Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to a dear friend Meir Perelstein (Crown Heights) on his engagement to Chanie Tarlow (Morristown, NJ) !
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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300 Celebrate Chanukah with Chabad of Laguna Niguel
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA [CHI] — Over 300 people turned out to celebrate the start of Chanukah with Chabad of Laguna Niguel, at the Crown Valley Park Amphitheater on Sunday evening Dec. 21st. The honorable mayor, Mr. Robert Ming addressed the crowd and lit the lead flame of the 9 foot Menorah.
More pictures and a video in the Extended Article!
The Levaya will take place Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 10:45am and will be passing by 770 at around 11:15am.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Reb Chaim Meir Katzoff OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Chaim Meir Katzoff, longtime resident of Crown Heights and father of Yibadel Lechaim Tovim, R. Yossi Katzoff of Crown Heights.
The Levaya will take place Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 10:45am and will be passing by 770 at around 11:15am.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Photo Gallery: 2008 Chanukah Menorah Parade in NYC
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Laiby Lewis (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Nemtzov (Monsey, NY) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Photo Gallery in the Extended Article!
Chanukah Wonderland in Woodmere before the Accident
Photo Gallery in the Extended Article!
Children in Long Island Accident Return Home From Hospital
WOODMERE, NY — All of the children injured Thursday’s traffic accident at the Chanukah Wonderland in Woodmere, N.Y., returned home before Shabbat.
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Five Towns – the Cedarhurst-based Jewish center that operated the Chanukah workshop – praised G-d that the children were released from the hospital, but noted that a journey of recovery lay ahead. Some 14 people in Thursday’s incident when a vehicle jumped the curb and plowed into the building housing the Chanukah Wonderland.
GUILFORD, CT — In a vote of 4 to 3, the Guilford Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) approved the Chabad-Lubavitch of the Shoreline’s application to build a synagogue and day care center at 181 Goose Lane.
The decision last week came after many months of public hearings and testimony by traffic and real estate experts from both sides of the fence: the Chabad and a group in opposition to the development called Save Goose Lane. Members of the latter group consist mainly of neighbors to the site.
Chabad Gets Green Light: Neighbor Sees Red and Will Appeal Decision
GUILFORD, CT — In a vote of 4 to 3, the Guilford Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) approved the Chabad-Lubavitch of the Shoreline’s application to build a synagogue and day care center at 181 Goose Lane.
The decision last week came after many months of public hearings and testimony by traffic and real estate experts from both sides of the fence: the Chabad and a group in opposition to the development called Save Goose Lane. Members of the latter group consist mainly of neighbors to the site.
Mazal Tov! – 4 Monday Night L’Chaims!
Yossi Kagan (Oak Park, MI) and Nechama Dina Kudan (Albany, NY) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
Shua Lustig (Crown Heights) and Stery Naparstek (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Sholom Kramer (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Altein (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Shmuel Zalmanov (Tzfas, Israel) and Chana Prus (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
NEW YORK, NY [CBS] — With a growing number of individual investors and organizations surfacing as victims in the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme, one disturbing aspect is that the scandal may be fanning the flames of stereotypes about Jews.
In the heavily Jewish area of Crown Heights, if you say Bernie Madoff, you get strong reaction.
Some Jews Fear Madoff Case Stokes Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK, NY [CBS] — With a growing number of individual investors and organizations surfacing as victims in the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme, one disturbing aspect is that the scandal may be fanning the flames of stereotypes about Jews.
In the heavily Jewish area of Crown Heights, if you say Bernie Madoff, you get strong reaction.
If It Involves Jews, Chabad’s Tiny but Far-Flung News Organization Is on It
BROOKLYN, NY — When the news broke on Thursday of a freakish traffic accident that injured several people at the Chanukah Wonderland workshop run by the Lubavitch community of Woodmere, on Long Island, the story was picked up by the usual suspects: Newsday, The Daily News, The New York Post and The Associated Press. It also happened to be that day’s top North American offering of a much smaller — and somewhat more specialized — journalistic venture: Chabad.org News.
She is survived by her sons Yehuda (Crown Heights) and Binyomin (Far Rockaway), and her daughter Chana Leah Chaifetz (Flatbush).
The Levaya will be leaving from Shomrei Hadaas Chapel at 11:30am.
They will be sitting shiva at 1324 E 10th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Boruch Dayan Emes – Mrs. Bina Clapman OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Bina Clapman of Flatbush.
She is survived by her sons Yehuda (Crown Heights) and Binyomin (Far Rockaway), and her daughter Chana Leah Chaifetz (Flatbush).
The Levaya will be leaving from Shomrei Hadaas Chapel at 11:30am.
They will be sitting shiva at 1324 E 10th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel Heber (Miami Beach, Florida) and Shira Keller (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at 935 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].
NY Police Not Charging Driver in Chanukah Crash
WOODMERE, NY [AP] — A man who drove his sports utility vehicle into a Hanukkah party won’t face charges in the crash, which police said Friday may have been caused by a stuck floor mat.
Thursday’s crash injured 14 people, including the 76-year-old driver, psychologist Theodore Saretsky.
Chasoif: A Song In Honor of the Mumbai Shloishim
Everyone helps out in the way that they can. Since I work with many talented people in the Jewish music industry, I wanted to do something musical that would express our feelings on the upcoming Shloishim of the Kedoshim who were murdered in the Chabad House in Mumbai, India.
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Mumbai Survivor Lights Tennessee Capitol Menorah
NASHVILLE, TN — Delivered the strong into the hands of the weak… The words of the Al Hanissim prayer danced in my head side by side with the images of Mumbai….Chanukah was here: a time of celebrating miracles. What was our answer to bring about a contemporary miracle in our times? Was it our mission to become a Jewish version of warriors and rise up like a band of raggedy armed Maccabees against the scourge of evil?
