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.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Ezriel and Elky (nee Schtroks) Raitport on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
This video was shown at the West Coast Shluchos Banquet. Click Here to read the article about it.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
IY”H on Friday, Tes Vov Sivan, June 1st for all children ages 5 to 12!
The busses will leave 770 at 1:00pm and return at 3:30pm
Cost: $3.00
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)
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, 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 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:
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.
This weeks Living Torah clip is titled; Charity: A Collage of Directives (Volume 36, Episode 143):
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
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!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nathniel Litvin (Rechovot, Israel) and Shaina Shagalov (Minneapolis, MN) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
