Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Betesh (Crown Heights) and Shterna Ben Hayun (Morocco) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
WASHINGTON, DC — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today warned that extremists “with large agendas and little money can use rudimentary weapons” to sow terror, raising the specter that recent attacks in Mumbai that killed 170 people last year could embolden terrorists seeking to attack U.S. cities.
FBI Director Warns of Terror Attacks on US Cities
WASHINGTON, DC — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today warned that extremists “with large agendas and little money can use rudimentary weapons” to sow terror, raising the specter that recent attacks in Mumbai that killed 170 people last year could embolden terrorists seeking to attack U.S. cities.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [AP] — The former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse wants a federal judge to dismiss nearly 100 counts against him, and if not, to allow him to be tried separately on some of the charges.
In motions filed Jan. 30 in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Sholom Rubashkin asked the court to dismiss the 97 charges against him, arguing that the grand jury that returned an indictment was biased.
Rubashkin Attorney Argues for Case to be Dismissed
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [AP] — The former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse wants a federal judge to dismiss nearly 100 counts against him, and if not, to allow him to be tried separately on some of the charges.
In motions filed Jan. 30 in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Sholom Rubashkin asked the court to dismiss the 97 charges against him, arguing that the grand jury that returned an indictment was biased.
RIVERSIDE, CA — The brew to make kosher pickles includes tap water, kosher salt, dill, garlic, pickling spice and, of course, cucumbers.
The class of about 40 who learned how to make kosher pickles Sunday at the Chabad Jewish Community Center was multicultural, including Christians and Jews. The teacher was Shmuel Marcus, the Los Alamitos resident who calls himself the Pickle Rabbi. He's offered his culinary and religious lessons in 150 cities.
Kosher Pickle Lesson – Flavor of Jewish Culture
RIVERSIDE, CA — The brew to make kosher pickles includes tap water, kosher salt, dill, garlic, pickling spice and, of course, cucumbers.
The class of about 40 who learned how to make kosher pickles Sunday at the Chabad Jewish Community Center was multicultural, including Christians and Jews. The teacher was Shmuel Marcus, the Los Alamitos resident who calls himself the Pickle Rabbi. He’s offered his culinary and religious lessons in 150 cities.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — HASC Center expanded services into Crown Heights by establishing a group home for adults in Crown Heights. This residence is located at 580 East New York Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues.
More pictures and a Video in the Extended Article!
Crown Heights Welcomes HASC Center with Ribbon Cutting Celebration
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — HASC Center expanded services into Crown Heights by establishing a group home for adults in Crown Heights. This residence is located at 580 East New York Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues.
More pictures and a Video in the Extended Article!
KSCVK’s 8th Annual Auction, the Biggest One Yet!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundrends of woman and girls turned out all afternoon, and into the late Sunday evening for Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah’s 8th annual auction. The program took place in Oholei Torah on Eastern Parkway, where there was the auction viewing, a light comedy show along with lots of food and drink.
More pictures and the list of winners in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Isser and Musha (nee Friedman) New on the birth of their first born daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
NEW HAVEN, CT — The high-strung commotion that often fills Commons’ cavernous halls was replaced with a rare solemnity on Friday evening as more than 500 guests filed into the dining hall serenaded by Magevet, Yale’s coed Jewish a cappella group.
Shabbat 1000 Toasts Great Success
NEW HAVEN, CT — The high-strung commotion that often fills Commons’ cavernous halls was replaced with a rare solemnity on Friday evening as more than 500 guests filed into the dining hall serenaded by Magevet, Yale’s coed Jewish a cappella group.
VESTAL, NY — Binghamton University students and members of the community celebrated a traditional Jewish Arts Festival.
Students learned the method behind making the torah and other religious items.
Video – Ancient Rituals Come to Life at Chabad
VESTAL, NY — Binghamton University students and members of the community celebrated a traditional Jewish Arts Festival.
Students learned the method behind making the torah and other religious items.
8th Day Shines in Redondo Beach
REDONDO BEACH, CA — “This might have been the best concert I’ve ever been to,” said Brian Krieger, 41, a long time supporter of Chabad and now a lifetime fan of 8th Day.
Krieger was one of hundreds who gathered last night at the Jewish Community Center of Redondo Beach to hear the brothers Marcus and their ever growing popular band 8th Day.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Devora (nee Gorelik) Lew (Bloomsbury, England) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
MUMBAI, India — Hoping to continue the legacy of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, both of whom were killed in the 26/11 attack on their Jewish centre in the city, the ultra-orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement has chosen Rivka’s younger sister Sara and her husband Rabbi Yaakov-David Leiter to replace them and carry on providing visiting Jews a “home away from home” in Mumbai.
Moshe’s Aunt and Uncle Temporary Shluchim to Mumbai
MUMBAI, India — Hoping to continue the legacy of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, both of whom were killed in the 26/11 attack on their Jewish centre in the city, the ultra-orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement has chosen Rivka’s younger sister Sara and her husband Rabbi Yaakov-David Leiter to replace them and carry on providing visiting Jews a “home away from home” in Mumbai.
Tonight, Monday, February 23, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 40-minute live Parsha class: What the Jews Did Not Tell the Dalai Lama – The Secret of the Ark’s Immobile Poles. 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#
Tonight! Global Web Class – What the Jews Did Not Tell the Dalai Lama
Tonight, Monday, February 23, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 40-minute live Parsha class: What the Jews Did Not Tell the Dalai Lama – The Secret of the Ark’s Immobile Poles. 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#
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel Gist (Jacksonville, FL) and Sharon Marcovits (Guatemala/Florida) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at FREE 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
After I got married I vowed not to forget my single relatives, friends and the many singles that I know. Now that I am married I have the point of view of the single and the shadchan. Although some of the complaints about shadchanim are valid, the singles/parents must make sure they are doing as much as they are able to increase their chances of finding Mr. / Mrs. Right. Everybody needs to focus on what they need to do because we can only change ourselves and the way we do things, we can not change others.
I would like to mention a few of the things one should and shouldn’t do to bring more singles closer to finding their bashert.
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Op-Ed: An Urgent Message from a Shadchan
Each time I watch my wedding video, tears roll down my face; happy tears. The joy of being married to my soul mate is indescribable, that special day was the start of my beautiful family. I recently heard an ad for a secular matchmaking website; it goes “life is too short to not find your soul mate”. How true. From the time we are young children we talk and dream about our wedding and our future spouse: why is it then that when we reach marriageable age we often become our own impediments to that dream?
After I got married I vowed not to forget my single relatives, friends and the many singles that I know. Now that I am married I have the point of view of the single and the shadchan. Although some of the complaints about shadchanim are valid, the singles/parents must make sure they are doing as much as they are able to increase their chances of finding Mr. / Mrs. Right. Everybody needs to focus on what they need to do because we can only change ourselves and the way we do things, we can not change others.
I would like to mention a few of the things one should and shouldn’t do to bring more singles closer to finding their bashert.
Continued in the Extended Article.
