BOSTON, MA — Joseph Aoun, who was inducted as president of Boston’s Northeastern University in March, visited the Chabad House of Greater Boston in Kenmore Square, which serves the campus, on Thursday.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
COCONUT CREEK, FL — For Nancy Popick, Monday, Aug. 20, “was the most unstressful first day we ever had.”
It was the day Jason, her seven-year-old son with special needs, began studying at the new South Florida Jewish Academy.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovber and Zelda Weiss (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby girl, Chaya Ita Zissel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
MUNSTER, IN — With the Jewish High Holidays approaching, Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov of Chabad of Northwest Indiana is embracing new technology to promote holiday services: YouTube.
“Amazing, rejuvenating, intellectually stimulating, challenging, refreshingly honest…” That’s how a group of female college students described the five inspirational weeks they spent getting in touch with their spiritual roots and owning up to a heritage that is inherently theirs. At the Ivy League Torah Study Experience (ILTSE), a division of National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), effectively coordinated by Mrs. Baila Hecht and ably assisted by Mrs. Cipi Junik, to meet the students’ individual needs, young women spanning the globe came together in a quest for learning about their Jewish identity.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Gila (nee Newman) Schechter (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby 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!.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A police officer pulled a woman and her baby from a burning Jeep Cherokee early yesterday, moments after the vehicle crashed into a synagogue on Hope Street and burst into flames, the police said.
WINNIPEG, Canada — This summer, a handful of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students dedicated a good portion of their vacation to helping others learn the intricate beauty of Judaism, its texts and philosophy. In two locations ñ Winnipeg, Canada, and Toledo, Ohio ñ the bochurim brought their yeshiva, so to speak, directly to the communities there.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Benyomin and Nechama Dena (nee Lubin) Walters (Morristown, NJ) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
A Chanukah Rally in early 1970’s. Special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum for the picture.
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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.
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!
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.
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.
I would like to wish a very big and hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! To Ephraim Zelenko of (Brooklyn, NY) on the engagement to my dear sister Chany (bas Baruch) Pinson (Crown Heights)
Mazal Tov!! Mazal Tov!!
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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