Mazal Tov! – Its a Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shai and Chaya (nee Ettelson) Kobi (Flatbush) on the birth of their baby girl!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Anash.com presents a discussion panel with Rabbi Markowitz in Monsey & Rabbi Bell in Montreal 8:35pm part of the series titled ‘How to raise children to be proud of’
The program will begin 8:00pm with Rabbi Bell learning one of the principles from ‘principles of education and guidance’ from the Frierdiker Rebbe. Rabbi Markowitz will broadcast live from Monsey & Rabbi Bell from Montreal participating via Live 2 way face2face interactive video conference.
The program is scheduled to begin @ 8:00pm EST, sharp.
Click Here to watch the program (If you enter now you will see last weeks program)
LIVE TONIGHT! ‘How to Raise Children to be Proud of’
Anash.com presents a discussion panel with Rabbi Markowitz in Monsey & Rabbi Bell in Montreal 8:35pm part of the series titled ‘How to raise children to be proud of’
The program will begin 8:00pm with Rabbi Bell learning one of the principles from ‘principles of education and guidance’ from the Frierdiker Rebbe. Rabbi Markowitz will broadcast live from Monsey & Rabbi Bell from Montreal participating via Live 2 way face2face interactive video conference.
The program is scheduled to begin @ 8:00pm EST, sharp.
Click Here to watch the program (If you enter now you will see last weeks program)
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Hershy Spritzer (Crown Heights) and Frumie (bas Shimon A) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
UPDATE: IY”H tomorrow, Monday night at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy aves]
Now, his dream is coming true.
Plans to build three mikvahs — or ritual baths — at Chabad of South Broward are in the pipeline.
Ritual Bath to be Adapted for Disabled
Hallandale, FL — For years, Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus has wanted to bring an ancient Jewish cleansing tradition to his Hallandale Beach synagogue.
Now, his dream is coming true.
Plans to build three mikvahs — or ritual baths — at Chabad of South Broward are in the pipeline.
Mazal Tov! – 5 Sunday Night L’Chaim’s!
Itzik Tifenbrun (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crown Heights) and Malka Doba Golomb (Shefield, England) .
IY“H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [corner Crown St and Albany Ave].
Mendy (ben Gavriel) Schapiro (Crown Heights) and Esther Rosenfeld (Pittsburgh, PA) .
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [corner Crown St and Albany Ave].
Noach Blumenthal (Baltimore, MD) and Shprintza Steinmetz (Queens, NY) .
IY“H at 845 Eastern Pkwy, [between Kingston and Albany Aves]
Shalom Huber (S. Louis, MO) and Devorah Kashanian (Coral Springs, FL)
IY“H at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St, [corner Schenectady Ave]
Meir A. Schreiber (Crown Heights) and Aviva Mayberg (Brooklyn, NY)
IY”H at 1320 Carroll St, [Between Brooklyn and New York aves]
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that Alternate Side Parking Rules are suspended on Monday, February 26 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
A 14-year-old girl called cops to her Crown Street home at 10 p.m. Thursday after she smelled smoke and discovered that the mezuzah - a Jewish symbol of faith affixed to the doorway - was burned, police sources said.
Authorities are investigating the vandalism as an act of criminal mischief and possible bias crime.”
CrownHeights.info has learned that this incident took place inside of 621 Crown St which is a large building located between Troy and Albany, its residents a predominately Black. One of the residents of the house notice that the Mezuzahs screws had been removed Friday morning, and by the afternoon they smelled it burning.
Bias Crime in Crown Heights – Mezuzah Burnt
The New York Post’s NYPD Blotter reported that “Cops are investigating the burning of a religious adornment in Crown Heights, authorities said yesterday.
A 14-year-old girl called cops to her Crown Street home at 10 p.m. Thursday after she smelled smoke and discovered that the mezuzah – a Jewish symbol of faith affixed to the doorway – was burned, police sources said.
Authorities are investigating the vandalism as an act of criminal mischief and possible bias crime.”
