All Tags
Accidents
Blogs
Camp News
Chabad News
Chanukah
Comics
Communal Matters
Crime
Crown Heights News
Farbrengens
Fires
General
Israel
Jewish News
Kinus Hashluchim
Letter and Spirit
Mazal Tov!
Merkos Shlichus
Mivtzoim
Monsey News
Notices
NYC News
Op-Ed
Photo Galleries
Picture of the Day
PSA
Real Estate
Rockland County News
Satire
Shlichus
Simcha Galleries
Something Jewish
Upstate News
Videos
Weekly Voice

By Roger Bull for Jacksonville News

PONTE VEDEA BEACH, FL — Leah Kurinsky was explaining some basics to the children gathered there for Sunday school.

“The Jewish calendar has many holidays,” she said, “and do you know what the next one is? It's Pesach.”

Matzah Class is Parts Cooking Custom

By Roger Bull for Jacksonville News

PONTE VEDEA BEACH, FL — Leah Kurinsky was explaining some basics to the children gathered there for Sunday school.

“The Jewish calendar has many holidays,” she said, “and do you know what the next one is? It’s Pesach.”

Shlichus
Premium Post
InfoDeals Daily Deal – 59% OFF Neck Fan with LED Display

Grab this perfect InfoDeal!

Neck Fan with LED Display, USB-C Rechargeable

4000mAh-Battery, 3-Speed Adjustment with

Whisper-Quiet Operation

DEAL PRICE: $13.99 (59% OFF)

ORIGINAL PRICE: $33.99

Grab The Deal Through Amazon: Click Here

Mazal Tov's View More
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
TMZ

Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.

During a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a “schwartza” — some say it's equivalent to the “N” word — others say it's just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word “Black.”

Jackie Mason: Obama is a “Schvartza”

TMZ

Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.

During a performance at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a “schwartza” — some say it’s equivalent to the “N” word — others say it’s just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word “Black.”

General
8
By Lona O'Connor for the Palm Beach Post

Congregants at the Chabad of Lake Worth reach out Sunday to touch their new Torah, carried by Velvel Lozynskyy. The procession was accompanied by music and dancing. 'It has something incredibly holy about it,' Leah Rosenfeld says.

GREENACRES, FL — It's a wedding, but the center of attraction is not a new bride, but a new Torah scroll.

Members of the Chabad of Lake Worth congregation celebrated the completion of their new Torah on Sunday with dancing, food and a traditional chupah canopy over the scroll.

Lake Worth Congregation Celebrate New Sacred Contract

By Lona O’Connor for the Palm Beach Post

Congregants at the Chabad of Lake Worth reach out Sunday to touch their new Torah, carried by Velvel Lozynskyy. The procession was accompanied by music and dancing. ‘It has something incredibly holy about it,’ Leah Rosenfeld says.

GREENACRES, FL — It’s a wedding, but the center of attraction is not a new bride, but a new Torah scroll.

Members of the Chabad of Lake Worth congregation celebrated the completion of their new Torah on Sunday with dancing, food and a traditional chupah canopy over the scroll.

Shlichus

Over 100 Chabad Shluchim from across Canada at a reception on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this past Thursday - March 12, 2009. The Prime Minister's reception was also a tribute to Chabad's slain Shluchim to Mumbai, India, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holzberg. He applauded the immediate arrival of a new Shliach of Mumbai, saying it “Sends a powerful message”. Read the full article.

Video – Canadian Prime Minister Addresses Shluchim

Over 100 Chabad Shluchim from across Canada at a reception on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this past Thursday – March 12, 2009. The Prime Minister’s reception was also a tribute to Chabad’s slain Shluchim to Mumbai, India, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holzberg. He applauded the immediate arrival of a new Shliach of Mumbai, saying it “Sends a powerful message”. Read the full article.

Videos

DES MOINES, IA [AP] — Prosecutors and attorneys for a kosher meatpacking plant and its former manager are sparring over taking testimony from witnesses before the case goes to trial.

Attorneys for Agriprocessors and former manager Sholom Rubashkin say they're concerned the witnesses could leave the country. They ask that four material witnesses be compelled to testify before trial, scheduled for September.

Lawyers Spar Over Iowa Agriprocessors Witnesses

DES MOINES, IA [AP] — Prosecutors and attorneys for a kosher meatpacking plant and its former manager are sparring over taking testimony from witnesses before the case goes to trial.

Attorneys for Agriprocessors and former manager Sholom Rubashkin say they’re concerned the witnesses could leave the country. They ask that four material witnesses be compelled to testify before trial, scheduled for September.

Chabad News
By Barbara Pash for the Baltimore Jewish Times

BALTIMORE, MD — There are certain things about the situation that everyone involved agrees on. It has gotten heated. It has taken on unpleasant racial and anti-Semitic overtones. There is talk of lawsuits. It is not going to be resolved quickly or easily.

Shabbos Elevator Fight Likely Headed To Court

By Barbara Pash for the Baltimore Jewish Times

BALTIMORE, MD — There are certain things about the situation that everyone involved agrees on. It has gotten heated. It has taken on unpleasant racial and anti-Semitic overtones. There is talk of lawsuits. It is not going to be resolved quickly or easily.

