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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that JEM is now in the finishing stages of preparing a new version of Davening with The Rebbe, one of JEM’s all time best sellers. With its release JEM will have accomplished another first. The new release on DVD, entitled Climbing the Rungs of Prayer, will feature both adult and children’s narrations in four languages: English, Hebrew, Russian and French.

New DVD coming from JEM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that JEM is now in the finishing stages of preparing a new version of Davening with The Rebbe, one of JEM’s all time best sellers. With its release JEM will have accomplished another first. The new release on DVD, entitled Climbing the Rungs of Prayer, will feature both adult and children’s narrations in four languages: English, Hebrew, Russian and French.

Chabad News
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New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)

Mazal Tov! Twins!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Berel and Ziporah (nee Lerner) Cohen (Shluchim to Blue Ash, Ohio) on the birth of their twin daughters.

May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel!


Mazel Tov's

JAMBEROO, NSW, Australia [CHI] — Two hundred women from all over Australia gathered in Jamberoo this weekend for Chabad of Australia's N'shei uBnos Chabad convention. The annual convention, which alternates between Melbourne and Sydney is the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It takes place in many countries throughout the world. This 13th Australian Convention was convened by Gavriella Aber, Hudi Braun, Elka Feldman and Tamar Rosenthal under the guidance of Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman, head of N’shei Chabad in Sydney and major sponsor of the weekend.

13th Annual N’shei uBnos Chabad Convention

JAMBEROO, NSW, Australia [CHI] — Two hundred women from all over Australia gathered in Jamberoo this weekend for Chabad of Australia’s N’shei uBnos Chabad convention. The annual convention, which alternates between Melbourne and Sydney is the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It takes place in many countries throughout the world. This 13th Australian Convention was convened by Gavriella Aber, Hudi Braun, Elka Feldman and Tamar Rosenthal under the guidance of Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman, head of N’shei Chabad in Sydney and major sponsor of the weekend.

Chabad News
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1st Annual Released Time Conference: A Success

NAPONACH, NY [CHI] — Statistic after staggering statistic. 2,444,000 1,428,000… 712,000 out of 1,084,000 Jewish Children in the USA do not receive a Jewish education. “We are going to change it all, this is our goal. We are waging an uphill battle, and we will succeed” is the way Rabbi Sadya Engel of the NCFJE opened his speech at the first Annual NCFJE Released Time Conference earlier this week.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The International Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, has just launched an exciting and innovative tool to teach the world about Moshiach: M-Cast.

M-Cast is a weekly podcast produced with quality content, music and is hosted by Yerachmiel Galinsky, an experienced podaster. Shluchim are able to post M-cast on their website through Mychabad.org and the general public is able to listen and subscribe to it through the iTunes music store by typing M-cat in the search box of iTunes.

M-Cast: The New Moshiach Campaign Podcast!

The International Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, has just launched an exciting and innovative tool to teach the world about Moshiach: M-Cast.

M-Cast is a weekly podcast produced with quality content, music and is hosted by Yerachmiel Galinsky, an experienced podaster. Shluchim are able to post M-cast on their website through Mychabad.org and the general public is able to listen and subscribe to it through the iTunes music store by typing M-cat in the search box of iTunes.

Chabad News
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by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org

Fences collapsed in residential communities throughout the New Orleans area after Hurricane Gustav came ashore, but the damage was a far cry from the destruction suffered three years ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo: Colby Jordan)

Though anticipating damage similar to three years ago, residents of greater New Orleans were largely spared devastation from Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore west of the city on Monday. Joining highly organized columns of evacuees, Jewish residents across the Gulf Coast headed to points inland. The five families of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving New Orleans relocated to the Birmingham headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Alabama.

Forced to Run Once More, Jewish Residents Return to Storm-Tossed New Orleans

by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org

Fences collapsed in residential communities throughout the New Orleans area after Hurricane Gustav came ashore, but the damage was a far cry from the destruction suffered three years ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo: Colby Jordan)

Though anticipating damage similar to three years ago, residents of greater New Orleans were largely spared devastation from Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore west of the city on Monday. Joining highly organized columns of evacuees, Jewish residents across the Gulf Coast headed to points inland. The five families of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving New Orleans relocated to the Birmingham headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Alabama.

