DETROIT, MI [CHI] — Close to 50 volunteers from the Girls Divisions of over 15 national and international Friendship Circle branches converged on Detroit’s Meer Family Friendship Center this past weekend for the annual International Friendship Circle Volunteer Conference.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — Chabad is at the forefront of the Jewish community’s efforts to assist the victims of the devastating bushfires in the state of Victoria. These are the worst bushfires in Australian history, claiming more than 200 lives.
This years Grand Kinus Shluchos Farbrengen will be taking place at the Shluchim Office Thursday, Chai Shvat, February 12th @ 9:15 P.M., following the last Kinus session. It will be streaming live online for all Shluchos who were not able to make it to the Kinus.
GRAND PRIZE: Dr. Jack and Joy Fishman
Land Rover Lease: To be raffled on Purim (not enough tickets sold yet)
Split-The-Pot: Chaya B.
Jackpot: Etty Cohen
List continues in the Extended Article!
JERUSALEM, Israel — Members of the ultra-Orthodox community opening the weekend edition of haredi daily Hamodia in search of a recipe for a good Shabbat meal last week were shocked to find a recipe for stir-fried chicken noodles with none other than dairy Feta cheese – a combination that is against the rules of kashrut and is strictly forbidden.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Baruch Yurkowics (Melbourne, Australia) and Leah Hazdan (Johannesburg, South Africa) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A routine ride on the Community Council’s Crown Heights – Boro Park bus took a turn for the worse this afternoon. A glass bottle was hurled at the bus, going right through one of the windows and striking two of the passengers, injuring them. One passenger described the scene to CrownHeights.info; “I heard a loud bang and then women started screaming. I was petrified…”
The incident took place as the bus was driving past Empire Boulevard and Balfour Place, at around 3:50pm. A group of three black youths, described as two females and one male in their early teens, threw a glass bottle at the bus striking it and causing damage and injuring passengers.
With special thanks to the Shluchim Office and Myshlichus.com, a new couple has gone out on shlichus to Palo Alto, California.
Rabbi and Mrs. Ber and Esti Rosenblat of Crown Heights have been hired by Rabbi Yosef Levin, Director of Chabad of Greater South Bay. They have been appointed as Program and Education Directors respectively.
A Yasher Koach to Aharon Fehler of the Shluchim Office Placement Department for making this a reality.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
A fire torched parts of the UCSB Chabad House yesterday, leaving the rabbi’s residence with extensive damage. (Click here to read the full article).
Tax-Deductible Donations can be made online, or mailed to: Chabad at UCSB, PO Box 80334, Goleta, CA 93118.
When US Airways flight 1549 crash-landed into New York’s Hudson River, what seemed destined to be a tragedy became an extraordinary tale of success and survival. By the time all 155 people were pulled from the icy waters by a flotilla of rescue boats, a story began to emerge of a highly trained pro with a cool demeanor who had deftly guided his doomed aircraft to safety.
In an instant, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger found himself at the heart of an uplifting news story people all over the world wanted to celebrate. Now for the first time, he gives his account of the harrowing five minutes in the sky over New York City.
Tonight, Monday, February 9, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 60-minute live-streamed Parsha class: Are You Upset With Our Educational system? – Moshe and Yisro debate: What is the best curriculum for Jewish education? The class has 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#
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nissi and Chanie (nee Matusof) Gansbourg birth of their firstborn daughter, Mushka.
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 !!
CARMIEL, Israel — Flying virtually around mountains and over seas, Adult Jewish education students in Carmiel are experiencing the Torah’s account of the Exodus from Egypt from a bird’s eye view using the interactive, three dimensional maps of Google earth.
MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — In Russia, the country’s most authoritative web portal dedicated to alcohol products on the market – Alconews.ru – writes that, recently, vodka-producing companies are increasingly turning to the Department of kosher Chief Rabbinate of Russia for recognition of its products as kosher.
CHICAGO, IL — Christians, Muslims, Jews and Atheists alike are helping fuel the robust market for kosher foods, according to a new report by market research firm Mintel. In a consumer survey of adults who purchase kosher food, Mintel found that the number one reason people buy kosher is for food quality (62%).
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — Sami Dines, 16, says she learns invaluable lessons working weekly with Hailey, a 6-year-old who has epilepsy.
“People with special needs (should) not be defined by the special needs they have, but by who they are,” the West Bloomfield teenager said Sunday. “That’s important lesson for everyone to learn.”
More in the Extended Article!
GOLETA, CA — A fire torched parts of the UCSB Chabad House yesterday, leaving the rabbi’s residence with extensive damage.
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