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LUBAVITCH NEWS SERVICE 770 Eastern Parkway * Brooklyn, New York 11213 718-774-4000 * Fax: 718-953-5591 * E-mail: [email protected] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LNS UPDATE 3 Adar, 5759 - February 19, 1999 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS JUST IN: BERLIN -- RABBI YEHUDA TIECHTEL, Lubavitch emissary to Berlin, has been busy counseling workers at the Israeli consulate here following Wednesday's widely reported attack on the consulate. Tiechtel, who embassy staffers call "Reb Yudi," just two weeks ago affixed a parchment Mezuzah scroll, amid much fun and fanfare, to the doorway of the room that the attack occurred in. Plans are underway to put up Mezuzos on the remaining doorways. * BANGKOK, Thailand -- SIX PERMANENT LUBAVITCH emissaries from around the Far East conferred here this week to plan next year's region-wide programs. Rabbis Mordechai Avtzon of Hong Kong, Yosef Chaim Kantor of Bangkok, Mordechai Abergel of Singapore, Shalom Greenberg of Shanghai, Shimon Freundlich of Hong Kong and Nechemia Wilhelm of Bangkok were joined by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of the Lubavitch World Headquarters who led the two-day conference. Taking advantage of the imported wisdom, the local Jewish community held an intense learning session with the rabbis. * MIAMI -- THE ALEPH INSTITUTE in Surfside, Florida, just issued a 64-page report documenting multiple examples of religious discrimination at state prisons across the country. The report's findings take on added urgency with the approach of the Jewish holidays of Purim and Passover. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IN THE ZONE The experiences of one Long Island Chabad center seeking larger quarters could have been a bureaucratic nightmare; instead it was a tale of miracles. PORT WASHINGTON, NY -- A "string of miracles" is Rabbi Shalom Paltiel's way of describing how the Chabad-Lubavitch Center in Port Washington, New York, got its new building. Rabbi Paltiel, director of Chabad in this part of Long Island, said it all began when he was summoned to jury duty. While waiting to be picked, he began talking with a Jewish lawyer, who happened to be the attorney for the Village of Manorhaven, near Port Washington. "We just had a nice chat," Rabbi Paltiel recalled. A week later a beautiful 1.5 acre waterfront property came up for sale in Manorhaven, including a sizable building that fit Port Washington Chabad's needs to the tee. But new development in the area was highly restricted. "Nobody was able to get permits for anything," Paltiel said. He called up his new acquaintance who, it turns out, was intimately familiar with the laws and assured him, "You won't have any problems." "I came to the hearing," Paltiel said, "and Arthur Diamond proved a highly effective advocate for our cause." That was only the first miracle. Rabbi Paltiel was afraid it would be difficult to get out of the Chabad Center's current lease. But someone who was involved with the center knew an architect who was looking for office space. The architect and his wife, Lawrence and Sheryl Pinner, looked at the building with Paltiel, and not only agreed to purchase it, but had their firm donate all of the architectural and design work on Chabad's new building as well. Next the firm of M. Chetrit Engineering, which the Pinners work with, decided to provide their expertise free of charge, an equally sizable donation. The Pinners are now active members of the Chabad center and were among the honorees at its recent dinner. And the miracles kept on coming. After sailing through the complicated zoning laws Chabad was rewarded with a free long-term lease on an adjacent 1/2 acre property -- which was promptly made into a state-of-the-art playground. Phase One of the building construction, including a library, kitchen, conference room, offices and seven classrooms outfitted with all the latest in preschool and elementary education, was recently completed. Phase Two, including a mikvah, gym, and five more classrooms, is scheduled to begin shortly. Rabbi Paltiel and his wife, Sarah, have made their mark on Port Washington in their seven years there. With some 15,000 Jewish residents, the city is still "far from being a Great Neck or a Roslyn," the rabbi said, referring to two notably Jewish enclaves on Long Island. In fact, before the couple had arrived, there were never any public displays of Jewish