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The Ivy League Torah Study Experience

“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.

Jeep Crashes Into Chabad House

Katie Mulvaney – The Providence Journal
A Jeep Cherokee remains wedged under the Chabad House, on Hope Street in Providence, yesterday. Photo – Gretchen Ertl

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.

For Those Who Can’t Go to Yeshiva, Students Bring it to Them

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org
Martin Glazer, a lawyer, and Yisroel Wolf study Talmud at the Lubavitch Centre of Winnipeg, Canada.

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.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

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.

Picture of the Day! A Chanukah Rally in the 70’s

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A Chanukah Rally in early 1970’s. Special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum for the picture.

Readers are welcome to identify people in the picture by use of the Comment System.

Car Service Hits Parked Car, Injures Passenger

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.

Chabad of the Conejo to Break Ground on Historic New Campus in Agoura Hills

Occasion to be marked by Grand Community Festival on September 9th

A computer rendition of what the new Synagogue building will look like.

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!

Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday L’Chaims!

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.

Hate Crime in Fairfax District Sparks Outrage

ABC7

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.

The Tragic ‘Selection’ at Todays Yeshivos

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.

Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Pinny and Fraida (nee Hoffer) Bard-Wigdor.
IYH at 762 Empire Blvd Apt 3C [corner Troy Ave].

Menachem and Yocheved (nee Hershkop) Freeman.
IYH at 523 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 1D, [bet E New York and Maple St].

Zalman and Nechami (nee Altein) Charytan.
IYH at 679 Montgomery St, Apt 4K, [corner Kingston Ave].

Mendy and Sheiny (nee Springer) Rivkin.
IYH at 1460 President St, [bet Albany and Kingston Ave].

Reuven and Yocheved Elberg.
IYH at 1523 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Moshe and Golda Levy.
IYH at 1165 Lincoln Pl, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yossi and Bassie (nee Altein) Katz
IYH at 1642 President St, [bet Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Zacharia and Pleah (nee Chaim) Nahari (Brooklyn, NY)

Chesky and Chani Tenenbaum.
IYH at 3803 Menlo Dr, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Baruch Zvi and Dini Friedman.
IYH at 2265 Edgcumbe Rd, St Paul, MN 55116.

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Traveling Summer Camp Takes Teens to New England Mountaintops

Darcy Silvers – Chabad.org
Campers from Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure, which traveled across New England this month, take to the water for some canoeing fun.

Visit this camp’s Web site and you’ll see a list of items that each camper must bring, including a rain poncho, hiking boots, sleeping bag and canteen. That, and tefillin.