Jewish News
5

Tonight, Monday, March 16, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a live Parsha class: The Forgotten Souls — when Rabbi Akiva taught Moses how to appreciate the alienated Jews. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

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

Web Class with Rabbi YY Jacobson “The Forgotten Souls”


Tonight, Monday, March 16, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a live Parsha class: The Forgotten Souls — when Rabbi Akiva taught Moses how to appreciate the alienated Jews. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

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

PSA

Brick Thrown into Classroom Window, Bochur Injured

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A large brick was lobbed into a first-floor classroom, striking a Bochur in the head this afternoon, Sunday. The Bochur sustained deep cuts and lacerations to his head, requiring multiple stitches to control the bleeding. This was the second violent act of the day, Sunday afternoon alone, where Jewish boys were the target of vicious assaults.

Crime
29

Jewish Boy Assaulted by Black Gang

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A group of Black teens viciously assaulted a Jewish boy on Lefferts Avenue this afternoon, Sunday. The incident took place in front of the Shul Bais Eliyahu Nochum, which is between Albany and Troy Avenues. A Jewish boy was sitting on the steps of the shul waiting for his father, when a group of 6 or 7 Black teens threw a football directly at him; the group then surrounded and assaulted the young boy. According to the victim, he received at least two punches from each of his attackers.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
38
Lubavitch.com

All the Shluchim in Quebec with the Prime Minister

CANADA — Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted Chabad-Lubavitch Canadian representatives Thursday, denouncing anti-Semitism and promising to repudiate it wherever it surfaces.

“Canada will remain an unyielding defender of Jewish religious freedom, a forceful opponent of anti-Semitism in all of its forms and a staunch supporter of a secure and democratic state of Israel," he said.

PM Harper To Chabad: Canada A Defender of Jews, Israel

Lubavitch.com

All the Shluchim in Quebec with the Prime Minister

CANADA — Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted Chabad-Lubavitch Canadian representatives Thursday, denouncing anti-Semitism and promising to repudiate it wherever it surfaces.

“Canada will remain an unyielding defender of Jewish religious freedom, a forceful opponent of anti-Semitism in all of its forms and a staunch supporter of a secure and democratic state of Israel,” he said.

Shlichus
2

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars on one block were broken into and had their airbags stolen overnight between Motzai Shabbos and Sunday. The incident took place on Crown Street between Albany and Kingston Avenues, and the cars hit were a Honda Pilot and Accord.

More in the Extended Article.

Motzai Shabbos Rash of Airbag Thefts

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars on one block were broken into and had their airbags stolen overnight between Motzai Shabbos and Sunday. The incident took place on Crown Street between Albany and Kingston Avenues, and the cars hit were a Honda Pilot and Accord.

More in the Extended Article.

Crime
2
By WBNG News

BINGHAMTON, NY — The Chabad House of Binghamton University is using fashion to help fight breast cancer.

25 college aged women put on a fashion show at the Chabad House in Vestal, to help raise money for Sharsheret.

Chabad Using Fashion Show to Fight Cancer

By WBNG News

BINGHAMTON, NY — The Chabad House of Binghamton University is using fashion to help fight breast cancer.

25 college aged women put on a fashion show at the Chabad House in Vestal, to help raise money for Sharsheret.

Shlichus
10

TZFAS [CHI] — M’shehnichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha…………the bochurim of the yeshiva were treated to a beautiful Shabbaton at Hotel Kibbutz Lavi. Not knowingly the bochurim made a huge Kiddush Lubavitch at the Friday night Seudas Shabbos! One of the guests of the hotel came over to Rabbi ‘O’rimland thanking him and the bochurim for making the meal so lebedik and beautiful. He told Rabbi ‘O’ that only by Lubavitch can you find such Simcha and feel such warmth. This guest was so inspired that he joined the bochurim Shabbos morning for davening in their minyan! Motzei Shabbos the bochurim were treated to swimming, pizza and a kumsitz where Rabbi ‘O’ told over a number of inspiring stories in which the bochurim were very touched by.

Purim at Rabbi ‘O’s – Yeshivas Nishmat Shlomo

TZFAS [CHI] — M’shehnichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha…………the bochurim of the yeshiva were treated to a beautiful Shabbaton at Hotel Kibbutz Lavi. Not knowingly the bochurim made a huge Kiddush Lubavitch at the Friday night Seudas Shabbos! One of the guests of the hotel came over to Rabbi ‘O’rimland thanking him and the bochurim for making the meal so lebedik and beautiful. He told Rabbi ‘O’ that only by Lubavitch can you find such Simcha and feel such warmth. This guest was so inspired that he joined the bochurim Shabbos morning for davening in their minyan! Motzei Shabbos the bochurim were treated to swimming, pizza and a kumsitz where Rabbi ‘O’ told over a number of inspiring stories in which the bochurim were very touched by.

Chabad News
15