Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Benjy and Mussy Stock (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!

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FJC Winter Relief Campaign
At least one million people living throughout the FSU region face famine and starvation. Another 70 million people, or 1/4 th of the population, live below the poverty line.
The frigid winter months are especially difficult for these people. Keeping warm is not easy and good winter boots and clothes are expensive. Many people do not even have heat in their own homes.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the help of a suburban New Jersey organization that pairs children with special needs with teenage volunteers, a group of energetic athletes-in-the-making can now dribble, shoot and score. After their first exhibition game last week, they even have one win under their belts.
Teens With Special Needs Take to the Basketball Court
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the help of a suburban New Jersey organization that pairs children with special needs with teenage volunteers, a group of energetic athletes-in-the-making can now dribble, shoot and score. After their first exhibition game last week, they even have one win under their belts.
The weekly shiur by Rabbi Yossi Jacobson from Wednesday Yud Zayin Teves now available.
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The Weekly shiur by Rabbi YY Jacobson Online
The weekly shiur by Rabbi Yossi Jacobson from Wednesday Yud Zayin Teves now available.
Video continued in the Extended Article!
BROOKLYN, NY — Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, announced the establishment of a new Jewish vocational training school in partnership with International Bramson ORT.
Chabad-Lubavitch Announces Partnership With Bramson ORT
BROOKLYN, NY — Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, announced the establishment of a new Jewish vocational training school in partnership with International Bramson ORT.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Infinity Productions, has announced that Mayer Rivkin has once again stepped up to the mike at the recording studio to start production of his 3rd CD recording. The new CD, titled “To Love A Fellow Jew” will feature 13 Chabad - Lubavitch and other popular Niggunim with lyrics in English, also known as “camp songs”. Many of the melodies and lyrics have over the years been composed, written and created at one of the numerous Chabad run overnight camps throughout the United States, known as Camp Gan Israel.
Production Underway for 3rd CD by Chassic Vocalist Mayer Rivkin
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Infinity Productions, has announced that Mayer Rivkin has once again stepped up to the mike at the recording studio to start production of his 3rd CD recording. The new CD, titled “To Love A Fellow Jew” will feature 13 Chabad – Lubavitch and other popular Niggunim with lyrics in English, also known as “camp songs”. Many of the melodies and lyrics have over the years been composed, written and created at one of the numerous Chabad run overnight camps throughout the United States, known as Camp Gan Israel.

Levy Family Makes the Desert Bloom
ORACLE, AZ [CHI] — Oracle’s first-ever Tanya published in tribute to philanthropic family’s support of Shluchim youth camp in Grand Canyon State
A desert is just about the last place you’d find a wellspring. But conversely, when you do, such an oasis is all the more valuable because of its dry, hostile surroundings.

Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Yisroel Halevi ben Golda
Yehuda Berl ben Miriam
Elana Leah bas Shaindel Rochel
Chaya Mushka bas Mattel
Menucha Vita bas Baila
NEW YORK, NY — Every new police officer in New York City will be sent onto the streets of some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods as part of a broad anticrime operation that the authorities say has helped produce historic drops in crime, the city announced on Wednesday.
Click here to download the 71st Precinct Crime Stat Sheet (PDF)
City Is Doubling Police Program to Reduce Crime
NEW YORK, NY — Every new police officer in New York City will be sent onto the streets of some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods as part of a broad anticrime operation that the authorities say has helped produce historic drops in crime, the city announced on Wednesday.
Click here to download the 71st Precinct Crime Stat Sheet (PDF)
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — While the hundreds of public menorah lightings in New Jersey alone this year showed the state's Jews' commitment to fulfilling their obligation to publicize the miracle of Hanukkah, the Jewish community of Monroe Township celebrated the fact that those public lightings were miracles all their own.
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Religious freedom is theme of Monroe Hanukkah event
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — While the hundreds of public menorah lightings in New Jersey alone this year showed the state’s Jews’ commitment to fulfilling their obligation to publicize the miracle of Hanukkah, the Jewish community of Monroe Township celebrated the fact that those public lightings were miracles all their own.
Video in the Extended Article!
ARAD, Israel — A new women's mikvah was unveiled about 1,378 feet below sea level at the village of Neot Hakikar just south of the Dead Sea. Built with public funding and under the direction of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yaakov Mendelzohn, the mikvah – deemed to be the lowest on earth – will also serve the neighboring community of Ein Tamar and the scattered desert hamlets in Israel's Arava region, including Ein Hazava and Ein Ofarim.
Lowest Mikvah on Earth To Serve Local Desert Communities, Vacationers
ARAD, Israel — A new women’s mikvah was unveiled about 1,378 feet below sea level at the village of Neot Hakikar just south of the Dead Sea. Built with public funding and under the direction of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yaakov Mendelzohn, the mikvah – deemed to be the lowest on earth – will also serve the neighboring community of Ein Tamar and the scattered desert hamlets in Israel’s Arava region, including Ein Hazava and Ein Ofarim.
BAL HARBOUR, FL — Is Judaism’s belief in free will compatible with concepts of genetic predestination? Are there links between contemporary neuroscience and Kabbalistic concepts of consciousness? How does biblical Creation relate to evolutionary theory?
On Stem Cell and Other Matters: A Conference Explores the Torah-Science Nexus
BAL HARBOUR, FL — Is Judaism’s belief in free will compatible with concepts of genetic predestination? Are there links between contemporary neuroscience and Kabbalistic concepts of consciousness? How does biblical Creation relate to evolutionary theory?
Today, Wednesday Yud Zayin Teves at 10:00 PM EST - 10:35 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur online.
Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#
Parsha Shiur by Rabbi Jacobson Tonight
Today, Wednesday Yud Zayin Teves at 10:00 PM EST – 10:35 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur online.
Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmulik Zheliznyak (Minsk, Belarus) and Shterna Sara Heintz (Utrecht, Netherlands) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
S ANTONIO, TX — Members of south Texas' Jewish community remembered Robin Schneiderman - who died last Wednesday at the age of 62 - as a dear friend, a true inspiration and a mentor. Schneiderman, who was fondly referred to as Morah Robin - morah means teacher in Hebrew - taught the pre-K class in S. Antonio's Gan Gani Day School until two months before her passing.
Texas Community Hails Late Preschool Teacher as Mentor
S ANTONIO, TX — Members of south Texas’ Jewish community remembered Robin Schneiderman – who died last Wednesday at the age of 62 – as a dear friend, a true inspiration and a mentor. Schneiderman, who was fondly referred to as Morah Robin – morah means teacher in Hebrew – taught the pre-K class in S. Antonio’s Gan Gani Day School until two months before her passing.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Wednesday Night L’Chaims!
Pinny Pink (Manchester, England) and Rochie Weinbaum (London, England) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Menachem Mendel Blecher (Melbourne, Australia) and Leah Charytan (Winnipeg, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Chabad of North Broward Takes Over Historic Florida Synagogue
PARKLAND, FL [CHI] — Temple Beth Israel in Deerfield Beach is a historic South Florida Jewish institution that unfortunately had fallen on hard times. Temple Beth Israel was the very first synagogue in Deerfield, and was a once-thriving mecca for Jewish seniors, Beth Israel saw its Minyan getting progressively smaller and no longer had the required funds to pay the monthly expenses. Its days seemed numbered.