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First It Was a Brighter Kingston and Now Its Albany Too

A much brighter Albany Ave.

Back in 1995 Sholom Ber Goldstein contacted the Department of Transportation [DOT] and asked them if it was possible to upgrade the street lamps on Kingston Avenue with brighter light bulbs, at first they didn’t want to hear anything about it but after some work and persistent phone calls the DOT finally agreed but at a cost of the added electric bill of $32 per light pole per year and the maintenance fee.

The standard light fixtures installed by the DOT are built to maintain a 150 watt bulb which is normally installed as well was now upgraded thanks to efforts on R. Sholom Ber’s behalf to fixtures that can contain the new 400 watt bulbs.

More in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
New Engagement!

Moishy Goldberg (Georgetown, NY) to Batsheva Gansburg (Coconut Creek, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
Baby Girl!

Moshe Yisroel Dovid and Estie Wolf from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Enagagement!

Shmouel Nadjar (Charenton le pont S.Maurice, France) to Shirel Chaya Partouche (Creteil, France)
New Engagement!

Avremel Turen (Chicago, IL) to Brochie Reinetz (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Thursday, Oct. 15th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Enagagement!

Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Baby Girl!

Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Shmuly and Geula (nee Katzman) Gniwisch from Houston, TX had a baby girl!

Burglary at F.R.E.E.

Earlier this afternoon there was a burglary in the offices of F.R.E.E. [Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe] on President Street between Kingston and Brooklyn. The incident took place between 4:00pm and 4:20pm.

The Shul was locked at 4:00pm after Mincha and was reopened at 4:20pm for Maariv when one of the people inside noticed a largely built male Black estimated in his 30’s exit the building. He asked the other person if they were expecting any deliveries to which he answered to the negative and immediately ran upstairs to check on the offices upstairs where he saw the door to the library was kicked in and one of the offices ransacked.

More in the Extended Article.

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Chabad.edu

At first glance, there was no telling which of the students in the study hall of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, N.J. were newcomers. All the men in the room sat in pairs, known as chavrusas, deep in their studies, reading from religious texts. For Jews, there is no language barrier; everyone understands, or does their best to comprehend, the Hebrew language.

English Takes a Back Seat in Morristown – South Americans Get a Month-Long Taste of Yeshiva

Chabad.edu

At first glance, there was no telling which of the students in the study hall of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, N.J. were newcomers. All the men in the room sat in pairs, known as chavrusas, deep in their studies, reading from religious texts. For Jews, there is no language barrier; everyone understands, or does their best to comprehend, the Hebrew language.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday Night L’Chaim’s!

Erez Handler (Silver Springs, MD) and Nechama Dina (bas R’ Aron) Baitz (Crown Heights) .
IY“HBeis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St. [Entrance on Albany].

Boruch Dovid Leider (Crown Heights) Tzippy Astulin (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [On the corner of Crown and Albany]

Ariel Hess (Lomita, CA) and Sara Naparstek (Agoura hills, CA) .
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [On the corner of Crown and Albany]

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The Acorn
An alternative route for the controversial Oak Park wire is being considered. In the meantime, a committee is forming to consider an eruv for Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks.

Oak Park, CA — Fishing line recently installed above streets in Agoura Hills, Oak Park and part of Westlake Village is intended to enhance the Sabbath for local Orthodox Jews.

But some other residents are unhappy with the nylon filament that crisscrosses about three square miles of the community.

Residents Draw The Line Over New Religious Marker

The Acorn
An alternative route for the controversial Oak Park wire is being considered. In the meantime, a committee is forming to consider an eruv for Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks.

Oak Park, CA — Fishing line recently installed above streets in Agoura Hills, Oak Park and part of Westlake Village is intended to enhance the Sabbath for local Orthodox Jews.

But some other residents are unhappy with the nylon filament that crisscrosses about three square miles of the community.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tamarac, FL — The first high school in this city is scheduled to open later this year — a private, orthodox Jewish school for girls.

