Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmully (ben R Leibel) Newman (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas R Hershel) Krinsky (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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This weeks Living Torah, titled “Wedding” (Volume 42, Episode 167).
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Wedding” (Volume 42, Episode 167).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
FT COLLINS, CO — When Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik first asked the city to include a menorah in its Old Town holiday display two years ago, he never imagined it would become such a to-do.
Gorelik's request sparked a debate in Fort Collins over appropriate holiday displays on and inside city buildings - a discussion that gained national attention in recent weeks and which the City Council voted on Tuesday night.
Rabbi: Holiday Policy Good Start; Tweaks Still Needed
FT COLLINS, CO — When Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik first asked the city to include a menorah in its Old Town holiday display two years ago, he never imagined it would become such a to-do.
Gorelik’s request sparked a debate in Fort Collins over appropriate holiday displays on and inside city buildings – a discussion that gained national attention in recent weeks and which the City Council voted on Tuesday night.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Minsky (Crown Heights) and Shternie Shildkraut (Chaifa, Israel) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
PORTLAND, OR — The recent death of Leah Raichik of Los Angeles has prompted two Portland, Ore., women, the rebbetzin's daughter and granddaughter, to reflect on the commonalities and differences three generations of women have experienced as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in a rapidly changing world.
World Changes, but Women’s Mission Stays Same
PORTLAND, OR — The recent death of Leah Raichik of Los Angeles has prompted two Portland, Ore., women, the rebbetzin’s daughter and granddaughter, to reflect on the commonalities and differences three generations of women have experienced as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in a rapidly changing world.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights Community Newspaper, Vaad HaKohol's new publication highlighting local organizations and events, is coming out this week with its third publication after being well-received in the last two weeks. Printed in 2,800 copies, the paper has been carrying articles about community mosdos and outstanding Chassidim and individuals.
“Our mission is to bring out the beauty of the Rebbe's neighborhood and the people that live here,” said Moshe Rubashkin, Chairman of Vaad HaKohol and the paper's publisher. “By being Mosif Ohr, the darkness will automatically fall away. We will focus on Achdus and respecting our Rabonim and elders.”
Click Here to read the newspaper in PDF format!
More in the Extended Article.
Crown Heights gets its own Weekly Newspaper
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights Community Newspaper, Vaad HaKohol’s new publication highlighting local organizations and events, is coming out this week with its third publication after being well-received in the last two weeks. Printed in 2,800 copies, the paper has been carrying articles about community mosdos and outstanding Chassidim and individuals.
“Our mission is to bring out the beauty of the Rebbe’s neighborhood and the people that live here,” said Moshe Rubashkin, Chairman of Vaad HaKohol and the paper’s publisher. “By being Mosif Ohr, the darkness will automatically fall away. We will focus on Achdus and respecting our Rabonim and elders.”
Click Here to read the newspaper in PDF format!
More in the Extended Article.
LITCHFIELD, CT — There's a long tradition in town of development plans being subjected to scrutiny from all sides and, in the process, engendering great debate. It happened when the first chain store, a Talbots, arrived on West Street, when it was time to renovate the Marcel Breuer-designed high school, when the town's first car wash was proposed and in countless other instances.
But after an initial burst of remarks about Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County's plans to renovate the old Wilderness Shop building on West Street (Route 202), a structure in the heart of the historic district, there has been more silence than commentary.
Chabad’s Litchfield Plan Proceeds
LITCHFIELD, CT — There’s a long tradition in town of development plans being subjected to scrutiny from all sides and, in the process, engendering great debate. It happened when the first chain store, a Talbots, arrived on West Street, when it was time to renovate the Marcel Breuer-designed high school, when the town’s first car wash was proposed and in countless other instances.
But after an initial burst of remarks about Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County’s plans to renovate the old Wilderness Shop building on West Street (Route 202), a structure in the heart of the historic district, there has been more silence than commentary.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Thursday Night L’Chaims!
