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Chabad of the Conejo Starts Construction of New Campus

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:42:55 -0500

AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — Construction for Chabad of the Conejo's new community campus began this past Monday. The project will consist of two phases. The first phase will be the construction of the new Center for Jewish Life which will house the Conejo Jewish Academy, the Friendship Circle, the Sunshine Club, the Chai Teen and Youth Program as well as the administration offices of Chabad of the Conejo. Phase II will be the construction of the new Chabad of Agoura Hills Sanctuary and Lecture Hall.

Israel Gearing-Up to Inaugurate Electric Car Grid by Next Year

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:56:00 -0500

By Ron Friedman for the Jerusalem Post

ISRAEL — Better Place, the company that proposes to revolutionize the global auto market with its electrically powered car and grid system, opened a state-of-the-art visitor center near Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Algemeiner Op-Ed: Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:45:01 -0500

by Dovid Efune, The Algemeiner

They say that when a politician says �Yes� they mean maybe, when they say �Maybe� they mean no, and if they say no, then they aren�t a politician.

Walking this narrow line is sometimes a necessity for a politician trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but from the viewpoint of the electorate, it is of utmost importance to cut away the political facade and make estimated calculations on where exactly they stand.

2,500 Shluchos at the Kinus Gala Banquet in Manhattan

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:38:00 -0500

Shluchos wave the flag of the Country they are on Shlichus in during the Roll-Call.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Few could argue that moving to Cambodia with your husband and child is no small feat, yet in a talk to over 2,500 shluchos at last night�s gala banquet, Mrs. Mashi Butman said, �As I set out tomorrow for a 20 hour flight to Cambodia, no quantity of Jews is too small, and no corner is too far to reach!�

How a Community Stamped out Tay-Sachs with Screening

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:23:00 -0500

When the Dor Yeshorim organization was set up in New York and Israel in 1983, Tay-Sachs disease was rife in the Jewish community. Rabbi Joseph Ekstein, its founder, lost four children to the condition. The mutated gene that causes the disorder, which usually kills children before the age of 8, is ten times more common among Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent) than in most other ethnic groups. Jewish marriage customs made it highly likely that two carriers would start a family together, with a one in four risk that every child would be affected.

'Pre-Washed' Bagged Lettuce Aren't As Clean As You Think

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:06:00 -0500

NEW YORK — In a study conducted by Consumers Union about 40% of packaged “prewashed” or “triple-washed” bagged salads, sold in New York have unacceptable levels of bacteria associated with fecal contamination.

Mazal Tov! - It's A Girl!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:22:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Gila (nee Hecht) Eber (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Mazal Tov! - Monday Night L'Chaims!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:15:00 -0500

Yossi Lewis (Crown Heights) and Mushki Newman (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA)
ITH at the Jewish Childrens Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]

Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!

Chabad�s Kids In Action Youth-Zone Records Audio Books for Visually Impaired

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:52:00 -0500

Duvy Burston, 7, of Monroe, Bryant Berkowitz, 7, of Warwick and Aaron Shapiro, 7, of Goshen �having a ball� at Chabad�s Youth-Zone event

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Chabad�s kids In Action Youth-Zone recently met at Colonial Lanes to record Jewish children�s storybooks for visually impaired children. Each participant, together with a partner, chose a story to practice reading in an animated manner. Children then recorded their stories with a microphone on computer, which were then edited by Chabad�s youth leader Chaya Goldman, and sent on CD�s to Jewish children who are visually impaired.

Obama Plans to Pull Elite Coast Guard Unit from New York

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:26:00 -0500

Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York Harbor. The plan is to consolidate Marine Safety And Security Teams from five cities, and then transfer them to Boston as a cost-cutting measure.

Mazal Tov! - It's A Girl!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:17:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovber and Gila (nee Wasserman) Marshall (Toronto, Canada) on the birth of their daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Mazal Tov! - It's A Boy!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:13:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Itzik and Chanie (nee Avtzon) Wolf (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Photos: Kinus Melava Malka and General Session

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:05:00 -0500

Motzoai Shabbos, before the general session of the Kinus, thousands of Shlucous met in the Oholei Torah lunch room for a Seudas Melava Malka and mini centers spa. Following the Melava Malka, the shlucous packed into the Oholei Torah main ballroom for the general session, chaired by Mrs. Rivky Brikman from Brooklyn, NY.

New York's Phantom Taxes

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:00:00 -0500

The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show.

Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a �stealth tax� � launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.

The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

Mazal Tov! - It's A Boy!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:50:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Esty (nee Lazar) Raitport (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

Mazal Tov! - New Engagement!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 04:11:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Rafi Mogilevsky (Toronto, Canada) and Yonit Raphaely (South Africa) on their engagement.

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Mazal Tov! - New Engagement!

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0500

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

The L'Chaim will IYH be Monday at the Jewish Children's Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

Photos: 770 Young Shluchos!

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 15:22:56 -0500

Running concurrent to the Kinus Hashluchos is the no-less-important Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos, the Young Shluchos from around the world. In its largest Kinus yet there are 770 Shluchos and staff members in attendance!

Video - Agriprocessors Employee Sentenced to Probation

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:46:00 -0500

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [KCRG] — A former Agriprocessors human resource employee was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to one year probation for helping to hire illegal workers at the meatpacking plant.

Israeli Court Gives Chabad Kids to Non-Jewish Father

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:34:00 -0500

By Yechiel Spira for the Yeshiva World News

ISRAEL [YWN] — Once again, Israel ultra-libertarian High Court of Justice has ruled in favor of tearing children away from yiddishkeit, ordering the return of two children, members of the Chabad community, to their non-Jewish father. In this case, the Hadera Family Court and the Haifa District Court which heard the appeal felt there would be �no significant harm� to the children by sending them to France, to live with the non-Jewish biological father. The High Court did not overrule the decision of the lower courts.