CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Friday, November 16, 2007, Bill Thompson, New York City Comptroller joined the NCFJE staff and Uncle Joe of North Star Contracting, giving out Turkeys to members of the Hasidic and Black community of Crown Heights.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
I would like to wish Mazal Tov! to a good friend Yossi Solomon (Sydney, Australia) on his engagement to Fraida Myer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) .
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Since 1993, the Governor of California has joined Chabad representatives at Chanukah to offer holiday greetings and illuminate the Capitol Menorah in Sacramento. But this year’s event is unique. Both Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight will participate in “Chanukah Live!” — the first-ever national TV broadcast of Chabad of California’s annual holiday celebration.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In two separate events, Friendship Circle of Crown Heights hosted volunteer training sessions for the girls’ and boys’ divisions, preparing the young volunteers for working with children with special needs.
BINGHAMTON, NY — This week, Nechamie Silberberg, Chabad-Lubavitch representative at the University of Western Ontario will be serving somewhere between 175 to 250 ravenous college students. Down south at Emory University, Miriam Lipskier is prepping Shabbat dinner for the usual 130 guests. Rivkah Slonim of SUNY Binghamton’s will set Shabbat tables for hundreds, too. Chana Sara Danow at Leeds University in England just started; her “small crowd” is 37 guests this Friday night.
QUEENS, NY — In honor of Tes Kislev, Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the ohel had an inspiring farbrengen. Rabbi Ben-Amu from Miami, Florida spoke to the talmidim about the years a bochur spends in a cheder, which he described as “the most precious years”.
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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With over 10,000 men and women across the globe partaking in JLI’s current course on Israel, titled The Land & The Spirit, JLI Central produces each week a brief, striking flash presentation depicting each “city of the week” being explored during the semester.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim Hebrew Division website, operated by The Shluchim Office and geared towards the Hebrew-speaking children of Shluchim around the world, has embarked upon a preparation campaign for the Chag HaGeula on the 19th of Kislev.
BRADENTON, FL — Rabbi Mendy Bukiet has spent all of his 30 years helping Jews. That’s what his father and grandfather, who were also rabbis, taught him.
Whether that entails going to their hospital bedsides or providing food to the needy or strengthening their spirits through the religion, that has been Mendy’s mission.
The Rebbe is coming out from the back of his house to go to the car. In the later years, the Rebbe’s secretaries who would drive the Rebbe, would drive the car into the driveway till the back of the house and the Rebbe would come out from the back of the house and get into the car.
Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundereds of people took part this Tuesday morning in a very special Bris Milah ceremony, that of the son of Reb Menachem Mendel and his wife Genia Morozow. The couple wed on the 10th of Adar 5744 (1983), and were not blessed with a child until 8 days ago, as we reported.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The annual Soul II Soul Concert, by now a greatly anticipated local tradition, will feature Avraham Fried accompanied by the Neshoma Orchestra under the musical direction of Simcha (Steve) Bill and featuring Yaron Gershovsky. This year as in past years, the show promises to have many magical moments and uplifting heart-warming features that are sure to keep the audience entertained and inspired.
The concert will be held on Motzoei Shabbos Gimmel Adar I 5768 / February 9th, 2008 at the Brooklyn School of Music in Crown Heights. Tickets will be going on sale on Chof Daled Teves/January 2.
More in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel (ben R Aaron) Blesofsky (Crown Heights) and Aidella (bas R Yosef Y) Avtzon (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
LONDON, England [CHI] — Plans were unveiled today for the new Yeshiva and Community Center in North West London. The impressive plans were on public display for members of Anash and beyond in order for all to view the plans and express their views and ideas.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Sharabi (Israel/Inverary, FL) and Shani Garfinkel (Miami Beach, FL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday 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!.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – This afternoon, at around 2:30 on the corner of Albany and President, two Black youths mugged a Jewish woman. The youths, approached the woman, hit her then knocked her to the ground and ran off with her purse. Two alert Bochurim managed to apprehend one of the youths and returned the stolen purse.
More in the Extended Article.
HEBRON, Israel — Stroking the stone archway, Eliyahu Eidenov’s face glows with satisfaction. “I did this all myself,” says the stonemason, pointing at the ceiling and walls that he personally designed.
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