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FAIR LAWN, NJ [CHI] — The idea of creating a Jewish day camp came slowly to the rabbis at Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn, but they knew they wanted to fill a void. Many local children were not getting a Jewish education throughout the school year and their goal became to provide these children with a fun summer experience that also gave them a background in Jewish traditions and customs. The Fair Lawn Jewish Day Camp was born! The initial registration was overwhelming, as the only Jewish day camp in Fair Lawn, NJ attracted children from all walks of life within the community.

150 Children Attend Inaugural Summer

FAIR LAWN, NJ [CHI] — The idea of creating a Jewish day camp came slowly to the rabbis at Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn, but they knew they wanted to fill a void. Many local children were not getting a Jewish education throughout the school year and their goal became to provide these children with a fun summer experience that also gave them a background in Jewish traditions and customs. The Fair Lawn Jewish Day Camp was born! The initial registration was overwhelming, as the only Jewish day camp in Fair Lawn, NJ attracted children from all walks of life within the community.

Shlichus
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Fallsburg Man Charged with Arson, Hate Crimes

Record Online

FALLSBURG, NY — A Fallsburg man was charged with felony arson and hate crimes on Tuesday in connection with a bungalow fire and spray-painted slurs in his Sullivan county town.

Town of Fallsburg Police said Edward Smith, 44, allegedly started a fire at Skopps Bungalows on Seldon Road and also spray painted slurs and threats.

Upstate News
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Its design based on Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., the new Jewish community center in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, is built on the site of a synagogue once shuttered by Communist authorities.

For Jewish residents of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, a long-awaited event is soon to occur: the opening of the city’s very own community center.

New Ukraine Synagogue a Replica of New York Jewish Landmark

Its design based on Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., the new Jewish community center in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, is built on the site of a synagogue once shuttered by Communist authorities.

For Jewish residents of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, a long-awaited event is soon to occur: the opening of the city’s very own community center.

Chabad News

It is with sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Meir Greenberg, former Chief Rabbi of Paterson NJ, Rosh Yeshiva of Morristown and from the first group of Tmimim in America, at age 91. Rabbi Greenberg was Niftar in Buffalo.

R. Meir is survived by his children, Yiabdlu Lechaim Tovim: Sterna Lerman (Flatbush), Rabbi Heschel Greenberg (Buffalo, NY), Yosef Greenberg (Crown Heights), Mendy Greenberg (New Jersey) and Chasha Samuels (Milwaukee, WI).

The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 2:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 2:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Baruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Meir Greenberg OBM

It is with sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Meir Greenberg, former Chief Rabbi of Paterson NJ, Rosh Yeshiva of Morristown and from the first group of Tmimim in America, at age 91. Rabbi Greenberg was Niftar in Buffalo.

R. Meir is survived by his children, Yiabdlu Lechaim Tovim: Sterna Lerman (Flatbush), Rabbi Heschel Greenberg (Buffalo, NY), Yosef Greenberg (Crown Heights), Mendy Greenberg (New Jersey) and Chasha Samuels (Milwaukee, WI).

The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 2:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 2:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
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A note to the reader: The letter below was originally written to explain this subject matter to my own son. Now I have been persuaded to make it public. I do not intend for this to be a polemic against a particular ideology. Rather, my intention is to help those thoughtful individuals who have open minds and are sincerely seeking for a way to understand and deal with the Moshiach issue.

If you don’t fit this description please don’t read further. I am also refraining from identifying myself as the author in order not to divert attention from the ideas and arguments themselves. I will instead rely on the dictum “Kabail Es HoEmes Mimi Sheomro.”

My Dear Son,

Last night I received a very good report about you from the Menahel of your Yeshiva. I am delighted that you are taking your learning more seriously and that you are focusing on absorbing Darkay HaChassidus. May it be His will that you continue to make good progress.
You asked me to explain to you my view of the controversial Moshiach issue in Lubavitch since you and many Bochurim in your Yeshiva are confused about the matter and feel very uncomfortable about it. After the report I received I decided not to wait until you come home but to spend the time and write this letter to you with my thoughts on the matter.

