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Car Service Hits Parked Car, Injures Passenger

Crown Heights, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Yungerman returning home after Shabbos was injured when the car service he took a ride in collided with a parked car. The incident took place around 1:00am on Lefferts Ave between New York Ave and Brooklyn Ave, the driver told police that he attempted to pass a car by crossing over the double yellow lines and somehow ended up hitting a minivan that was parked facing the opposite direction.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
Occasion to be marked by Grand Community Festival on September 9th


A computer rendition of what the new Synagogue building will look like.

AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — It began in 1979 in a small storefront and has since blossomed into a network of nine community centers spanning the Conejo Valley. From synagogues to schools, summer camps to teen clubs, the “Friendship Circle” to the nationally-recognized Conejo Jewish Academy; Chabad of the Conejo has been at the forefront of developing one of the most dynamic Jewish communities in the western United States.

More in the Extended Article!

Chabad of the Conejo to Break Ground on Historic New Campus in Agoura Hills

Occasion to be marked by Grand Community Festival on September 9th

A computer rendition of what the new Synagogue building will look like.

AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — It began in 1979 in a small storefront and has since blossomed into a network of nine community centers spanning the Conejo Valley. From synagogues to schools, summer camps to teen clubs, the “Friendship Circle” to the nationally-recognized Conejo Jewish Academy; Chabad of the Conejo has been at the forefront of developing one of the most dynamic Jewish communities in the western United States.

More in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday L’Chaims!

Shmuel Chaim Scharf (Crown Heights) and Esther Weisberg (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH at the Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn].

Mendy Klyne (Manchester, UK) and Tzipporah Schtroks (Morristown, NJ) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany].

Dovid Ptalis (Monsey, NY) and Micki Perlman (Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH 4 to 7 at 15 Golar Dr, Monsey, NY 10952.

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ABC7

LOS ANGELES, CA — L.A. Police stepped up their patrols in the Fairfax District Friday night after a pellet gun attack against two Jewish rabbinical students. City leaders are outraged over the hate crime.

Police say the shooting spree lasted through Thursday night into the early Friday morning. Two young men in a black Lexus were shooting at people randomly with a pellet gun but in the Fairfax District neighborhood they chose their targets specifically and now they stand accused of a hate crime.

Hate Crime in Fairfax District Sparks Outrage

ABC7

LOS ANGELES, CA — L.A. Police stepped up their patrols in the Fairfax District Friday night after a pellet gun attack against two Jewish rabbinical students. City leaders are outraged over the hate crime.

Police say the shooting spree lasted through Thursday night into the early Friday morning. Two young men in a black Lexus were shooting at people randomly with a pellet gun but in the Fairfax District neighborhood they chose their targets specifically and now they stand accused of a hate crime.

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The renowned Chabad writer, Rabbi Yehoshua Dubrowsky published a bitter article in the Yiddish Newspaper, Der Algemeiner Journal, condemning the tragic 'selections' made when enrolling students in Chabad yeshivas in the U.S.

"How can we face the philanthropists Reb Lev Leviev and Mr. George Rohr who have been granting millions to Chabad in order to bring non-observant children closer to religion, while, at the same time affluent Chabadniks do not cover the budgets of our own yeshivas so that all students may be accepted willingly.

The entire article can be read (in Yiddish) in the Extended Article!

The education topic has come up on CrownHeights.info a few times in a few different shapes and forms, ranging from tuition to this very topic. Readers are welcome to voice their opinion once again in the Comment System.

The Tragic ‘Selection’ at Todays Yeshivos

The renowned Chabad writer, Rabbi Yehoshua Dubrowsky published a bitter article in the Yiddish Newspaper, Der Algemeiner Journal, condemning the tragic ‘selections’ made when enrolling students in Chabad yeshivas in the U.S.

“How can we face the philanthropists Reb Lev Leviev and Mr. George Rohr who have been granting millions to Chabad in order to bring non-observant children closer to religion, while, at the same time affluent Chabadniks do not cover the budgets of our own yeshivas so that all students may be accepted willingly.

