CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A police officer was assaulted and injured earlier tonight at around 1:45am in Crown Heights. The incident began when Police pulled over a car on Crown Street near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue, while performing the car stop a large crowd gathered and when one officer tried to disperse the crowd she was punched in the face and sustained injuries.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mordechai and Nina (nee Barnett) Simons on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds of Crown Heightsers dropped in to the new “Chesed Center” which is operated by Ahavas Chesed, to say Lechaim and congratulate Rabbi Avrohom Leider on the new accomplishment. As its name suggests, the new center will be a place for people who r’l need medical help to drop in a receive it.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli Stiefel (Montreal,Canada) and Sarah Leah Cohen (Pittsburgh, PA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — Based on the directive of the Rebbe (14 Elul 5740) to organize Hakhel gatherings during Aseres Yemai Teshuva, Beth Rivkah of Montreal organized on Friday a grand Kinus Hakhel for all its 550 students together, starting from 18 month old “taf” in the pre-school through Kindergarten, Elementary and High School.
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WASHINGTON, DC — A new bill in Congress will seek to ensure that condo dwellers enjoy the same religious freedoms that others do. New York congressman, Jerrold Nadler, intends to make it illegal for apartment buildings or condo owners to regulate what residents display. If passed, the bill would overturn the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision earlier this summer.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef and Hindy (nee Zaklos) Plotkin (Shluchim to Greensboro, NC) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Three accidents in one day is not unfamiliar in Crown Heights, but it hasn’t happened in a few years, until today. Starting with a bad smashup on Lefferts and New York in the morning, then a moderate one Albany and East New York and sealed with a minor one on Empire and Brooklyn.
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I would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to a dear friend Yudi Ceitlin (Montreal, Canada) on his engagement to Feigie Shemtov (Tucson, AZ) !
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Erev Shabbos a Shomrim member was alerted to a Black man who exposed himself to a Jewish woman on East New York Avenue near the Shuk, the member called for backup and police assistance in locating the pervert.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Noach Merinfeld (North Miami Beach, FL) and Rochel Moskowitz (Sherman Oaks, CA) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Ahavas Chesed is an organization that aids people who need medical attention and support, and today they are opening up their, much needed, offices.
Located at 271 Kingston Avenue, between Lincoln Place and St. Johns Place, the new offices will be the center for all the calls as well as housing a year round kosher soup kitchen.
Rabbi Avrohom Leider, director of Ahavas Chesed, is inviting everyone to stop by and have a bite to eat and say lechaim between the hours of 4:00pm and 7:00pm.
GUILFORD, CT — September ended as it began, with an attorney appearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) speaking in absolute terms about the suitability of a synagogue on Goose Lane. On Sept. 3, it was the applicant’s attorney promoting the proposal, on the 24th (after a Q&A session on the 17th) it was the opponents’ attorney’s turn.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy and Draiza (nee Raskin) Engel (Denver, CO) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia [FJC] — On Friday, September 26th, the Jewish community of Nizhny Novgorod hosted a very important event in the lives of the community and one family – the Brit Mila (circumcision) of an infant boy on the eighth day of his life. The ceremony, which took place in the children’s medical clinic, was performed by Chief Mohel of Russia Yeshaya Shafit.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Fishel and Basya (nee Smith) Goldberg (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
In honor of Vov (6th) Tishrei, the Yartzeit of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson the Rebbe’s mother, I would like to present a beautiful handwritten letter that Rebbetzin Chana wrote to Mrs. Esther Alperin A”h (Director of the Rebbe’s Shluchim in Brazil) Mrs. Alperin shared a very special and unique relationship with the Rebbetzin. To see a copy of the original letter Visit: Portraitofaleader.blogspot.com Special thanks to Rabbi Yossi Alperin.
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