This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Click here to download the newspaper in PDF format.
This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Click here to download the newspaper in PDF format.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Naftoli and Rochel (nee Yarmush) Charitan.
IYH at 672 Empire Blvd, Apt 11C, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Menachem and Miri (nee Carlebach) Lipsker (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 1454 President St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
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.
Photo Gallery: Ceremonial Menorah Lighting in Sacramento
Gov. Schwarzenegger holds up a Dollar coin to put in the Charity box.
SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — In a tremendous and proud display of Kiddush Hashem, Shluchim of Chabad of California together with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, lit a giant Chanukah Menorah on the west steps of the state capitol.
Many more pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by Webby)
by Getzy Markowitz
Jews have been the target of injustice for centuries. From judges on the bench to the chancellors who might appoint them, our people have enough historical experience to know when it is time to defend ourselves.Magistrates preside over cases dealing with minor offenses, and over preliminary hearings that deal with more consequential ones. But a statement made by Magistrate Jon Stuart Scoles on Nov. 20, concerning the bail of an orthodox Jew, was a major offense to every American Jew. It must evoke a harsh response from the Jewish community. In his ruling, the Judge cited Israel's Law of Return as grounds for not permitting a Jewish defendant to be released on bond, even though he had already surrendered his passport.
Op-Ed: Magisterial Bigotry
by Getzy Markowitz
Jews have been the target of injustice for centuries. From judges on the bench to the chancellors who might appoint them, our people have enough historical experience to know when it is time to defend ourselves.
Magistrates preside over cases dealing with minor offenses, and over preliminary hearings that deal with more consequential ones. But a statement made by Magistrate Jon Stuart Scoles on Nov. 20, concerning the bail of an orthodox Jew, was a major offense to every American Jew. It must evoke a harsh response from the Jewish community. In his ruling, the Judge cited Israel’s Law of Return as grounds for not permitting a Jewish defendant to be released on bond, even though he had already surrendered his passport.
Locks of Faith: Jewish Boy Gets First Haircut at Age 3
Amanda Greene – Star News Online
Edna Vretsky (right) cuts the hair of Isser Shlomo while his father, Rabbi Moshe Lieblich, watches at the Chabad Center of Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, NC — For most three-year-olds, standing on a chair for 30 minutes while people line up to cut off pieces of your hair might seem scary and somewhat of an eternity.
Not for little Isser Lieblich. He stood still except for an occasional windmill swing of his arms.
City Suspends Alternate Side Parking, Preps For Storm
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The city has suspended alternate side parking rules Friday in preparation for snow removal crews.
Parking meters, however, remain in effect throughout the city.
Chabad Zoning Victory – PZC Votes 4-3
Rachael Scarborough King – New Haven Register
Peter Mohrer of Guilford, left, studies a religious text with Rabbi Yossi Yaffe, while the Guilford Planning and Zoning Commission meeting works through its agenda. Yaffe was there for a vote on the Chabad of the Shoreline application (Mara Lavitt/Register)
GUILFORD, CT — The Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday night, after lengthy discussion, approved a special permit that will allow Chabad of the Shoreline to build a synagogue and day care center at 181 Goose Lane.
For University Students, It’s Never Too Late For a Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Yosef Lewis – Chabad.edu
Rita Vinnik addresses classmates, friends and family at her bat mitzvah celebration at the Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life serving Binghamton University. (Photo: Edward Lin/Chabad of Binghamton)
BINGHAMTON, NY — While the typical bar and bat mitzvah party celebrates the coming of age of 13-year-old Jewish boys and 12-year-old Jewish girls, a grand celebration of an entirely different nature took place at Binghamton University in New York. The party had all the trappings of the standard teenage affair, but it was 15 fully-grown college students who celebrated their entry into Jewish adulthood, albeit a bit late.
Ohr Avner School Connects Online
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — This week, teachers at the Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Day School joined those from dozens of other Jewish schools from other cities of the CIS and Baltic countries for a large-scale online conference. This project was initiated by the Ministry of Education of Israel, represented by Irina Dashevsky, the Ministry’s Adviser for the CIS and Baltic Countries.
The conference involved numerous Russian-speaking teachers of Jewish traditions and, to a large extent, was dedicated to their methodological development, relation to and dealings with the Ministry of Education of Israel, and the upcoming holiday of Chanukah, in addition to several other issues related to Jewish education in the post-Soviet countries.
Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday Night L’Chaims!
Levi Klyne (Manchester, England) and Chaya Mushka Eidelman (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Yehoshua Polonsky (Beachwood, OH) and Simi Gestetner (Coogee Beach, Australia) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Chaim Hoch (Pittsburgh, PA) and Leah Leiberman (London, England) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Photos: Preparing for the Californa Capitol Menorah Lighting
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Klyne (Manchester, England) and Chaya Mushka (bas Reb Mendel) Eidelman (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Alternate Side Parking Rules Are Suspended on Friday
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Friday, December 19 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
For updated information, visit the DOT Web site at www.nyc.gov/dot or call 311.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehoshua Polonsky (Beachwood, OH) and Simi Gestetner (Coogee Beach, Australia) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Last years state capitol Menorah lighting ceremony.
SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — California State Capitol Menorah lighting will be broadcasted live over the California government’s website at 2:30pm PST (5:30pm EST). Click here to watch!
Menorah Lighting with Gov. Schwarzenegger to be Broadcast Live
Last years state capitol Menorah lighting ceremony.
SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — California State Capitol Menorah lighting will be broadcasted live over the California government’s website at 2:30pm PST (5:30pm EST). Click here to watch!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Hoch (Pittsburgh, PA) and Leah Leiberman (London, England) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Hungry To Be Heard – Eating Disorders In The Frum Community
Tova Stulman Ross – 5 Towns Jewish News
Many young women in the frum Jewish community are well aware of the pressures that exist for them in today’s society. The shidduch world oftentimes has potential mates asking about body size before character. Choosing between full-time work, being a stay-at-home mother, or a combination of the two roles can drive the sanest to second-guess themselves. And, as wonderful as living among other Jews in a tight-knit community is, it also leaves little room for errors in religious observance.
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