Fairfax, VA — When Chabad of Northern Virginia celebrated their 16th anniversary with a black-tie dinner and concert, two weeks ago, more than 350 people came to pay tribute to the honorees and to Chabad for transforming Jewish life in Northern Virginia.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Newark, NJ — Shluchim from around the world converge for the 9th annual conference of ‘The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’. Shluchim, JLI affiliates, came in to New York for Gimmel Tamuz a few days early in order to attend the conference.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shalom and Chani (nee Posner) Gansburg on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
The students of Oholei Torah have just published a special edition of the widely acclaimed publication, Kovetz Haoros Ubiurim. This edition is expanded in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, with a special emphasis on the Sichos of the Rebbe. This edition also introduces a totally new cover style for the first time in 25 years. The Kovetz can be downloaded from haoros.com.
Click Here to view and download the Kovetz!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid (ben R. Yosef Yitzchok) Roitblatt (Crown Heights) and Chaya Wilschansky (Morristown NJ) on their engagement
UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown St. [bet New York and Nostrand].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Now it was Crown Height’s turn.
As it did several weeks ago at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan, Jewish Educational Media hosted an evening for a gathering of Anash from Crown Heights.
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With great sorrow we inform the untimely passing of Rabbi Sholom Ber Vishedsky of Crown Heights. Rabbi Sholom Ber was the eldest son of the renowned Mashpia, the Rov and Chossid, Rabbi Moshe Vishedsky, a’h, and son-in-law of the Rov and Chossid, Rabbi Aba Pliskin, a’h.
Rabbi S.B. Vishedsky served as Rosh Yeshiva of ‘Hadar Hatorah’ and Rabbi of the Reines shul on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rivkah, sons, daughters and grandchildren. His brother and sister: Rabbi Bentzion of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Michel of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Shlomo of Kfar Chabad and Mrs. Sarah Zaklas of Nachalas Har Chabad.
The Levaya will be held today, Sunday. Will leave Shomrei Hadas at 1:00 PM and pass 770 at aprox. 2:00 PM.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Avraham Hakohen Khayut (S Diego, CA) and Hinda Rogachyova (Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH 12:30 PM at 468 Malbone St, 2nd Floor (Map This).
Menachem Lazar (Milan, Italy) and Rivkie Deren (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Sruli Bard-Wigdor (Crown Heights) and Ilana Amrami (S. Paul, MN).
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Levi (ben R. Gershon) Grossbaum (S Paul, MN) and Esti Lazar (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown St. [bet New York and Nostrand].
Zalman Kurinsky (Crown Heights) and Chaya Bialestock (New Haven, CT) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Russian Jewish leaders downplay Putin’s recent anti-U.S. remarks and praise him for cracking down on anti-Semitism.
Does the return of Cold War rhetoric between the United States and Russia and an ongoing rollback of democratic rights in Russia mean that the Jewish community of Russia is facing the scepter of a return to the bad old days of the Soviet Union?
According to an assortment of Russian Jewish leaders spanning the religious and ideological gamut from the Chabad Lubavitch-affiliated chief rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, to leaders of more secular bodies like the Russian Jewish Congress, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Russia is not, they say, again becoming an uncomfortable and dangerous place for Jewish to live and work.
Rabbi Avi and Mina (nee Kotlarsky) Richler will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Gloucester County, NJ to open a new Chabad house. They were appointed by Rabbi Moshe Herson (Head Shliach to NJ) and Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport (Chabad of Cumberland and Gloucester Counties). A special thanks to Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Rapoport from Chabad of Atlantic county.
If you know of any Jews living in the county, for more information, or if you would like to make a contribution please e-mail at: Chabadofgloucester@gmail.com
Hatzlocha Rabba!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov Elimelech and Chana (nee Feldman) Levy (Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, an ambitious campaign has been launched to strengthen and encourage Achdus and Ahavas Yisrael among Chassidim. Powerful and simple, the concept was designed to be neutral, clear and permeated with UNITY!
Full flyer in the Extended Article!
In 1969, I was the Chairman of the Young Leadership Cabinet of the national United Jewish Appeal. As such, I was invited to deliver the keynote address to the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Annual Conference, being held that year in November in Boston. The theme was “Youth Looks at the Future of the American Jewish Community.” I spent six months preparing for this talk. Usually, I speak extemporaneously with at most a one-page outline. This time — because of its importance — I elected to read the entire speech.
Los Angeles, CA — A group of Lubavitcher children headed by Coach Yitzchak Tenenbaum and Mushy Fogelman took the “Los Angeles junior baseball championship” this past week in Los Angeles, California. The children on the team are from various Chabad Moisdos, including Cheder Menachem, Bais Betzalel and Kol Yakov Yahuda – Junior Congregation.
Last Monday, local Rabbis, teachers and members of the community gathered at the Broward CHAI Center to celebrate an evening in honor of the Chaya Aydel Seminary graduating class. Students and community members shared their thoughts and thanks with the girls.
One Seminary graduate related her happy experience in Sunny Florida, “The weather matched the community perfectly, warm and friendly. This year has really incorporated so many invaluable components. A truly stimulating, challenging learning program, a warm and caring staff, opportunities to be involved in the South Florida community, lots of fun in the sun and of course lasting friendships.”
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (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.
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