Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nochum and Chanie (nee Sanowicz) Schapiro (Crown Heights) 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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Prizes for Bochurim that Excelled in Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim
TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — In Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim prizes were distributed last week to those that excelled in the Mivtza for Yud Sh’vat. The Mivtza was based on learning the Rebbe’s Sichos from Tof Shin Yud (which mostly relate; strengthening our Hiskashrus to the Rebbe).
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CHAPEL HILL, NC — Grief-stricken students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill united last week in pledging good deeds to honor the life of slain student body president Eve Carson.
UNC Student Remembered as Force for Campus Unity
CHAPEL HILL, NC — Grief-stricken students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill united last week in pledging good deeds to honor the life of slain student body president Eve Carson.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY [CHI] — Purim Celebrations will take on a new dimension this year as a unique Purim event will be held at the Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday, March 18. As a sequel to the exciting pre-Chanukah Celebration with the NY Islanders, the team has once again invited Chabad to bring the joy of the holiday to their fans.
Passing the Puck for Purim
PORT WASHINGTON, NY [CHI] — Purim Celebrations will take on a new dimension this year as a unique Purim event will be held at the Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday, March 18. As a sequel to the exciting pre-Chanukah Celebration with the NY Islanders, the team has once again invited Chabad to bring the joy of the holiday to their fans.
TOKYO, Japan — Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan announced a happy end to its long search for a new building. “After years of looking, we found a beautiful 400 square meter building that will serve as the Chabad Jewish Center Japan,” said Rabbi Mendi Sudakevitch, Chabad representative with his wife, Chana.
A New Building for Chabad in Tokyo
TOKYO, Japan — Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan announced a happy end to its long search for a new building. “After years of looking, we found a beautiful 400 square meter building that will serve as the Chabad Jewish Center Japan,” said Rabbi Mendi Sudakevitch, Chabad representative with his wife, Chana.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Laivi and Dini (nee Klein) Freundlich (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Early Morning Accident on Empire and Troy
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An early morning collision between a Car Service and a delivery vehicle sent both drivers to the hospital. The incident took place a few feet from the intersection of Empire Boulevard and Troy Avenue at around 4:30am.
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Sima (nee Stein) Susskind (Brooklyn, NY) on the birth of their baby girl.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Israel has to be very concerned about its security, CBS2’s Lou Young said his Hebrew is as good as his Arabic and the JCM's Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson needs 5 million dollars!
Full coverage of the dinner will follow shortly!
Interviews at the JCM’s Dinner
Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Israel has to be very concerned about its security, CBS2’s Lou Young said his Hebrew is as good as his Arabic and the JCM’s Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson needs 5 million dollars!
Full coverage of the dinner will follow shortly!

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

Uplifting Kinus of North American Temimim Shluchim in Detroit
DETROIT, MI [CHI] — For the fifth year now, Talmidim-Shluchim from across N. America enjoyed a most enjoyable and inspiring three days, at the Kinus Talmidim Hashluchim, held this year in Detroit, MI.
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