Mendy Blesofsky (Crown Heights) and Aidella Avtzon (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Moshe Sharabi (Israel/Inverary, FL) and Shani Garfinkel (Miami Beach, FL) .
IYH be at the Jewish Learning Center, 411 West 41st St, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
To the visitors' surprise, not only were they given a warm welcome by the Jewish community of S. Petersburg – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia – and its leadership, but so too did they have the opportunity to meet many of its members and speak to them face-to-face. Their visit also inspired tens of questions, to which they received answers and guidance by their hosts.
S. Petersburg Synagogue Promotes Tolerance amongst Students
S. PETERSBURG, Russia -– This week in Russia’s northern capital, hundreds of teenage students marked the International Day of Tolerance by visiting the Great Choral Synagogue. There, they had the opportunity to enjoy a tour, a lecture on Jewish culture and tradition, and a performance by a Cantor during which their jolly voices fell clearly silent.
To the visitors’ surprise, not only were they given a warm welcome by the Jewish community of S. Petersburg – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia – and its leadership, but so too did they have the opportunity to meet many of its members and speak to them face-to-face. Their visit also inspired tens of questions, to which they received answers and guidance by their hosts.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Shleema (nee Estulin) Vogel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NASHVILLE, TN — That two of the largest Jewish organizations in the world overlapped their annual conferences earlier this month was not by design. But increasingly, and to the benefit of Jewish communities wherever the two cooperate, United Jewish Communities (Federations of North America) and Chabad-Lubavitch are crossing paths and discovering the strength that comes in working together.
Partnering for Jewish Continuity: The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch
NASHVILLE, TN — That two of the largest Jewish organizations in the world overlapped their annual conferences earlier this month was not by design. But increasingly, and to the benefit of Jewish communities wherever the two cooperate, United Jewish Communities (Federations of North America) and Chabad-Lubavitch are crossing paths and discovering the strength that comes in working together.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel Slavticki (Antwerp, Belgium) and Fruma Chazan (Manchester, UK) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim is IYH tonight Wednesday at 734 Empire Blvd, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim Reliving Story of Mitteler Rebbe
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — In honor of Yud Kislev, the day the Mitteler Rebbe was released from prison, the boys of Cheder Tzeirei HaShluchim at the ohel, amazingly captured the story of the Mitteler Rebbe’s arrest in a play.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Confronting Chutzpah with Chutzpah.
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man,
His enemies' say he's on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He's criticized and condemned for being alive.
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin,
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He's. . .
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He's always on trial for just being born.
The Weekly Sedra – Vayishlach – Confronting Chutzpah
Confronting Chutzpah with Chutzpah.
Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just one man,
His enemies’ say he’s on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He’s the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He’s criticized and condemned for being alive.
He’s not supposed to fight back, he’s supposed to have thick skin,
He’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He’s. . .
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He’s wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He’s always on trial for just being born.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate commemorated Soviet Jews' struggle for freedom.
Amid concerns of rising violence against Jews in the former Soviet Union, the Senate last Friday passed a resolution commemorating the 40-year fight for freedom.
Senate Marks Soviet Jewry Struggle
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate commemorated Soviet Jews’ struggle for freedom.
Amid concerns of rising violence against Jews in the former Soviet Union, the Senate last Friday passed a resolution commemorating the 40-year fight for freedom.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Sandman (New Haven, CT) and Chavie Freund (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
MILFORD, CT — With a nickname like “Bagel Beach,” it's easy to picture Woodmont's typical vacationer. Since the early 1900s, this borough of Milford, Conn., has been the summer escape for hordes of Jewish New Yorkers. And since 1925, they've been joining the locals for services at The Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont.
National Historic Landmark Saved by the Unlikeliest of Newcomers
MILFORD, CT — With a nickname like “Bagel Beach,” it’s easy to picture Woodmont’s typical vacationer. Since the early 1900s, this borough of Milford, Conn., has been the summer escape for hordes of Jewish New Yorkers. And since 1925, they’ve been joining the locals for services at The Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont.
