Special Needs, Special Government Benefits

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Parents of children with special needs from across the nation logged on to the Parent Support Network’s monthly webinar last night for a live presentation by veteran government-aid expert Sherri Schneider, founder of the Buffalo Grove, Illinois-based Family Benefit Solutions, Inc.

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Record Numbers Attend JLI’s Fall Course “Soul Maps”

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Over 13,500 Jewish adults around the world are participating in JLI’s new course entitled “Soul Maps” which began this week and runs through mid-December. The course which is based on Tanya was marketed as a six-step program that utilizes tools from the Kabbalah to help participants understand themselves and find inner contentment.

Please say Tehilim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Tinok Hakohen ben Chaya

BH surgery is over, it went well. However the next 24 hours are still critical.
The family thanks everyone for their heartfelt prayers and good wishes –
they are very touched by the outpouring of kindness and ask everyone
to continue saying thillim for the next few days.

He is an infant who will be undergoing open heart by-pass surgery, Wednesday morning at 8:00 EST and will continue for several hours.

Picture of the Day! – Happy Birthday to Rabbi Gerlitzky!

Residents woke up this morning to see Posters wishing Reb Avrohom Gerlitzks a Happy Birthday all over Crown Heighs, on cars, signs, with a big sign on the Oholei Torah Building.

Farbrengen in Yeshiva Oholei Torah at 4:00 pm

Rabbi Greenfeld’s Class Celebrates Their First Chumash Class

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On tuesday 13 Cheshvan Rabbi Greenfeld’s class in United Lubavitcer Yeshiva Ocean Parkway celebrated thier first Chumash class. Traditionally they started learning a few verses from Vaykira first followed by the first Pasuk of the Torah.

Windows of Hungarian Shul Smashed on Eve of 70th Anniversary of ‘Kristallnacht’

By Maureen Shamee

The incident took place late Saturday in a synagogue in the Jewish Community Center in Debrecen, some 230 kilometers east of Budapest.

BUDAPEST, Hungary [EJP] — A Jewish group says windows of a synagogue in eastern Hungary were smashed by unknown people last Saturday night, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nazi pogroms against Jews known as ‘Kristallnacht’ or Night of Broken Glass.

Rock Band Inspired by Jewish Teachings Develops a Campus Following

By Chana Kroll – Chabad.edu

BROOKLYN, NY — It isn’t unusual for a late-night concert at a university to draw the attention of local law enforcement, so Rabbi Elie Estrin wasn’t too concerned when two police officers came up to him to ask when the Saturday night concert at his University of Washington-based Chabad House would be ending. After all, things would be wrapping up in 15 minutes, early for the Seattle school’s Frat Row.

Mayor Bloomberg Pushing New Yorkers to Bike

NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making another effort to get New Yorkers to push the pedals.

City planners will unveil a proposal today that will require all newly-constructed apartment and office buildings to include indoor parking spots for bikes.

Found: A passenger who was on the boat to America with the Rebbe!

In part of the upcoming film, The Early Years, Volume IV, JEM has found and interviewed a passenger on the Steamship Serpa Pinto; the ship the Rebbe and Rebbetzin were on to come to the United States in June, 1941.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mickey and Chani (nee Fischweicher) Ettelson (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Aviva Chaya.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


Attention All Shluchim – 2 Days Left to Register

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim is a project of the Shluchim Office which is underwritten by Merkos Linyonai Chinuch and is a division of Kinus Hashluchim Haolami, which provides a unique opportunity for the sons of Shluchim to draw the same energy and inspiration as their parents do from each year’s Kinus. A complete program that manages, in just one full weekend, to unite and inspire the Shluchim’s children, the Kinus grows larger and more successful every year. For boys ages 8-12, the annual Kinus is fun, educational, and exciting, with a full schedule of well-planned activities, learning, farbrenging, trips, a visit to the Ohel and more. Throughout the weekend, the children are in a warm, chassidishe environment, supervised by a staff of dedicated madrichim. The Kinus assumes full responsibility for the children’s welfare, including all meals and sleeping accommodations, allowing their parents to fully focus on the Kinus.

Emerging Leaders Congregate in Manhattan Before Largest-Ever Shabbaton

Attendees of a leadership conference in conjunction with Chabad on Campus’ largest-ever International Shabbaton congregated at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan prior to the weekend bash. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

NEW YORK, NY — An exclusive group of emerging leaders at college campuses across the world kicked off the largest-ever weekend event hosted by the Chabad on Campus International Foundation.

All told, more than 800 Jewish students and recent alumni gathered in Crown Heights, N.Y., for the International Shabbaton and Conference, but participants of the leadership training portion hailed it as groundbreaking in uniting proven leaders from the business and philanthropic fields with the next generation. By the summit’s conclusion, participants had approved a slate of four resolutions to improve Chabad House programming on both the local and international levels.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Chani (nee Amzallag) Attal (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Shaina Sara.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


Shortages of Kosher Meat Reported Throughout the Country

Kosher Today

With inventory being depleted and three glatt kosher meat packing plants out of service, the scramble for glatt kosher meat intensified in markets throughout the country.

The Iowa and Nebraska plants of Agriprocessors as well as the Minnesota plant of Alle Packing, which was shut down due to problems stemming from a fire in June, accounted for the slaughter of over 1,000 cattle a day. Despite discussion of a possible reorganization of Agri, meat cases in stores all over the county were empty this week.