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NCFJE 67th Annual Awards Dinner

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Sunday, November 18, 2007 NCFJE celebrated its 67th Annual Awards Dinner at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The guests of honor were Michelle and Bruce Tuchman, Nachama Dina and Shmuel Raskin, and Sara and Adam Wartski. Dr. Tzvi (Harvey) Lang was given the Crown Heights Community Award, for his work on behalf of the Crown Heights community. Boxing Champion Dmitry Salita, was awarded with the Jewish Sports Champion Award, recognizing his contributions toward Jewish professional sports. Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson was awarded the Man of the Year award.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
NY Daily News
Buildings Department inspectors
proudly model new uniforms.
The city Buildings Department has spent years trying to clean up its image - and now it's sending its inspectors onto the streets in spiffy new uniforms costing a total of $385,000.

“It's really all about integrity, showing the world that these guys are out there and watching,” said Robert LiMandri, the department's first deputy commissioner.

“With any uniform comes a level of respect. We wanted to make sure that people know that we've answered a complaint and showed up on a job site,” LiMandri said.

Buildings Department Inspectors Get Spiffy New Uniforms

NY Daily News
Buildings Department inspectors
proudly model new uniforms.

The city Buildings Department has spent years trying to clean up its image – and now it’s sending its inspectors onto the streets in spiffy new uniforms costing a total of $385,000.

“It’s really all about integrity, showing the world that these guys are out there and watching,” said Robert LiMandri, the department’s first deputy commissioner.

“With any uniform comes a level of respect. We wanted to make sure that people know that we’ve answered a complaint and showed up on a job site,” LiMandri said.

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Ida Jorgensen - West Mount Examiner

Members of Chabad Westmount bearing gifts at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Photo: Alex Aronov

WESTMOUNT, Canada — The giving season came early to the Montreal Children’s Hospital last Tuesday, when Chabad Westmount’s youth group, J-teens, arrived bearing toy donations for the young patients.

Director of J-teens, Rabbi Asher Hecht, said the youth program teaches youngsters to give back to their community, and instill in them a lifelong habit of giving.

J-Teens Come Through for Kids

Ida Jorgensen – West Mount Examiner

Members of Chabad Westmount bearing gifts at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Photo: Alex Aronov

WESTMOUNT, Canada — The giving season came early to the Montreal Children’s Hospital last Tuesday, when Chabad Westmount’s youth group, J-teens, arrived bearing toy donations for the young patients.

Director of J-teens, Rabbi Asher Hecht, said the youth program teaches youngsters to give back to their community, and instill in them a lifelong habit of giving.

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — World’s Greatest Department Store to Host Workshop Wonderland Celebrating World’s Greatest Miracle.

Kids Join Judah the Maccabee on the Macy’s Kids Floor for a Hands-On Olive-Press Workshop and Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Kids make Chanukah “Jewelites,” and receive their own Chanukah Gifts.

Macy*s to Host Chanukah Workshop Wonderland

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — World’s Greatest Department Store to Host Workshop Wonderland Celebrating World’s Greatest Miracle.

Kids Join Judah the Maccabee on the Macy’s Kids Floor for a Hands-On Olive-Press Workshop and Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Kids make Chanukah “Jewelites,” and receive their own Chanukah Gifts.

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Chabad.org

JERUSALEM, Israel — Some 230 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Israel, backed up by an army of yeshiva students, will be taking the light and message of Chanukah directly to the public with a host of menorah lightings, celebrations and special visits to Israel Defense Force bases. In addition, Chabad Houses are stockpiling thousands of menorah kits and pamphlets to distribute to anyone who requests them.

Shluchim to Embark on Light-Spreading Mission Throughout Israel

Chabad.org

JERUSALEM, Israel — Some 230 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Israel, backed up by an army of yeshiva students, will be taking the light and message of Chanukah directly to the public with a host of menorah lightings, celebrations and special visits to Israel Defense Force bases. In addition, Chabad Houses are stockpiling thousands of menorah kits and pamphlets to distribute to anyone who requests them.

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The Rebbe going into 770 to Daven Mussof on Rosh Chodesh 1989. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

Picture of the Day! The Rebbe in 770 1989!

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The Rebbe going into 770 to Daven Mussof on Rosh Chodesh 1989. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

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FJC.ru

KOSTROMA, Russia –- The Jewish community of Kostroma is currently holding an autumn camp for its youngsters, Led by Sara Feiman, this series of activities will keep the children busy throughout the entirety of their school holiday, which has just gotten underway.

