Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shlomie and Chanie (nee Gratzman) Hershkop on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
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Passover TV Special Filmed in Volgograd
VOLGOGRAD, Russia — A new TV program has been working on a feature on the Jewish community of Volgograd. Timed well with Passover, this show was aired as part of the series “The Peoples of Volgograd” and hosted by Svetlana Yuriecheva, whose work on the programs “The Saturday Album”, “Anisya” and “My Child” have also focused on everyday heroes within the Jewish community. Her current series, which underlines the life of the various ethnic and religious communities in the region, has been on the air since the beginning of 2008.
WARSAW, Poland — Jerusalem Post reporter Greer Fay Cashman proclaimed last week's Torah dedication ceremony at Warsaw's Belvedere Presidential Palace to be “one of the most joyful events” associated with the state visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres to the Polish capitol.
Organized by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Stambler, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Poland, the event saw Peres inscribe one of the Torah scroll's last letters before it was rolled up and carried outside by Jewish communal officials.
Torah Completion Highlight of President’s Polish Visit
WARSAW, Poland — Jerusalem Post reporter Greer Fay Cashman proclaimed last week’s Torah dedication ceremony at Warsaw’s Belvedere Presidential Palace to be “one of the most joyful events” associated with the state visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres to the Polish capitol.
Organized by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Stambler, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Poland, the event saw Peres inscribe one of the Torah scroll’s last letters before it was rolled up and carried outside by Jewish communal officials.
The cost of sending a first-class letter will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12, but the Forever stamps - currently selling for 41 cents - will remain valid for full postage after the increase.
Forever stamps were introduced last year and since then more than six billion have been sold, with interest growing as the rate increase nears.
Forever Stamps Selling At Brisk Clip
WASHINGTON [CHI] — With a postal rate increase just two weeks away, Americans are buying 30 million Forever stamps a day.
The cost of sending a first-class letter will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12, but the Forever stamps – currently selling for 41 cents – will remain valid for full postage after the increase.
Forever stamps were introduced last year and since then more than six billion have been sold, with interest growing as the rate increase nears.
Officers were taken off their foot patrols in East New York, and cop cars were positioned to block a route to the 75th Precinct stationhouse on Sutter Ave. for fear of a drive-by shooting.
The extraordinary measures were taken after a confidential informant - who works with the Brooklyn narcotics squad - told police around 6 p.m. there was a plan to shoot up the Brooklyn stationhouse, sources said.
Patrols Pulled off Brooklyn Streets After Threat to Shoot Cops Exposed
BROOKLYN, NY — Dozens of cops were pulled off the streets in Brooklyn Saturday night after NYPD officials were tipped off to a plot to shoot patrolmen, police sources said.
Officers were taken off their foot patrols in East New York, and cop cars were positioned to block a route to the 75th Precinct stationhouse on Sutter Ave. for fear of a drive-by shooting.
The extraordinary measures were taken after a confidential informant – who works with the Brooklyn narcotics squad – told police around 6 p.m. there was a plan to shoot up the Brooklyn stationhouse, sources said.
MIAMI BEACH, FL — Sitting on donated chairs, with a donated curtain separating the men from the women, more than 200 worshipers attended Shabbat services Friday night on the lawn of a Miami Beach Orthodox synagogue that was consumed by fire this week.
Before services began at The Chabad Shul, 2401 Pinetree Dr., speakers noted that an outpouring of support has helped ease a trying time.
At Burned-Out Synagogue, Services Held on Lawn
MIAMI BEACH, FL — Sitting on donated chairs, with a donated curtain separating the men from the women, more than 200 worshipers attended Shabbat services Friday night on the lawn of a Miami Beach Orthodox synagogue that was consumed by fire this week.
Before services began at The Chabad Shul, 2401 Pinetree Dr., speakers noted that an outpouring of support has helped ease a trying time.
Photo Gallery: Seudas Moshiach in 770!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The last day of Passover (“Acharon Shel Pesach”) is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a “Seudas Moshiach” (Moshiachs Meal) on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the Matzah eaten at “Seudas Moshiach”, the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — More than 40 Brooklyn families face eviction and foreclosure on condos they bought from a developer who pulled off a massive swindle and then fled the country.
