Mazal Tov! – 2 New Engagements!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mordechai (Moti) (ben R. Avraham) Adjiashvili (Kriat Ata, Israel) and Devorah Leah (bas R. Aharon) Chein (Queens, NY) on their engagement.
And we would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Tilson (Morristown, NJ) and Sari Krasnjansky (Honolulu, Hawaii) on their engagement.
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SLOATSBURG, NY — With the Ramapo Mountains forming a rugged backdrop, the stretch of New York State Thruway between Exit 15A and Exit 16 is a pleasant, mostly straight and altogether unremarkable ribbon of highway, looking every bit the prototypical interstate designed to take drivers quickly and safely from city to city.
Pleasant Stretch of Road Proves Deadly, but Why?
SLOATSBURG, NY — With the Ramapo Mountains forming a rugged backdrop, the stretch of New York State Thruway between Exit 15A and Exit 16 is a pleasant, mostly straight and altogether unremarkable ribbon of highway, looking every bit the prototypical interstate designed to take drivers quickly and safely from city to city.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish a BIG hearty Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Amijai Menachem and his wife Genia (nee Piamenta) Suued (Shluchim to Barcelona, Spain) on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents Raphael Dovid Suued (Mexico City, Mexico) , Avi and Yehudis Piamenta (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and the rest of klal yisroel
Chabad of Brandeis: Success Invites New Challenges
Waltham, MA — For 85 Brandeis University students, Sunday night marked the end of an experimental semester of seminar style Jewish classes.
A paradigm shift for Chabad of Brandeis, the idea of offering eight innovative courses for students to choose from, was devised by Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein who did not want Brandeis University students to become “victims” of their center’s success.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Estee (nee Schreiber) Majerczyk (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.
Accident on Montgomery
Brooklyn, NY — At about 11pm Monday night a Israeli Bochur reversing into a driveway was hit by an oncoming car. The Israeli Bochur was driving a red mini van reversing into the driveway on Montgomery between Kingston and Albany aves, when the silver compact driven by a Black male hit him and went under his rear bumper, causing some significant damage to the compact.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chezky and Rivky (nee Malzyner) Rodal (Inverary, FL) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info
Chabad Michigan at 50
The shluchim of Michigan got together at to mark 50 years of shlichus Chabad and serving the 60,000 Jews of Michigan. 28 shluchim, young and old, veteran shluchim and younger ones who recently joined the army of the Rebbe got together to discuss the significance of a “yovel” (50 years) and the impact that the shluchim had on the state.
More in the Extended
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tomer and Rivky (nee Unsdorfer) Meldung (Toronto, Canada) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The Keren Simchas Chosson V'Kallah 2nd annual ice cream social and grand L'Chaim bakeoff.
When: Wednesday May 2nd - Pesach Sheni at 7:30 pm
Where: Beis Rivkah 470 Lefferts, Roza Hall
Click here for pictures of last years ice cream social.
More info to follow.
Save the Date – KSCVK
Save the Date
The Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah 2nd annual ice cream social and grand L’Chaim bakeoff.
When: Wednesday May 2nd – Pesach Sheni at 7:30 pm
Where: Beis Rivkah 470 Lefferts, Roza Hall
Click here for pictures of last years ice cream social.
More info to follow.
A Brighter Shabbat for Students on Campus
Los Angeles, CA — This past Friday night, Jewish women on college campuses across America participated in an initiative to dispel some of the darkness experienced by events of the Virginia Tech shooting.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Mathless (New Haven, CT) and Devorah Leah Rubin (Albany, NY) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
Community Gathers for an Evening in Memory of Reb Gedaliah Shaffer
At 7:00pm last night, a hatcholas sefer torah l’iluy nishmas R. Gedaliah Yerachmiel ben Michel (Shaffer) was held on the second floor of the Jewish Children’s Museum. Family members and close friends participated in writing the first few pesukim of B’raishis on a chelek of klaf honoring a man whose whole life was devoted to and imbued with Torah.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Ber and Rivkie (nee Levin) Brownstein (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Early Morning Fire on New York Avenue
Crown Heights, Brooklyn – At around 4:50am this morning a fire broke out at 362 New York Ave. between Carroll and President, on the second floor of the two family house. The first floor housed a Kloister and the second floor was the living quarters. All resident made their way out of the burning house without sustaining any injuries.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Speaking at his father's funeral Friday, Ari Libreschu, thanked Chabad and the Shliach for “driving five hours to mother and made sure the body would come to Israel as soon as possible.” Shaliach says: “Liviu's last act lit a fire of unity throughout the world.”
Video of the Day – Levaya of Slain Virginia Tech Professor Liviu Librescu
Speaking at his father’s funeral Friday, Ari Libreschu, thanked Chabad and the Shliach for “driving five hours to mother and made sure the body would come to Israel as soon as possible.” Shaliach says: “Liviu’s last act lit a fire of unity throughout the world.”
IT'S a tale that includes a string of rabbis from Oxford to Argentina with thousands of investors in tow, and meetings with high-powered money men throughout the world.
Throw in a supposed telephone call from Neale Daniher, coach of the Melbourne football team, and conversations in Yiddish about who should get what, and you wind up with some of the colour behind a bitter legal battle being played out in the Supreme Court.
The Empire, the Rabbis and the Color of Money
IT’S a tale that includes a string of rabbis from Oxford to Argentina with thousands of investors in tow, and meetings with high-powered money men throughout the world.
Throw in a supposed telephone call from Neale Daniher, coach of the Melbourne football team, and conversations in Yiddish about who should get what, and you wind up with some of the colour behind a bitter legal battle being played out in the Supreme Court.
