Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Serraf (Montreal, Canada) and Sylvia Lubienietsky (Ottawa, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Chabad Queen Mary, 4941 Chemin Queen-Mary, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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VIENNA, Austria [Reuters] — A former Nazi concentration camp guard who was deported from the United States on Thursday is now a free man because he cannot be prosecuted in Austria, the Austrian justice ministry said on Friday.
Josias Kumpf, 83, who has admitted to participating in a 1943 massacre of 8,000 Jews in the Trawniki labour camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, arrived in Austria on Thursday after the United States deported him following the revocation of his citizenship.
Deported Nazi Guard a Free Man in Austria
VIENNA, Austria [Reuters] — A former Nazi concentration camp guard who was deported from the United States on Thursday is now a free man because he cannot be prosecuted in Austria, the Austrian justice ministry said on Friday.
Josias Kumpf, 83, who has admitted to participating in a 1943 massacre of 8,000 Jews in the Trawniki labour camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, arrived in Austria on Thursday after the United States deported him following the revocation of his citizenship.
BROOKLYN, NY — Prices for the coveted Shmura (flour watched from planting) Matzohs rose only nominally despite the economy and the steep increases in commodity prices. Most of the bakeries reached by KosherToday said that they were cognizant of the hardship consumers faced in the continuing recession.
Shmura Matzah Prices Rise Ever So Slowly
BROOKLYN, NY — Prices for the coveted Shmura (flour watched from planting) Matzohs rose only nominally despite the economy and the steep increases in commodity prices. Most of the bakeries reached by KosherToday said that they were cognizant of the hardship consumers faced in the continuing recession.
Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Yanky and Rivkie (nee Polter) Goldstein.
IYH at 425 Brooklyn Ave [between Montgomery and Crown St].
Daniel and Sarah Melul.
IYH at 660 Eastern Pkwy [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin.
IYH at 646 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yossi and Chani (nee Vilenkin) Wilschanski.
IYH at 789 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Moshie and Devorah Leah (nee Chazan) Raitport.
IYH at 1739 49th St, Brooklyn NY 11204.
Nesanel and Rivka (nee Joseph) Rafaelov.
IYH at 16750 NE 10th Ave, Miami Beach, FL.
Hershel and Josepine Basher.
IYH at 16750 NE 10th Ave, Miami Beach, FL.
Yaakov and Nechama Dina (nee Demercur) Mizrachie (Coral Springs, FL) .
Danny and Chanie (nee Fishman) Gavin.
IYH at 10810 Shawnbrook Dr, Houston, TX 77071.
Sholom and Tzivia (nee Feldman) Wasserman.
IYH at 4975 Avenue Carlton, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.
Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (Rashab) saw the issue as a matter of spiritual life and death. Throughout the conference, he railed the government’s plan and even dared to expose the ministers who were kind enough to share the grim prophesy of the impending pogroms.
“It is beyond the capacity of any power on earth,” declared the Rebbe, “to decree over matters of our faith,”even if they might claim jurisdiction over material issues.”
A Wing and A Prayer – The Combination of Effort and Faith
In the year 1910, the Czarist government convened a Rabbinical conference with the explicit aim of meddling in Jewish religious affairs. In good despotic tradition, the participating Rabbis were secretly exposed to a list of 102 Jewish communities where pogroms were to “likely occur” should the conference fail to produce the desired results.
Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (Rashab) saw the issue as a matter of spiritual life and death. Throughout the conference, he railed the government’s plan and even dared to expose the ministers who were kind enough to share the grim prophesy of the impending pogroms.
“It is beyond the capacity of any power on earth,” declared the Rebbe, “to decree over matters of our faith,”even if they might claim jurisdiction over material issues.”
Menahel Ruchni
Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.
Head counselors:
Moshe Shemtov – Uruguay
Mendy Gurkov – Wayne, NJ
Chaim Gourarie - Brazil
Camp Gan Yisroel Detroit Announcing Their Boys Head Staff
Menahel Ruchni
Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.
