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Chabad Raises Over $40,000 for Local Israelis

By Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf – The Canadian Jewish News

There’s an old adage that says if you’re going to host an event you should always “leave ’em laughing.”

And on May 17, at the fourth annual Spirit of Community Dinner, a fundraising awards gala hosted by the Beth Chabad Israeli Community Centre to benefit the growing Israeli community in the GTA, that’s exactly what what they did.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Ilan and Yael (nee Rahmani) Meyers (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.

Lights…Camera…Action!

“Tomorrow Show” Premiere is an Audience Thriller with the Friendship Circle at the Jewish Children’s Museum

Crown Heights, Brooklyn –- Last night, the Jewish Children’s Museum hosted an innovative and exciting dinner in appreciation of the Friendship Circle at the Jewish Children’s Museum volunteers. Two New York TV reporters hosted the “Tomorrow Show“ celebrating the Friendship Circle’s mission of providing children with special needs with a brighter tomorrow. A take-off of the popular Today Show, the Tomorrow Show was full of moving ”news“ features, a hilarious ”weather report,” mock commercials and live musical accompaniment by Gershon Veroba and the Neshoma Orchestra.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dudi and Chanchi (nee Krinsky) Vigler (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

NYC Cracking Down on ‘Blocking the Box’

New York, NY — Here’s another way to get a ticket in New York City. The city is cracking down on “blocking the box” vioolations. The city plans to hire 117 additional Traffic Enforcement Agents this year to look for motorists who get stuck in the intersection when the light changes red. Some drivers get caught by trying to squeeze through the intersection just as the light is changing.

Promo Video: CH Softball to play for Friendship Circle Day

Sunday June 10 is the Friendship Circle Day!

The Crown Heights Softball League will be having a special game which will determine which team will lead the league. The teams playing are the Regency Cleaners Kloppers vs The Apple Drugs Skullcaps in Lefferts Park.

Picture of the Day – On the way to a Montreal Wedding

Friends to the Posner and Rosenberg families made their way to Montreal where the wedding of Shyke and Shani (nee Rosenberg) Posner took place. This picture was taken on the bus ride from Crown Heights of a few of the Chossons fathers friends.

(L-R: Velly Karp, Sholom Ber Baumgarten, Itche Turner and Leibel Baumgarten)

Mazal Tov! – 2 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Arele Eichler (Crown Heights) and Sarah Riesenberg (Melbourne, Australia) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [Bet New York and Nostrand Aves].

Yitzchok Aron Steimetz (Boro Park, NY) and Chana Jacobson (Crown Heights)
IYH at Maple St Shul “Congregation Ahavas Moshe”, 612 Maple St [bet Kingston and Albany].

Glasgow first Kosher Restaurant

Glasgow, Scotland — The Jewish community of Glasgow now has for the first time a Glatt Kosher restaurant under the supervision of Chabad Lubavitch of Scotland Shluchim Rabbi and Mrs Chaim Jacobs and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Kashrus Commission.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Beha’aloscha

The Rebbe says:

This talk will be based on a verse in this week’s Haftorah (a short selection from the Prophets which we read after reading the regular Torah portion):

1. In this week’s Haftorah the Torah tells us that the Prophet Zechariya refers to the Jewish people and says “I see and behold there is a Menorah made entirely of gold…with it’s seven branches…”.

2. The Rebbe now explains to us why the Prophet Zechariya compared the Menorah and the Jewish people:

DOT: Slower Isn’t Safer On Route 17

By Ramsey Al-Rikabi – Times Herald-Record
Traffic is a blur yesterday westbound on
Route 17. A DOT report said lowering the
speed would not make the highway safer.

Lowering the speed limit on Route 17 would not make the highway safer, according to an internal state Department of Transportation report.

In fact, reducing the limit from 65 mph to 55 mph could reduce safety on the stretch of highway between the Town of Wallkill to the New York State Thruway.

“If (the speed limit) was lowered, it might be more dangerous,” said Josh Ribakove, a DOT spokesman.

Video of the Day – Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah clip is titled; Charity: A Collage of Directives (Volume 36, Episode 143):

Living Torah is a member supported project, become a member today at: LivingTorah.org

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

Four Generation of West Coast Shluchos

Glendale, CA — On May 28th, the city of Glendale in Southern California played host to a gathering unlike anything it had seen before: 150 women, Chabad representatives on the West Coast, came together for a Kinus HaShluchos – regional convention.

More in the Extended Article!