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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Nechama Dina (nee Katz) Raskin on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NCFJE recently celebrated 68 Years of Empowerment of serving the educational, social, religious and humanitarian needs of the community. The annual breakfast honored elected officials, public servants and business leaders who play a vital role in shaping the growth of New York City and its communities.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While the Backer family was celebrating the completion of their Safer Torah Sunday afternoon, another Siyum Safer Torah took place in Crown Heights. At approximately 2:00 pm hundreds of members of Anash along with members of congregation Beis Shmuel gathered on the patio adjoining 770 to fill in the final letters of the Torah. Following the Siyum, a beautiful Tahlucha took place, which proceeded through the streets of Crown Heights.
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Hearing the blast of a ram’s horn to usher in the month before Rosh Hashanah is a big deal in the Italian seaside resort of S. Marinella. Just ask Mino Zarfati, the 47-year-old lay leader of Rome’s Jewish community who organizes an annual summer event with the shofar as its centerpiece.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Dovid Jenkelowitz (Crown Heights) and Rivky Wachtel (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
The Lechaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday in FREE, 1383 President [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
This past Friday, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach in Bel Air, CA called in to the Sean Hannity Show and expressed how embarrassed he was that the Jews turned away any political speaker at the upcoming rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ym”s and that now, none of the press with give the protest more than five seconds of attention.
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Efforts by the Jewish organizers of a New York City rally against Iran Monday to keep the event free of politics failed to stop protesters from voicing their avid support for the Republican presidential ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week Thursday night was the first Precinct Council Meeting since the summer as well as the first one since Crown Heights’s 71st Police Precinct welcomed D.I. Peter Simonetti as the new commanding officer.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Yesterday, Sunday, a fun filled afternoon for residents was arranged in Lefferts Park.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chezky Altein (Crown Heights) and Chanale Sossonko (Miami Beach, FL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight Monday at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown St. [bet New York and Nostrand].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
The NYPD is trying to settle a long-running dispute between two rival Orthodox Jewish patrol groups – and keep them from taking the law into their own hands – by uniting them into one police-supervised unit, The Post has learned.
The challenge is getting them to cooperate.
Shmira and Shomrim, private crime-patrol organizations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, have been rivals since the late ’90s, when they split.
Shmira has agreed to the merger, which was proposed in June. Shomrim has refused.
The plan would create a united, NYPD-trained patrol group the department would supervise and partially fund, a source said.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Lazoros (Framingham, Massachusets) and Libby Weinberger (Antwerp, Belgium) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
The following are a few photos from the archives of Chabad of California, where R. Yossi Rachik is seen doing Mivtziom in the 1960’s at the Chabad Rallies.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Frumie (nee Parshan) Weitman (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.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Backer family completed a new Safer Torah in memory of their parents, R. Yitzchok Shmuel and Chana Bracha OBM Backer. Family and friends gathers in the Backers home on President Street to fill in the last letters under the watchful eye of the Sofer Rabbi Feitel Levin.
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