Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel and Shterna (nee Grossbaum) Kaminker (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
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JERUSALEM, Israel — When this photo of L.A. Lakers' Jordan Farmar, the only Jewish player in the NBA, putting on tefillin with Chabad at the Western Wall in Jersualem, came across the screen, Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook fired it off to the avid Laker fans he's come to know as director of Chabad at California State University Northridge.
Lakers’ Farmar: A Slam Dunk For Tefillin on Campus
JERUSALEM, Israel — When this photo of L.A. Lakers’ Jordan Farmar, the only Jewish player in the NBA, putting on tefillin with Chabad at the Western Wall in Jersualem, came across the screen, Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook fired it off to the avid Laker fans he’s come to know as director of Chabad at California State University Northridge.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzchak Mendel and Rachel Neshama Wagner (Germany) on the birth of their daughter, Dina Chana.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Active Summer for Nizhny Novgorod Jews
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia [FJC] — Despite the fact that we are in the midst of summer vacation, the Jewish community of Nizhny Novogorod – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia – has been highly active. Notable developments include the opening of a kosher food store, the continuance of construction work on the city’s historic Synagogue, and three local camps for Jewish children and youth.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yakov and Brachie (nee Hecht) Garfinkel (North Miami Beach, FL) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Hundreds at Rochie Paley Levaya
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — The Levaya of Mrs. Yocheved Chaya Rochel (Rochie) Paley obm passed by 770, THursday at 1:30pm. She passed away untimely today at the age of 26. Hundreds of Crown Heights residents attended the funeral. Many came in from the mountains where they are vacationing for the summer.
Chabad’s Summer Camp Raises Funds for Children with Illness
WASHINGTONVILLE, NY [CHI] — The children of Chabad’s Camp Gan Israel, located in Washingtonville, were excited to participate in a special charity project called the “Chai-a-thon.” Chai, means “life” in Hebrew, and the proceeds of this project will help sick children to enjoy a summer at Camp Simcha, a Jewish camp for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
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The Weekly Comic! – Haftora Parshas Va’eschanan!
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“What a coincidence!” remarked the minister upon encountering the Rabbi: “It was just last night that I dreamt I was in Jewish Heaven.”
“Jewish Heaven?” mused the Rabbi. “What is it like in Jewish Heaven?”
“Oh!” replied the minister, "in Jewish Heaven children with unclean faces, shirts un-tucked and clothes un-pressed, play in the dirt. Women haggle with fruit-vendors, as panhandlers rudely interrupt. Wash hangs from a maze of clotheslines, the dripping water adding to an already muddy surface. And of course,” continued the minister with a wry grin, “There are plenty of Rabbis running to and fro, with large tomes tucked under their arms!”
The Weekly Sedra – Va’eschanan – This Is The Torah
In the early 1900’s, the tenements of Manhattan’s Lower East Side were populated with Jewish immigrants. A Rabbi, who resided in the ghetto-like community, once attended an ecumenical function at which a notoriously anti-Semitic Episcopalian Minister was in attendance.
“What a coincidence!” remarked the minister upon encountering the Rabbi: “It was just last night that I dreamt I was in Jewish Heaven.”
“Jewish Heaven?” mused the Rabbi. “What is it like in Jewish Heaven?”
“Oh!” replied the minister, “in Jewish Heaven children with unclean faces, shirts un-tucked and clothes un-pressed, play in the dirt. Women haggle with fruit-vendors, as panhandlers rudely interrupt. Wash hangs from a maze of clotheslines, the dripping water adding to an already muddy surface. And of course,” continued the minister with a wry grin, “There are plenty of Rabbis running to and fro, with large tomes tucked under their arms!”
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
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This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Mazal Tov! – 11 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Boruch and Naomi (nee Isaac-Saul) Greenberg.
IYH at 1485 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Chaim and Malka (nee Haberman) Ostrov.
IYH at 719 Montgomery St, [bet KIngston and Albany Ave].
