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Daily Archives: May 11, 2009

By Celeste Katz for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — Welcome to the Statue of Liberty, and enjoy the view - quick.

A new safety report obtained by the Daily News recommends once Lady Liberty's crown reopens on July 4 that only up to eight people enter at a time and that they shuffle out after spending no more than five minutes admiring the vista.

Don’t Linger in Statue of Liberty’s Crown

By Celeste Katz for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — Welcome to the Statue of Liberty, and enjoy the view – quick.

A new safety report obtained by the Daily News recommends once Lady Liberty’s crown reopens on July 4 that only up to eight people enter at a time and that they shuffle out after spending no more than five minutes admiring the vista.

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Baby Boy!

Yisrael and Ruthy Kugal from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zochor: 680 Eastern Parkway
New Engagement!

Mendel Greenberg (Vancouver, Washington) to Sarah Tovah Nelson (Tzfas, EY)
New Engagement!

Zelig Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) to Batsheva Smoller (S. Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Yoni Teitelbaum (Florida) to Nechama Cole (Las Vegas, NV)
Baby Boy!

Shaya and Fruma Gansburg from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 7:30pm at 775 Maple Street
New Engagement!

Yosef Bergstein (Oak Park, IL), to Chani Super (Melbourne, Australia)
Baby Boy!

Shmuel Dovid and Chaya (nee Mitz) Sandhaus from Philadelphia, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Chalom Benmoussa (Paris, France) to Moussy Hadjajd (S. Diego, CA)
Baby Boy!

Shmaya and Nechama (nee Brashevitzky) Krinsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholom Zochor: 510 Crown Street Apt #1A (between Kingston Ave & Albany Ave)
New Engagement!

Sholom Lebovics (Lauderhill, FL) to Raizel Wilhelm (Portland, OR) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Chaim Dovid Hertz (Chicago, IL) to Itta Pinson (Lomita, CA)
Baby Boy!

Michoel and Rochele (nee Blau) Abraham from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Rivka (nee Rosenblum) Greenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Sadya Liberow (Manchester, UK) to Chanale Halperin (Allentown, PA)
Baby Boy!

Moishy and Shaindy (nee Berkowitz) Schapiro from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 618 Montgomery Street
Baby Boy!

Nasoniel and Nechama Nerenberg from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 6 East 57th St (between Remsen Ave and Lenox Rd)
New Engagement!

Yisroel Matusof (Crown Heights) to Mushka Pinson (Canmore, Alberta)
By Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Aspen transportation officials, weighing in on the anticipated traffic increase along Ute Avenue if a new Jewish community center is placed there, say it’s unreasonable to expect that all of the parents using the daily preschool will use a shuttle to take children there.

Officials: Shuttle Service at Chabad House is Key to Operation

By Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Aspen transportation officials, weighing in on the anticipated traffic increase along Ute Avenue if a new Jewish community center is placed there, say it’s unreasonable to expect that all of the parents using the daily preschool will use a shuttle to take children there.

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By Zalman Nelson for Lubavitch.com

JERUSALEM — More than 150 French Jews filled the Chabad Center for French Speakers in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday night to celebrate the Second Passover and its message of “It’s never too late” with Rabbi Yitzchok Chaviv.

Israel’s French Jews: Making the Most of A Second Chance

By Zalman Nelson for Lubavitch.com

JERUSALEM — More than 150 French Jews filled the Chabad Center for French Speakers in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday night to celebrate the Second Passover and its message of “It’s never too late” with Rabbi Yitzchok Chaviv.

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NEW YORK [ABC] — Rising operation costs are forcing the U.S. Postal Service to raise the price of postage once again. Postal Service officials say the price for a one-ounce First Class Mail stamp goes up two cents from 42 to 44 cents May 11th. Customers can continue to use the Forever stamps.

Stamp Prices go up Again – From 42¢ to 44¢

NEW YORK [ABC] — Rising operation costs are forcing the U.S. Postal Service to raise the price of postage once again. Postal Service officials say the price for a one-ounce First Class Mail stamp goes up two cents from 42 to 44 cents May 11th. Customers can continue to use the Forever stamps.

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What is your IQ? Don't worry, no one will measure. This Monday, in honor of Lag B'Omer, Yagdil Torah's Beis Midrash will host a Meivin Dovor M'toch Dovor program, which allows you to challenge your brain (and avoid rusting) while benefiting from superior learning. The program puts you in the seat of the Rov where you get a question which you need to find the answer to. Carefully selected texts from Shas, Rishonim and Acharonim will be available for your learning, analysis and descision. Next week iy"h there will be a short shiur which will wrap it up with a positive answer to the questions.

Yagdil Torah … What Is Your IQ?

What is your IQ? Don’t worry, no one will measure. This Monday, in honor of Lag B’Omer, Yagdil Torah’s Beis Midrash will host a Meivin Dovor M’toch Dovor program, which allows you to challenge your brain (and avoid rusting) while benefiting from superior learning. The program puts you in the seat of the Rov where you get a question which you need to find the answer to. Carefully selected texts from Shas, Rishonim and Acharonim will be available for your learning, analysis and descision. Next week iy”h there will be a short shiur which will wrap it up with a positive answer to the questions.

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S. PETERSBURG, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s northern capital, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg is completing a massive internet project through which visitors will be able to find the graves of their relatives in the Preobrazhenskiy Jewish Cemetery, one of the main Jewish cemeteries in the area.

Internet Project Aids in Honoring the Departed

S. PETERSBURG, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s northern capital, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg is completing a massive internet project through which visitors will be able to find the graves of their relatives in the Preobrazhenskiy Jewish Cemetery, one of the main Jewish cemeteries in the area.

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The Australian News

A hotel in Serfaus, Tyrol

AUSTRIA — A hotel in Austria has outraged local tourism and fellow hotel owners by banning Jewish guests.

The Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus, Tyrol, is said to have turned away a Jewish family because of “bad experiences” in the past, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reports.

Austrian Hotel Bans Jews

The Australian News

A hotel in Serfaus, Tyrol

AUSTRIA — A hotel in Austria has outraged local tourism and fellow hotel owners by banning Jewish guests.

The Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus, Tyrol, is said to have turned away a Jewish family because of “bad experiences” in the past, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reports.

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