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.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Binie (nee Harlig) Holtzberg (Shluchim to Monterey, CA) on the birth of a baby boy!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Over 100 College Students from throughout Jacksonville, gathered at the University of North Florida for Chabad’s second annual Kosher BBQ on the Green. The BBQ coincides with UNF’s Week Of Welcome as students, local and national, converge for the new semester.
JERUSALEM, Israel — A new Torah dedicated to worldwide Jewish unity was completed yesterday, six years after the Chabad Youth Organization in Israel embarked on the project. Following a celebration Monday night in Jerusalem, a bustling crowd welcomed the Torah scroll to its new home in the Western Wall synagogue.
JACKSONVILLE, FL [CHI] — Just a short year after first opening its doors, Chabad of Southside in Jacksonville, Florida welcomed a brand new Torah Scroll at a lively inauguration ceremony attended by members of the Jewish Community. Significantly the Torah ceremony took place 10 days before the High Holidays when many Jewish people from all levels of observance will attend services and participate in the Torah reading.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov! to Avrumi and Shaindy (nee Teifenbrun) Schapiro (Chabad of Bayside, Wisconsin) on the birth of their girl!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
NOVI SAD, Serbia [CHI] –- Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia, the former Yugoslavia. In 1942 the holocaust devastated the Jewish community there, killing all of its 800 members. Now for the first time in over 55 years Rabbis Motti Seligson and Saadya Notik both from New York blew the Shofar in front of the synagogue in Novi Sad.
Motti and Saadya were sent out on Merkos Shlichus by Merkos Linyonai Chinuch where they have been visiting countries of the former Yugoslavia as well Bosnia and Hungry as a part of Chabad-Lubavitch’s global Jewish enrichment program.
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BERLIN, Germany — Dozens of prominent political and religious figures, along with some 2,000 other people, descended on a Berlin building Sunday to take part in the official opening of Germany’s first privately-funded Jewish center in more than 60 years.
Ephraim Zelenko (Brooklyn, NY) and Chany Pinson (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Shmuel Konikov (New Jersey) and Didi Niasoff (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Avraham Greenwood (Toronto Canada) and Baila Gitel Rubenstein (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Gerlenter’s Shul, 691 Crown St, [between Troy and Schenectady Ave, enter through side basement door].
BOYNTON BEACH, FL — Opening a brand new preschool with an Italian twist, buying a new 3-acre plot for expansion, and planning for more satellite centers, Chabad of Greater Boynton is keeping up with and spurring Florida’s fastest growing Jewish population.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A reveler at the West Indian Day parade was shot twice in the leg, and three people were taken into custody for questioning, police said.
The 26-year-old man, who was not named, was taken to a hospital in stable condition after being shot at about 4 p.m. Monday, on Eastern Pkwy and Troy Ave,
In previous years, the event has been marred by tragedy. In 1999, two children died when they were pinned between floats, and hours later a man was run over by a float and killed. In 2005, a man was shot to death.
Last year, police had two reports of violence: a man shot in the leg and another person stabbed.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shloime Minkowitz (Teaneck, NJ) and Chanale Shaffer (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
With the new school year opening up this week we urge all Drivers, Parents and Kids to watch this video, and read the safety tips!
Safety Tips: A Must for Everyone!
For Children:
• Do Not approach the bus until it comes to a full, complete stop and the door / stop sign is open.
• When you get off the bus, take five giant steps away from the bus, out of the danger zone.
• Cross in front of the bus, and make sure the bus driver can always see you.
• Never Never go back for anything.
• Never bend down near or under the bus.
• Never walk behind the bus, even when the bus is not in motion.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem and Bassheva (nee Weiss) Roitblat (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After opening two successful restaurants outside of Crown Heights, the founder a resident of Crown Heights decided to open one for his neighbors. The new store located on Kingston Ave [between Montgomery St and Empire Blvd] specializes in salads and toasted baguettes and is known to let customers stuff thier sandwiches and salads with whatever they want. The manager said that they will have their full and extended menu ready for after Tishrei.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A different kind of music rang through the streets of Crown Heights Sunday afternoon, amid the preparation of the West Indian Day Parade, better known as the Labor Day Parade, residents gathered and danced to Chassidishe Nigunim as they welcomed a newly completed Safer Torah.
The Safer Torah was dedicated in loving memory of R. Sholom DovBer HaCohen OBM and his wife Mrs. Yachet OBM Eichorn by their family.
More pictures and a video in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish a Very Hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to Shmuli and Shainy (nee Ives) Evers (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
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