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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This Motzoei Shabbos at Congregation Ahavas Achim (Empire Shtiebel), Gmilath Chasodim Shomrei Shabbos held their annual Melava Malka. The Gmach plays a vital role in our community, assisting hundreds of families and many organizations in the time of need.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Gmach Shomrei Shabbos’s Annual Melava Malka

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This Motzoei Shabbos at Congregation Ahavas Achim (Empire Shtiebel), Gmilath Chasodim Shomrei Shabbos held their annual Melava Malka. The Gmach plays a vital role in our community, assisting hundreds of families and many organizations in the time of need.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
DONETSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Ohr Avner Chabad Day School of Donetsk is utilizing a dynamic approach to instruction on age-old traditions of the Jewish people. Namely, schoolteachers of various grades, under the guidance of Miriam Rybalchenko and Rachel Milman, offered students the opportunity to participate in a workshop, at which they could learn more about Kashrut and kosher foods.

This new forum for learning has boosted the youth’s enthusiasm for studying their national traditions and this exercise was equally interesting to the adults engaged in the sessions.

Kosher Workshop

DONETSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Ohr Avner Chabad Day School of Donetsk is utilizing a dynamic approach to instruction on age-old traditions of the Jewish people. Namely, schoolteachers of various grades, under the guidance of Miriam Rybalchenko and Rachel Milman, offered students the opportunity to participate in a workshop, at which they could learn more about Kashrut and kosher foods.

This new forum for learning has boosted the youth’s enthusiasm for studying their national traditions and this exercise was equally interesting to the adults engaged in the sessions.

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By Steve Hartman for CBS News

Ben Berrafato, 11, is challenging - seriously challenging - one of this country's most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

CORAM, NY [CBS] — Even though he's just a fifth grader, 11-year-old Ben Berrafato is challenging - seriously challenging - one of this country's most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

Fifth Grader Making Case Against Homework

By Steve Hartman for CBS News

Ben Berrafato, 11, is challenging – seriously challenging – one of this country’s most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

CORAM, NY [CBS] — Even though he’s just a fifth grader, 11-year-old Ben Berrafato is challenging – seriously challenging – one of this country’s most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

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By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — With the growing awareness and greater education about autism and other disorders that once condemned children thus afflicted to lives of isolation and loneliness, come bold attempts to push the envelope and uncover possibilities for creative achievements few imagined exist among this misunderstood and marginalized segment of the population.

The Arts/Special Needs Interest Comes to the Big Screen

By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — With the growing awareness and greater education about autism and other disorders that once condemned children thus afflicted to lives of isolation and loneliness, come bold attempts to push the envelope and uncover possibilities for creative achievements few imagined exist among this misunderstood and marginalized segment of the population.

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BY Susannah Cahalan for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The Big Apple is due for the Big One.

The trio of earthquakes that surprised New Jersey over the past month has seismologists wondering what's next - and they say it doesn't look good.

Experts Warn NYC In For Big Quake

BY Susannah Cahalan for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The Big Apple is due for the Big One.

The trio of earthquakes that surprised New Jersey over the past month has seismologists wondering what’s next – and they say it doesn’t look good.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday L’Chaims!

Joshua Levine (Worcester, MA) and Claudia Lefas (Bonita Springs, FL) .
IYH 12pm-3:30pm at Mimulo, 334 Albany Ave, [between Union St and Eastern Pkwy].

Yeshurun Blumenfeld (Vancouver, Canada) and Sarah Gopin (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Nissan Moshe Vaisfiche (Manchester, UK) and Chanie Zalmanov.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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

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The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

More and full flyer in the Extended Article!

Video – Yeedle and Piamenta Promo for Sparks Concert

The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

More and full flyer in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim members checked out a call for a sighting of Terrence Nelson, the one accused of terrorizing vehicle owners in Crown Heights, and consequently encountered a much more serious call just across the street.

A Bochur approached one of the members who was staking out the alleyway while others were inside checking it and alerted him to a Black male who was climbing onto the back porch of a Montgomery Street home.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Shomrim Nab Would-Be Burglar Erev Shabbos

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim members checked out a call for a sighting of Terrence Nelson, the one accused of terrorizing vehicle owners in Crown Heights, and consequently encountered a much more serious call just across the street.

A Bochur approached one of the members who was staking out the alleyway while others were inside checking it and alerted him to a Black male who was climbing onto the back porch of a Montgomery Street home.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
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Along with pictures (Click Here to View Gallery) that were on the restored hard drive of the Holtzberg's computer were video clips of the Chabad House activities. Enjoy this 12 minute clip, compiled by Shrurem, giving us another glimpse of the kedoshim and their peulos. Some of the footage was taken just days before they were taken from the world so brutally.

