Police Meet with Community Personalities and Leaders

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Following what had taken place at this month’s precinct council meeting, police officials understood that there is unanswered questions and bad feelings within the Crown Heights Jewish community has, following some serious crime incidents which took place in the past year.

Wednesday afternoon a meeting took place between the police and influential people in the community along with some community leaders, and they discussed the contemporary issues as well as past incidents leading up to the walk out at the Precinct Council Meeting. Also attending the meeting were representatives from the Police Commissioner and the Chief of the Community Affairs Bureau.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Motti Grossbaum (Stony Brook, Long Island) and Chaya Klein (Johannesburg, South Africa) on their engagement.

UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Benjy and Mussy Stock.
IYH at 596 Montgomery St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Alon and Perel (nee Kahn) Friedman.
IYH at the Shalom Center, 483 Albany Ave, [bet Lefferts and Empire].

Berel and Mirel (nee Salek) Prager.
IYH at 858 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Albany and Kingston Ave].

Sholom and Kayla (nee Chanowitz) Kramer
IYH at 620 Montgomery St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Levi and Leah (nee Labkowski) Stern.
IYH at 2755 W Farwell Ave, Chicago, IL 60645.

David and Adira Werdiger.
IYH at 2 Pearson Grove, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

3 Generations of Hechts Prove Strong Mentors

Pamela McLoughlin – New Haven Register

ORANGE, CT — Rabbi Sheya Hecht always tells people he had “a better mentor” than his oldest son, Mendy, does, but that self-effacing view is part of what makes Sheya Hecht such a good father to his 10 children, 200 students and hundreds of congregants.

The “better mentor” to whom he refers, his own father, the late Rabbi Moshe Yitzchok Hecht, founded the New Haven Hebrew Day School in the 1940s beginning with a few students. Moshe Hecht also brought the Chabad movement to Greater New Haven; Chabad is a Hassidic movement in which a central theme is outreach to the community.

Mazal Tov! – 9 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shmuel and Raizy (nee Karp) Reich.
IYH at 1301 President St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Nissim and Rina Baron.
IYH at 34 Lamont Ct, Crown Heights, [MAP].

Shlomo and Joana Goldsmith.
IYH at Aliya 525 E New York Ave, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Mendy and Aidy (nee Dubrowsky) Naparstek (Crown Heights) .

Mendy and Shternie (nee Gurary) Matusof (Crown Heights) .

Shalom and Aharona Lubin (Shluchim to Madison, NJ) .
IYH at 1 Ser Del Dr, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

Shimi and Rochie (nee Jacobs) Markel (Agura Hills, CA) .

Yechiel and Sara (nee Marelus) Wilhelm.
IYH at the Croft Court Hotel, 44 Ravenscroft Ave. London, England.

Dovber and Bassie (nee Klein) Kahn (Berlin, Germany) .

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Mazal Tov! – 12 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Mendy and Chanie (nee Tenenbaum) Hurwitz.
IYH at 472 Empire Blvd, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Mendy and Esty (nee Lazar) Raitport.
IYH at 637 Montgomery St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Ariel and Ilana (nee Plotke) Steinherz.
IYH at Frankel Shul, 1699 President St, [bet Utica and Rochester].

Shimshon and Rochel (nee Cohen) Vcherashansky.
IYH at 763 Eastern Pkwy, Apt 2F, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Shmuel Meir and Devorah Leah Palace.
IYH at 1276 President St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Shmuli and Chani (nee Ladayov) Kozlovsky.
IYH at 658 Montgomery St, Apt 3A, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Shimon and Yehudis (nee Cohen) Pershin.
IYH at 440 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 3G, [bet Empire Blvd and Sterling St].

Itzik and Mina Leah Yarmush.
IYH at 799 Montgomery St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Levi and Chanchie (nee Gluckowsky) Matusof.
IYH at 626 E New York Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Aryeh Leib and Chana (nee Beyer) Rosenblatt (Crown Heights) .

Michoel and Esty (nee Morrison) Feinstein (Shluchim to S Euclid, OH) .

Yitz and Dina (nee Stock) Weiss (Agoura Hills CA) .

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Areleh and Shani (nee Hershkowitz) Pinson.
IYH at 1568 Carroll St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].

Eli and Chanie (nee Zarchi) Wolf.
IYH at 780 Montgomery St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yisroel and Chani (nee Galperin) Brashevitzky.
IYH at 1486 Carroll St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Itamar and Esti (nee Woods) Rosenblatt.
IYH at 366 New York Ave, 2nd floor, [corner Carroll St].