The families, all Hasidim from Crown Heights, paid developer Eliyahu Ezagui - one of their own - for the apartments before they were built at two sites: 770 Lefferts Ave. and 613 East New York Ave.
Builder Flees & 40 Hasidic Families Face Eviction in Brooklyn Swindle
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — More than 40 Brooklyn families face eviction and foreclosure on condos they bought from a developer who pulled off a massive swindle and then fled the country.
The families, all Hasidim from Crown Heights, paid developer Eliyahu Ezagui – one of their own – for the apartments before they were built at two sites: 770 Lefferts Ave. and 613 East New York Ave.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossel and Devorah Leah (nee Gurary) Sirota (Monsey, NY) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
The goal is not just “to get more Jews in the pews,” according to the panelists at a forum on the future of the Jewish community.
With careful cordiality but often conflicting views, clergy representing the three largest denominations outlined their views on how to keep existing members while also reaching out to new ones.
Clergy Panel in Debate over Styles of Outreach
The goal is not just “to get more Jews in the pews,” according to the panelists at a forum on the future of the Jewish community.
With careful cordiality but often conflicting views, clergy representing the three largest denominations outlined their views on how to keep existing members while also reaching out to new ones.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovber and Gila (nee Wasserman) Marshall (Toronto, Canada) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
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
Picture of the Night: Shaimos Buried
CH Shaimos is run by a Crown Heightser and their truck sat on Kingston and President for the days before Pesach. Pictured is Yakov Flint, who operates CH Shaimos preparing the Shaimos in the pit for burial.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalmy and Shterna (nee Loschak) Kudan (Shluchim to S Barbara, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
KATHMANDU, Nepal — After being stuck at the Indian border, most of the Passover supplies destined for two Chabad-led Seders in Nepal arrived in time for the celebrations, albeit a tad late and decreased in size.
Passover Supplies Reach Nepal Destinations in the Nick of Time
KATHMANDU, Nepal — After being stuck at the Indian border, most of the Passover supplies destined for two Chabad-led Seders in Nepal arrived in time for the celebrations, albeit a tad late and decreased in size.
Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Menucha Rochel bas Chana
Meyer Chai HaCohen ben Esther
Crown Heights Jews and Blacks Talk, Urging Calm After Attack
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — More than two dozen Black and Jewish community leaders gathered in Crown Heights on Thursday to urge calm following the alleged beating of a black college student by two Jews.
“We use this ugly incident … just to bring us together even more,” said Tzvi Lang, chairman of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, after the two-hour sitdown at the local community mediation center.
More in the Extended Article.
Friday, April 25, 2008
20 Nissan 5768, Sixth day of Passover – The Festival of Freedom
The Honorable Charles J. Hynes,
Kings County District Attorney
350 Jay St. Brooklyn, New York, 11201
Over the last months, members of the JLC have repeatedly met in your office, concerned that the armed muggings and bigoted harassment against the Orthodox Jewish community continue unchecked. This is in sharp contrast to the attention to justice you’ve shown to the recent allegations against an Orthodox Jew by an African American.
Continued in the Extended Article.
Open Letter to Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes from the Jewish Leadership Council in Crown Heights
The political and media outrage following the alleged attack by Jewish boys in Crown Heights on Mr. Andrew Charles leaves the Jewish community shocked and anxious. We will not let a one-sided story be told. We will not curl-up in fear while our families are terrorized.
Friday, April 25, 2008
20 Nissan 5768, Sixth day of Passover – The Festival of Freedom
The Honorable Charles J. Hynes,
Kings County District Attorney
350 Jay St. Brooklyn, New York, 11201
Over the last months, members of the JLC have repeatedly met in your office, concerned that the armed muggings and bigoted harassment against the Orthodox Jewish community continue unchecked. This is in sharp contrast to the attention to justice you’ve shown to the recent allegations against an Orthodox Jew by an African American.
Continued in the Extended Article.
