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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – In a night of mischief and violence, Shomrim reported a less then average egg throwing incidents, yet logged over 30 calls of residents calling for assistance and escort.

A Shomrim spokesperson credited the reduction to residents being more aware to the potential dangers, by reports of CrownHeights.info and other news outlets. He also added that Shomrim averaged a one minute and under response time to calls, which he credited to the 5 active vehicle patrols from night fall to 1:00am.

Summary of Halloween ’07 Events

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – In a night of mischief and violence, Shomrim reported a less then average egg throwing incidents, yet logged over 30 calls of residents calling for assistance and escort.

A Shomrim spokesperson credited the reduction to residents being more aware to the potential dangers, by reports of CrownHeights.info and other news outlets. He also added that Shomrim averaged a one minute and under response time to calls, which he credited to the 5 active vehicle patrols from night fall to 1:00am.

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
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
Rivkah Lewin - Lubavitch.com

HOUSTON, TX — The number of Jewish Day Schools in the U.S. has been on the rise for som time now. The AVI CHAI Foundation’s census of Jewish Day Schools count 759 in the 2003-2004 school year, with 80 new schools opened since five year earlier.

A School, A Community, Grows with Chabad in Houston

Rivkah Lewin – Lubavitch.com

HOUSTON, TX — The number of Jewish Day Schools in the U.S. has been on the rise for som time now. The AVI CHAI Foundation’s census of Jewish Day Schools count 759 in the 2003-2004 school year, with 80 new schools opened since five year earlier.

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Mr. Jeff Ansell
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Every year during the Kinus Hashluchim, there is a plethora of workshops offered to shluchim giving them an opportunity to further develop their skills in an array of areas pertaining to shlichus.

This year, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and the Vaad Hakinus announced a packed schedule of seminars and workshops conducted by experts covering all areas relevant to shlichus. Some of the instructors this year including Rabbi Mendel Duchman on fundraising, Rabbi Laibe Morcowitz on Chinuch, etc.

KINUS: New Speakers this Year at Convention

Mr. Jeff Ansell

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Every year during the Kinus Hashluchim, there is a plethora of workshops offered to shluchim giving them an opportunity to further develop their skills in an array of areas pertaining to shlichus.

This year, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and the Vaad Hakinus announced a packed schedule of seminars and workshops conducted by experts covering all areas relevant to shlichus. Some of the instructors this year including Rabbi Mendel Duchman on fundraising, Rabbi Laibe Morcowitz on Chinuch, etc.

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Mazal Tov! – 12 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shloimi and Rochel (nee Brook) Frishman.
IYH at 512 Montgomery St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Beryl and Shani Junik.
IYH at 1366 Carroll St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Chaim and Chani Rosen.
IYH at1282 Carroll St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Leibel and Chaya Sara Perlow.
IYH at 784 Montgomery St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Benzion and Faigy (nee Grossbaum) Treitel.
IYH at 595 Lefferts Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yehuda and Saral’e Adelist.
IYH at 645 Lefferts Ave, Apt 1G, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Shaya and Miriam Rochester.
IYH at 352 Crown St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Menashe. and Ilanit Borbely.
IYH at 52 Jill Ln, Monsey, NY.

Shlomie and Gruni (nee Lipskar) Diamond.
IYH at 4565 N Michigan Ave, Miami Beach, FL.

Yeacheal and Shoshana Tarshish.
IYH at 6559 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL.

Gershon and Devorah Sandler (Shluchim to Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at 822 N. Alta Vista, Los Angeles, CA.

Eli and Elisheva (nee Aron) Boymelgreen (Jerusalem, Israel) .

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

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R.C. Berman - Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Dovid Slavin in Our Big Kitchen

SYDNEY, Australia — Bringing sandwiches to evacuees, preparing soft beds for exhausted firefighters, Chabad’s response to crisis– wildfires, tsunamis, hurricanes, explosions – proves its universal commitments to goodness and kindness.

In Sydney, a 3,200 square foot example of Chabad’s service to the community a large opened.

Down Under, Chabad Builds A Kitchen, Everyone’s At the Table

R.C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Dovid Slavin in Our Big Kitchen

SYDNEY, Australia — Bringing sandwiches to evacuees, preparing soft beds for exhausted firefighters, Chabad’s response to crisis– wildfires, tsunamis, hurricanes, explosions – proves its universal commitments to goodness and kindness.

In Sydney, a 3,200 square foot example of Chabad’s service to the community a large opened.

Shlichus
FJC.ru
S. PETERSBURG, Russia — This week in Russia's northern capital, the City Administration and community groups hosted the public campaign “March Against Hate”. Mark Grubarg, the Chairman of the Jewish community of S. Petersburg, took part in this event – a gathering whose objective is to demonstrate against inter-ethnic and inter-religious hatred. This movement was inspired by the memory of renowned ethnographer Nikolai Girenko, who was brutally murdered by nationalists in 2004.

Jewish Community Promotes Inter-Ethnic Accord

FJC.ru

S. PETERSBURG, Russia — This week in Russia’s northern capital, the City Administration and community groups hosted the public campaign “March Against Hate”. Mark Grubarg, the Chairman of the Jewish community of S. Petersburg, took part in this event – a gathering whose objective is to demonstrate against inter-ethnic and inter-religious hatred. This movement was inspired by the memory of renowned ethnographer Nikolai Girenko, who was brutally murdered by nationalists in 2004.

Shlichus
Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Thousands turned out for the banquet at last year's International Conference of Shluchim.

BROOKLYN, NY — Last minute preparations are proceeding at full pace at Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York as the clock ticks down until the annual International Conference of Shluchim. The conference, known among the Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who attend simply as the kinus ñ an abbreviated form of its name in Hebrew ñ begins Nov. 7. For five days, almost 3,000 shluchim from all over the world will attend sessions and share strategies about how best to reach Jews in every corner of the globe.

Thousands to Attend International Conference of Shluchim in New York Next Week

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Thousands turned out for the banquet at last year’s International Conference of Shluchim.

BROOKLYN, NY — Last minute preparations are proceeding at full pace at Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York as the clock ticks down until the annual International Conference of Shluchim. The conference, known among the Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who attend simply as the kinus ñ an abbreviated form of its name in Hebrew ñ begins Nov. 7. For five days, almost 3,000 shluchim from all over the world will attend sessions and share strategies about how best to reach Jews in every corner of the globe.

Chabad News

The Torah dedication is in honor of the fourth Yortziet of R. Moshe Noach ben R. Shloime and his wife Devorah Raizel bas R. Yitzchok OB”M. The event will take place and the Torah is being donated to the ‘Chabad Israeli Center of Rockville, MD’ at 216 Rollings Ave, Rockville, MD. IYH this Sunday, November 4th 12 PM. (Click here for pictures of the “Hascholas Safer Torah”).

More info in the Extended Article!

Torah Dedication Ceremony in Maryland

The Torah dedication is in honor of the fourth Yortziet of R. Moshe Noach ben R. Shloime and his wife Devorah Raizel bas R. Yitzchok OB”M. The event will take place and the Torah is being donated to the ‘Chabad Israeli Center of Rockville, MD’ at 216 Rollings Ave, Rockville, MD. IYH this Sunday, November 4th 12 PM. (Click here for pictures of the “Hascholas Safer Torah”).

More info in the Extended Article!

PSA

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Jewish Feminism” (Volume 41, Episode 164).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Jewish Feminism” (Volume 41, Episode 164).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

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