Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Leib and Dina (nee Weiser) Perlstein (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Dnepropetrovsk-based ‘AS’ Company, a leading producer of kosher meat in this part of eastern Ukraine, has announced the provision of its new service – the delivery of its products to customers’ homes.
Kosher Meat Market Widens
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Dnepropetrovsk-based ‘AS’ Company, a leading producer of kosher meat in this part of eastern Ukraine, has announced the provision of its new service – the delivery of its products to customers’ homes.
The hearing taking place tomorrow is to determine if bail should be granted to Sholom Mordechai and if he is a flight risk.
There will be a Minyan at the Ohel at 3:00pm for Tehillim.
For more info and if you have ideas or something to offer or suggest for the case please email protestforkosher@aol.com
Sholom M. Rubashkin’s Bail Hearing Today at 3:00pm
After the faxes kept pouring in yesterday the Rubashkin family would like to thank all those that took their time to write a letter, and are asking that we say Tehillim and learn something L’zchus Sholom Mordechai HaLevi ben Rivka.
The hearing taking place tomorrow is to determine if bail should be granted to Sholom Mordechai and if he is a flight risk.
There will be a Minyan at the Ohel at 3:00pm for Tehillim.
For more info and if you have ideas or something to offer or suggest for the case please email protestforkosher@aol.com

Chof Chechvan Farbrengen at Bais Shmuel Chabad
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Yossi Jacobson farbrengen’ing with the congregates at Bais Shmuel Chabad on Eastern Parkway in honor of Chof Chechvan, the fifth Rebbe’s, the Rashab birthday, who was born Chof Cheshvan, 5621.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — More gun violence erupts on the Streets of Crown Heights, only this time in broad daylight. At around 4:00pm a person was shot in the leg on Empire Boulevard and Schenectady Avenue.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
More Gun Violence, Man Shot on Empire Boulevard
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — More gun violence erupts on the Streets of Crown Heights, only this time in broad daylight. At around 4:00pm a person was shot in the leg on Empire Boulevard and Schenectady Avenue.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly (ben R. Yaakov) Goldberg (Crown Heights) and Dina Bryski (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave]
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Lined up along 770 is piles of used older Seforim with a sign in Hebrew which read “take a blessing into your home, all the seforim here are free, whatever remains by nightfall (late) will be taken from here”.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Photo Gallery: Free Seforim on Kingston!
Lined up along 770 is piles of used older Seforim with a sign in Hebrew which read “take a blessing into your home, all the seforim here are free, whatever remains by nightfall (late) will be taken from here”.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We need personal letters faxed to (563) 864-3460 or (563) 864-6073 that can attest to:
PSA: A Fax Can Help with Pidyon Shvuyim
Shalom M. Rubashkin and the Jewish families of Postville are in URGENT need of your support TODAY (November 18, 2008) by 5:00pm Central Time (6:00pm Eastern Time).
We need personal letters faxed to (563) 864-3460 or (563) 864-6073 that can attest to:
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An MTA bus swiped a parked car on Kingston earlier today, the incident took place on Carroll and Kingston at around 12:30pm as the bus apparently tried to pull into the bus stop across the street and hit the parked car.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
City Bus Swipes Parked Car
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An MTA bus swiped a parked car on Kingston earlier today, the incident took place on Carroll and Kingston at around 12:30pm as the bus apparently tried to pull into the bus stop across the street and hit the parked car.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Bris Avrohom Celebrates 29
TEANECK, NJ — The Marriot Hotel lobby was packed with Rabbonim, Shluchim, relatives, friends, mekurovim and supporters of Bris Avrohom of Hillside New Jersey and Shluchim Rabbi Mordechai and Shterna Kanelsky. The Rebbe’s Shluchim were celebrating 29 years to their Shlichus at a gala dinner and Hachnosas Sefer Torah.
More pictures in the Extended Article!

Chof Chechvan Farbrengen in Bais Eliyahu Nochum
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A farbrengen at Bais Hamedrash Eliyahu Nochum on Lefferts Ave, in honor of Chof Chechvan, the birthday of the Rebbe Rashab.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Eli Blachman)
POSTVILLE, IA — The Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville suspended production Monday, but one of its officials said the operation should reopen later this week.
Agriprocessors Poultry Production to Resume Thursday
POSTVILLE, IA — The Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville suspended production Monday, but one of its officials said the operation should reopen later this week.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mordechai and Leah (nee Cadaner) Kustiner (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Photograph by Marcos Townsend for the Gazette
MONTREAL, Canada — Google “Soul Maps” and you'll get a self-help book published by the Anglican Church of Canada, an analysis of Karl Jung's human psychology and a question: Did you mean “Seoul Maps?” But you'll also be directed to a new course right here, right now in Montreal based on the Kabbalah, about how to map your own soul to find the road to spiritual happiness.
Mapping a Journey to Inner Peace
Photograph by Marcos Townsend for the Gazette
MONTREAL, Canada — Google “Soul Maps” and you’ll get a self-help book published by the Anglican Church of Canada, an analysis of Karl Jung’s human psychology and a question: Did you mean “Seoul Maps?” But you’ll also be directed to a new course right here, right now in Montreal based on the Kabbalah, about how to map your own soul to find the road to spiritual happiness.
MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — In the Moscow Jewish Community Center – the central attraction of the city’s historic Marina Roscha neighborhood – a new kosher dairy café has opened to the public.
New Kosher Cafe for Moscow
MOSCOW, Russia [FJC] — In the Moscow Jewish Community Center – the central attraction of the city’s historic Marina Roscha neighborhood – a new kosher dairy café has opened to the public.
Mazal Tov! – Its Twin Girls!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shua and Hindy (nee Deitsch) Brook (Crown Heights) on the birth of their twin daughters.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.