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Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.

More in the Extended Article!

Albany/Northway Birkas Hachama

Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.

More in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Zevi Granat (Edgware, UK) to Sophie Dubin (Baltimore, MD)
New Engagement!

Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
Baby Girl!

Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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

Packed House at Birchas Hachama Halachos Shiur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Every seat in Kolel Menachem was taken on Thursday, when more than 100 men came to review the Halachos of Birchas Hachama.

“What is the source for the mitzvah of Birchas Hachama?” was a question fielded by Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Zalman Moshe Abrahams, among other thoughtful questions.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Round of Car Break-ins

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and ransacked. The incidents took place on Carroll Street between Brooklyn and Albany Avenues, and according to the owners it could have happened from when they parked Erev Shabbos till they got to their cars next on Sunday.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Dovid Lerner (Oak Park, MI) and Esther Faigy Kurinsky (Crown Heights)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Mendy Weiss (Manchester, England) and Chanale Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Yudi Browd (Queens, NY) and Rivky Wilhelm (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yossi Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Rosie Stein (Johannesburg, South Africa)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

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Elementary Students Summer Birthdays Celebrated

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The day of a child’s birthday is one of great pride, a day he grows a year older, and what better way than to celebrate it at school with his classmates in school where he is the center of attention for the day, having a party and giving out doughnuts and nosh. But what about the children whose birthday falls out in the summer, while they are away in camp or day camp?

More pictures and a Video in the Extended Article!

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NY Post

It was kosher chaos.

A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn't answer to a higher authority.

Kosher Dog Fight – Fracas over Frankfurter Switcheroo

NY Post

It was kosher chaos.

A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn’t answer to a higher authority.

Jewish News
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Pesach Exodus Experience Rocks Toronto

TORONTO, Canada [CHI] — Moses, Pharaoh, Pyramids and Plagues have landed in Toronto for the Exodus Experience. From March 12 to March 31, visitors will be transported back 3,300 years to ancient Egypt, where an interactive re-enactment of the Passover story is brought to life.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — The Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk has introduced a new course aimed at adults interested in pursuing an intensive Jewish education in a short period of time. This latest initiative rounds out a series of educational initiatives that are already regularly offered by the Jewish community of Ulyanovsk. This one, however, is particularly advantageous for those individuals who have limited free time and a genuine interest in Jewish culture and traditions.

More in the Extended Article!

Ulyanovsk Jewish Community Promotes Adult Education

ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — The Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk has introduced a new course aimed at adults interested in pursuing an intensive Jewish education in a short period of time. This latest initiative rounds out a series of educational initiatives that are already regularly offered by the Jewish community of Ulyanovsk. This one, however, is particularly advantageous for those individuals who have limited free time and a genuine interest in Jewish culture and traditions.

More in the Extended Article!

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By Zalman Dubinsky

Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman with Velvel (Bill).

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — For weeks Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman, students in Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Chabad in Los Angeles, would go into a furniture store and drop off a weekly L’chaim pamphlet by the elderly man, in his mid-to-late eighties, by the desk. “The man you’re looking for is not here” he said every week. “I’ll give it to the owner” he says making sure to show that he wouldn’t read it.

More in the Extended Article!

Mivtziom Encounter in LA: A Bar Mitzvah at the age of 86!

By Zalman Dubinsky

Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman with Velvel (Bill).

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — For weeks Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman, students in Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Chabad in Los Angeles, would go into a furniture store and drop off a weekly L’chaim pamphlet by the elderly man, in his mid-to-late eighties, by the desk. “The man you’re looking for is not here” he said every week. “I’ll give it to the owner” he says making sure to show that he wouldn’t read it.

More in the Extended Article!

Mivtzoim
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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps to fill every interest.

Counting Down to Total Immersion Summer Camp

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps to fill every interest.

Chabad News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night’s, Thursday's 71st precinct council meeting was well attended with a number of Crown Heights Jewish Residents, including a large group of Bochurim from Chovevei Torah who were there following the incident where one of their classmates was injured after being hit by a brick, and approximately 15 Shomrim members. All in attendance had one concern in mind: the recent escalation of beatings and rock throwing at Jewish children.

This concern was apparently not just that of the Jewish crowd, but was also expressed by the NYPD's top cop, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who attended the meeting, addressing the audience. Mr. Kelly said that despite the recent downturn in the economy, crime is down citywide.

Lies and Deception at the Precinct Council Meeting

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night’s, Thursday’s 71st precinct council meeting was well attended with a number of Crown Heights Jewish Residents, including a large group of Bochurim from Chovevei Torah who were there following the incident where one of their classmates was injured after being hit by a brick, and approximately 15 Shomrim members. All in attendance had one concern in mind: the recent escalation of beatings and rock throwing at Jewish children.

This concern was apparently not just that of the Jewish crowd, but was also expressed by the NYPD’s top cop, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who attended the meeting, addressing the audience. Mr. Kelly said that despite the recent downturn in the economy, crime is down citywide.

Communal Matters
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