Eli Gordon (Encino, CA) to Dina Goodman (Johannesburg, South Africa)

L'Iluy Nishmasam shel Rabbi & Mrs. Scheinfeld, and Mrs. Bella Raksin.

Tonight, Thursday @ 8:30pm @ 35 Balfour Place

Four Palestinians were arrested Thursday night in two separate infiltration attempts near the Gaza Strip. Two of the four were moderately wounded by security forces as they were apprehended.

The four were unarmed and apparently entered Israel to look for work, or to carry out criminal activity.

In the town of Kerem Shalom, near the Israeli border with Gaza, a Palestinian was detained after he was shot by the town's security officer.

At almost the same time, three Palestinians were intercepted by IDF troops between Kibbutz Mefalsim and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, also in the south of the country. One of the men was wounded by IDF fire.

When Shlomo Afanasev and his parents set out to make a new life for themselves late last year, they had choices. The country where they lived—Uzbekistan—was an economic basket case, and its 2,000-year-old Jewish community had all but disappeared.

IT WAS TIME TO GO to a place where they’d be welcomed as Jews, and where they’d have opportunities. They considered going to Israel. But like thousands of other Jews from the former Soviet Union, they decided instead to settle in Germany. “The political and economic situation in Israel is terrible,” says Afanasev, speaking over a kosher lunch in a Berlin yeshiva. “Here life is so much better.”

Jewish immigration and an increasingly vibrant cultural life have even fueled talk of a German-Jewish renaissance. “We never thought it could happen,” says Michael May, executive director of Berlin’s Jewish Community organization. “Jewish life is thriving here again 60 years after the Holocaust.” In perhaps the most delicate of ironies, Germany last year passed Israel as the leading destination for Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union: 19,262 admissions, compared with 18,878 for Israel.

... Meanwhile, anti-Semitic graffiti and street attacks on Jews have been rising again (most seem to be committed by Muslim youths). Some Jewish leaders are calling it “a miracle” that Jewish life is flourishing in Germany at all. “What better revenge against Hitler,” says Rabbi Yehudi Teichtal, director of the Chabad Lubavitch Berlin, “than when I take a hundred happy Jewish children from summer camp and walk with them through the old streets of Berlin?”
(SOURCE: NEWSWEEK - JULY 14)

Last Thursday night the Lakewood Chabad shul held its Gimmel Tamuz farbrengen. Rabbi Leiel Schapiro from Miami, FL absolutely won over a Lakewood crowd that was curious to see what a farbrengen on Gimmel Tamuz would be like. Rabbi Nochum Greenwald, the Rabbi of the Lakewood Chabad Congregation, which has been in existence for just over one year, was met with tremendous praise when he walked into the Nadvorna Shtibel the next morning. Other members of the Kehila were met with the same enthusiasm when walking around Lakewood Friday morning.

Rabbi Shapiro eloquently depicted what the Rebbe was to the world before Gimmel Tamuz and the Hashpa'ah of the Rebbe after Gimmel Tamuz. The farbrengen saw between 80 - 100 people come and go all the way up to 1:30 a.m. when the fabrengen broke up and a 12 passenger van left Lakewood to go to the Ohel.

The crowd was made up of Chassidim and Litvisher yidden most of which have been very impressed by Rabbi Greenwald's shiurim and were not at all let down by the farbrengen. Since its inception, Chabad of Lakewood has built up to a Shul that has between 40 - 50 mispallelim on Shabbos and the shul recently opened up the first men's mikvah on the south side of the lake (an area heavily populated by frum families).

The shul is now in the midst of drawing up architectural plans for a brand new building. There is already talk of Lubavitcher chinuch coming in the very near future.

Looking for a computer/networking/tech support person.

Someone to be on call who can come in (Brooklyn and 3 Manhattan locations) in less than 1 days notice. Must have broad computer knowledge.

Will negociate hourly rate.
Send email to: computerguy11217@yahoo.com

Looking for Pre 1-a teacher , 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade teachers for limudei kodesh and limuday chol for boys in California. Experience a plus, must be motivated and love to teach and love children. Male or female teachers welcome (girls or young families from California or outside) .

Will pay on time. Great opportunity and benefits. Fax resume or info to 310-234-0349 or email now: rabbi@socaljewishcenter.org

The president of Israel, Mr. Moshe Katzav visited the Jewish community of Istanbul, Turkey. An official welcome was held Wednesday morning at the Jewish community Shul of Istanbul. Amongst the dignitaries present, were the Vice-Prime Minister of Turkey, the mayor of Istanbul, the Israeli ambassador to Turkey, and Rabbi Mendy Chitrik.

Later in the afternoon, the president and his delegation took a boat ride with some prominent community members, including Rabbi Chitrik, who also met with the president.

Rabbi Meir Zeiler, one of the Israeli businessmen joining the president on his trip to turkey and other countries, has said that "I was very impressed with the great work Rabbi Chitrik is doing. He is making a very big Kiddush Hashem in town".
(SOURCE & PHOTO CLN.ORG.IL)

An elderly Crown Heights couple and their daughter - a mother of seven - were mourned yesterday, one day after their lives abruptly ended in a car crash upstate.Isaac Scheinfeld, 65; his wife, Rose, 62, and their daughter, Bella Raksin, 42, were driving from upstate Monticello to a relative's home in nearby White Lake about noon Tuesday when the deadly accident occurred.

To avoid a white car leaving a parking lot along a commercial strip of Route 17B, Isaac Scheinfeld veered his 1987 gray Nissan Maxima into the oncoming lane and hit a tractor-trailer head-on, police said.continue...

