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Chabad’s Winter Camp Offers Fun, Educational Winter Break Experience for Local Children

The campers of Chabad’s Winter Camp Gan Israel are pictured together with Camp directors Rabbi Pesach (left ) and Chana (far right) Burston.

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Chabad’s Winter Camp, Camp Gan Israel, recently completed its fourth successful year with over fifty campers ages 5-12 attending from throughout the county. “It’s an innovative idea,” says camp director, Chana Burston, who co-directs Chabad of Orange County with her husband, Rabbi Pesach. “Kids are home and many parents are working. In this economy it’s harder to travel – Chabad’s Winter Camp offers a week of creative fun and Jewish education during the winter school break.

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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
Baby Boy!

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!
The Jewish Week

POSTVILLE, IA - Chicken production at Agriprocessors, the embattled kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, is now up to 20,000 daily — about one-third its previous output — and beef production is expected to soon resume.

Agriprocessors Chicken Production Up

The Jewish Week

POSTVILLE, IA – Chicken production at Agriprocessors, the embattled kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, is now up to 20,000 daily — about one-third its previous output — and beef production is expected to soon resume.

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Like every year, Yeshivas from across America and beyond prepare to travel to the Rebbe's chatzer for Yud Shevat. The growing number of Lubavitcher Bochurim is estimated at close to 2,000 from 40 different Yeshivas.

For the fifth year now, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim has announced the “Kinus Hatmimim Haolami”. The International Conference of Tmimim and Farbrengen.

Largest Hakhel Gathering for Bochurim

Like every year, Yeshivas from across America and beyond prepare to travel to the Rebbe’s chatzer for Yud Shevat. The growing number of Lubavitcher Bochurim is estimated at close to 2,000 from 40 different Yeshivas.

For the fifth year now, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim has announced the “Kinus Hatmimim Haolami”. The International Conference of Tmimim and Farbrengen.

PSA
by Getzy Markowitz - Jewish Thought in Simple Words

As an observant Jew I do not study scripture, but rather I try to live by it, using the word of G-d as a script for life. In that sense I am a slave. This week's biblical portion tells the story of my people prior to our redemption from Egypt.

Today, I witnessed the freedom of a people embodied in the ascension of one man to the single most powerful position on earth. The new leader of the free world is the son of people the world has been cruel to. A man who long ago would have been judged by the color of his skin has been elected to deliver on the promise of his character. It is a great day for America, and for all Americans, whether or not they voted for President Obama.

Op-Ed: The People’s President

by Getzy Markowitz – Jewish Thought in Simple Words

As an observant Jew I do not study scripture, but rather I try to live by it, using the word of G-d as a script for life. In that sense I am a slave. This week’s biblical portion tells the story of my people prior to our redemption from Egypt.

Today, I witnessed the freedom of a people embodied in the ascension of one man to the single most powerful position on earth. The new leader of the free world is the son of people the world has been cruel to. A man who long ago would have been judged by the color of his skin has been elected to deliver on the promise of his character. It is a great day for America, and for all Americans, whether or not they voted for President Obama.

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MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has announced the creation of a special 10.5 million dollar fund for the Jewish community in Russia and the CIS countries, which is aimed at supplementing social assistance system.

Rabbi Eckstein of the IFCJ to Aids CIS Jews

MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has announced the creation of a special 10.5 million dollar fund for the Jewish community in Russia and the CIS countries, which is aimed at supplementing social assistance system.

Jewish News

Illustration Picture

DZERZHINSK, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Jewish community of Dzerzhinsk has launched a new video project. The community has already gained successful experience in creating a film on its own, but has now taken the decision to not stop at just one individual film story. Over the next two years, this blossoming Jewish community will be issuing a series of bright and cognitive video vignettes dedicated to the history and traditions of Jewish holidays.

New Video Series Launched

Illustration Picture

DZERZHINSK, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Jewish community of Dzerzhinsk has launched a new video project. The community has already gained successful experience in creating a film on its own, but has now taken the decision to not stop at just one individual film story. Over the next two years, this blossoming Jewish community will be issuing a series of bright and cognitive video vignettes dedicated to the history and traditions of Jewish holidays.

