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Daily Archives: January 8, 2007

JTA News
Boise, ID — When Larry Moskowitz took over the Har Jehuda cemetery 25 years ago, he changed the rules laid down by his uncle, father and grandfather.

None of them, operators of the Upper Darby, Pa., cemetery founded by the family in 1896, would allow non-Jewish burials.

“They took it to the hilt,” Moskowitz said. “They'd talk to family members on that horrible day. Some families left for that reason. There's no need for that.”

No Jewish cemetery in Idaho

JTA News

Boise, ID — When Larry Moskowitz took over the Har Jehuda cemetery 25 years ago, he changed the rules laid down by his uncle, father and grandfather.

None of them, operators of the Upper Darby, Pa., cemetery founded by the family in 1896, would allow non-Jewish burials.

“They took it to the hilt,” Moskowitz said. “They’d talk to family members on that horrible day. Some families left for that reason. There’s no need for that.”

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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
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
Miami Herald

Miami, FL — When Igor Medge left Moscow in 1991, he never imagined that he would sponsor the writing of one of the 54 sections of a Torah. Medge was used to religious oppression in Russia due to his Jewish heritage.

''It was difficult to attend Jewish services because we were afraid some anti-Semitic person would go after us,'' Medge said. ``In Moscow, I remember some years when there was a religious holiday, the government put cars in the street to disturb Jewish people to go to synagogue.''

“I never imagined it”

Miami Herald

Miami, FL — When Igor Medge left Moscow in 1991, he never imagined that he would sponsor the writing of one of the 54 sections of a Torah. Medge was used to religious oppression in Russia due to his Jewish heritage.

”It was difficult to attend Jewish services because we were afraid some anti-Semitic person would go after us,” Medge said. “In Moscow, I remember some years when there was a religious holiday, the government put cars in the street to disturb Jewish people to go to synagogue.”

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Dan Goldberg - The Austailian Jewish News
This article is in regards to the recent posting requsting readers say Tehilim

New evidence has cast serious doubt over police allegations that an Israeli yeshiva student’s brain haemorrhage was due to a “drunken accident”.

Nitzan Zerach, 21, a student at Sydney's Yeshiva Centre, was hospitalised last Thursday with a brain haemorrhage and facial injuries.

A police spokesperson told the AJN late on Monday: “New facts have come to light and we are keeping an open mind.

New evidence casts doubt over allegations of Yeshiva student’s alcoholism

Dan Goldberg – The Austailian Jewish News

This article is in regards to the recent posting requsting readers say Tehilim

New evidence has cast serious doubt over police allegations that an Israeli yeshiva student’s brain haemorrhage was due to a “drunken accident”.

Nitzan Zerach, 21, a student at Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre, was hospitalised last Thursday with a brain haemorrhage and facial injuries.

A police spokesperson told the AJN late on Monday: “New facts have come to light and we are keeping an open mind.

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Dan Goldberg - Australia Jewish News
A Police car in front of the Yeshiva

This article is in regards to the recent posting requsting readers say Tehilim

Sydney, Australia — Was it an assault or an accident? That’s the contested question regarding Nitzan Zerach, an Israeli-born student at Sydney's Yeshiva Centre who was hospitalised last Thursday with a brain haemorrhage and facial injuries.

Accident or assault? Dispute over Yeshiva student’s injury

Dan Goldberg – Australia Jewish News
A Police car in front of the Yeshiva

This article is in regards to the recent posting requsting readers say Tehilim

Sydney, Australia — Was it an assault or an accident? That’s the contested question regarding Nitzan Zerach, an Israeli-born student at Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre who was hospitalised last Thursday with a brain haemorrhage and facial injuries.

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Ottawa, Canada — At a recent ribbon cutting ceremony, the Honourable Jim Watson, M.P.P. for Ottawa-West, Nepean, announced a grant of $42,600 on behalf of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Government of Ontario to the Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa for the purpose of starting Friendship Circle. The program matches teenage volunteers from the community with families who have a child with special needs. Mr. Watson (centre) was joined by Bob Wilson of the Ontario Trillium Foundation to present Devora Caytak, co-director of the JYL, with a commemorative plaque and the cheque

Friendship Circle is off to a great start in Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada — At a recent ribbon cutting ceremony, the Honourable Jim Watson, M.P.P. for Ottawa-West, Nepean, announced a grant of $42,600 on behalf of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Government of Ontario to the Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa for the purpose of starting Friendship Circle. The program matches teenage volunteers from the community with families who have a child with special needs. Mr. Watson (centre) was joined by Bob Wilson of the Ontario Trillium Foundation to present Devora Caytak, co-director of the JYL, with a commemorative plaque and the cheque

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Melissa Singer - The Australian Jewish News
Police are investigating an alleged attack on two ultra-Orthodox teenagers, including one who was already on crutches, which may have been motivated by antisemitism or anti-Israel sentiment.

The boys, aged 16 and dressed in traditional black-and-white Orthodox garb, were waiting for a tram in Melbourne’s Chapel Street on Tuesday night when a car pulled up and one of its passengers allegedly shouted, “You killed our cousins in Lebanon”, in what is believed to be a reference to Israel’s war against Hezbollah last July.

Chassidic teens injured in attack

Melissa Singer – The Australian Jewish News

Police are investigating an alleged attack on two ultra-Orthodox teenagers, including one who was already on crutches, which may have been motivated by antisemitism or anti-Israel sentiment.

The boys, aged 16 and dressed in traditional black-and-white Orthodox garb, were waiting for a tram in Melbourne’s Chapel Street on Tuesday night when a car pulled up and one of its passengers allegedly shouted, “You killed our cousins in Lebanon”, in what is believed to be a reference to Israel’s war against Hezbollah last July.

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Daily Herald

Naperville, IL — The completion of a new Torah scroll for the recently established Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville was celebrated Sunday at the Alfred J. Rubin Riverwalk Community Center in downtown Naperville.

Attendees sang, clapped and danced in a procession that began inside the center, spilled outside and wound through the surrounding streets. At the front of the line was the new Torah, protected from the elements by a wedding canopy.

Chabad Jewish Center Celebrates New Torah

Daily Herald

Naperville, IL — The completion of a new Torah scroll for the recently established Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville was celebrated Sunday at the Alfred J. Rubin Riverwalk Community Center in downtown Naperville.

Attendees sang, clapped and danced in a procession that began inside the center, spilled outside and wound through the surrounding streets. At the front of the line was the new Torah, protected from the elements by a wedding canopy.

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