Op-Ed: The Moshiach Controversy

A note to the reader: The letter below was originally written to explain this subject matter to my own son. Now I have been persuaded to make it public. I do not intend for this to be a polemic against a particular ideology. Rather, my intention is to help those thoughtful individuals who have open minds and are sincerely seeking for a way to understand and deal with the Moshiach issue.

If you don’t fit this description please don’t read further. I am also refraining from identifying myself as the author in order not to divert attention from the ideas and arguments themselves. I will instead rely on the dictum “Kabail Es HoEmes Mimi Sheomro.”

My Dear Son,

Last night I received a very good report about you from the Menahel of your Yeshiva. I am delighted that you are taking your learning more seriously and that you are focusing on absorbing Darkay HaChassidus. May it be His will that you continue to make good progress.
You asked me to explain to you my view of the controversial Moshiach issue in Lubavitch since you and many Bochurim in your Yeshiva are confused about the matter and feel very uncomfortable about it. After the report I received I decided not to wait until you come home but to spend the time and write this letter to you with my thoughts on the matter.

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Tonight, Tuesday September 2nd 2008 the Red Heifers and the Hebrew Hammers square on the opening game of the playoffs (check CHSOFTBALL.com for the full schedule) the league would like to invite everyone to come and watch it is on on very entertaining and easy way to teach you children about the game of baseball or just to spend quality time with the kids.

Opening the game will be sponsors Sholom Laine of The Print House and Mendy Ganzburg of Landmark Funding who will be throwing out the first pitch.

The game takes place in the 'St. Johns Recreation' located on Troy Avenue on the corner of Dean Street. 5 blocks north of Eastern Parkway, tonight, Tuesday at 7:45pm

CH Softball Playoffs Begin Tonight, Come Watch!

Tonight, Tuesday September 2nd 2008 the Red Heifers and the Hebrew Hammers square on the opening game of the playoffs (check CHSOFTBALL.com for the full schedule) the league would like to invite everyone to come and watch it is on on very entertaining and easy way to teach you children about the game of baseball or just to spend quality time with the kids.

Opening the game will be sponsors Sholom Laine of The Print House and Mendy Ganzburg of Landmark Funding who will be throwing out the first pitch.

The game takes place in the ‘St. Johns Recreation’ located on Troy Avenue on the corner of Dean Street. 5 blocks north of Eastern Parkway, tonight, Tuesday at 7:45pm

Crown Heights News
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THIS IS AN URGENT APPEAL. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.

No one wants to be away from their families on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, and all of us would prefer to be in 770 or at the Ohel, or even earn some extra income by another Shliach, and The Aleph Institute understands that. Yet, the future of Aleph's programs is dependent upon us sending out a full force of bochurim to visit Jews in prison this Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and we are appealing to you to volunteer.

Unless we meet the Bureau of Prisons challenge to impact the prison system with a widespread visitation program for the High Holidays, thousands of Jewish inmates will have their right to practice Judaism severely impaired. The Rebbe's directive to visit and care for every Jew in every prison is every bochur's responsibility to fulfill, and you are needed now more than ever.

Aleph Institutes Urgent Appeal

THIS IS AN URGENT APPEAL. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.

No one wants to be away from their families on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, and all of us would prefer to be in 770 or at the Ohel, or even earn some extra income by another Shliach, and The Aleph Institute understands that. Yet, the future of Aleph’s programs is dependent upon us sending out a full force of bochurim to visit Jews in prison this Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and we are appealing to you to volunteer.

Unless we meet the Bureau of Prisons challenge to impact the prison system with a widespread visitation program for the High Holidays, thousands of Jewish inmates will have their right to practice Judaism severely impaired. The Rebbe’s directive to visit and care for every Jew in every prison is every bochur’s responsibility to fulfill, and you are needed now more than ever.

Shlichus
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