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Carolyn Sackariason - Aspen Times News

Construction of a new 34,000-square-foot synagogue on Main Street in Aspen will begin this spring. (Arthur Chabon/Chabon Architects)

ASPEN, CO — Progress is being made for Aspen’s Jewish community as the city’s first synagogue is about to be constructed.

Shalom to Aspen’s New Chabad House

Carolyn Sackariason – Aspen Times News

Construction of a new 34,000-square-foot synagogue on Main Street in Aspen will begin this spring. (Arthur Chabon/Chabon Architects)

ASPEN, CO — Progress is being made for Aspen’s Jewish community as the city’s first synagogue is about to be constructed.

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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)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Bob Makin - Courier News Online

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Yitzchok Moully poses for a picture in front of a mounting of his pop-art, as his 2-year-old son, Sholom, wiggles in his arms.

For the youth director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Basking Ridge, the photo freezes a moment in a dichotomous world, where the bright colors of Moully's Andy Warhol-influenced art applied to the black-and-white of his Hasidic Jewish faith are balanced with and grounded by a growing family.

Through his art, Yitzchok Moully captures the vibrancy of the Hasidic world

Bob Makin – Courier News Online

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Yitzchok Moully poses for a picture in front of a mounting of his pop-art, as his 2-year-old son, Sholom, wiggles in his arms.

For the youth director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Basking Ridge, the photo freezes a moment in a dichotomous world, where the bright colors of Moully’s Andy Warhol-influenced art applied to the black-and-white of his Hasidic Jewish faith are balanced with and grounded by a growing family.

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By Shaina Rosenfeld - Shlucha to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Editors note After receiving an overwhelming amount of responses to the Op-Ed “The Forgotten Girls” we've chosen to run the following Op-Ed in response.

With personal interest, I read the latest Op-Ed on CrownHeights.info. I myself worked for shluchim in an out-of-the-way city in the USA for two years. On many, if not all, points, I have a hard time identifying with the author of this article. Instead of relating directly to the authors complaints, let's discuss the general issue.

Why do girls go out to work for shluchim, out of all things?

Hopefully, the answer is to join in the Rebbe's shlichus. If it's anything else- to pass the time till they get married, to make some money, to do something fulfilling with their time, to get out of Crown Heights, 'cuz it's the 'in' thing to do.....

Op-Ed: A Shlucha’s reply to “The Forgotten Girls”

By Shaina Rosenfeld – Shlucha to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Editors note After receiving an overwhelming amount of responses to the Op-Ed “The Forgotten Girls” we’ve chosen to run the following Op-Ed in response.

With personal interest, I read the latest Op-Ed on CrownHeights.info. I myself worked for shluchim in an out-of-the-way city in the USA for two years. On many, if not all, points, I have a hard time identifying with the author of this article. Instead of relating directly to the authors complaints, let’s discuss the general issue.

Why do girls go out to work for shluchim, out of all things?

Hopefully, the answer is to join in the Rebbe’s shlichus. If it’s anything else- to pass the time till they get married, to make some money, to do something fulfilling with their time, to get out of Crown Heights, ‘cuz it’s the ‘in’ thing to do…..

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Senator Adams Visits Darchai Menachem

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – This past Friday New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) visited Crown Heights’s Yeshivas Darchai Menachem. Mr. Adams first met with the school’s principal Rabbi Eyal Bension who explained to him what makes Darchai Menachem such a unique school.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Yisroel Brod will be giving a series of lectures, starting today, Sunday, 8 PM, for 4 consecutive nights at the Kollel. He will give a general overview and detail direction to help participants develop their fundraising skills.

Full flyer with more info in the Extended Article!

Fundraising Lecture at the Kollel starting Sunday

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Yisroel Brod will be giving a series of lectures, starting today, Sunday, 8 PM, for 4 consecutive nights at the Kollel. He will give a general overview and detail direction to help participants develop their fundraising skills.

Full flyer with more info in the Extended Article!

PSA

Elana Kasle Safely Flown To Michigan

The building of the Chaya Aydel Seminary.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — Thursday 24 Shvat, on the 120th Yahrzeit of Rebbitzen Menuchah Rochel, zy”a, Elana Leah bas Sheindel Rochel Kasle was Boruch Hashem safely flown on an ambulance jet to Michigan, where she is now in a “interim” rehab center in Southfield, Michigan, minutes away from her home.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Frieda Rappoport mother of Yibodel Lechaim Tovim R' Moshe Rappoport of Zurich, Switzerland.

The Levaya took place on Thursday, 24 Shvat.