Autumn Camp Opens for Kostroma Jewish Community

FJC.ru

KOSTROMA, Russia –- The Jewish community of Kostroma is currently holding an autumn camp for its youngsters, Led by Sara Feiman, this series of activities will keep the children busy throughout the entirety of their school holiday, which has just gotten underway.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Menachem Lipskier (Crown Heights) and Miri Carlebach (Crown Heights) ,
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Sholom Ber Kesselman (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Leah Labkowski (Los Angeles, CA)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Yarden Blumstein (Far Rockaway, NY) and Baila Lax (Houston, TX) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Albany and Troy Ave]

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

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Mary Adamski - Star Bulletin

Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky of Chabad of Hawaii and his wife, Pearl, are planning a traditional Jewish wedding for daughter Rivky and her groom, Avremel Chazanow, on Wednesday.

HONOLULU, HI — Rivky Krasnjansky of Honolulu and Avremel Chazanow of Brooklyn, N.Y., believe that God will be a third partner in their marriage.

Their Wednesday wedding will be an affirmation of faith for the pair, members of the Chabad Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism, which teaches strict adherence to laws laid out more than 3,000 years ago.

Couple Unites Under Strict Jewish Tenets

Mary Adamski – Star Bulletin

Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky of Chabad of Hawaii and his wife, Pearl, are planning a traditional Jewish wedding for daughter Rivky and her groom, Avremel Chazanow, on Wednesday.

HONOLULU, HI — Rivky Krasnjansky of Honolulu and Avremel Chazanow of Brooklyn, N.Y., believe that God will be a third partner in their marriage.

Their Wednesday wedding will be an affirmation of faith for the pair, members of the Chabad Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism, which teaches strict adherence to laws laid out more than 3,000 years ago.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Peretz and Miryum (nee Langer) Motchkin (Shluchim to S Francisco, CA) 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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Jon Gold - Chabad.edu

BERKELEY, CA — Friday night: A time for family, a time for unity, a time for food, a time for 50 people to cram into a one-bedroom apartment … at least for Rabbi Gil and Bracha Sara Leeds of the Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of California at Berkeley.

Berkeley Chabad House Wins Over Students With Welcoming Warmth

Jon Gold – Chabad.edu

BERKELEY, CA — Friday night: A time for family, a time for unity, a time for food, a time for 50 people to cram into a one-bedroom apartment … at least for Rabbi Gil and Bracha Sara Leeds of the Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of California at Berkeley.

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by Moshe Friedman
After reading the article on this site, in which a Jew was targeted with Naziesque slurs, I was reminded of a similar one, in which I witnessed a group of bochurim on Tahalucha who were shouted at with the similar chants of “Heil Hitler!”

Surprisingly, I was perplexed and shocked more than I was angry. Had the youth been neo-Nazis, Germans, skinheads, or the like, I would have been predictably upset that such illegal hate, racism and anti-Semitism occurred. What perplexed me was the fact that the perpetrators in this instance were fellow victims of Hitler and the Nazi regime. It had may as well be a Reform Jew shouting “Heil Hitler” an Orthodox Jew – something which would never occur, as both Reform and Orthodox Jews were victims of Hitler and the Nazis.

Op-Ed: The Irony of Blacks Yelling “Heil Hitler”

by Moshe Friedman

After reading the article on this site, in which a Jew was targeted with Naziesque slurs, I was reminded of a similar one, in which I witnessed a group of bochurim on Tahalucha who were shouted at with the similar chants of “Heil Hitler!”

Surprisingly, I was perplexed and shocked more than I was angry. Had the youth been neo-Nazis, Germans, skinheads, or the like, I would have been predictably upset that such illegal hate, racism and anti-Semitism occurred. What perplexed me was the fact that the perpetrators in this instance were fellow victims of Hitler and the Nazi regime. It had may as well be a Reform Jew shouting “Heil Hitler” an Orthodox Jew – something which would never occur, as both Reform and Orthodox Jews were victims of Hitler and the Nazis.

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Yehuda L. Ceitlin - Chabad.org
Moroccan consul Mohamed Karmoune sits down with the family of the late Rabbi Shlomo Matusof. (Photo: Eli Kahn)

BROOKLYN, NY — Mohamed Karmoune, the Moroccan consul in New York, visited the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., this week to pay his respects to the family of Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, who passed away during the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. In the visit, the diplomat gave credit to Chabad-Lubavitch as a major contributor to the country's educational system and the maintaining of Jewish life in North Africa.

Moroccan Consul Consoled Family of Deceased Lubavitch Emissary

Yehuda L. Ceitlin – Chabad.org
Moroccan consul Mohamed Karmoune sits down with the family of the late Rabbi Shlomo Matusof. (Photo: Eli Kahn)

BROOKLYN, NY — Mohamed Karmoune, the Moroccan consul in New York, visited the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., this week to pay his respects to the family of Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, who passed away during the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. In the visit, the diplomat gave credit to Chabad-Lubavitch as a major contributor to the country’s educational system and the maintaining of Jewish life in North Africa.

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