Shlichus

The third annual Shiurim Directory is now available online by clicking here. Browse through the Shiurim that are available in Crown Heights, the Maggidei Shiur, and the dates, times and locations that they take place.

Click here to download the Directory (Adobe PDF).

New Comprehensive Listing of Year-Round Shiurim

The third annual Shiurim Directory is now available online by clicking here. Browse through the Shiurim that are available in Crown Heights, the Maggidei Shiur, and the dates, times and locations that they take place.

Click here to download the Directory (Adobe PDF).

PSA
By Carri Geer Thevenot for the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas police detective Steve Riback adjusts his yarmulke Aug. 6 while discussing his lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department to let him wear a beard and the yarmulke.
Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs is scheduled to approve a $350,000 payment next week for Detective Steve Riback, an observant Orthodox Jew who claimed he was experiencing religious discrimination on the job.

Police Settle Orthodox Jew’s Lawsuit Over Yarmulke

By Carri Geer Thevenot for the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas police detective Steve Riback adjusts his yarmulke Aug. 6 while discussing his lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department to let him wear a beard and the yarmulke.
Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs is scheduled to approve a $350,000 payment next week for Detective Steve Riback, an observant Orthodox Jew who claimed he was experiencing religious discrimination on the job.

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By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — The Jewish community united in mourning Tuesday, upon the passing of Rabbi David B. Hollander. Rabbi Hollander, who at his death was the leader of the Hebrew Alliance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also served as rabbi at the Mount Eden Synagogue in the Bronx and was the former president of the Rabbinical Council of America. The 96-year old was the oldest full-time pulpit rabbi in the world.

Oldest Full-Time Pulpit Rabbi Passes Away

By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — The Jewish community united in mourning Tuesday, upon the passing of Rabbi David B. Hollander. Rabbi Hollander, who at his death was the leader of the Hebrew Alliance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also served as rabbi at the Mount Eden Synagogue in the Bronx and was the former president of the Rabbinical Council of America. The 96-year old was the oldest full-time pulpit rabbi in the world.

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The Shluchim Office has recently launched a new sicha project, Taamu Ureu, לעילוי נשמות Rabbi and Mrs. Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg, הי“ד, who were killed עק”ה in Mumbai, India.

New Weekly Publication in Memory of the Holtzberg’s


The Shluchim Office has recently launched a new sicha project, Taamu Ureu, לעילוי נשמות Rabbi and Mrs. Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg, הי“ד, who were killed עק”ה in Mumbai, India.

PSA
By Joshua Runyan

Some two million people filled the Mall between the Washington Memorial and the west front of the U.S. Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday. (Photo: BBC World Service)

WASHINGTON, DC — As an estimated two million people descended on Washington, D.C., for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, offices throughout the Beltway were abuzz with preparations for the incoming administration.

D.C. Jewish Center Busy During Historic Inaugural

By Joshua Runyan

Some two million people filled the Mall between the Washington Memorial and the west front of the U.S. Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday. (Photo: BBC World Service)

WASHINGTON, DC — As an estimated two million people descended on Washington, D.C., for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, offices throughout the Beltway were abuzz with preparations for the incoming administration.

Chabad News

Bnos Menachem Hosts Preschool Hakel Gathering

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday morning, Bnos Menachem hosted a preschool Hakel gathering, joined by Bais Chaya Mushka and Mosdos day care center. In this year of shnas hakel the Crown Heights preschools made a special effort to get together in the spirit of achdus for torah, tefilah and tzedaka. The meidelach also enjoyed a very inspiring puppet show. What better gft can we give the alter Rebbe on chof daled teves? Sitting together with our freinds and neighbors from different schools in our shchuna gave us the true feeling of hakel!

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

Police Search For Suspect In Crown Heights Bank Robbery

CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

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Hate Crime in the Kingston Avenue Subway Station

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 10:30 this morning, Wednesday, a MTA commuter called Shomrim and alerted them to a number of hate graffiti on the subway platform. The graffiti consisted of a Jewish Star of David being equated to a swastika and the words “long live hamas” underneath it.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
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