Mortgage office located in the heart of crown Heights is looking for a motivated capable secretary / processor.

Please call 718-773-0007 *26 or Email resume to: mendy@landmarkfg.com

For bochurim above age 18

School program consulted with and agreed upon by Rabbanei-Chabad in Eretz-HaKoidesh

A two-year program (in English) providing a full semichah program and professional training in the following lucrative fields:

* Psychology & Education
* Computer Science
* Communication and the Media
* Management & Marketing
* Accounting
* Arts (Culinary Arts, Music)

All professional courses (except culinary arts) will take place in Turo-College Jerusalem - a branch of Turo-College NY The Certificates/Diplomas issued with successful graduation will be from Turo-College of New-York

Culinary arts study at the Tadmor Scholl for Hotelkeeping and the Culinary Arts International certificates/diplomas will be isseued with successful graduation (The Tadmor school is known world wide and many schools and employments accept the Tadmor's diplomas)

* * *

Campus and dormitories located in Jerusalem area (Israel)

Special attention to maintaining classic chassidic atmoshphere Semichah program and all other Koidesh-Seiders with full Lubavitch tradition and atmosphere (Rosh-Yeshiva, Ramim, Mashpia, Mashgiach, Madrichim)

Learning in the two-year Semichah program (daily until midday) Courses in the professional schools will run 3 times a week in the afternoon The afternoon sessions (when there is no professional training) will join the Semichah/Chassidus/Koidesh Seiders

Limudei-Koidesh program enriched regularly with guest lecturers both in practical Halachic aspects and Chassidic Philosophy

Professional training in collaboration with professional schools (providing certificates and diplomas) in special programs tailored to the specific requirements of the CRC students (special separate classes and classrooms for the CRC students in the professional schools' campuses)

The CRC program will provide all courses on the list starting from the 2nd year.

During the first year (based on demand) the following professional training courses will be available:

* Psychology & Education
* Computer Science
* Communication and the Media
* Management & Marketing
* Culinary Arts

A detailed description of each of the courses currently offered will be provided to the applicants according to their fields of interest Please indicate 1st and 2nd priority options for the professional training
1st priority __________________
2nd priority__________________

For full details, registration and information about your choices of preference please contact: crc@bezeqint.net

The Scheinfeld & Raksin families are sitting Shiva after the terribly tragic and untimely passings of R' Yitzchok & Rosie Scheinfeld & Mrs. Bella Raksin.

Address: 646 Empire Blvd
Phone: 718-773-1404
Fax: 718-756-8108
E-mail:RAKSINSCHEINFELD@AOL.COM

PLEASE TRY AND COME TO THE MINYONIM AS THERE ARE 5 MINYONIM NEEDED.

MINCHA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS @ 1:45. IF YOU ARE LEAVING TO THE COUNTRY PLEASE STOP BY BEFORE YOU GO FOR MINCHA

Shachris: 6:30, 8:00 and 9:00
Sunday there will be only @ 8:00 and 9:00
Mincha: 8:00pm
Maariv: Bizman

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim. Vehukeetzu Veranenu Shochnay Ufur vehaim besochom!

JEM is offering a special discount for Bochurim going on Merkos Shlichus this summer. JEM has videos and CD-ROMs in stock.

All Bochurim interested in ordering should come to 784 Eastern Parkway, Suite 403 between 9:30AM and 6:00PM.

This past Sunday morning more than 45 Shluchim and Shluchos gathered at the Shluchim Office’s for a conference on the up and coming successful Chabad program ”Friendship Circle”. The presentation described the basics of what it entails to properly run the Friendship Circle in a new community. 

All who attended found it very informative and extremely insightful.  Amongst the many Shluchim that were there were representatives from many cities in the United States as well as Turkey, Canada, and South America.

The program was organized and presented by Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum from New Jersey. Other speakers included Mrs. Esther Kaltmann from Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. Devorah Leah Pinson from West Bloomfield, Michigan. 

The program was made possible with a lot of help from Rabbi Levi and Bassie Shemtov from Michigan who are the founders of this tremendous Kiddush Lubavitch. 

Special thanks to Rabbis Gedalya and Moshe Shemtov and Yankee Rosenblum and the Shluchim Office staff for all their generous assistance with the event.

On Thursday, Rabbi Yosef Avrohom HaLevi Heller a member of the Badatz of Crown Heights and Rosh Kollel Menachem under the auspices of the Rebbe’s Mazkirus issued a letter addressed to both current and former members of Kollel.

Rabbi Heller writes that in light of the tragic incidents of late everyone should be Mechazek in the fundamentals of Yiras Shomayim, Torah, Tefilla and Mitzvos each person according to his level and in the areas he knows that he is lacking.

Rabbi Heller goes on to give 4 suggestions which we have attempted to summarize below.

1) Strong Hachlota not to be involved in any type of Machlokes even in just speech or thought. Machlokes is issur Gomur.

2) Diligence and Chayos in learning. At the very least a kevius in Nigleh and Chassidus every single day each person davka according to his level.

3) To daven all 3 Tefillos saying each word carefully and with pirush hamillos and not to daven late and definitely not to speak during davening or Krias hatorah

4) To be careful with one’s self and family with regard to everything that is connected to Tzinus and “Goyishkeit”.(clothing, newspapers, radio etc.)

Rabbi Heller ends off with a Brocha “Shnizkeh kulanu leyeshua ulenechama bekiflayim, bifrat ubichlal Begeula HaShleima Bkorov mamosh”

CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF THE LETTER

SNS would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Mendel & Faigy (nee Silberberg) Slavaticki from Crown Heights on the birth of their firstborn son.

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