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It’s Snowing in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Our first snow this winter season began falling about 9pm tonight, Moitzoai Shabbos. As of this writing, we are getting what the Weather Channel calls a ‘light snow shower.’

It’s about 34 degrees outside, with the real feel temperature at 26 degrees. The Weather Channel is forecasting snow till the early hours of Sunday morning, with less then one inch accumulating. For more weather information click on the weather link on the bottom of the left sidebar.

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Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

SUNDAY: Macy*s to Host JCM Chanukah Workshop

After last yeas success, Macy’s, the world’s greatest department store, will once again celebrate Chanukah with a special workshop. Taking place tomorrow, Sunday December 7th, in Macy’s Manhattan store located at 151 West 34th Street in Herald Square on the 7th floor at 1:00pm.

The events and festivities taking place include an exclusive opportunity to learn how to make olive oil and use it to help light the Menorah. In addition, shoppers will also be able to listen to the story of Chanukah, as well as decorate Chanukah Jewel Lights.

PSA

First Bris Performed in the Rugged Cusco Mountains

CUSCO, Peru [CHI] — Rabbi Ofer and Yael Kripor are part of a dedicated team of Shluchim serving the Israeli – post army – back packers and other tourists. Their Chabad House is located in the rugged mountains of Cusco Peru. It provides its visitors a welcoming Jewish experience with convenient services and kosher food. On Shabbat they have about 250 Israelis guests serving them Challah that’s baked in the Chabad House’s stone oven, and chicken Shechted by Rabbi Ofer, who is a Shochet.

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Akhtar Jamal - Pak Observer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An Israeli intelligence source has reported on Saturday that India has sought Isralei help and support in operational and intelligence planning to conduct Commando attacks on three to five Pakistani targets.

According to a report the Indian leaders “showed the outline of this plan to US secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she visited New Delhi last week.

India Seeks Israeli Help

Akhtar Jamal – Pak Observer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An Israeli intelligence source has reported on Saturday that India has sought Isralei help and support in operational and intelligence planning to conduct Commando attacks on three to five Pakistani targets.

According to a report the Indian leaders “showed the outline of this plan to US secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she visited New Delhi last week.

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Grant Schulte - Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — A former top executive at Agriprocessors Inc. is willing to hire armed, 24-hour security guards or install cameras around his house if a federal magistrate agrees to release him from jail, his new lawyer said Friday.

The proposal would allow Sholom Rubashkin to return to his home in Postville, but with additional safeguards to ensure that the 49-year-old cannot flee the country, according to records filed in U.S. District Court.

Rubashkin Offers Way to Ensure He Won’t Flee

Grant Schulte – Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — A former top executive at Agriprocessors Inc. is willing to hire armed, 24-hour security guards or install cameras around his house if a federal magistrate agrees to release him from jail, his new lawyer said Friday.

The proposal would allow Sholom Rubashkin to return to his home in Postville, but with additional safeguards to ensure that the 49-year-old cannot flee the country, according to records filed in U.S. District Court.

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Shabbos Hakhel, An Amazing Success!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – From Shabbos morning through Motzoai Shabbos many residents and guests took part in the Shabbos Hakhel, organized by the Mispalelim of Bais Shmuel-Chabad. Well over a thousand men woman and children took part in the Tefilos, Farbrengens and Shiurim.

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MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a meeting between representatives of law enforcement agencies from Russia and Israel.

From the Russian side, the meeting involved officers from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Colonels O. Milovidov and A. Yudin. From the Israeli side was A. Kutuzov, who is the Permanent Representative of the State of Israel Police in the CIS and Baltic Countries.

Successful Collaboration

MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a meeting between representatives of law enforcement agencies from Russia and Israel.

From the Russian side, the meeting involved officers from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Colonels O. Milovidov and A. Yudin. From the Israeli side was A. Kutuzov, who is the Permanent Representative of the State of Israel Police in the CIS and Baltic Countries.

Chabad News
FOX News

A Lego-style figurine resembling an Islamic terrorist strapped with explosives and made by a small American company has caused an uproar among Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The controversial miniature figure, created by Seattle-based Will Chapman as part of his BrickArms military fighters line, is a bearded militant with a face-covering hood, a tiny toy assault rifle, a little grenade launcher and plastic bombs that can be attached to an explosives belt.

Lego-Style Islamic Terrorist Figurine Sparks Outrage

FOX News

A Lego-style figurine resembling an Islamic terrorist strapped with explosives and made by a small American company has caused an uproar among Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The controversial miniature figure, created by Seattle-based Will Chapman as part of his BrickArms military fighters line, is a bearded militant with a face-covering hood, a tiny toy assault rifle, a little grenade launcher and plastic bombs that can be attached to an explosives belt.

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LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Amid the destruction and horror of the recent tragedies in Mumbai, FridayLight.org has initiated a worldwide campaign to transform the darkness into light. In honor of Rebbetzin Rivka Holtzberg, our dear Shlucha whose life was senselessly destroyed in Mumbai, along with the many innocent others, FridayLight calls on all women and girls worldwide to “Keep Rivka’s Flame Alive” through the power of lighting the Shabbat candles.

