Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Henya (nee Lieberman) Friedman (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.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two people went missing over the weekend, prompting siblings and parents to call Shomrim and initiate a search. The first search began on Shabbos, when a 19 year old girl didn't return to the apartment she was staying at, after a meal on Friday night.
Two “Missings” Found over the Weekend
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two people went missing over the weekend, prompting siblings and parents to call Shomrim and initiate a search. The first search began on Shabbos, when a 19 year old girl didn’t return to the apartment she was staying at, after a meal on Friday night.
New Plaque Dedicated in Memory of Detective Russell Timoshenko
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Monday, Police brass and Officers, community activist and leaders along with residents attended a plaque dedication ceremony in front of the 71st precinct this morning. The plaque commemorates the honorable duty Detective Timoshenko did while serving the NYPD and losing his life in the line of duty, the plaque will be mounted on the precinct wall alongside other officers that have lost their life in the line of duty while serving in the 71st precinct.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
DULUTH, MN — Rabbinical students Meir Menkes and Zalmi Klyne have spent the past couple of weeks traveling with an ice chest in the backseat of their rental car, firing up a George Foreman grill to cook their kosher food, staying in Motel 6’s, and visiting Jewish prison inmates in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Jewish outreach program reaches Duluth inmates
DULUTH, MN — Rabbinical students Meir Menkes and Zalmi Klyne have spent the past couple of weeks traveling with an ice chest in the backseat of their rental car, firing up a George Foreman grill to cook their kosher food, staying in Motel 6’s, and visiting Jewish prison inmates in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Two years ago, JEM's My Encounter with the Rebbe team interviewed the Rebbe's Shliach to Australia, Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, A"H. Honoring his memory during his Shiva, here is an excerpt from the interview, which was conducted in Melbourne in January, 2006.
Video of the Day – Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner
Two years ago, JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe team interviewed the Rebbe’s Shliach to Australia, Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, A”H. Honoring his memory during his Shiva, here is an excerpt from the interview, which was conducted in Melbourne in January, 2006.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zevi and Bina (nee Lewis) Stiefel (Shluchim to Piestany, Slovakia) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Anyone who has doubts that this country is abusing and terrorizing undocumented immigrant workers should read an essay by Erik Camayd-Freixas, a professor and Spanish-language court interpreter who witnessed the aftermath of a huge immigration workplace raid at a meatpacking plant in Iowa.
The essay chillingly describes what Dr. Camayd-Freixas saw and heard as he translated for some of the nearly 400 undocumented workers who were seized by federal agents at the Agriprocessors kosher plant in Postville in May.
NY Times Op-Ed: The Shame of Postville, Iowa
Anyone who has doubts that this country is abusing and terrorizing undocumented immigrant workers should read an essay by Erik Camayd-Freixas, a professor and Spanish-language court interpreter who witnessed the aftermath of a huge immigration workplace raid at a meatpacking plant in Iowa.
The essay chillingly describes what Dr. Camayd-Freixas saw and heard as he translated for some of the nearly 400 undocumented workers who were seized by federal agents at the Agriprocessors kosher plant in Postville in May.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Odom and Henny (nee Scheiman) Brandman (London, England) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
For Chaim Pyekrash, focusing on Torah for a few hours a day was just what he needed after a long career in journalism. Born in Tiberias, Israel, and raised in Pardes Chana, the 76-year-old came to Tel Aviv's Kolel Tiferet Zekanim Levi Yitzchak, a morning yeshiva for retired men, after 50 years spent as a reporter for the daily Hazofe newspaper.
Enmeshed in Their Golden Years, Jewish Retirees Go Back to Yeshiva
For Chaim Pyekrash, focusing on Torah for a few hours a day was just what he needed after a long career in journalism. Born in Tiberias, Israel, and raised in Pardes Chana, the 76-year-old came to Tel Aviv’s Kolel Tiferet Zekanim Levi Yitzchak, a morning yeshiva for retired men, after 50 years spent as a reporter for the daily Hazofe newspaper.
