CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At approximately 8:00pm a speeding motorist caused a trail of wreckage and mayhem on Empire Blvd and New York Ave. The speeding motorist was driving a red Toyota and plowed through three cars before coming to a halt after being wedged under a van.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL — In a small storefront synagogue in Sunny Isles Beach, Rabbi Alexander Kaller leads a Jewish-Russian congregation that is bursting at the seams.
The 65 seats at the Chabad Russian Center surely are an upgrade from the rabbi’s living room, where the synagogue humbly started off in 2002, or the meeting room at the Oceania condos, where they moved to after a few months.
BOCA RATON, FL [CHI] — The biggest Menorah parade in the world took place in Boca Raton, Fl. Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick and the Bochrim Yitzchok Yarmush, Mendy Hildeshaim and Mendy Yaffe worked tirelessly putting menorahs on top of cars to prepare for the parade.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmulie (ben R Avremel) Lokshin (Crown Heights) and Bracha (bas R Yossi) Minsky (Crown Heights/Jerusalem) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
NEW YORK, NY — City residents will avoid a proposed 18% increase in water rates but face stiffer penalties for failing to pay water bills under a new agreement between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council. Under the new legislation negotiated yesterday, the Department of Environmental Protection will be able to initiate lien sales to force property owners to pay overdue water bills.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — On Hey Teves, the day that celebrates the liberation of the Rebbe’s Seforim after a long court case, was declared as a day of victory – Didan Netzach, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, who was involved in the court case and the victory, Farbrenged in Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel.
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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Chana bas Rivka.
Yehoushua Shlomo Zalman ben Feisel.
Menachem Mendel HaLevi ben Margalis Esther.
Yehuda Berl ben Miriam.
Zohara Chaya bas Yakoot.
Ida bas Leah.
Tanya bas Batya.
CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — The Hey Teves Farbrengen in Chicago was held last Thursday evening, at the regional headquarters of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, using the talent of local Anash and Shluchim who presented various aspects of Hey Teves, each from their own unique perspective.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel and Raizy (nee Karp) Reich (Crown Heights) on the birth of ther firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BOCA RATON, FL — There will be no closure for the family of Jonathan Samuels, not with a guilty verdict, not with a life sentence for Marc Benayer, the man convicted of murdering Samuels. Yet Thursday’s sentencing provided an opportunity for them to let the 81-year-old killer know exactly how they feel.
“As for you, Mr. Benayer, you profess to be a religious man. However, you are a disgrace to the Jewish people,” said Caron Samuels, the widow of Jonathan Samuels, testifying during the sentencing hearing. “You claim to be well-educated but look down on others. How disgusting.”
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovber and Bassie (nee Klein) Kahn (Berlin, Germany) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper
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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With over 10,000 men and women across the globe partaking in JLI’s current course on Israel, titled The Land & The Spirit, JLI Central produces each week a brief, striking flash presentation depicting each “city of the week” being explored during the semester. This flash, shown at each JLI chapter at the conclusion of the lesson takes the student on a visual journey through the featured holy city of the week’s lesson.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Motti and Libby (nee Feinzig) Hershkop (Kingston, PA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Hundreds of visitors and Macy’s shoppers were treated to a special Chanukah Wonderland on the 34th Street Macy’s kids floor on Sunday. Children took part in an olive-press workshop led by Judah the Maccabee, who cracked jokes and gave a riveting account of the Chanukah story. The Menorah was lit using the freshly squeezed oil. Children made Chanukah “Jewelites,” decorating Chanukah images with bright Jewels. All children took home Dreidels and chocolate coins!
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A first for a Texas Governor, a Hannukah menroah lighting ceremony was held at the Texas State Capitol with Governor Rick Perry, 16 Rabbis representing the 16 branches and 24 Rabbis presented the governor with a menorah and hung out in his private offices.
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