Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Early Sunday morning, at about 4 AM, Shomrim got a call from a homeowner stating that he was just in a scuffle with someone who had broken into his home.
The incident happened on Eastern Parkway between Albany and Troy. A Black male broke the basement window and crawled through the narrow opening, he then made his way upstairs while collecting things around the house.
More in the Extended.
Miami Beach, FL — When French Jews bid au revoir to their country’s laissez faire attitude toward anti-Semitism, where do they go?
Israel and French-sections of Canada are classic choices. But in America, the new address of thousands of French Jews is the Miami-Dade area, a county in Florida where immigrants are welcomed and the weather is just as inviting.
Birmingham, MI — About three years ago attorney Richard Bernstein, who was born blind and had never entertained the idea of being an athlete, was introduced to a running group.
Tomsk, Russia — This week, Israel hosts a visit by a delegation from the Tomsk Region in Russia’s western Siberian district. Among the members of this group is Rabbi Lev Kaminetsky, the Chief Rabbi of Tomsk Region and a Chabad emissary.
Headed by the Governor of the Tomsk Region, Victor Kress, the sizeable delegation was met by one of most important and renowned Israeli businessman, FJC President Lev Leviev. They also met with Israel’s Minister of Strategic Planning, Avigdor Liebermann.
Rabbi Avraham Levitansky, one of Chabad’s first West Coast shlichim, or emissaries, died in his home on May 27, following a long, undisclosed illness. He was 67.
Levitansky headed Santa Monica’s Chabad for 23 years. He was the first shliach brought to the West Coast in the mid-1960s by Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin. Cunin, the director of Chabad on the West Coast, was the first person the Lubavitcher Rebbe selected to appoint other emissaries.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avi and Sara Rivka (nee Finkel) Bendetsky (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.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — This morning at Lefferts Park, the Friendship circle came together to watch the Crown Heights Softball league. The players gave them autographs and had a special game with them.
Gallery of pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel and Rivki Karnowsky (Redondo Beach, CA) on the birth their baby boy.
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!
Miami Beach, FL – Bochurim who have been studying in the ‘Miami Smicha Program’ under Rabbi Yisroel Frankforter for the past year, were tested by Rabbi Yitzchak Yehudah Yeruslavski on the Halochos of Shabbos. The Bochurim displayed great knowledge and all passed the test.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
For the myriads of Bochurim anticipating to spend Gimmel Tamuz in the Rebbe’s daled amos, a first time program awaits them.
A special “Yom Iyun”, a day of in-depth learning of the vast Torah of the Rebbe, is being coordinated by Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim. It will extend throughout the afternoon and evening of Beis Tamuz the eve of Gimmel Tamuz.
Pictures is Rabbi Yisroel Frankforter (left) with Rabbi Yitzchak Yehudah Yeruslavski, secretary of the Chabad Rabbinical Court in Israel today in Miami shortly before testing the Bochurim in the Smicha Program.
R. Yeruslavski is scheduled to be testing Bochurim in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale today.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A special all year round Chassidus Shiur has been going for a few months now. The Shiur is given by Rabbi Michoel Seligson for men every Monday evening from 8:30pm to 9:30pm in English, and the Shiur takes place in Getzels Shul on Kingston between Carroll and President Streets.
The Shiur is given on a variety of Maamorim. Included here is an audio recording of one of the Shiurim which was given on the Maamor ‘Lehovin Inyan Matan Torah – 5715’.
Click Here to listen to the Shiur! [MP3, 45min, 7.5MB]
Levi Gordon (London, UK) and Shaina Itkin (Scranton, PA) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave]
Yaacov Hoffinger (Crown Heights) and Chaya Hyman (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany ave].
Zevi (ben R Levi) Tenenbaum (Crown Heights) and Miriam Grossbaum (Indianapolis, IN) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Parkway [bet Albany and Troy].
West S. Paul, MN — Friends of Lubavitch of Minnesota from around the world recently celebrated the70th birthday of Rabbi Moshe Feller, Shliach of the Rebbe to the Upper Midwest. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty issued a proclamation proclaiming the birthday as “Rabbi Moshe Feller Day” in recognition of the great work that he does. In an effort spearheaded by Mrs. Y. Introlegator people donated to Upper Midwest Merkos Chabad Lubavitch in multiples of seventy.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chezkie and Ahuva (nee Charach) Coates (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
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!
Over 200 People at The Jewish Business Network Sponsored by Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida
Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz Shluchim in Southwest Florida hosted over 200 Jewish Business people at The Jewish Business Networking event in Fort Myers.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Riverside, CA — Since the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) announced the sponsorship of the Dr. Liviu Librescu Memorial Lecture Series on April 18th, thirty Chabad campus Rabbis have received grants to host lectures highlighting the phenomenon of self-sacrifice, particularly as demonstrated throughout the Holocaust and times of crisis.
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