Pesel
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shneur and Yocheved Minsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt, “Youth Movement”!
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Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive today, Thursday, July 2nd from 2:00pm untill 9:00pm. At the Ahavas Chesed Center at 271 Kingston Ave, [between Lincoln Place and St Johns Place].
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Friday and Saturday, July 3-4, for the observance of Independence Day. Because Independence Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended on Friday and Saturday. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).
Click here for the 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
Pictures of the first day of Camp Gan Israel Detroit. In this gallery you can view pictures of the campers coming off the busses, then the head counselors introducing the campers to their counselors and the first lineup.
JLI has released a new course on the vessels in the Beis HaMikdosh for Shluchim to deliver during the three weeks Bein HaMeitzarim in keeping with the Rebbe’s directive. Heaven on Earth: Timeless Vessels, Timely Lessons is a follow up to last year’s successful course on the Beis HaMikdosh’s structure. The new series provides the Kabbalistic viewpoint on the vessels inside it. The in-depth study will teach Students to apply the lessons derived from the Keilim to progress in their personal lives and better the world around them.
Close to 80 Shluchim and Shluchos participated in a two day conference that helped mark the unique success that Chabad Shluchim have had with The Friendship Circle. A phenomenal idea, a distinctive approach, why has it been impossible for other organizations to duplicate this unparalleled success of the Shluchim?
“What is so unique about pairing teen volunteers with special children?” many ask.
This video is graphic! Don’t watch if you don’t have the stomach for it.
CrownHeights.info presents a 12 minute and 31 seconds video of excerpts from a the English Channel 4 show about the terror in Mumbai. In this video you can listen to many conversations between the terrorists and their handlers. In one conversation the handlers say that Jewish blood is worth more and to go after the Chabad House. “As I told you, every person you kill where you are is worth 50 of the ones killed elsewhere.”
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