Naphtali (Tali) and Chani (nee Hecht) Fraenkel.
IYH at 1342 Carroll St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Yishai and Miri (nee Abikasis) Kadosh.
IYH at Reb Zalman Shagalov Shul, 499 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Mordy and Fraidy (nee Dukesz) Schachter.
IYH at 559 Empire Blvd, Apt 2R, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Kuti and Rikki (nee Fischelowitz) Chanin.
IYH at 587 Montgomery St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Mazal Tov! – 14 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yudi and Rivky (nee Brikman) Steiner.
IYH at 365 Crown St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Yisroel Zvi and Chanie (nee Junik) Davidsohn.
IYH at 763 Eastern Pkwy, Apt D21, [Across the street from 770] .

Moishe and Avralema Muchnik.
IYH at 1406 Carroll St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Dov and Chanie (nee Schoenes) Zeichner.
IYH at 786 Montgomery St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yanky and Esther Rivkah Telsner.
IYH at 37 Balfour Pl, Crown Heights, [Map This].

Yakov and Aviva Borodkin.
IYH at 1558 Union St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Shaya and Chaya Devorah Fogel.
IYH at 39 St Nicholas Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701.

Leibel and Dvonye Korf (Shluchim to the Greater Los Feliz, CA) .
IYH at 1932 N New Hampshire Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Yossi and Miriam (nee Newman) Rapoport.
IYH at 4225 Lime Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807.

Shimon and Chaya Posner (Shluchim to Rancho Mirage, CA) .
IYH at 72-295 Via Marta, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270.

Asher Mendel and Racheli Yemini (Shluchim to Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at 1432 S Crest Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Moshe and Yehudis Steiner (Shluchim to Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at 76 Cocksfield Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Eliezer and Soroh Eidelman.
IYH at 38 Kings Rd, Old Trafford, Manchester, Trafford, UK.

Yossi and Mashie Slavaticki (Shluchim to Antwerp, Belgium) .
IYH at Brialmontlei 48, Antwerp, 2018 Belgium.

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

“What is your light this Chanukah?”

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — International Chanukah Contest Kicks off “The Mendy Pellin Tour”

Hassidic Comic Mendy Pellin will be asking this question to countless people during his myLight Chanukah tour across California, finding out what Chanukah means to the man-on-the-street. Mendy will be driving an RV ‘Mitzva Mobile’ from one end of the golden state to the other, as part of the new AskMosesTV addition to the popular AskMoses.com website.

Video in the Extended Article!

Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yissachar and Sara Lieb.
IYH at 734A Lefferts Ave, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].

Yisroel and Esty Simon
IYH at 456 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 3F, [bet Empire Blvd and Sterling Pl].

Yossi and Shleema (nee Estulin) Vogel.
IYH at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Peretz and Miryum (nee Langer) Motchkin (Shluchim to S Francisco, CA) .

Aron and Miri (nee Yarmush) Kamman.
IYH at 83 Dana Crescent, Thornhill, ON, Canada.

Mendy and Ruth (nee Gilbert) Brackman (London, England)

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Mazal Tov! – 12 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shmuli and Michla (nee Posner) Pinson.
IYH at 706 Eastern Pkwy, Apt 2H, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Mendel and Genia Morozow.
IYH at Oholei Torah Mesivta, 417 Troy Ave, [bet Montgomery and Empire Blvd].

Shaul and Tovah (nee Lipkind) Sacho.
IYH at 1703 President St, [bet Utica and Rochester Ave].

Sruli and Tova (nee Bernbaum) Leider.
IYH at 701 Empire Blvd, Apt 6F, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yudi and Brocha Werner.
IYH at 456 Montgomery St, 2nd Flr [bet Nostrand and New York Ave].

Tzvi and Sheva (nee Frank) Tauby.
IYH at 799 E 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230.

Levi and Chanie Fogelman.
IYH at 168 Boden Ln, Natick, MA 01760.

Adam and Rivki Levine.
IYH at 8 Richmond Ave, Apt 1R Worcester, MA 01602.

Mendel and Dobi Greisman.
IYH at 5402 W Redbud St, Rogers, AR 72758.

Dovid and Laya Lisbon (Shluchim to Redondo Beach, CA)
1929 Voorhees Ave, Apt B, Redondo Beach, CA 90278

David and Chana Azoulay.
IYH at 6941 Rue Lemieux, Montreal, QC H3W, Canada.

