Op-Ed: Open Letter to the residents of Crown Heights

Next weekend, Shabbos Parsha Lech Lecha, over 800 students and 100 Shluchim and Shluchos will be coming bez”h to Crown Heights for the largest Pegisha of its kind in history.

As Shluchim on campus, many of my colleagues deal with great mesiras nefesh with a constant uphill battle, inspiring and serving hundreds of Jewish students each and every week. Around this time each year, though, we are reminded that we’re not alone.

Seeing the unbelievable Hachnosas Orchim with which the residents of Crown Heights open their doors, take care of our students, and put up with all of the tumult that goes along with such an endeavor – especially knowing that this comes so closely on the heels of an already very taxing month of Tishrei – is the greatest reminder that Chassidim Ein Mishpocha, that we are part of a family of Chassidim who are true partners in our work.

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Sukkos Mivtzoim in Illinois

CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — In honor of Sukkos this year there were three Sukka mobiles that went on Mivtzoim on the 3 days of Chol Hamoed. Bochurim woke early in the morning, Davened, had a quick breakfast and then set out for a full day of Mivtzoim in the different areas through out the state of Illinois covering shopping malls, busy street corners, visiting Chabad Houses and bringing JKewish pride through out the state.

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Gasoline prices below $2/gallon in parts of US

HOUSTON [AP] — Gasoline prices have fallen below $2 a gallon in some parts of the U.S. as the impact of plunging oil prices and reduced driving are finally taking hold.

In Ohio, the Web site GasBuddy.com, where consumers post prices they spot, said a few stations in the Cincinnati suburbs were now charging $1.99 for regular.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur Zalman and Hindy (nee Rosenfeld) Gurevitz (Shluchim to Morgantown, WV) on the birth of their son.

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


Hachnoses Safer Torah in Kowloon!

HONG KONG, China [CHI] — History was made this Sunday afternoon in the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, China. A new Torah scroll, donated by Isaac and Frida Kamhin and family of Hong Kong, was given to the Chabad House in Kowloon and written in fulfillment of the Torah’s final Mitzva.

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Accident Involving School Bus and Minivan

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – An accident between a minivan driven by a Bochur and a school bus from a local public school B”H ended with no injuries, the incident took place at around 4:00pm today, Monday, on President Street between Albany and Kingston.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Jewish Org Provides New Options

by Ben Echitelle – The GW Hatchet

Chabad GW, an organization dedicated to supporting orthodox Jewish life on campus, held its inaugural event last week, drawing more than 300 students to Kogan Plaza for a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Nationally, GW has the eighth largest percentage of Jewish students on a college campus, according to statistics gathered by Hillel. Chabad aims to reach out to these students.

“The dream is to create a home away from home that will always be available to students,” said Rabbi Yudi Steiner, who co-directs Chabad GW along with his wife Rivky. “My wife and I provide a welcoming, nonjudgmental, relaxing place for Jews to come and feel appreciated where they feel that they have a brotherhood that they can kick back with.”

Cops Defiant

NY Post

BROOKLYN, NY — Four cops involved in a chase that ended with a Brooklyn tattoo-parlor worker’s claim that he was violated with a police radio antenna turned down unofficial offers to lay low inside their precinct house.

Instead, claiming they did no wrong, the 71st Precinct officers returned to their duties after the story broke Thursday, according to a police source. It was unclear whether the fifth officer involved, a transit cop, was extended the same offer.

But Rebbe “Why Don’t You Move to Israel?”

The following is a Yechidus with the Rebbe that ranking officer in the IDF, Lt. General Ron Pekar, who served in the air force. He transcribed the audience in his private diary. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

“Battle weary and depressed by the constant fighting, the officer expressed his wish that there be no more combat with enemies. Being realistic, however, and acknowledging that it was highly plausible that there would more conflict, he asked the Rebbe’s opinion on whether there would be another war, or whether perhaps the Arabs had been so discouraged, during the Yom Kippur War, that they would never muster the confidence to fight again.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Schneor and Estie (nee Galperin) Greenberg (Shluchim to Commerce Twp., MI) on the birth of their son.

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