The local Chabad Lubavitch community has agreed to pay $4 million for an old, three-story bank building on 8100 N. University Drive, south of Northwest 82nd Street. Classes are set to begin in the fall, pending a city permit for remodeling.

Many of the students are expected to come from Coral Springs, home to one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch communities in Broward County. Chabad Lubavitch is an ultra-orthodox, Hasidic branch of Judaism that has several synagogues in the county, including ones in Coconut Creek, Plantation and Weston, two in Fort Lauderdale and three in Hollywood.

Private school for Jewish girls planned in Tamarac

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Tamarac, FL — The first high school in this city is scheduled to open later this year — a private, orthodox Jewish school for girls.

The local Chabad Lubavitch community has agreed to pay $4 million for an old, three-story bank building on 8100 N. University Drive, south of Northwest 82nd Street. Classes are set to begin in the fall, pending a city permit for remodeling.

Many of the students are expected to come from Coral Springs, home to one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch communities in Broward County. Chabad Lubavitch is an ultra-orthodox, Hasidic branch of Judaism that has several synagogues in the county, including ones in Coconut Creek, Plantation and Weston, two in Fort Lauderdale and three in Hollywood.

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Jacob Tarica-Lechter - Chabad.edu

According to Jewish thought, life is a spiritual journey that leads individuals through moments of pleasure and pain, inspiration and struggle, enlightenment and confusion in order to build a better relationship with Hashem. A Jew should never feel comfortable with his current position in the physical and spiritual worlds, but instead must constantly evaluate his actions and philosophies to better align with what G-d desires of him.

A Soul in Crown Heights – A Student Challenges Himself by Exploring His Roots

Jacob Tarica-Lechter – Chabad.edu

According to Jewish thought, life is a spiritual journey that leads individuals through moments of pleasure and pain, inspiration and struggle, enlightenment and confusion in order to build a better relationship with Hashem. A Jew should never feel comfortable with his current position in the physical and spiritual worlds, but instead must constantly evaluate his actions and philosophies to better align with what G-d desires of him.

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The Coloradoan
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik introduces Rabbi
Bentzion Kravitz, director of Jews for Judaism,
during a lecture Thursday at Lory Student
Center at Colorado State University. Jews for
Judaism is a counter-missionary group which
counters groups that target Jews for conversion.
Kravitz, rear, spoke to the audience about the
Messianic Christian movement and also how
Jews can respond to missionary Christians.
Ft. Collins, CO — A lecture Thursday at Lory Student Center drew a crowd of curious students and community members interested in learning about Christian missionary efforts to convert Jews.

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, author of the “The Jewish Response to Missionaries” and founder of Jews for Judaism, was invited by the Chabad Jewish Student Alliance to speak at the university. Jews for Judaism, which plays on the name of a Christian missionary organization Jews for Jesus, is a counter-missionary group focused on Christian efforts to target Jews for conversion.

Kravitz outlined what he considers to be deceptive tactics of Messianic Christian organizations such as Jews for Jesus and Chosen People Ministries, who claim Jews can believe in Jesus as the Messiah and remain Jewish.

He said Jews are concerned about Christians who misquote Jewish texts or adopt Jewish objects such as wearing yarmulkes, or skull caps, and talleisim, or prayer shawls.

Rabbi Stands Strong on Beliefs – ‘Deceptive’ Practices Outlined

The Coloradoan
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik introduces Rabbi
Bentzion Kravitz, director of Jews for Judaism,
during a lecture Thursday at Lory Student
Center at Colorado State University. Jews for
Judaism is a counter-missionary group which
counters groups that target Jews for conversion.
Kravitz, rear, spoke to the audience about the
Messianic Christian movement and also how
Jews can respond to missionary Christians.

Ft. Collins, CO — A lecture Thursday at Lory Student Center drew a crowd of curious students and community members interested in learning about Christian missionary efforts to convert Jews.

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, author of the “The Jewish Response to Missionaries” and founder of Jews for Judaism, was invited by the Chabad Jewish Student Alliance to speak at the university. Jews for Judaism, which plays on the name of a Christian missionary organization Jews for Jesus, is a counter-missionary group focused on Christian efforts to target Jews for conversion.

