Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Asher and Sema Goldstein on the birth of their daughter, Atara Rochel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
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Jamming is a term used for when someone transmits an unauthorized transmission over a radio, such as those used by Police, Fire Department and Shomrim, with the intent of interfering with the legitimate transmissions. Radios have the ability to carry just one transmission at a time, thereby locking out any other attempts to broadcast messages.
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6 Days of Persistent Torment Comes to a Screeching Halt for Crown Heights Shomrim
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Late Wednesday night Efraim Okonov (20), a member of the now infamous Shmira, was caught red handed by professional radio technicians as he was driving around in a blue ’96 Crown Victoria and ‘jamming’ Crown Heights Shomrim’s radio frequencies.
Jamming is a term used for when someone transmits an unauthorized transmission over a radio, such as those used by Police, Fire Department and Shomrim, with the intent of interfering with the legitimate transmissions. Radios have the ability to carry just one transmission at a time, thereby locking out any other attempts to broadcast messages.
Continued in the Extended Article.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Hundreds of community members took to the streets in the middle-class Colegiales neighborhood of Buenos Aires to welcome a new Torah scroll given to the local Chabad-Lubavitch center directed by Rabbi Eli and Devorah Leah Levy.
New Torah Scroll Evidence of Buenos Aires Community’s Growth
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Hundreds of community members took to the streets in the middle-class Colegiales neighborhood of Buenos Aires to welcome a new Torah scroll given to the local Chabad-Lubavitch center directed by Rabbi Eli and Devorah Leah Levy.
Brooklyn DA says chasidic members are 'stonewalling' assault investigation; some say case overshadows attacks on Jews.
BROOKLYN, NY — Likening a chasidic patrol group to the violent Crips and Bloods street gangs, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes has taken the rare step of ordering a grand jury to investigate the April 14 beating of an African-American man in Crown Heights, an incident in which he says members of the patrol group may be involved.
Hynes at War Against ‘Renegade’ Crown Hts. Patrol
Brooklyn DA says chasidic members are ‘stonewalling’ assault investigation; some say case overshadows attacks on Jews.
BROOKLYN, NY — Likening a chasidic patrol group to the violent Crips and Bloods street gangs, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes has taken the rare step of ordering a grand jury to investigate the April 14 beating of an African-American man in Crown Heights, an incident in which he says members of the patrol group may be involved.
A man who created extraordinary connections during his 13 years as the Rabbi at Sydney's Great Synagogue is now making links of a different kind in Bondi.
When Rabbi Mendel Kastel talks, people listen. He is an imposing presence, but his slightly American-accented-voice doesn't need to be raised for attention to swing his way. In the time since he moved to Sydney from New York in 1988, Rabbi Kastel has become a familiar figure in both the Jewish and wider community, creating programs that benefit teenagers and others in need.
Rabbi’s New Role
A man who created extraordinary connections during his 13 years as the Rabbi at Sydney’s Great Synagogue is now making links of a different kind in Bondi.
When Rabbi Mendel Kastel talks, people listen. He is an imposing presence, but his slightly American-accented-voice doesn’t need to be raised for attention to swing his way. In the time since he moved to Sydney from New York in 1988, Rabbi Kastel has become a familiar figure in both the Jewish and wider community, creating programs that benefit teenagers and others in need.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thursday, May 1 for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Schechter (Crown Heights) and Chavie Kalmanson (Cincinati, Ohio) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
PARKLAND, FL — Swastikas were scrawled over parts of the Chabad Hebrew School of Parkland in Broward County on Wednesday.
The institution, located at 7170 Loxahatchee Rd., is affiliated with the Chabad Jewish Center on Miami Beach, which was vandalized last week.
Vandalism Strikes Another South Fla. Jewish Center
PARKLAND, FL — Swastikas were scrawled over parts of the Chabad Hebrew School of Parkland in Broward County on Wednesday.
The institution, located at 7170 Loxahatchee Rd., is affiliated with the Chabad Jewish Center on Miami Beach, which was vandalized last week.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mottel and Rachel (nee Itkin) Pevsner on the birth of their baby girl.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Parsha Shiur by Rabbi Jacobson Tonight
Today, Wednesday, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.
Or you can call 218-936-1600 Access code: 770770
ACCRA, Ghana — It was a rocky start for two of the hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students dispatched by Merkos, the Lubavitch educational division (with the support of regional Chabad centers) to create a Passover experience for Jewish people in some 150 locations exotic and obscure. Among them: Esquel, Argentina; Nipawin, Canada; Hong Kong; and Pervoo, Finland.
Accra, Esquel, Pervoo . . . Jews Connect Despite Distance
ACCRA, Ghana — It was a rocky start for two of the hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students dispatched by Merkos, the Lubavitch educational division (with the support of regional Chabad centers) to create a Passover experience for Jewish people in some 150 locations exotic and obscure. Among them: Esquel, Argentina; Nipawin, Canada; Hong Kong; and Pervoo, Finland.
Eliezer and Esther, granddaughter of Devorah and Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, who run the Chabad House of Cleveland, recently opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Krakow. The young couple was living in New York and decided they “were ready to go wherever” to open a Chabad center to help Jews, Esther explains. The rabbi at the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters offered them the chance to build a Chabad community in Krakow from the ground up.
Young couple brings Jewish life to Krakow
KRAKOW, Poland — In Krakow, Poland, where Jewish life was nearly destroyed by Nazism and communism, Rabbi Eliezer Gurary and his wife Esther are hoping to bring it back, one Shabbat at a time.
Eliezer and Esther, granddaughter of Devorah and Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, who run the Chabad House of Cleveland, recently opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Krakow. The young couple was living in New York and decided they “were ready to go wherever” to open a Chabad center to help Jews, Esther explains. The rabbi at the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters offered them the chance to build a Chabad community in Krakow from the ground up.
Mazal Tov! – 3 Wednesday Night L’Chaims!
Mendy Schechter (Crown Heights) and Chavie Kalmanson (Cincinati, OH) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Betzalel Bassman (Chicago, IL) and Chaya Weinstein (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IYH at Bais Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Menachem Bialo (Cleveland, OH) to Noemi Druin (N Miami Beach, FL) .
IYH at 17131 NE 11th Ave. North Miami Beach, FL.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
The Chabad Jewish Student Center serving Texas A&M University managed a special Passover dining program, providing students with meals throughout the eight-day holiday.
Texas Students Benefit From Passover Dining Program
The Chabad Jewish Student Center serving Texas A&M University managed a special Passover dining program, providing students with meals throughout the eight-day holiday.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yeshaya and Chani (nee Klein) Farron (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Menucha Rochel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Yeshivas Bein Hazmanim a Success
MANCHESTER, England [CHI] — In the small Lubavitch community of Manchester, England, the bochurim returning for the Nissan Bein Hazmanim from yeshiva ketanos around the world, were not bored.
The Yeshivas Bein Hazmanim occupied the bochurim all through the month. The Sedorim took place at Beis Menachem Community Centre where the bochurim learned Gemorah Mesichtas Pesachim and studied the first few perakim of Shaar Hayichud VeHoemunah in depth.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Hirshy Stolik (Crown Heights) and Sheva Gurwitz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