CrownHeights.info has learned that this incident took place inside of 621 Crown St which is a large building located between Troy and Albany, its residents a predominately Black. One of the residents of the house notice that the Mezuzahs screws had been removed Friday morning, and by the afternoon they smelled it burning.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Peretz Mockin (Montreal, Canada) and Chana Greenberg (Buffalo, NY) upon their engagement!
The L’Chaim will IY”H be on Monday Night at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Sold Out Crowd for the 5th Annual Soul II Soul Concert
Over 1000 Men Woman and Children packed into the George Wingate Auditorium for the annual Soul II Soul concert which benefits the Chasdei Zahavi Foundation for tuition for children with special needs.
The hall was full, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house, and all were there for a performance by the Crown Heights native and Chassidishe Performer Mordechai Ben David.
A Large gallery of beautiful pictures in the Extended Article!
He leaves behind a wife, Yaacova Rochel and two children.
The Levaya will be today, and will be leaveing from Shomrei Hadaas at 12:00pm and passing by 770 at around 12:30pm
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Boruch Dayan Haemes – R. Avi Speiser OBM
With profound sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden and very untimely passing of R. Avrohom Feivel Speiser OBM of Crown Heights.
He leaves behind a wife, Yaacova Rochel and two children.
The Levaya will be today, and will be leaveing from Shomrei Hadaas at 12:00pm and passing by 770 at around 12:30pm
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aron Hersh (Richie) Richter (Williamsburg) and Chanie (bas Sholom Ber) Levitin (Crown Heights) upon their Engagement!
The L’Chaim will IY”H be Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [Crown St Corner Albany Ave].
Chicago Cheder Banquet
This past Sunday evening, the Seymour J Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School of Chicago honored Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchok Wolf, for their 25 years of dedicated service to the Chicago Jewish Community and Cheder Lubavitch.
More picture in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mazal Tov to Motte and Sarale (nee Sperlin) Fradkin (Shluchim to S. Diego, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Accident on the Corner of President and Brooklyn
About an hour before Shabbos a Bochur making a left turn from President St onto Brooklyn Ave didn’t complete the turn and slammed into a parked car and pushed it up onto the sidewalk.
Hatzalah responded and treated the driver and transported him to Kings County Hospital for observation.
East Coast Jews Reach out to Local Community
Reno, NV — Three young women from New York want to make Jews in Northern Nevada aware of Judaism.
Mira Lapine, Rochel Litzman and Shaina Gershovitz are part of the effort in the Jewish Orthodox movement of Chabad to send emissaries, called shlichus, around the world.
Mazal Tov! – 3 Motzoi Shabbos L’Chaim’s!
Mendel (ben Reb Sholom) Levin (Crown Heights) and Devorah Esther Vorst (Amsterdam, Netherlands) .
IY“H at Bais Rivka, 310 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves]
Sholom Bukiet (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Sebbag (Montreal, Canada) .
IY”H at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva [on corner of Crown St and Albany Ave].
Yaakov Shaul (S. Barbara, CA) and Golda Katzoff (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at Maple St Shul “Congregation Ahavas Moshe”, 612 Maple St [between Kingston and Albany].
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a founding member of Jewish Heritage Programs, Dermer was until recently Israel’s Minister for Economic Affairs, the state’s third-highest-ranking diplomat to Washington. Last month, he offered his own insights on relations between D.C. and Jerusalem before a delegation of students from the Lubavitch House at Penn.
Departing Diplomat Tells Students to Speak Truth to Foreign Powers
Philadelphia, PA — Perhaps nobody knows better the intricacies of U.S./Israeli relations and the need for Israel advocacy among American college students than Ron Dermer.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a founding member of Jewish Heritage Programs, Dermer was until recently Israel’s Minister for Economic Affairs, the state’s third-highest-ranking diplomat to Washington. Last month, he offered his own insights on relations between D.C. and Jerusalem before a delegation of students from the Lubavitch House at Penn.
