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NY Times Feature: The City Visible – In the Land of Black Coats

Gianni Cipriano – The New York Times

If you had walked into Congregation Khal Chasidim on 49th Street and 15th Avenue on a recent Sunday evening, you would have seen a Jewish bride receiving her women attendants before her wedding. An hour later, thousands of people milled outside the synagogue, near the platform on which the wedding was taking place. Photo: Gianni Cipriano

BROOKLYN, NY — Take the D train to 55th Street in central Brooklyn, and you feel as if you have set foot in a different world.

The station sits at the junction of New Utrecht Avenue, 13th Avenue and 55th Street in the heart of Borough Park, home to a quarter-million Orthodox Jews, one of the largest concentrations of Jews outside Israel. To travel to Borough Park is to journey through both space and time.

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New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Rabbi Yehuda Butman, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, prepares to deliver food to the city's Holocaust survivors.

PAMAT HASHARON, Israel — Gali Yacoby didn't have the typical birthday party this year. Instead of presents, her second-grade classmates brought cans of tuna, sardines, oatmeal, tea, coffee, soup mixes and jelly. And the items weren't even for the birthday girl.

Israeli Second Grader Celebrates Birthday With Food Drive

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Rabbi Yehuda Butman, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, prepares to deliver food to the city’s Holocaust survivors.

PAMAT HASHARON, Israel — Gali Yacoby didn’t have the typical birthday party this year. Instead of presents, her second-grade classmates brought cans of tuna, sardines, oatmeal, tea, coffee, soup mixes and jelly. And the items weren’t even for the birthday girl.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Monday Night L’Chaims!

Shmuly Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) and Chani Fellig (Argentina) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Zalman Friedman (Brooklyn, NY) and Chaya Sima Goldstein (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Yerachmiel Roma Binder (Tel Aviv) and Liza Leah Kirilov (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Hadar Hatorah, 824 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info!

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Around 100 students from the Yeshiva University spent this past Shabbos in Crown Heights as part of a special Shabbaton arranged by Bochurim. The students stayed at families in the neighborhood.

Motzai Shabbos the students had a Seudas Melava Malka in Oholei Torah where Yossi Piamenta and his band performed for them, and together with the Yeshiva Bochurim they danced into the night.

Video of the Day! YU Dances in OT!

Around 100 students from the Yeshiva University spent this past Shabbos in Crown Heights as part of a special Shabbaton arranged by Bochurim. The students stayed at families in the neighborhood.

Motzai Shabbos the students had a Seudas Melava Malka in Oholei Torah where Yossi Piamenta and his band performed for them, and together with the Yeshiva Bochurim they danced into the night.

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by Rabbi Shea Hecht
I was sitting at the smorgasbord of a wedding the other day.

I can’t say I knew either side very well, but I helped raise money for the wedding so I thought it was only right for me to show up and wish the family Mazal Tov.

I turned to the person next to me and asked him who he was related to at this wedding. To which he answered, “Neither side, I just helped out here with money so they can afford the wedding and I felt I wanted to come and say Mazal Tov.”

It then dawned on me that many people that have Parnassah still need additional help to make a wedding.

Op-Ed: What We Can Learn from Satmar

by Rabbi Shea Hecht

I was sitting at the smorgasbord of a wedding the other day.

I can’t say I knew either side very well, but I helped raise money for the wedding so I thought it was only right for me to show up and wish the family Mazal Tov.

I turned to the person next to me and asked him who he was related to at this wedding. To which he answered, “Neither side, I just helped out here with money so they can afford the wedding and I felt I wanted to come and say Mazal Tov.”

It then dawned on me that many people that have Parnassah still need additional help to make a wedding.

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An Excerpt from the 2002 film by Jewish Educational Media, “Pioneers.”

The story of Chabad Chassidic settlement in the Holy Land from the 1700’s, and the broad frontiers of today’s Chabad.

Available at http://JemStore.com

The Torah Response to an act of Terrorism

An Excerpt from the 2002 film by Jewish Educational Media, “Pioneers.”

The story of Chabad Chassidic settlement in the Holy Land from the 1700’s, and the broad frontiers of today’s Chabad.

Available at http://JemStore.com

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalman (ben R Yehuda) Friedman (Brooklyn, NY) and Chaya Sima (bas R Levi) Goldstein (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

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Jewish Review

BEND, OR — Rabbi Yitzchok and Mimi Feldman arrived in Bend in late November to set up the eighth Chabad Center in Oregon.

The Chabad center is based out of the Feldman’s home at 19747 Dartmouth Ave. The center offers a Jewish Women’s Circle that meets once a month, family holiday celebrations, Shabbat dinners and delivery of fresh challah to Jewish people on Friday afternoons.

New Shluchim To Oregon

Jewish Review

BEND, OR — Rabbi Yitzchok and Mimi Feldman arrived in Bend in late November to set up the eighth Chabad Center in Oregon.

The Chabad center is based out of the Feldman’s home at 19747 Dartmouth Ave. The center offers a Jewish Women’s Circle that meets once a month, family holiday celebrations, Shabbat dinners and delivery of fresh challah to Jewish people on Friday afternoons.

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HALLANDALE, FL [CHI] — Sunday, March 30th, will mark the beginning of a new era in the storied history of Chabad of South Broward. The day will mark the groundbreaking of an overwhelming expansion project taking place at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters, located at 1295 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard.It will also be a day of celebration, as the 27th Annual Dinner of Chabad of South Broward will immediately follow the groundbreaking.

Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti To Be Honored

HALLANDALE, FL [CHI] — Sunday, March 30th, will mark the beginning of a new era in the storied history of Chabad of South Broward. The day will mark the groundbreaking of an overwhelming expansion project taking place at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters, located at 1295 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard.It will also be a day of celebration, as the 27th Annual Dinner of Chabad of South Broward will immediately follow the groundbreaking.

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

FC volunteer, Ashira, and Lane, lead the guests in reciting a selection of Psalms at the dinner.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — “A model for a Jewish People unified by shared goals and ideals,” is how Dr. Talya Fishman describes Friendship Circle of Chabad of the Delaware Valley.

Children With Special Needs and Their Parents Applaud Chabad’s Friendship Circle

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

FC volunteer, Ashira, and Lane, lead the guests in reciting a selection of Psalms at the dinner.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — “A model for a Jewish People unified by shared goals and ideals,” is how Dr. Talya Fishman describes Friendship Circle of Chabad of the Delaware Valley.

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Paul Leighton - Salem News

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — The three teenagers accused of hate crimes against a local synagogue will perform community service under an agreement reached in juvenile court, according to Rabbi Yossi Lipsker.

The teens, all 14-year-olds, were accused of scrawling graffiti on the walls of the Chabad Lubavitch synagogue on Burrill Street and later setting the synagogue's van on fire. The incidents occurred in October 2005 just before and after Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. (As reported here).

Teens Accused of Vandalizing Chabad House Agree to Community Service

Paul Leighton – Salem News

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — The three teenagers accused of hate crimes against a local synagogue will perform community service under an agreement reached in juvenile court, according to Rabbi Yossi Lipsker.

The teens, all 14-year-olds, were accused of scrawling graffiti on the walls of the Chabad Lubavitch synagogue on Burrill Street and later setting the synagogue’s van on fire. The incidents occurred in October 2005 just before and after Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. (As reported here).

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Jared Shelly - Jewish Exponent

From left: Jessica Katz, Avriel Finder, Matt Tregerman and Emily Acker at an dinner sponsored by the Friendship Circle, which honored teenage volunteers who spend time with children with special needs.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — After four years of hanging out together on a weekly basis, Sammy — a 16-year-old who is autistic, knows the drill exactly once fellow teenager Avriel Finder walks through his front door.

“We do puzzles, eat popcorn and watch some Disney movie,” said Finder, an 18-year-old senior at Lower Merion High School.

Teen Volunteers Feted at Recognition Event

Jared Shelly – Jewish Exponent

From left: Jessica Katz, Avriel Finder, Matt Tregerman and Emily Acker at an dinner sponsored by the Friendship Circle, which honored teenage volunteers who spend time with children with special needs.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — After four years of hanging out together on a weekly basis, Sammy — a 16-year-old who is autistic, knows the drill exactly once fellow teenager Avriel Finder walks through his front door.

“We do puzzles, eat popcorn and watch some Disney movie,” said Finder, an 18-year-old senior at Lower Merion High School.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Yitzy Steiner (Toronto, Ontario) and Chavi Refson (Leeds, UK) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Chaim Zaklos (Oak Park, MI) and Aidel Blau (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Campus Chomesh, 470 Lefferts Ave, [corner Brooklyn Ave].

Yossi Diamond (Crown Heights) and Rivki Gray (Sharon, MA) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info!

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Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org

In a twist on the ancient Jewish custom of redeeming a firstborn male, a S. Paulo, Brazil man redeems himself.

S PAULO, Brazil — A recent ceremony in Brazil's largest city has proved it's never too late to pay your dues.

Moishe Urmen, 67, Chaim Bramdes, 20, and Marcelo Stilman, 19, all stood at the front of the synagogue at Beit Chabad Brooklin in S. Paulo last Sunday to perform a ritual typically reserved for 30-day-old first born baby boys, a pidyon haben.

Three Brazilian Men Participate in Ancient Practice Typically Reserved for Infants

Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org

In a twist on the ancient Jewish custom of redeeming a firstborn male, a S. Paulo, Brazil man redeems himself.

S PAULO, Brazil — A recent ceremony in Brazil’s largest city has proved it’s never too late to pay your dues.

Moishe Urmen, 67, Chaim Bramdes, 20, and Marcelo Stilman, 19, all stood at the front of the synagogue at Beit Chabad Brooklin in S. Paulo last Sunday to perform a ritual typically reserved for 30-day-old first born baby boys, a pidyon haben.

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Rachel Sauer - Palm Beach Post

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL — He sits on the end of a row, one of more than 100, waiting patiently to raise his right hand and pledge to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America.

He wears a yarmulke and navy pinstriped suit. A full, dark beard, traditional among Chabad Lubavitch men, does not obscure his youth and potential energy. In this group - this variegated, rainbow group representing 46 countries - he does not stand out.

For rabbi, coming to America a blessing indeed

Rachel Sauer – Palm Beach Post

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL — He sits on the end of a row, one of more than 100, waiting patiently to raise his right hand and pledge to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America.

He wears a yarmulke and navy pinstriped suit. A full, dark beard, traditional among Chabad Lubavitch men, does not obscure his youth and potential energy. In this group – this variegated, rainbow group representing 46 countries – he does not stand out.

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