CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — On Eastern Pkwy today, Wednesday, Police put on a show for residents, called a ‘Surge Drill’. The NYPD are constantly doing these drills, they are mostly in Manhattan, but sometimes they come to Crown Heights and park on Eastern Pkwy next to 770.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Report appeared that the Kehos store on Eastern Pkwy is in danger of closing down is false, misleading and slanted, according to Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg, manager of the store.
Rabbi Holtzberg spoke with Shturem a little while ago and was furious. “It’s a cheap lie,” he said. You can see the whole thing was staged. They sent a photographer to photograph when there were no books on the shelves. The photographer himself could have emptied one of the shelves so he could take a picture of an empty shelve and say the store is closing down.
The following is a beautiful article that was written By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, about the Rebbe’s affect on world Jewry and Chabad’s work around the world. The article was published in the London Jewish Chronicle February 1, 1980. It’s an excerpt from the New Book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” to see more on the book visit: www.inspiringageneration.com
“The Rebbe is a revolutionary. He has enthroned Chasidic philosophy not as one of the limbs, but as the heart of Judaism. He is a systematic and conceptual thinker on the largest scale. And, more than anything, he continually drives together the highest abstract truth and the most specific call for action, spanning the continuum of the whole range of Jewish study.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On May 22, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed thousands of celebrants on both sides of the East River for the 125th birthday of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Five days of events were kicked off with a free concert, fireworks and lighting display at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel and Shaina (nee Lison) Gourarie (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Just twenty meters away from the place of the Rebbe’s father’s arrest in 1939 a state-of-the-art Mikva has opened. With the generous contribution of Motti and Adina Korf a vision has come to reality to cater to women of all walks of life living in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. This project came to fruition with the donation of Mr. Alexander Kogonovsky who donated the construction of the building, and through the implementation of Mr. Zelig Brez, the director of the Jewish Community who oversaw the project from conception to completion.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shimmy and Kaila (nee Rottenberg) Shaffran (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
MIAMI BEACH, FL — A Broward County woman who wants to honor her dead parents, and a couple who commute between Miami and New York, are donating new Torahs to a beleaguered Jewish congregation in Miami Beach whose synagogue was ravaged in a recent fire.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Rivkah (nee Cohen) Lazerson (Skylake, Florida) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A new partnership between the Crown Heights, branch of the Friendship Circle and Camp Emunah will allow children with special needs to fully immerse themselves in a mainstream overnight summer camp.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef Yitzchok and Miriam (nee Weiss) Cohen (Melbourne, Australia) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Today, Wednesday, Chof Gimmel Iyar 5768, 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 1-785-686-2400 Access code: 770770
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly made his second visit in eight days to leaders of the Jewish community, seeking feedback regarding the security situation in this racially divided neighborhood.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Friday, Lag Ba’Omer, the Jewish Released Time Program, under the leadership of the NCFJE hosted a tremendous rally on Lag Ba’omer at the Sefardic Jewish Center of Queens for all Jewish children attending Public Schools in the Queens/Staten Island area.
An overwhelming crowd of over 500 children, parents and grandparents were treated to hours of great entertainment.
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(by Raphael Grynsztajn and Mordechai Lightstone)
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Gittel (nee Woolstone) Hershkowitz (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.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hundreds of sons and daughters of shluchim the world over were virtually united this past Friday, as the Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim Online School, a division of The Shluchim Office, staged a massive online rally to mark the joyous holiday of Lag B’omer.
Logging on to the CYH website, the children were able to participate from the comfort of their homes or Chabad House as the live online rally unfolded.
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