Home Video from Recovered Mumbai Chabad Computer

Along with pictures (Click Here to View Gallery) that were on the restored hard drive of the Holtzberg’s computer were video clips of the Chabad House activities. Enjoy this 12 minute clip, compiled by Shrurem, giving us another glimpse of the kedoshim and their peulos. Some of the footage was taken just days before they were taken from the world so brutally.

Videos
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Pastries for Purim shaped like Haman’s hat – Recipe

By Janice Denham for Suburban Journals

Hamantashen and Shlucha Chanala Rubenfeld, inset right.

CHESTERFIELD, MO — When it’s party time for Purim, the Jewish community knows what is good to eat: hamantashen.

Chanala Rubenfeld, program director for Chabad of Chesterfield, says the cookies are a sweet choice, with family-favorite fillings that even may tend creatively toward savory flavors.

Shlichus

CrownHeights.info and the Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Levi and Rivky Dubinsky, who have BH newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe's Shluchim. Brought down by Rabbi Asher Herson, they will be opening Chabad of Mountain Lakes, NJ, and serving the surrounding areas of Boonton Township and Denvillle.

A special thank you to Rabbi A. Herson

The new Shluchim can be reached at ChabadMountainLakes@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Announcing New Shluchim to New Jersey

CrownHeights.info and the Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Levi and Rivky Dubinsky, who have BH newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Brought down by Rabbi Asher Herson, they will be opening Chabad of Mountain Lakes, NJ, and serving the surrounding areas of Boonton Township and Denvillle.

A special thank you to Rabbi A. Herson

The new Shluchim can be reached at ChabadMountainLakes@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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By Dina Kraft for the UK Telegraph

It was one of the most heartbreaking stories to emerge from the bloodshed of the Mumbai massacre.

AFULA, Israel — The baby boy who was orphaned when his parents were gunned down during a siege at the city's Jewish centre.

Moshe Holtzberg was snatched to safety by his Indian nanny from under the noses of the gunmen who brought carnage to India last November.

Nanny Becomes New Mother for Moshe’le

By Dina Kraft for the UK Telegraph

It was one of the most heartbreaking stories to emerge from the bloodshed of the Mumbai massacre.

AFULA, Israel — The baby boy who was orphaned when his parents were gunned down during a siege at the city’s Jewish centre.

Moshe Holtzberg was snatched to safety by his Indian nanny from under the noses of the gunmen who brought carnage to India last November.

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Men are invited to tonight’s Keren Simchas Chosson VeKallahs auction viewing that will include a wine tasting, deluxe Sushi bar, hot buffet and lavish Viennese table.

The program will consist of a performance of the illusionist Shimi Illuzini and the prize drawing for men’s prizes only, the event chairman is Mendy Pellin. The viewing begins at 8:30pm and the program begins at 10:15pm in the Oholei Torah Ballroom, 667 Eastern Parkway.

KSCVK’s Men’s Program and Auction Viewing

Men are invited to tonight’s Keren Simchas Chosson VeKallahs auction viewing that will include a wine tasting, deluxe Sushi bar, hot buffet and lavish Viennese table.

The program will consist of a performance of the illusionist Shimi Illuzini and the prize drawing for men’s prizes only, the event chairman is Mendy Pellin. The viewing begins at 8:30pm and the program begins at 10:15pm in the Oholei Torah Ballroom, 667 Eastern Parkway.

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LA Cheder Menachem 3rd Grade Trip

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA [CHI] — The third Grade children of Cheder Mencahem-Los Angels visited the Abalone Cove Shoreline Park in Palos Verdes California. At the park the boys had the opportunity to see the wonders of Hashem including the tidepools, bluff top viewing areas.They also went on a hike where the docent pointed out many of the unique plants and animals at the park. At the Park the Children said the 12 pesukim and recited Tanya and mishnayos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Nicole Eastaway for the Sydney Moning Herald

Helping those in need...Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife Frieda, second from right, cook meals at Bondi.

SYDNEY, Australia — Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg and his wife, Frieda, understand the overwhelming loss many families in Victoria are experiencing.

Their son, Gavriel, and daughter-in-law, Rivka, were killed at the Chabad Jewish Centre in Mumbai during the terrorist attacks in November. Their grandson Moshe Holtzberg, 2, was saved by his nanny Sandra Samuel after she discovered him crying and soaked with blood, standing next to his parents' bodies.

Food for the Soul at Bondi’s Big Kitchen

By Nicole Eastaway for the Sydney Moning Herald

Helping those in need…Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife Frieda, second from right, cook meals at Bondi.

SYDNEY, Australia — Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg and his wife, Frieda, understand the overwhelming loss many families in Victoria are experiencing.

Their son, Gavriel, and daughter-in-law, Rivka, were killed at the Chabad Jewish Centre in Mumbai during the terrorist attacks in November. Their grandson Moshe Holtzberg, 2, was saved by his nanny Sandra Samuel after she discovered him crying and soaked with blood, standing next to his parents’ bodies.

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yeshurun Blumenfeld (Vancouver, Canada) and Sarah Gopin (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

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