tradition. The Paltiels initiated the custom of announcing their activities by hanging huge banners across Main Street. Chanukah on Main Street has turned into a major event as well. This year more than 1,000 people attended while WNBC sportscaster Len Berman lit the Menorah. These public displays originally brought David Eidlitz to Chabad. An insurance agent who has lived in Port Washington for three and a half years, Eidlitz said he was first drawn in by a banner announcing a Purim party. The son of Holocaust survivors, Eidlitz described his upbringing as "basically secular, I wasn't bar mitzvahed." Eidlitz said that Chabad's methods of outreach offer "a non-threatening vehicle, a window to come back." When the Bible refers to exile, Eidlitz said, it means Jews who are exiled from Israel. "But there are also those who are exiled from their own religion, people who are exiled from being Jewish," he said. "Chabad helps us get back in." Eidlitz said he was surprised that the fastest growing synagogue in Port Washington was the Chabad one, considering that the community "is so secular." While excitement is mounting in Port Washington, before the new facility opens, Mr. Eidlitz makes sure to point out, "The attraction isn't the building. People are drawn to Chabad regardless of the building." Meanwhile, the Chabad school is thriving with more than 50 new children this year alone and plans to add one new grade per year. Mrs. Sara Paltiel, the school's director, attributes the enormous success of the school - which has children commuting from up to half an hour away from places like Great Neck which has plenty of Jewish schools of its own -- to the fact that "our curriculum is very well-rounded and we expect a lot from the children. They live up to the challenge." Mrs. Marlene Post, National President of Hadassah, was the guest Speaker at Chabad of Port Washington's recent dinner. Having quoted Rabbi Paltiel's writings in her own column in Hadassah Magazine, Mrs. Post gladly accepted an invitation to speak at the dinner. She described about Chabad's philosophy of outreach and how it promotes Jewish unity. "We live in an age when the Jewish people are fragmented," Mrs. Post said. "And it is through education that we will be able to reach one another. The type of education the children receive in this school is that which will change the entire life of the Jewish people." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END For pictures (via e-mail) to go along with the stories, please contact LNS at (718) 774-4000, or e-mail: [email protected] Visit us on our website at: http://www.chabad.org/LNS |
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B"H Erev Shabbos Parshas Teruma 3 Adar 5759 MAZEL TOVS UPDATE #60 Meshenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha! Engagements Sholom Ber Tennebaum (Crown Heights) to Feigel Shmotkin (Milwaukee, WI) Shmuly Eber (Crown Heights) to Sorah Leah Laber (Chicago, IL) Leibish Heller (Crown Heights) to Miss Katzenalenbogen (England) Shmuel Lewis (London, UK) to Toby Tennenbaum (Crown Heights) Aron Brown (Manchester,England) to Frayda Lewis (Crown Heights) Esriel Rappoport (Zurich,Switzerland) to Gitty Wolf (Boro Park, NY) Shimmy Weinbaum (London, England) to Zeldi Engel (Long Beach, CA) Shneur Z. Naparstak (Kfar Chabad,Israel) to Rikki Vigler (Johannesburg, South Africa) Levi Volovik (Crown Heights) to Sarah Bronstein (Crown Heights) Weddings Yossi Brackman (Edgware,UK) to Baila Hecht (Chicago, IL) Shimmy Ohana (Crown Heights) to Shternie Gorman (London, UK) Shneur Greenberg (Isreal) to Miss Galperin (Crown Heights) Mendy Bluming (Monsey, NY) to Sarah Kagan (Oak Park, MI) Births Michoel & Gita Rotenberg a baby boy! - London, UK Mendy & Rivky Gurevitch a baby boy! - Auffenbach, Germany Yisroel & Leah Levine a baby girl! - Oak Park, CA Yisroel & Keren Leeds a baby girl! - Pittsburgh, PA Shneur & Bluma Katz a baby girl! -New Haven, CT Yossi & Chanie Lesches a baby girl! - Crown Heights Shmulie & Dini Felzenberg a baby girl! - Morristown, NJ Upshernish Dovid Gold - Crown Heights Dovid Feigenson - Crown Heights Yisroel Lifshitz - Cincinnati, OH Eliyahu Akiva Raitport -Johannesburg, South-Africa Bas Mitzva Sarah Hecht - New Haven, CT Bar Mitzva Chaim Naiditch - Pittsburgh, PA Yaakov Nemon - Pittsburgh, PA Moshe Aharon Sollish - Emanuel, Israel ps. Please E-Mail us your Mazel Tovs. E-Mailing Mazel Tovs for over One Year! | |||||||||||||||||
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