The entire article can be read (in Yiddish) in the Extended Article!

The education topic has come up on CrownHeights.info a few times in a few different shapes and forms, ranging from tuition to this very topic. Readers are welcome to voice their opinion once again in the Comment System.

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Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Pinny and Fraida (nee Hoffer) Bard-Wigdor.
IYH at 762 Empire Blvd Apt 3C [corner Troy Ave].

Menachem and Yocheved (nee Hershkop) Freeman.
IYH at 523 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 1D, [bet E New York and Maple St].

Zalman and Nechami (nee Altein) Charytan.
IYH at 679 Montgomery St, Apt 4K, [corner Kingston Ave].

Mendy and Sheiny (nee Springer) Rivkin.
IYH at 1460 President St, [bet Albany and Kingston Ave].

Reuven and Yocheved Elberg.
IYH at 1523 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Moshe and Golda Levy.
IYH at 1165 Lincoln Pl, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yossi and Bassie (nee Altein) Katz
IYH at 1642 President St, [bet Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Zacharia and Pleah (nee Chaim) Nahari (Brooklyn, NY)

Chesky and Chani Tenenbaum.
IYH at 3803 Menlo Dr, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Baruch Zvi and Dini Friedman.
IYH at 2265 Edgcumbe Rd, St Paul, MN 55116.

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.

Mazel Tov's
Darcy Silvers - Chabad.org
Campers from Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure, which traveled across New England this month, take to the water for some canoeing fun.

Visit this camp's Web site and you'll see a list of items that each camper must bring, including a rain poncho, hiking boots, sleeping bag and canteen. That, and tefillin.

Traveling Summer Camp Takes Teens to New England Mountaintops

Darcy Silvers – Chabad.org
Campers from Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure, which traveled across New England this month, take to the water for some canoeing fun.

Visit this camp’s Web site and you’ll see a list of items that each camper must bring, including a rain poncho, hiking boots, sleeping bag and canteen. That, and tefillin.

Chabad News
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This weeks Living Torah, titled “Maamar – Zeh Ha’yom T’chilas Masecha” (Volume 39, Episode 155).

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 “Maamar – Zeh Ha’yom T’chilas Masecha” (Volume 39, Episode 155).

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

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

Videos

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 11:45pm last night the Shomrim hotline received a call for a Bochur that was assaulted with a glass bottle and mugged while on his way home.

Shomrim members responded to President Street and Schenectady Avenue, the corner where the Bochur was assaulted, and began searching for the group that attacked him, in the meantime the Bochur received treatment from Hatzalah on Crown Street between Utica and Schenectady, in front of the apartment he is staying by.

More pictures and information in the Extended Article.

Bochur Attacked with Glass Bottle and Robbed

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 11:45pm last night the Shomrim hotline received a call for a Bochur that was assaulted with a glass bottle and mugged while on his way home.

Shomrim members responded to President Street and Schenectady Avenue, the corner where the Bochur was assaulted, and began searching for the group that attacked him, in the meantime the Bochur received treatment from Hatzalah on Crown Street between Utica and Schenectady, in front of the apartment he is staying by.

More pictures and information in the Extended Article.

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Another Shipment to the Disaster Area

ICA, Peru [CHI] — On Tuesday three bochurim flew from Lima, Peru to Ica bringing food, clothes and water that was donated by the local Jewish community to the Chabad House with a lot of freshly baked goods. The baked products were baked in the Chabad House in Lima headed by Rabbi S.Z. Blumenfeld, and were sent to be distributed to the people of Ica and Pisco that were affected by the eqarthquake this past Thursday.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Merkos Shlichus
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Sziget Festival Counts Losses, Chabad Counts Gains

Erika Snyder – Lubavitch.com
At the Sziget Festival, a visitor speaks to Rabbi Boruch Oberlander

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Organizers of one of Europe’s largest summer events report the weeklong pop music and cultural Sziget Festival which ended last week a major flop. Not so, says Chabad of Hungary.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Shlichus
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