CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday morning campers of day camp Gan Menachem participated in a special activity in the Oholei Menachem Lunchroom. The campers brought cakes that they baked at home to be judged by other campers. After the activity the cakes were then donated to the Shalom Center.
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VENTOR CITY, NJ — Just two years after Chabad Lubavitch of Atlantic County opened a synagogue in the heart of Ventnor City’s business district — in a small storefront above an ice-cream shop — the shul known as Chabad at the Shore has moved to a larger location, one that its rabbi hopes will serve as a permanent home.
RIVERSIDE, CA [CHI] — Going door to door can get old fast. A list of Riverside residents with Jewish sounding names is probably not the most ideal way to find a Jew in need. It does work though. After putting a route together on the computer we went to visit the Bergs, Khans, Steins and the likes hoping to find someone Jewish and at home. Our knocking paid off this afternoon. We came to a house and knocked on the door. This is where the pitch is. “Hi, my name is…… and we are….. and …… would you like to do a Mitzvah?!!” Hesitantly Mr. Loeb opens the door and asks “what kind of Mitzvah can I do?” “Well, Tefillin is a great choice, it’s quick, easy, and I can guide you through it.” “Tefillin, wow I haven’t seen those since I was Bar-Mitzvahed 45 years ago in Anaheim.” So we helped him with the Tefillin and Brochos, but the Shema was a breeze as he remembered his father saying it, it brought tears to his eyes. “I’ll never forget these words as long as I live,” he said.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Abraham and Malky (nee Brook) Eckhaus (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK, NY — Fewer New Yorkers are getting slapped with $100 tickets for dirty sidewalks and gutters – yet the city’s streets keep getting cleaner.
The Sanitation Department wrote 43% fewer tickets for litter on residential sidewalks in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.
MANALAPAN, NJ — An act as simple as riding a bicycle barefoot around a covered pavilion, the sun beating down on the grassy fields surrounding her, is something Lior Azaran could not have dreamed of doing this summer back home in Sderot.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – An elderly Jewish man was struck by a car as he was crossing a Crown Heights street this evening. The incident took place on Brooklyn Avenue and Crown Street where the man was crossing and a car clipped him and knocked him down, causing light injuries.
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I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to my dear friend Hirshy Raskin (Crown Heights) on his engagement to Leah Shaina Lewis (London, UK) !
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — Yeshivas Tiferes Bachurim, a division of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ, is pleased to announce a new and unique course for students to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to become religious educators and community leaders.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Hertz (Crown Heights) and Chana Wolowik (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Darchai Menachem student Yosef Abrahamson has been appointed to a Page position at the Republican National Convention to take place in Minneapolis – St. Paul, September 1- 4.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Aliya celebrated its fifth anniversary with a “Friends of Aliya BBQ” at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ari Chitrik.
The evening began on the deck with a gourmet barbeque prepared by Chef Meir Kohn and his staff. Magician, Ziggy went around entertaining the crowd and as night descended the crowd came inside for the presentation and dessert.
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SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Last week, the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (O.R.A.) gathered in Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre at their biannual Rabbinic conference for two intense days of discussions in contemporary Halachic issues ranging from Trauma counseling to abortion and organ donation.
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JERUSALEM, Israel [INN] — A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound.
We would like to wish Mazel Tov to Boruch and Miriam (nee Benjaminson) Weingarten (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
COOPER CITY, FL — A federal judge crushed attempts by Cooper City to keep Chabad of Nova out of its business district, ruling against the city on nearly every issue Tuesday and setting the stage for damages that could cost taxpayers more than $1 million.
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