Head counselors:
Moshe Shemtov – Uruguay
Mendy Gurkov – Wayne, NJ
Chaim Gourarie – Brazil
Mazal Tov! – it’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chayim Baruch and Sarah Alevsky (Shluchim to the Upper West Side of Manhatten) on the birth of their daughter, Maryasha Esther.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A supervisor at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse raided by immigration agents has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza was sentenced Thursday in Cedar Rapids federal court. He agreed to plead guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to hire illegal immigrants and one count of aiding and abetting the hiring of illegal immigrants.
Iowa Meat Plant Supervisor Sentenced to 3 Years
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A supervisor at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse raided by immigration agents has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza was sentenced Thursday in Cedar Rapids federal court. He agreed to plead guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to hire illegal immigrants and one count of aiding and abetting the hiring of illegal immigrants.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Daniel and Sarah Melul (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
This past Chanukah, Chabad of Oregon held a special Chanukah event and the Rose Quarter home of the NBA Portland Trailblazers. Between the quarters, Rabbi Dovi Bialo of Chabad of Portland Campuses was given the opportunity to shoot some free throws from the line with a chance to win $250. Watch the video and see what happens.
Shliach Shoots Free Throws, Trying get Donation from NBA
This past Chanukah, Chabad of Oregon held a special Chanukah event and the Rose Quarter home of the NBA Portland Trailblazers. Between the quarters, Rabbi Dovi Bialo of Chabad of Portland Campuses was given the opportunity to shoot some free throws from the line with a chance to win $250. Watch the video and see what happens.
WASHINGTON, DC — Federal officials and the airline pilots union are denying a report that the Obama administration is seeking to end a program that trains pilots to carry guns in jetliner cockpits.
An editorial published in the Washington Times on Tuesday stated that “President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.”
Feds Deny Obama Will Take Guns Away from Pilots
WASHINGTON, DC — Federal officials and the airline pilots union are denying a report that the Obama administration is seeking to end a program that trains pilots to carry guns in jetliner cockpits.
An editorial published in the Washington Times on Tuesday stated that “President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.”
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
I would like to wish a Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to a good friend Elchonon and Penina (nee Abush) Komar on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shnaz Laufer (Providence, RI) and Devorah Weinman (Manchester, UK ) on their engagement.
The L’chaim will IYH be Tonight Thursday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn was the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe (widely known as the Frierdiker - Yiddish for “previous” - Rebbe). He served in that position for 30 years, from 1920 until his passing on Shabbos morning, January 28, 1950. He was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, New York.
Recently, someone sent me a link to a video clip of his levaya. From the clip one can see a number of external differences between Orthodoxy circa 1950 and Orthodoxy today.
A Look Back at What used to be called Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn was the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe (widely known as the Frierdiker – Yiddish for “previous” – Rebbe). He served in that position for 30 years, from 1920 until his passing on Shabbos morning, January 28, 1950. He was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, New York.
Recently, someone sent me a link to a video clip of his levaya. From the clip one can see a number of external differences between Orthodoxy circa 1950 and Orthodoxy today.
EDINBURGH, UK — Muslim leaders have offered to stand guard outside a Scottish synagogue after it was vandalised in an alleged anti-Semitic attack.
Two men have appeared in court in connection with the attack on the synagogue in Edinburgh last week, when several window panes were smashed.
Muslim Leaders Offer to Guard Scottish Shul
EDINBURGH, UK — Muslim leaders have offered to stand guard outside a Scottish synagogue after it was vandalised in an alleged anti-Semitic attack.
Two men have appeared in court in connection with the attack on the synagogue in Edinburgh last week, when several window panes were smashed.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovber and Chanie (nee Shain) Landa (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — With lawmakers in Albany still unable to come to an agreement on a rescue plan for the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority, details of a massive fare hike are slowly coming into focus.
Sources tell NY1 that riders can expect a $2.50 subway fare and a $103 monthly MetroCard.
Details Emerge On Massive MTA Fare Hike
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — With lawmakers in Albany still unable to come to an agreement on a rescue plan for the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority, details of a massive fare hike are slowly coming into focus.
Sources tell NY1 that riders can expect a $2.50 subway fare and a $103 monthly MetroCard.
