Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Aizen (Kiryat Gat, Israel) and Sori Zimmerman (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
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Cool in Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — The touchy, sometimes volatile relationships between black and Jewish residents of Brooklyn’s Crown Heights have frayed, with members of each community blaming the other for violent attacks aimed at youngsters.
In January, a Jewish teenager needed stitches after being jumped by black youths shouting epithets. In April, a black college student got pepper-sprayed and clubbed by a man police say may be a member of a Jewish community patrol. And Friday, another Jewish teen was beaten and robbed by black perpetrators.
After Visit, Police Increase Visibility, Patrols
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After the surprise visit by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, there was a noticeable increase in police patrols and vehicles, some say it was due to Kelly’s unhappiness with the fact that there was no police posted in front of 770 and that the patrols weren’t very visible.
Two of the NYPD’s ‘skywatch’ towers were deployed in Crown Heights, one on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue while the other on Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street, along with three NYPD Mobile Command Posts.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Ariel and Sarah (nee Naparstek) Hess (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.
The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll's population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.
Chabbad of Hawaii Sends Rabbi to Kwajalein
Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.
The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll’s population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.
History, Hard Work Realized in New Jewish Center
ORMOND BEACH, FL — To this day, Rabbi Morris Esformes seems awed by twists of fate that connect him to the Jewish community of Ormond Beach.
The Chicago philanthropist bought Woodland Towers retirement village in DeLand two decades ago partly to help a friend out of a business bind.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Chabad of the Valley Mivtzoim at Israel Festival
TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Once again, with the help of many Anash and Shluchim, Chabad of the Valley has reached its goal of putting on Tefillin with well over 1500 Jews. In addition, close to 3500 Neshek packs were distributed. All in all, the giant Chabad Mivtza booth was a Kiddush Shem Lubavitch. Several people made a commitment to put on Tefillin on a daily basis.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.
Rabbi Jacobson and Police Commissioner Kelly Argue, during Kelly’s Visit to Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.
BELGRADE, Serbia — When he first heard about Serbia from his study partner, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky conjured up images of the war-torn Balkan republic most people remember from news reports: bombed-out buildings and economic stagnation.
Serbia Welcomes First-Ever Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries
BELGRADE, Serbia — When he first heard about Serbia from his study partner, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetzky conjured up images of the war-torn Balkan republic most people remember from news reports: bombed-out buildings and economic stagnation.
Chief Rabbi of Vladivostok Meets Governor
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia [CHI] — Chief Rabbi of Primorsky Krai, Yisroel Silberstein, held a meeting with the region’s governor, Sergei Darkin. They discussed various historical and practical issues for the Jewish community in this Far East region. The main concern was the restoration of the Synagogue, a historical and cultural monument dating back to the early 1900s, which was transferred to the community’s ownership in 2004.
Jewish community criticizes sentence against man who stabbed rabbi in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Germany — A 23 year-old German man of Afghan origin was sentenced to three-and-half years in prison on Tuesday for attacking a rabbi with a knife in the centre of Frankfurt in September 2007.
Prosecutors had sought four years prison.
Sajed Aziz stabbed Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch, co-director of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Frankfurt, in the lower abdomen while he was walking home from his synagogue with two friends. Witnesses said the attacker shouted “Bloody Jew, I’m going to kill you.”
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Loebenstein (Melbourne, Australia) and Shira (bas Yidi) Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, Lower Level, [corner Kingston Ave].
With JLI’s spring semester, Talmudic Ethics, now underway we are pleased to bring you the weekly video produced to open this week’s class. Over 250 shluchim around the world are teaching Lesson Two this week to almost 13,000 students in what’s being described as JLI’s largest attendance ever. The course is CLE and CME accredited, attracting scores of attorneys and doctors around the country.
VIdeo of the Day – JLI, Talmudic Ethics
With JLI’s spring semester, Talmudic Ethics, now underway we are pleased to bring you the weekly video produced to open this week’s class. Over 250 shluchim around the world are teaching Lesson Two this week to almost 13,000 students in what’s being described as JLI’s largest attendance ever. The course is CLE and CME accredited, attracting scores of attorneys and doctors around the country.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalmy and Sterna (nee Serraf) Samama (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The year 1983 was a turning point of sorts for Rabbi Menachem Schmidt. That was the year that the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary almost cancelled Passover Seders at Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rabbi’s Brand of Jewish Outreach Demands Constant Innovation
The year 1983 was a turning point of sorts for Rabbi Menachem Schmidt. That was the year that the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary almost cancelled Passover Seders at Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sruly Deitsch (Crown Heights) and Mushy Lerman (Atlanta ,Georgia) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave] .
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