Avremel and Dini (nee Hurwitz) Arnold.
IYH at 460 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Sendy and Frumie (nee Simpson) Dubrawsky (Crown Heights) .
Chezky and Chani (nee Rapoport) Landa.
IYH at 715 Empire Blvd, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Uriel and Shevy (nee Lew) Vigler (Shluchim to Manhattan) .
IYH at Marriott Hotel Ballroom, 410 E 92nd St, New York, NY.
Yakov and Brachie (nee Hecht) Garfinkel.
IYH at 353 W 47th St, Apt 5B, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Aron and Leah (nee Lowenstein) Herman (Shluchim to Cary, NC)
Yanky and Rivkah (nee Cunin) Baitelman (Shluchim to Los Angeles)
IYH at 630 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, CA.
Ari and Shaina (nee Lisbon) Weiss.
IYH at 17 Mortimer Ct, Thornhill, ON, Canada
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.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Friday, August 15, 2008 for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
Friendly Visiting Program for Holocaust survivors Hosts First Annual Fundraising Dinner
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — iVolunteer, New York City’s friendly visiting program for homebound Holocaust Survivors, is hosting a Fundraising dinner for their volunteer visitors, survivors and friends. On September 25th, iVolunteer invites you to share an evening of festivity and inspiration to honor our dedicated volunteers. Chaired by Pat O’Gorman, a friend of iVolunteer who played an influential and instrumental role in the founding of CNN and the Food Network, we look forward to greeting you at the Edmund J. Safra Synogouge on 11 East 63rd St in Manhattan.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Shluchim Placement Bureau, a division of The Shluchim Office, has launched MyShlichus.com, a fresh and high-tech way for Shluchim to find the ideal husband-wife team, and for the yungerliet (our next generation of shluchim) to find their ideal shlichus. Over the years, the placement department has been making ‘shlichus matches’ and leveling the playing field. The added benefit of our new website is to make it even simpler and easier, for Shluchim and future-Shluchim to find each other.
Launch of MyShlichus.com
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Shluchim Placement Bureau, a division of The Shluchim Office, has launched MyShlichus.com, a fresh and high-tech way for Shluchim to find the ideal husband-wife team, and for the yungerliet (our next generation of shluchim) to find their ideal shlichus. Over the years, the placement department has been making ‘shlichus matches’ and leveling the playing field. The added benefit of our new website is to make it even simpler and easier, for Shluchim and future-Shluchim to find each other.
Shluchim Office organized a fabulous gathering for Tzi’erei Hashluchim
RISHON LETZION, Israel [CHI] — 300 children participated this afternoon in a fun filled get together organized by the Tzi’irim BeShlichut website run by the New York office of the shluchim under the management of Rabbi Gedalya Shemtov. The children, who are children of the shluchim from all over the world, are currently enjoying their holiday in Israel.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Ad Mosai? Until When?” (Volume 52, Episode 205)
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Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.
VIdeo of the Day – Ad Mosai? Until When?
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Ad Mosai? Until When?” (Volume 52, Episode 205)
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.
1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) sets aside three “Cities of Refuge” for people who have accidentally killed someone and are afraid of the families’ vengeance, or for people who have purposely killed someone and are awaiting trial,.
2. The Rebbe begins discussing a certain aspect of the “Cities of Refuge”:
Our Sages tell us that the road to the “Cities of Refuge” was not only paved and broadened so that people could run there quickly; there were even signs pointing the way at the intersections saying “Refuge, Refuge”.
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Va’eschanan
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) sets aside three “Cities of Refuge” for people who have accidentally killed someone and are afraid of the families’ vengeance, or for people who have purposely killed someone and are awaiting trial,.
2. The Rebbe begins discussing a certain aspect of the “Cities of Refuge”:
Our Sages tell us that the road to the “Cities of Refuge” was not only paved and broadened so that people could run there quickly; there were even signs pointing the way at the intersections saying “Refuge, Refuge”.
