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Mimi Notik - Chabad.org
Families attend a shofar demonstration at the Jewish Renaissance Fair. (Photo: Roslyn Hamada)

WEST ORANGE, NJ — More than 2,000 people turned out for a day of fun and unity at the 29th Annual Jewish Renaissance Fair. The event, hosted by the Lubavitch Center of Essex County in West Orange, N.J., took place Sunday at the Richard J. Codey Arena, home to the training facilities of the New Jersey Devils hockey team.

Fun and Unity Abound at New Jersey Jewish Renaissance Fair

Mimi Notik – Chabad.org
Families attend a shofar demonstration at the Jewish Renaissance Fair. (Photo: Roslyn Hamada)

WEST ORANGE, NJ — More than 2,000 people turned out for a day of fun and unity at the 29th Annual Jewish Renaissance Fair. The event, hosted by the Lubavitch Center of Essex County in West Orange, N.J., took place Sunday at the Richard J. Codey Arena, home to the training facilities of the New Jersey Devils hockey team.

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Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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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!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A sefer of Chidushei Torah is being published in memory of HaTomim Yisroel Noach AH Tzfasman.

All his relatives, friends, friends of family, teachers and anyone else are asked to partake in this great mitzvah by writing an inyan in his honor and emailing it to seferyn@gmail.com or fax it to (718) 871-6955. (Please call (718) 208-5856 to verify its receipt)

They would like to have it ready for the shloshim-erev sukkos, so please send it ASAP.

Sefer being Writen in Memory of Yisroel Noach Tzfasman AH

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A sefer of Chidushei Torah is being published in memory of HaTomim Yisroel Noach AH Tzfasman.

All his relatives, friends, friends of family, teachers and anyone else are asked to partake in this great mitzvah by writing an inyan in his honor and emailing it to seferyn@gmail.com or fax it to (718) 871-6955. (Please call (718) 208-5856 to verify its receipt)

They would like to have it ready for the shloshim-erev sukkos, so please send it ASAP.

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The Itkin family is sitting Shiva until tomorrow, Thursday, after the passing of their dear father Reb Meir Itkin OBM at his home, 760 Eastern Parkway between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves.

Shacharis: 9:00pm and 10:00pm
Mincha: 6:55pm and 7:10pm
Marriv: Bizmana

Phone: (718) 774-6827

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Itkin Family

The Itkin family is sitting Shiva until tomorrow, Thursday, after the passing of their dear father Reb Meir Itkin OBM at his home, 760 Eastern Parkway between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves.

Shacharis: 9:00pm and 10:00pm
Mincha: 6:55pm and 7:10pm
Marriv: Bizmana

Phone: (718) 774-6827

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices

Chabad Takes Judaism Out of the Cemetery

Baila Olidort – Lubavitch.com
Rabbi Manis Barash with his son, watch as the final letters are inscribed in the Torah. (Photo: Petr Kliment for Lubavitch.com)

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Aplaque on a building in one of the Jewish Quarter’s side streets in Prague reads:
This building was the Jewish Primary School 1920-1943.

And the Central Jewish Museum 1940-1945

Most of the Children, Teachers and Museum Staff Perished in The War.

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Rabbi Infinity, the mystically-minded star of the new KabbalaToons segment on Chabad.org, sports a long beard and colorful kippah.

BROOLYN, NY — KabbalaToons, a new cartoon series that promises “cosmic consciousness in one minute,” premiered this week on Chabad.org. The first episode of the cartoon, hosted by character Rabbi Infinity, “your favorite kabbalist,” describes, in the time of a standard television commercial, how each person is looking to fill a hole inside of them, whether it be by eating candies or seeking pleasures, success and all the melodramas of life. The animated rabbi with a colorful kippa and sunglasses explains that the only way to fill the G-d-sized hole is to start acting G-dly.

“KabbalaToons” Gets the Message Across in Under a Minute

Rabbi Infinity, the mystically-minded star of the new KabbalaToons segment on Chabad.org, sports a long beard and colorful kippah.

BROOLYN, NY — KabbalaToons, a new cartoon series that promises “cosmic consciousness in one minute,” premiered this week on Chabad.org. The first episode of the cartoon, hosted by character Rabbi Infinity, “your favorite kabbalist,” describes, in the time of a standard television commercial, how each person is looking to fill a hole inside of them, whether it be by eating candies or seeking pleasures, success and all the melodramas of life. The animated rabbi with a colorful kippa and sunglasses explains that the only way to fill the G-d-sized hole is to start acting G-dly.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

I would like to wish Big Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to a good friend of mine Elchonon Komar (Crown Heights) on his engagement to Pnina Abush (Sydney, Australia) !

