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Daily Archives: September 28, 2005


On the corner of Crown St. and Kingston Ave. Shomrim received a call that there were tires slashed on cars parked close to the intersection.

There were a total of 4 tires slashed on 4 cars 3 of which belonged to Jewish residents, all of which didn’t care to file police reports regarding this incident. The responding Shomrim member encouraged the victims to file the reports becoase a crime that is not reported is not a crime.

Should you be a victim of any type of crime please call Shomrim at (718) 744-3333 and the police and file the reports.

More Tires Slashed In Crown Heights

On the corner of Crown St. and Kingston Ave. Shomrim received a call that there were tires slashed on cars parked close to the intersection.

There were a total of 4 tires slashed on 4 cars 3 of which belonged to Jewish residents, all of which didn’t care to file police reports regarding this incident. The responding Shomrim member encouraged the victims to file the reports becoase a crime that is not reported is not a crime.

Should you be a victim of any type of crime please call Shomrim at (718) 744-3333 and the police and file the reports.

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New Engagement!

Laizer Rosenberg (Monsey, NY) to Shaindel Gotlieb (Lomita, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
Baby Boy!

Nachi and Chana (nee Seper) Gershovitz from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Moshe and Mimi Kulek from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Ari Raskin (Melbourne, Australia) to Aliza Kravitz (Hollywood, FL)
Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
San Diego Jewish Journal
A reported link between Ashkenazi intelligence genes and susceptibility to genetic disorders is clearly mixed news for the descendants of Eastern European Jews. It may come as little surprise, then, that reactions to a new study linking the two are a mixed bag as well. After all, if what the University of Utah researchers say is true, some Jewish mothers may just have had their dreams for brilliant children turned to nightmares.

Beyond that, it may also mean that Ashkenazim have, albeit unwillingly, “been part of an accidental experiment in eugenics,” as The Economist magazine put it in a recent article.: “It has brought them some advantages. But, like the deliberate eugenics experiments of the 20th century, it also has exacted a terrible price.”

The mere mention of eugenics – which refers to a movement to improve humankind by controlling genetic factors through mating – is enough to ring bells that many Jews would rather not hear 60 years after the Allied defeat of the Nazis.

Smart Jews

San Diego Jewish Journal

A reported link between Ashkenazi intelligence genes and susceptibility to genetic disorders is clearly mixed news for the descendants of Eastern European Jews. It may come as little surprise, then, that reactions to a new study linking the two are a mixed bag as well. After all, if what the University of Utah researchers say is true, some Jewish mothers may just have had their dreams for brilliant children turned to nightmares.

Beyond that, it may also mean that Ashkenazim have, albeit unwillingly, “been part of an accidental experiment in eugenics,” as The Economist magazine put it in a recent article.: “It has brought them some advantages. But, like the deliberate eugenics experiments of the 20th century, it also has exacted a terrible price.”

The mere mention of eugenics – which refers to a movement to improve humankind by controlling genetic factors through mating – is enough to ring bells that many Jews would rather not hear 60 years after the Allied defeat of the Nazis.

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Canadian Jewish News
Despite an advertising blitz in Canadian community weeklies, including The CJN, only several dozen people attended the “Stand up for Judaism” weekend ahead of Jews for Jesus’ Montreal launch of its “Behold Your God” conversion campaign.

Still, Jews for Judaism has begun speaking to as many as 60 different Jewish groups and thousands of local Jews during the missionary drive, which began Sept. 18 and runs to Oct. 8, in an intensive effort to get its counter-missionary message across to as many Jews as possible.

“We have been extremely busy,” said Jews for Judaism education director Rabbi Michael Skobac.

Counter-campaign against ‘J for J’ starts

Canadian Jewish News

Despite an advertising blitz in Canadian community weeklies, including The CJN, only several dozen people attended the “Stand up for Judaism” weekend ahead of Jews for Jesus’ Montreal launch of its “Behold Your God” conversion campaign.

Still, Jews for Judaism has begun speaking to as many as 60 different Jewish groups and thousands of local Jews during the missionary drive, which began Sept. 18 and runs to Oct. 8, in an intensive effort to get its counter-missionary message across to as many Jews as possible.

“We have been extremely busy,” said Jews for Judaism education director Rabbi Michael Skobac.

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Newsday
The longtime leader of the influential but weakening Brooklyn Democratic Party was convicted Tuesday of mishandling campaign contributions in the first of four cases stemming from a wide-ranging probe of judicial corruption.

After a nearly two-week trial, jurors convicted Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. of two felony counts of violating election law by taking excessive campaign donations, and two counts of falsifying business records.

The felony convictions force Norman out of his assembly seat and party position.

Brooklyn Democratic leader convicted of financial wrongdoing

Newsday

The longtime leader of the influential but weakening Brooklyn Democratic Party was convicted Tuesday of mishandling campaign contributions in the first of four cases stemming from a wide-ranging probe of judicial corruption.

After a nearly two-week trial, jurors convicted Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. of two felony counts of violating election law by taking excessive campaign donations, and two counts of falsifying business records.

The felony convictions force Norman out of his assembly seat and party position.

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NY Times
Shmelka Friedman, an owner of Hungarian Kosher Catering in Borough Park, Brooklyn, with oven-fresh kugel.

For many American Jews, kugel is the taste of childhood. They want exactly the kind of kugel their mother made, whether it is a weekly Sabbath treat or served only on holidays like Rosh Hashana, which starts on Monday night.

Shmelka Friedman, an owner of Hungarian Kosher Catering in Borough Park, Brooklyn, with oven-fresh kugel.

I didn't know until recently, though, that this homey casserole of noodles or potatoes was credited with mystical powers.

Kugel Unraveled

NY Times
Shmelka Friedman, an owner of Hungarian Kosher Catering in Borough Park, Brooklyn, with oven-fresh kugel.

For many American Jews, kugel is the taste of childhood. They want exactly the kind of kugel their mother made, whether it is a weekly Sabbath treat or served only on holidays like Rosh Hashana, which starts on Monday night.

Shmelka Friedman, an owner of Hungarian Kosher Catering in Borough Park, Brooklyn, with oven-fresh kugel.

I didn’t know until recently, though, that this homey casserole of noodles or potatoes was credited with mystical powers.

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Newsday
With prayers, speeches and music, a group of Jewish men and women led a remembrance of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Tuesday, the day in the Hebrew calendar corresponding to the attacks' fourth anniversary.

The 30 mostly Orthodox Jews from Baruch College and Chabad of Downtown NYC used the memorial service to offer a hopeful message: Goodness could result, and has resulted, from the evil witnessed that day, from people giving blood to a renewal of charity work.

Such memorials "serve as inspiration to us, that we should never forget," said Michael Gutmann, a 20-year-old Baruch student.

Jewish memorial service honors 9/11 victims

Newsday

With prayers, speeches and music, a group of Jewish men and women led a remembrance of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Tuesday, the day in the Hebrew calendar corresponding to the attacks’ fourth anniversary.

The 30 mostly Orthodox Jews from Baruch College and Chabad of Downtown NYC used the memorial service to offer a hopeful message: Goodness could result, and has resulted, from the evil witnessed that day, from people giving blood to a renewal of charity work.

Such memorials “serve as inspiration to us, that we should never forget,” said Michael Gutmann, a 20-year-old Baruch student.

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