Kravitz outlined what he considers to be deceptive tactics of Messianic Christian organizations such as Jews for Jesus and Chosen People Ministries, who claim Jews can believe in Jesus as the Messiah and remain Jewish.

He said Jews are concerned about Christians who misquote Jewish texts or adopt Jewish objects such as wearing yarmulkes, or skull caps, and talleisim, or prayer shawls.

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Mazal Tov! – 15 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes (Crown Heights) .
IY“H at 1229 President Street #1C [between New York and Nostrand]

Srully and Toby (nee Miller) Menkes (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at 706 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Yitzchok and Doba (nee Raskin) Rimler (Crown Heights) .
IY“H at 1266 Carroll St, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Schneur and Tzipi (nee Gourarie) Schneerson (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at 1453 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Yehuda and Chaya (nee Gutnick) Hoch (Melburne, Australia) .

Yossi and Raizy (nee Katzman) Cohen (Lakewood, NJ) .
IY“H at 1227 President St. Apt. 1A [between New York and Nostrand Ave].

Shaul and Sheindel (nee Schtroks) Levertov (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at 1572 President St, [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Shmuli and Rivky (nee Alevsky) Friedman (Crown Heights)
IY“H at 701 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Levi and Dini (nee Rotenberg) Hecht (Crown Heights)
IY”H at 825 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Mordechai and Chavie (nee Lezell) Palace (Crown Heights)
IY“H at 1365 Carroll St. APT 1C [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Hershel and Esther Friedman (Crown Heights)
IY”H at 935 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Shloimie and Brocho Sternberg (Crown Heights)
IY“H at 626 E. New York Ave [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Yisroel and Rochel Leah (nee Saul) Broocker (Morristown, NJ)
IY”H at 34 Tikvah Way, Morristown, NJ

Meir and Yifat (nee Russ) Szarfer (Toronto, Canada)
IY“H at 7440 Bathurst Street Apt 201, Thornhill, ON, Canada

Yair and Chanie (nee Greisman) Yelin (San Marcos, CA)
IY”H at 1739 Turnberry Dr. San Marcos, CA

Unfortunately we could not get the locations for all the Sholom Zochors this week. If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.

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Photo: Eli Kahan - col

The first snow fall in Crown Heights this year wasn't much and didn't really last long before turning into sleet.

You can check out the weather in Crown Heights on bottom of left side bar.

If you have something you think is news worthy email it to us at News@CrownHeights.info.

Picture of the Day – First Snow Fall in CH this year

Photo: Eli Kahan – col

The first snow fall in Crown Heights this year wasn’t much and didn’t really last long before turning into sleet.

You can check out the weather in Crown Heights on bottom of left side bar.

If you have something you think is news worthy email it to us at News@CrownHeights.info.

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The Coloradoan
Ft. Collins, CO — Some residents are upset by a white supremacist recruitment flier that was delivered last month in an east Fort Collins neighborhood.

The recruitment flier, produced by the Nationalist Coalition, named Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik of the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and was distributed Dec. 19 in the Parkwood East neighborhood.

One question on the flier asked whether Gorelik should be allowed to display the menorah in Old Town.

“It was in my driveway,” Parkwood East resident Ralph Smith said. “I thought it was a little newspaper.”

Click Extended Article to view the flyer.

Shliach Targeted by White Supremacist Group

The Coloradoan

Ft. Collins, CO — Some residents are upset by a white supremacist recruitment flier that was delivered last month in an east Fort Collins neighborhood.

The recruitment flier, produced by the Nationalist Coalition, named Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik of the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and was distributed Dec. 19 in the Parkwood East neighborhood.

One question on the flier asked whether Gorelik should be allowed to display the menorah in Old Town.

“It was in my driveway,” Parkwood East resident Ralph Smith said. “I thought it was a little newspaper.”

Click Extended Article to view the flyer.

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