Mazal Tov! – New Engagement! – L’Chaim Tonight!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Adan Ariel (Eretz Yisroel) and Rivka Mishulovin (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel (Rabbi Citron’s Shul), 731 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038.
BOCA RATON, FL — A caller to the Boca Raton News said the “for sale” sign has gone back up at the former La Vieille Maison restaurant on East Palmetto Park Road.
The restaurant that operated for some 30 years in a historic home with roots going back to the Mizner era closed in 2006 after the owner decided to retire.
No Movement on Synagogue Plan
BOCA RATON, FL — A caller to the Boca Raton News said the “for sale” sign has gone back up at the former La Vieille Maison restaurant on East Palmetto Park Road.
The restaurant that operated for some 30 years in a historic home with roots going back to the Mizner era closed in 2006 after the owner decided to retire.
AUSTRALIA — As the death toll rose in the worst wildfires to strike Australia in recent memory, the nation’s tight-knit Jewish community mounted an effort to help citizens whose homes and towns have been utterly destroyed.
Australians Mortified at Extent of Damage in Raging Wildfires
AUSTRALIA — As the death toll rose in the worst wildfires to strike Australia in recent memory, the nation’s tight-knit Jewish community mounted an effort to help citizens whose homes and towns have been utterly destroyed.
On the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar we celebrate Rosh HaShonah L'Ilonot,the “New Year for the Trees.” Some customs for this day:
• It is customary to increase in the amount of fruits one eats on the 15th of Shevat, in order to praise G-d who created all these species of fruits.
The Customs of Tu B’Shevat
On the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar we celebrate Rosh HaShonah L’Ilonot,the “New Year for the Trees.” Some customs for this day:
• It is customary to increase in the amount of fruits one eats on the 15th of Shevat, in order to praise G-d who created all these species of fruits.
New Parking Regulations on Eastern Pkwy, over 15 Ticketed
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights is one neighborhood in Brooklyn which already has some of the worst and most stringent street cleaning regulations, four times a week and at all hours of the day. The Department of Sanitation, who is the agency in charge of street cleaning, decided to make it even worse.
More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Aidella (nee Avtzon) Blesofsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn 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 !!
Photo Gallery: MyShliach Melava Malkah
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — On Motzei Shabbos, MyShliach held an evening of appreciation for their dedicated volunteers, at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. Those attending the evening were participants of MyShliach’s Caring Mentor Program, a program that connects shluchim’s children with volunteer mentors. Since its inception, the program’s objective has been to facilitate open communication between the children and their mentors. Each week, MyShliach’s mentors call up their assigned child to Farbreng, learn a Sicha, or simply encourage the child through difficult times.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Levi Teitelbaum)
L’Chaim Update! – Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy Schreiber (Crown Heights) and Chumy Grossbaum (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday, February 16th at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Avraham Fried released a new single, “Rak Tefila” composed by Chanan Yoval, words by Yoram Tohar-Lev and editing by Yoval Stopal. CD jacket design by Levtov Graphics.
Fried in New Single “Rak Tefila”
Avraham Fried released a new single, “Rak Tefila” composed by Chanan Yoval, words by Yoram Tohar-Lev and editing by Yoval Stopal. CD jacket design by Levtov Graphics.
The following is part two of a fascinating encounters that Daniel a member of the Chabad house in Antwerp experienced with the Rebbe, special thanks to Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki and the editorial staff of the Avner institute for putting this together, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com
But I Have a Girlfriend Who is Not Jewish?
The following is part two of a fascinating encounters that Daniel a member of the Chabad house in Antwerp experienced with the Rebbe, special thanks to Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki and the editorial staff of the Avner institute for putting this together, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com
CROWN HEIGHTS — Federal probers found “highly dangerous” conditions in Kings County Hospital's psych ward and accused staffers of covering up the death of a patient who was ignored in the emergency room for 24 hours.
For nearly a year, the Justice Department has been looking into accusations patients were drugged and brutalized at the psych unit known as “G Building.”
Feds: ‘Highly Dangerous’ Conditions at Kings County Hospital
CROWN HEIGHTS — Federal probers found “highly dangerous” conditions in Kings County Hospital’s psych ward and accused staffers of covering up the death of a patient who was ignored in the emergency room for 24 hours.
For nearly a year, the Justice Department has been looking into accusations patients were drugged and brutalized at the psych unit known as “G Building.”

Music City Hosts a Hakhel Shabbaton for 3 Southern Jewish Comunities
NASHVILLE, TN [CHI] — Last Shabbos, Chabad of Memphis, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Levi and Rivky Klein, Chabad of Nashville, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel, and Chabad of Birmingham, Alabama, led by Rabbi Yossi and Frumie Posner, and Rabbi Yossi and Miriam Friedman, together with members of their respective communities gathered for a most memorable Shabbaton Retreat at the luxurious Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, in Nashville, Tennessee.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
This Monday, February 9th, Tu Be'Shevat there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5-12. Busses leaving at 5:00 pm and returning 7:45 pm. $3.00 for the bus.
More info in full flyer the Extended Article
Monday – Rally at the Ohel
This Monday, February 9th, Tu Be’Shevat there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5-12. Busses leaving at 5:00 pm and returning 7:45 pm. $3.00 for the bus.
More info in full flyer the Extended Article
BROOKLYN, NY — The wedding of Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman looked, at first glance, like a typical wedding of two Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidim. Standing beneath a wedding canopy in the pouring ran outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., the bearded groom wore a hat, while the bride was bedecked in a flowing white gown and intricate veil.
Marriage Unites Campus Centers from Across America
BROOKLYN, NY — The wedding of Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman looked, at first glance, like a typical wedding of two Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidim. Standing beneath a wedding canopy in the pouring ran outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., the bearded groom wore a hat, while the bride was bedecked in a flowing white gown and intricate veil.
WESTBORO, MA — Chabad of Westboro is part of an international Jewish outreach organization.
“We try to make Judaism accessible to everyone. We have a whole different idea about Judaism than your average temple. Sometimes temples are trying to gather funds, and money has to be given. We just want Jews to feel welcome and comfortable wherever they’re at, in a nonjudgmental atmosphere,” said Dvora Green, who, with her husband, Rabbi Michoel Green, started the Westboro Chabad six years ago. The group invites people to come and share a Jewish experience and get involved, she said.
Chabad Makes Judaism Accessible
WESTBORO, MA — Chabad of Westboro is part of an international Jewish outreach organization.
“We try to make Judaism accessible to everyone. We have a whole different idea about Judaism than your average temple. Sometimes temples are trying to gather funds, and money has to be given. We just want Jews to feel welcome and comfortable wherever they’re at, in a nonjudgmental atmosphere,” said Dvora Green, who, with her husband, Rabbi Michoel Green, started the Westboro Chabad six years ago. The group invites people to come and share a Jewish experience and get involved, she said.
BROOKLYN, NY - The first two of eight rowdies charged in a hate-fueled attack on a group of Jewish straphangers in Brooklyn on Chanukah 2007 took no-jail deals Friday.
Four more are slated to take similar deals next week, sources said.
Two in Chanukah Attack Cop Pleas to Avoid Jail
BROOKLYN, NY – The first two of eight rowdies charged in a hate-fueled attack on a group of Jewish straphangers in Brooklyn on Chanukah 2007 took no-jail deals Friday.
Four more are slated to take similar deals next week, sources said.