Nichum Aveilim till Wednesday morning at 1467 54th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219 (Boro Park).
Phone: 718 438 1320
E-mail: merap@econophone.ch

Shachris - 7:30 am (Sunday - 8:00 am)
Mincha - 5:10 pm
Maariv - Bizmanoi

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mrs. Frieda Rappoport OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Frieda Rappoport mother of Yibodel Lechaim Tovim R’ Moshe Rappoport of Zurich, Switzerland.

The Levaya took place on Thursday, 24 Shvat.

Nichum Aveilim till Wednesday morning at 1467 54th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219 (Boro Park).
Phone: 718 438 1320
E-mail: merap@econophone.ch

Shachris – 7:30 am (Sunday – 8:00 am)
Mincha – 5:10 pm
Maariv – Bizmanoi

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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Chof Beis Shevat in Manchester

MANCHESTER, England [CHI] — Once again the ladies of Nshei Chabad, Manchester, excelled themselves, both in the ruchnius and gashius aspect of their Chof Beis Shvat Evening. Beis Menachem was transformed into a very feminine pink and cerise setting, with the buffet consisting of ‘scrumptious salads’ ‘delectable desserts and a fantastic fruit table.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Alex Mindlin - New York Times

In a growing Hasidic neighborhood, double strollers, followed by a construction boom.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Jacob Goldstein, the longtime chairman of Community Board 9 and the unofficial mayor of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was driving his little red Ford Contour through the neighborhood the other day, honking at acquaintances. Several times on every block, he braked and gestured at a newly risen, salmon-colored apartment building, or a plywood fence protecting a construction site.

Here Come the Babies There Go the Jackhammers

Alex Mindlin – New York Times

In a growing Hasidic neighborhood, double strollers, followed by a construction boom.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Jacob Goldstein, the longtime chairman of Community Board 9 and the unofficial mayor of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was driving his little red Ford Contour through the neighborhood the other day, honking at acquaintances. Several times on every block, he braked and gestured at a newly risen, salmon-colored apartment building, or a plywood fence protecting a construction site.

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Zvi Konikov - Chabad.org

I first met Ilan Ramon at an almost clandestine gathering in my hometown of Satellite Beach, Florida. NASA personnel and Israeli Security teams had taken extra security precautions to ensure that nothing would go wrong. Even the location had been kept secret until the very day of the meeting.

Shabbat in Space – The Legacy of Ilan Ramon

Zvi Konikov – Chabad.org

I first met Ilan Ramon at an almost clandestine gathering in my hometown of Satellite Beach, Florida. NASA personnel and Israeli Security teams had taken extra security precautions to ensure that nothing would go wrong. Even the location had been kept secret until the very day of the meeting.

Chabad News

Chabad Announces Keynote Speaker for Convention

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LOS ANGELES, CA — This February, the picturesque campus of Chabad at Running Springs will welcome hundreds of Chabad representatives and Jewish community leaders from across California and Nevada as they join together for the 2008 West Coast Chabad convention.

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MOSCOW, Russia — Nine adolescents were arrested for drawing swastikas on a Jewish cultural centre in Ulyanovsk - in the Volga region - announced Russia's Jewish community Wednesday.

On Tuesday “youths gathered in front of the centre drew swastikas and shouted anti-Semitic slogans”, said Andrei Glotser, representative of Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar, according to the Interfax agency.

The nine arrested are aged 14 and 15, he said.

Nine Adolescents Arrested for Drawing Swastikas on Jewish Centre in Russia

FJC.ru

MOSCOW, Russia — Nine adolescents were arrested for drawing swastikas on a Jewish cultural centre in Ulyanovsk – in the Volga region – announced Russia’s Jewish community Wednesday.

On Tuesday “youths gathered in front of the centre drew swastikas and shouted anti-Semitic slogans”, said Andrei Glotser, representative of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar, according to the Interfax agency.

The nine arrested are aged 14 and 15, he said.

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Mayor Bloomberg and Rabbi Benjaminson at a Chnukah Party in JCM, 2006

A letter sent by the Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, to Rabbi Benjaminson Executive Director of the Jewish Children Museum, thanking him for sending a copy of the Kids Magazine.

Click on the Extended Article to view the letter.

Letter from Mayor Thanking the JCM

Mayor Bloomberg and Rabbi Benjaminson at a Chnukah Party in JCM, 2006

A letter sent by the Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, to Rabbi Benjaminson Executive Director of the Jewish Children Museum, thanking him for sending a copy of the Kids Magazine.

Click on the Extended Article to view the letter.

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