Mazal Tov! – 2 Thursday Night L’Chaims!
Mordechai Adelist (Melbourne) and Suri Raigorodsky (Los Angeles) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Pinchos Morozow (Flatbush/Crown Heights) and Chaya Abramowitz (Monsey, NY) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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NEW HAVEN, CT — For the first time in recent memory, the diverse organizations representing Yale’s Jewish community came together over the weekend for a single event — a festive menorah-lighting on Beinecke Plaza on Sunday evening.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Lighting of Menorah a Joint Effort
NEW HAVEN, CT — For the first time in recent memory, the diverse organizations representing Yale’s Jewish community came together over the weekend for a single event — a festive menorah-lighting on Beinecke Plaza on Sunday evening.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Polishing the Buttons” (Volume 43, Episode 170).
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 “Polishing the Buttons” (Volume 43, Episode 170).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
A Chanukah Party in the Home of the French Consul General
MIAMI, FL [CHI] — For the first time ever in Florida, a menorah lighting and Chanukah party took place at the residence of Mr. Philippe Vinogradoff, Consul General of France in Miami. This event was organized for the French community of Florida by Rabbi Yisroel Frankforter and the students of the Miami Smicha Program. Over 120 people participated in this beautiful event. Mr. Vinogradoff expressed his wish that this becomes a yearly tradition.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Michoel and Esty (nee Morrison) Feinstein (Shluchim to S Euclid, OH) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
HOBOKEN, NJ — Miracles were on NJ Gov. Jon Corzine’s mind when he kindled Chabad of Hoboken’s 6-foot tall menorah at City Hall before a crowd of 300 on Sunday.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Governor Corzine Celebrates Chanukah With Hoboken’s Jews
HOBOKEN, NJ — Miracles were on NJ Gov. Jon Corzine’s mind when he kindled Chabad of Hoboken’s 6-foot tall menorah at City Hall before a crowd of 300 on Sunday.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — A North Miami Beach synagogue caught fire on the final day of Hanukkah.
Sky Lake Synagogue on Northwest 183rd Street went up in flames while 25 children were inside for Hebrew classes Wednesday night.
Children Inside When Synagogue Catches Fire
N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — A North Miami Beach synagogue caught fire on the final day of Hanukkah.
Sky Lake Synagogue on Northwest 183rd Street went up in flames while 25 children were inside for Hebrew classes Wednesday night.
Chanukah Celebration in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — Winding their way down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile was a convoy unlike anything shoppers were expecting. Amongst the whirl of green and reed a fifty car long procession of Menorah Topped Vehicles snaked along Downtown Chicago’s most glamorous stretch of highbrow shops and swanky cafes.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Chanukah in London
LONDON, England [CHI] — This past Sunday evening there was close to 2000 people gathered together in unity for the lighting of the Giant Menorah at Golders Green Station.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Chanukah with Chabad at CALTECH
PASADENA, CA [CHI] — The California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), one of the top ten universities in the world, held its first public Menorah lighting on campus this Chanukah. On Thursday night, December 6th, over eighty students, family members and faculty, gathered outside Caltech’s main dining hall for an outdoor Menorah lighting ceremony and Chanukah celebration.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
The worlds only Menorah Fire Truck Parade
GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Rockville Volunteer Fire Department, in conjunction with Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, paraded through Gaithersburg this past Thursday night. With a three foot Menorah perched on the front of Rescue Engine 33, the parade included five Chiefs vehicles a ladder truck and an ambulance, which drove throughout town handing out dreidels and chocolate Chanukah “Gelt”.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Ed Tenney RVFD)
Bochurim Summonsed for Hanging up Posters
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two Kvutzeh Bochurim driving around Crown Heights in a minivan and hanging up posters were stopped and summonsed for illegally hanging up signs on city property.
The Bochurim, who could not speak English very well, were assisted by two patrolling Shomrim members with translating and explaining what happened. After receiving the summons they were told to stop hanging up the signs.
LOUISVILLE, KY — Chanukkah might be the miracle of light, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday yesterday in Louisville was grounded in cold, hard ice.
The third annual Chanukah on Ice drew more than 250 people to the Iceland Sports Complex off North Hurtsbourne Parkway.
More pictures in the Extneded Article!
Fest of Lights and Ice
LOUISVILLE, KY — Chanukkah might be the miracle of light, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday yesterday in Louisville was grounded in cold, hard ice.
The third annual Chanukah on Ice drew more than 250 people to the Iceland Sports Complex off North Hurtsbourne Parkway.
More pictures in the Extneded Article!
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — A record breaking number of 10,000 people, as estimated by the police, filled the Gulfstream Park of Hallandale Beach, Florida, to join a huge Chanukah party held for the 28th year in a row.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Eli Kahan)
Thousands at Goldstream Park Chanukah Event
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — A record breaking number of 10,000 people, as estimated by the police, filled the Gulfstream Park of Hallandale Beach, Florida, to join a huge Chanukah party held for the 28th year in a row.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Eli Kahan)
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Tomorrow, Thursday for Snow Removal
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thursday, December 13, 2007, for snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar and here for the 2008 Calendar.
