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Neighbors Challenge Plan for Synagogue

Scott Fontaine – The News Tribune

Rabbi Zalman Heber looks at a garage and sees a synagogue.

TACOMA, WA — The proposed site for the new home of Chabad of Pierce County, an Orthodox Jewish organization, has sparked controversy in a quiet corner of Tacoma’s West End.

Shluchim Office Tefillin Bank Under New Management

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Since the rebooting of the Shluchim Office’s Tefillin Bank, over 350 pairs of tefillin were distributed and over 100 new requests were fielded. Since the Bank’s inception several years ago, a stunning 5,643 pairs of tefillin were distributed.

Are you having youth or adult programs for the Yomim Tovim??

Here comes another hit from the International Moshiach Campaign! “Holiday Squares”. It is a multi functional game in which you can play it on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur or on Succos in your Sukkah! it can be played in Power Point or printed for Yom Tov. This game is designed especially for your youth and adult programs! “Holiday Squares” is a sure hit for all ages!

Terror Suspected in Aeroflot Crash which Killed all 88 People Aboard

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

Wreckage of deadly Aeroflot plane crash in Siberia

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report from Moscow that three Jewish families, two Habad students and a Russian general were among the 88 passengers and crew killed in the Aeroflot Boeing 737 crash at Perm, Siberia, Saturday, Sept. 13. The plane was in flight from Moscow.

VIGILANTE OYZ IN THE ‘HOOD’

NY Post

ORTHODOX CREW: A crowd in Williamsburg forms a ring around aman who they said threw watermelons, yelled “I hate Jews!” andknocked a Hasidic boy’s hat off.

Don’t mess with Exodus.

A group of Hasidic Jews meted out swift street justice in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to a man they say threatened to shoot a neighborhood storekeeper.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shimi (ben R Nachum Aharon) Litkowsky (Monsey, NY) and Nechama Dina (bas R Aharon) Chein (Queens, NY) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at the Jewish Childrens Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].


Sunday: Siyum Sefer Torah in Memory of Hatamim Yisroel Noach Tzfasman OBM

There will be a Siyum Sefer Torah in memory of Hatamim Yisroel Noach Tzfasman OBM, it will take place on his first yartzheit, this Sunday, the 14th of Elul

The final writing of the letters will take place at 12:00pm at 551 Crown Street and there will be tahalucha at 1:30pm to 770 for hakafos. The sefer Torah will be placed in the Jewish Children’s Museum.

The Weekly Sedra – Ki Seitzei – Not Everything Is Bashert – The reverberating effects of human behavior

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

A man was once accused of a serious crime. The evidence was so incriminating that a guilty verdict seemed inevitable. In desperation, the defendant hired a prominent attorney. “Your only hope,” advised the lawyer “is to enter a plea of insanity. You will need to act crazy in court.

At the trial, the man followed his counsel’s advice and began making strange noises; jumping up and down and waving his hands. He performed so well that the case was soon dismissed.

To his utter dismay, when the lawyer approached his client to collect his fee, the man resumed his ridiculous stunt; making strange motions and sounds. His expert advice had come back to haunt him – he had become the butt of his own clever ploy.

Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Mendy and Sarah Rochel Balkany.
IYH at 1531 Union St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yitzchak and Miriam Schultz.
422 Troy Ave, Apt 1, [bet Montgomery and Troy Ave].

Mendy and Devora Leah (nee Rubin) Mathless (Crown Heights) .

Menny and Hindy (nee Zucker) Antian (Crown Heights) .

Ber and Peninah (nee Gilbert-McNabb) Baumgarten.
IYH at 468 Malbone St, (Map This).

Eliahu and Avigail Reznikov-Gribov.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Sholom Ber and Rivka (nee Moscowitz) Sternberg.
IYH at 603 Lefferts Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Levi and Goldie Azimov (Brunswick, NJ) .

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.