Address: 1416 Carroll Street
Shacharis: 9:00am, Mincha: 8:10pm, Maariv: Bezmana
Email: arikraskin@hotmail.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Info to be Menachem Avel R. Shmuel Wolvovsky and the Raskin family
R. Shmuel Wolvovsky, Arik and Raya Raskin along with thier children, Levi Raskin (Rancho S. Fe, California), Doba Mintz (Vail, CO), Moshe, Getzy, Simcha, Mendel, Chassi and Mussie Raskin are sitting Shiva until Erev Shabbos, after the very untimely passing of their dear wife, daughter and sister Mrs. Chana Wolvovsky OBM.
Address: 1416 Carroll Street
Shacharis: 9:00am, Mincha: 8:10pm, Maariv: Bezmana
Email: arikraskin@hotmail.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
BRADENTON, FL — As its end-of-the year event, members of the Jewish Women's Circle of Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch gathered for a summer pool party.
Jewish Women’s Circle holds a Summer Splash
BRADENTON, FL — As its end-of-the year event, members of the Jewish Women’s Circle of Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch gathered for a summer pool party.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
I would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov! to Laibel Berkowitz (Southfield, MI) on his engagement to Chanie Posner (Birmingham, AL) !
The L’Chaim will IY”H be Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
Hundreds turn out for the Levaya of Chana Wolvovsky OBM
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds turned out this Sunday afternoon to escort Mrs. Chana (nee Raskin) Wolvovsky OBM, who was taken from us after a terrible illness at an extremely young age. The tears, stunned looks and shock kept most of those who attended the Levaya standing around for a while after the Levaya had passed.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
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The following pictures were taken at the International Kinus of Campus Shluchim. The convention took place in the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY.
A gallery of pictures and a full report of the event will soon follow.
Picture! The Shluchim & Shluchos on Campus!
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The following pictures were taken at the International Kinus of Campus Shluchim. The convention took place in the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY.
A gallery of pictures and a full report of the event will soon follow.
Rabbi Sholom Mendel Simpson, who served as the Rebbes mazkir [secretary], gave out a special Teshura at the wedding of his grandson R. Shmuli Simpson from Crown Heights who married Goldie Chazdan from South Africa. In the Tesura the Rebbe gave answers to individuals and Mosdos.
In one letter the Rebbe explained to an Askan what the reason his Mosod was in big debt, and in a second reply the Rebbe explained a business man why he was having hardships in his business.
Published here on CrownHeights.info is the full Teshura.
Part One. --- Part Two.
The Rebbe Gives a Reason for hardship in Running Mosdos and Business
Rabbi Sholom Mendel Simpson, who served as the Rebbes mazkir [secretary], gave out a special Teshura at the wedding of his grandson R. Shmuli Simpson from Crown Heights who married Goldie Chazdan from South Africa. In the Tesura the Rebbe gave answers to individuals and Mosdos.
In one letter the Rebbe explained to an Askan what the reason his Mosod was in big debt, and in a second reply the Rebbe explained a business man why he was having hardships in his business.
Published here on CrownHeights.info is the full Teshura.
Part One. — Part Two.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moishy and Chanie (nee Simon) Sandhaus (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.
NEWARK, NJ — For the first time since his bar mitzva, Charlie Smith, an inmate at Northern State Prison in Newark, put on tefillin on July 1.
“It was very special,” he told NJJN in an interview afterward. “I felt something I haven’t felt in years — a deeper connection to my faith and my heritage I haven’t felt in a long time.”
City jail’s Jewish Cons Host Rabbinical Students
NEWARK, NJ — For the first time since his bar mitzva, Charlie Smith, an inmate at Northern State Prison in Newark, put on tefillin on July 1.
“It was very special,” he told NJJN in an interview afterward. “I felt something I haven’t felt in years — a deeper connection to my faith and my heritage I haven’t felt in a long time.”