Fight the Darkness of Mumbai: Keep Rivka’s Flame Alive

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Amid the destruction and horror of the recent tragedies in Mumbai, FridayLight.org has initiated a worldwide campaign to transform the darkness into light. In honor of Rebbetzin Rivka Holtzberg, our dear Shlucha whose life was senselessly destroyed in Mumbai, along with the many innocent others, FridayLight calls on all women and girls worldwide to “Keep Rivka’s Flame Alive” through the power of lighting the Shabbat candles.

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MUMBAI, India [NYDN] — The little boy's voice echoed down the staircase from the second floor, steady and insistent.

“Sanda! Sanda! Sanda!” cried Moshe Holtzberg, just three days short of his second birthday. The beloved boy's parents - former Brooklynites Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah - were unconscious nearby.

Inside Hero Nanny’s Dash to Save Young Boy During Mumbai Massacre

MUMBAI, India [NYDN] — The little boy’s voice echoed down the staircase from the second floor, steady and insistent.

“Sanda! Sanda! Sanda!” cried Moshe Holtzberg, just three days short of his second birthday. The beloved boy’s parents – former Brooklynites Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah – were unconscious nearby.

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By P.V. Viswanath - Forward

Meylekh (AKA P.V.) Viswanath on the phone with the terrorist, early Thursday morning.

On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving I was in my office in New York, preparing notes for a finance class I was set to teach the next week. I grew up in Mumbai, India, and I had heard earlier in the day from my brother about the terrorist attacks in my hometown, but I had thought it was going to be over quickly. Then my nephew called. He told me that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement was looking for Indian language speakers to help them keep track of developing news after terrorists took over the Chabad house in Mumbai. This was the beginning of a nearly 17-hour ordeal that soon had me in prolonged negotiations with the terrorists holed up in the Jewish center, moving toward a deathly denouement.

Talking With a Terrorist: An Endless Call to India

By P.V. Viswanath – Forward

Meylekh (AKA P.V.) Viswanath on the phone with the terrorist, early Thursday morning.

On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving I was in my office in New York, preparing notes for a finance class I was set to teach the next week. I grew up in Mumbai, India, and I had heard earlier in the day from my brother about the terrorist attacks in my hometown, but I had thought it was going to be over quickly. Then my nephew called. He told me that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement was looking for Indian language speakers to help them keep track of developing news after terrorists took over the Chabad house in Mumbai. This was the beginning of a nearly 17-hour ordeal that soon had me in prolonged negotiations with the terrorists holed up in the Jewish center, moving toward a deathly denouement.

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Bomb Scare at Chabad of Scottsdale Arizona

A member of the Mesa Police Department bomb squad heads into Chabad of Scottsdale on Thursday.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ [CHI] — At about 3:30pm today, Thursday, we received a report that there is an ongoing bomb scare at Chabad of Scottsdale. The Chabad House, including the three nearby business were evacuated. Police are investigating what they are calling a “suspicious item.” CrownHeights.info has learned thats it’s a large envelope containing written threats and other suspicious items.

The bomb squad from the Mesa Police Department was called to the Chabad House, which is near Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard, after a bomb-sniffing dog alerted police to the potential danger. Customers at nearby businesses were among the evacuees and there were no reported injuries.

UPDATE: 5:50pm The threat is over. The large envelope was found in a public mail area and had threats written on the outside of it with references to the terror attacks in Mumbai, India. Police did not yet know how the envelope got into the establishment.

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Melissa Evans - Daily Breeze

SOUTH BAY, CA — South Bay Jewish leaders were stunned to hear that their friend and colleague, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivkah, were targeted victims in last week's terrorist attacks in India.

Rabbi Sholom Pinson of Chabad of the South Bay attended the same school as Holtzberg and lived just a block from his childhood home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Rabbi and Wife Killed in Mumbai Attacks Remembered in South Bay

Melissa Evans – Daily Breeze

SOUTH BAY, CA — South Bay Jewish leaders were stunned to hear that their friend and colleague, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivkah, were targeted victims in last week’s terrorist attacks in India.

Rabbi Sholom Pinson of Chabad of the South Bay attended the same school as Holtzberg and lived just a block from his childhood home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Shlichus

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In response to the recent barbaric murder of the Rebbe's Shluchim in Mumbai, the congregation of Beis Shmuel organized a special program for Shabbos day, uniting for Chizuk and inspiration. Everyone is invited to attend this special event, to Daven, Learn and Farbreng in unity, all taking place on Shabbos day in Oholei Torah.

More in the Extended Article!

THIS SHABBOS: A Shabbos of Unity in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In response to the recent barbaric murder of the Rebbe’s Shluchim in Mumbai, the congregation of Beis Shmuel organized a special program for Shabbos day, uniting for Chizuk and inspiration. Everyone is invited to attend this special event, to Daven, Learn and Farbreng in unity, all taking place on Shabbos day in Oholei Torah.

More in the Extended Article!

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