Shneur Zalmen and Shoshana Lesches.
IYH at 5210 Avenue Bourret, Montreal, QC H3W, Canada.

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Con Edison Is Ordered to Return $18 Million to Customers

NY Times Blog

The New York State Public Service Commission ordered Consolidated Edison today to return $18 million to its customers for failing to provide safe and reliable service in 2006, a year that included a nine-day blackout that began in Long Island City, Queens, and affected 170,000 people. The highly critical decision could affect Con Edison’s request for a substantial increase in electric rates.

“One of the commission’s foremost areas of concern is to ensure that electric distribution systems are safe and reliable,” said the commission’s chairwoman, Patricia L. Acampora. “Con Edison did not meet four targets for systemwide reliability in 2006. As a result of the utility’s failure to meet these important targets, shareholders are directed to provide a credit to ratepayers. Hopefully, this sends a message to Con Edison that they must be diligent in efforts to maintain a reliable network, or they will face financial consequences.”

Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shmulik and Tzini (nee Hershkop) Brand.
IYH at 333 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yossi and Esti (nee Reizes) Lowenbein.
IYH at 1615 Carroll St, [bet Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Leibel and Mindy (nee Tauber) Wallach.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Yossi and Rochel (nee Silberstein) Sandomire (Crown Heights)

Shmully and Devorah Leah Lein (Shluchim to North Brooklyn) .
IYH at 384 Crown St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Reuven and Devorah Leah Blau.
IYH at 607 Lefferts Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Hendel and Chanah Miriam Keller
IYH at 1641 President St, [bet Utica and Schenectady Ave].

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

Russian Authorities Arrest and Detain 13 Bochurim in Rostov

Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch, Rostov – Illustration Photo

ROSTOV, Russia [CHI] – As Bochurim in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Rostov, were preparing to set out to the resting place of the Rebbe Rashab, in honor of his birthday this past Thursday, Chof Cheshvan, it came to an abrupt halt when a force of police officers entered the building and arrested all the Bochurim that were in the Yeshiva building at the time.

Bochurim and staff members were told to bring their passports and were taken to the police station where they were booked, a process, which took 4 and a half hours. Their crime: some discrepancies with their student visas.

Mazal Tov! – 12 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shloimi and Rochel (nee Brook) Frishman.
IYH at 512 Montgomery St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Beryl and Shani Junik.
IYH at 1366 Carroll St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Chaim and Chani Rosen.
IYH at1282 Carroll St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Leibel and Chaya Sara Perlow.
IYH at 784 Montgomery St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Benzion and Faigy (nee Grossbaum) Treitel.
IYH at 595 Lefferts Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yehuda and Saral’e Adelist.
IYH at 645 Lefferts Ave, Apt 1G, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Shaya and Miriam Rochester.
IYH at 352 Crown St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Menashe. and Ilanit Borbely.
IYH at 52 Jill Ln, Monsey, NY.

Shlomie and Gruni (nee Lipskar) Diamond.
IYH at 4565 N Michigan Ave, Miami Beach, FL.

Yeacheal and Shoshana Tarshish.
IYH at 6559 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL.

Gershon and Devorah Sandler (Shluchim to Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at 822 N. Alta Vista, Los Angeles, CA.

Eli and Elisheva (nee Aron) Boymelgreen (Jerusalem, Israel) .

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

$5.5M Goal Set for New Lubavitch Center

Jasmine Salters – Daily Pennsylvanian

The temporary location of the Chabad-Lubavitch House, at 40th and Pine streets. The new center will hold up to 150 students for ceremonies. Media Credit: Jim Liu

Philadelphia, PA — The spiritual influence of Penn’s Lubavitch leaders will soon translate into something tangible: a new home for over 100 students.

The Perelman Center for Jewish Life will house the Lubavitch House at Penn, as well as the Steinhardt/Cayne Jewish Heritage Programs.

Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Schneur and Devorah (nee Baumgarten) Weingarten.
IYH at 468 Malbone St. Apt I (Map This).

Tuvia and Sara Simon.
IYH at 506 Lefferts Ave, Apt 1B [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Menachem M and Raizy (nee Kazen) Krinsky.
IYH at 1450 President St. [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yosef and Chani (nee Korolitzky) Pontos.
IYH at 658 Crown St. [bet Troy and Schenectaday Ave].

Moshe and Leah Shemtov (Shluchim to Stamford, CT) .
IYH at 770 High Ridge Rd. Stamford CT 06905

Yossi and Rivka (nee Levin) Roth.
IYH at 136 S Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.