The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at 397 Crown St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

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Ruth and Charles Kupferman along with their Grandchildren and Rabbi Shimon Hecht cutting the ribbon.

As the waiting list grew in Chai Tots, the need for expansion intensified. Thanks to Charles and Ruth Kupferman this expansion was finally accomplished. Just a few days ago, Chai Tots celebrated the Open House of the Kupferman Chai Tots Center of Prospect Heights and its pristine playground donated by Greg, the Shabbos Goy of the Park Slope community.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Chai Tots Opens A Second Location

Ruth and Charles Kupferman along with their Grandchildren and Rabbi Shimon Hecht cutting the ribbon.

As the waiting list grew in Chai Tots, the need for expansion intensified. Thanks to Charles and Ruth Kupferman this expansion was finally accomplished. Just a few days ago, Chai Tots celebrated the Open House of the Kupferman Chai Tots Center of Prospect Heights and its pristine playground donated by Greg, the Shabbos Goy of the Park Slope community.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chabad.org
Chaya Andrusier, 14, of North Miami Beach, Fla., says goodbye to father Shumly Andrusier before departing for Kfar Chabad, Israel. Photo: Ray Girard

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — Israel's Elite Academy Program sent 15 girls to the Chabad-Lubavitch Beth Rivkah High School in Kfar Chabad, where they will learn for at least a year. Organizers of the initiative ñ whose affiliated program Naaleh began in 1992 as an effort to bring teenagers from the former Soviet Union for high school study in Israel and this year sponsored some 440 students from Europe, South America and Australia ñ hope the students who are participating in the programs will ultimately finish their educations in Israel.

Girls Begin School Year in Israel as Part of Elite Program

Chabad.org
Chaya Andrusier, 14, of North Miami Beach, Fla., says goodbye to father Shumly Andrusier before departing for Kfar Chabad, Israel. Photo: Ray Girard

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — Israel’s Elite Academy Program sent 15 girls to the Chabad-Lubavitch Beth Rivkah High School in Kfar Chabad, where they will learn for at least a year. Organizers of the initiative ñ whose affiliated program Naaleh began in 1992 as an effort to bring teenagers from the former Soviet Union for high school study in Israel and this year sponsored some 440 students from Europe, South America and Australia ñ hope the students who are participating in the programs will ultimately finish their educations in Israel.

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Learn about the Jewish High-Holidays and practice the age-old rituals among thousands of Chassidim in the presence of their beloved Rebbe.

As captured by newscasters' cameras and archival films, Tishrei with the Rebbe is masterfully edited into a colorful mosaic. From solemn moments of prayer to the ecstasy of Chassidic celebration, the sights and sounds of tradition come alive in this poignant and illuminating documentary.

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

Tishrei with the Rebbe Vol. 2 – Now on DVD

Learn about the Jewish High-Holidays and practice the age-old rituals among thousands of Chassidim in the presence of their beloved Rebbe.

As captured by newscasters’ cameras and archival films, Tishrei with the Rebbe is masterfully edited into a colorful mosaic. From solemn moments of prayer to the ecstasy of Chassidic celebration, the sights and sounds of tradition come alive in this poignant and illuminating documentary.

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

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — What happened at the Jewish Children’s Museum?! Well, fortunately, nothing that required dozens of cops! Police chose the JCM, which is located on Brooklyn’s Museum Row, as their base to gather, debrief, and refresh during Brooklyn’s Annual West Indian Day Parade this monday.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Picture of the Day – Police at the JCM?

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — What happened at the Jewish Children’s Museum?! Well, fortunately, nothing that required dozens of cops! Police chose the JCM, which is located on Brooklyn’s Museum Row, as their base to gather, debrief, and refresh during Brooklyn’s Annual West Indian Day Parade this monday.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avraham Greenwood (Toronto Canada) and Baila Gitel Rubenstein (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be at Gerlenter’s Shul, 691 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave, enter through side basement door].

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Chabad of Stamford Kicks Off Youth Programs

STAMFORD, CT [CHI] — Several Hundred people of all ages marked the beginning of a New Year of Youth Activities at Chabad Stamford which is under the directorship of Rabbi Yisrael Deren and his wife Mrs. Shifra Aviva Deren, with a concert featuring Shooby Dooby Shloimy and a barbecue picnic this past Sunday the 20th of Elul at the Chabad Center in Stamford.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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