Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shaya and Esther Channa (nee Evers) Zirkind (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel!
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — In the legal annals of Broward County, and the often furious back-and-forth between people suing one another for supposed lying, swindling, cheating, sleeping around and other misdeeds, this may be a first.
Uncle’s Suit Claims Nephew Misspent Foundation Money to Promote He Is ‘The Messiah’
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — In the legal annals of Broward County, and the often furious back-and-forth between people suing one another for supposed lying, swindling, cheating, sleeping around and other misdeeds, this may be a first.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chesky Wasserman (Crown Heights) and Rochel Gould (Monsey, NY) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Despite the Cease Fire, Chabad still on the Front Lines
Even though the cease fire was in effect, Chabad continues to bring support to the soldiers on the front lines. Rabbi Yossi Swerdlow and Hatomim Izzy Rudolph went to the Gaza border to bring care packages, along with letters of support from abroad and to lay Teffilin with the soldiers!
More pictures in the Extended Article!
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The MTA is reportedly moving ahead with one of the technologies that was originally proposed as part of the mayor's congestion pricing plan.
According to the New York Post, the agency is looking into putting cashless tolls on its bridges and tunnels.
MTA Considers Cashless Tolls
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The MTA is reportedly moving ahead with one of the technologies that was originally proposed as part of the mayor’s congestion pricing plan.
According to the New York Post, the agency is looking into putting cashless tolls on its bridges and tunnels.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Sholomke Nagar (Crown Heights) and Mushka Greenberg (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 1485 President St. [Corner Albany Ave].
Menachem Mendel Shushan (Paris, France) and Zohara Dery (Crown Heights) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
CNN International has done a documentary on the Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg and the events in Mumbai. The film airs on CNN International on Sunday at 0130 ET and 1830 ET. It will repeat again on 0900 ET and 1330 ET.
JEM and Chabad.org worked closely with the producers at CNN to ensure that the film would make a Kiddush Hashem. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky was interviewed for the film and also helped ensure that all the arrangements made for this film went smoothly.
CNN to Air Film on The Holtzbergs
CNN International has done a documentary on the Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg and the events in Mumbai. The film airs on CNN International on Sunday at 0130 ET and 1830 ET. It will repeat again on 0900 ET and 1330 ET.
JEM and Chabad.org worked closely with the producers at CNN to ensure that the film would make a Kiddush Hashem. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky was interviewed for the film and also helped ensure that all the arrangements made for this film went smoothly.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehoshua Schreibman (Highland Park, NJ) and Rivka Shaffer (Baltimore, MD) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Staff Attend Counter Terrorism Seminar
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street hosted a counter terrorism seminar for its staff this Sunday morning. A leading expert on security and risk management spoke to the staff, and instructed them on how to properly identify threats and gave tips on preventing them.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel Shushan (Paris, France) and Zohara Dery (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Historical Wedding in Smolensk Russia
SMOKENSK, Russia [CHI] — For the first time in 80 years, Smolensk, Russia witnessed a kosher Jewish wedding. Rabbi Levi Mondshine, Shliach and chief Rabbi of the Smolensk Region officiated at the wedding of two jewish couples who are members of the Smolensk Jewish community. Despite the cold and snowy weather, the couples decided that they would like to have the chuppas under the nightsky. A close knit group of family and friends gathered to participate in the historical occasion. Rabbi Avraham Lifshitz, a shlich in the area of Pushkina, Moscow, traveled to Smolensk especially to be one of the witnesses.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
SDEROT, Israel — As the Israeli army slogged through the Gaza Strip in the waning days of its three week offensive against Hamas targets, a delegation sponsored by the pro-Israel group Women in Green traveled to a location just beyond the fighting to strengthen the resolve of local residents. In the end, the multinational group of 50 returned strengthened, carrying a message of faith conquering all obstacles.
Former Gazans Reflect on Life During War
SDEROT, Israel — As the Israeli army slogged through the Gaza Strip in the waning days of its three week offensive against Hamas targets, a delegation sponsored by the pro-Israel group Women in Green traveled to a location just beyond the fighting to strengthen the resolve of local residents. In the end, the multinational group of 50 returned strengthened, carrying a message of faith conquering all obstacles.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Shayndel (nee Prus) Zaklos 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 !!
The Rubashkin family and the members of the Anash community for Pidyon Shivuyim extend their heartful request to all Anash to join us for special prayers at the Ohel this Monday, January 26th, Rosh Chodesh Shvat at 9:30 a.m. which will correspond to 8:30 a.m. in Iowa when the hearing will begin. Busses have been arranged to leave 770 at 9:00 a.m. and will return at 11:00 a.m.
If you cannot join us at the Ohel please set aside a few moments in your home, school, or Shul to recite Tehillim and study Torah in the z'chus of Sholom Mordechai HaLevi Ben Rivkah.
Monday: Detention Hearing in Sholom Rubashkins Case
The Rubashkin family and the members of the Anash community for Pidyon Shivuyim extend their heartful request to all Anash to join us for special prayers at the Ohel this Monday, January 26th, Rosh Chodesh Shvat at 9:30 a.m. which will correspond to 8:30 a.m. in Iowa when the hearing will begin. Busses have been arranged to leave 770 at 9:00 a.m. and will return at 11:00 a.m.
If you cannot join us at the Ohel please set aside a few moments in your home, school, or Shul to recite Tehillim and study Torah in the z’chus of Sholom Mordechai HaLevi Ben Rivkah.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Yosef Greenberg OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yosef Greenberg ob“m of Bnei Brak, after a lengthy illness r”l, at the age of 77.
Rabbi Greenberg was one of the Ziknei Anash in Bnei Brak, who had true mesirus nefesh for Yiddishkeit and Chassidus in Russia as a bochur. He was constantly followed, and finally caught and convicted. When he was but seventeen years old, he was sentenced to death r”l. He was set free after serving “only” ten years, with the death of Stalin, yemach shmo.
Forty years ago he came to Eretz Yisroel, and served as Mashpia in the Lubavitcher shul in Neve Achiezer. He chazzered sichos of the Rebbe and shared his experiences in Russia with the mispallelim.
The Levaya took place on Thursday. The Niftar was laid to rest on Har Hazeisim.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avremel and Nechamie (nee Cohen) Brod (Stockton, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel!
CROWN HEIGHTS — Police are investigating a case of alleged domestic dispute in Crown Heights that left a man stabbed to death Friday night.
Man Stabbed to Death in Crown Heights North
CROWN HEIGHTS — Police are investigating a case of alleged domestic dispute in Crown Heights that left a man stabbed to death Friday night.
