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The Final Challenge – Part 2 “Good News”

The public voted for the top 14 finalists who will partake in a 3 step final challenge.

The second challenge, titled “Good News”, requires each contestant to take a themed original photo that can be seen in the Extended Article.

Rubashkin to be Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison

IOWA — Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin will be sentenced to 27 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $31 million restitution when he’s sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Supporters of Rubashkin expressed outrage after the announcement. The sentence is inconsistent with calls from legal community for judge to avoid disparity of justice.

Editorial: Prosecutions are Not the Answer to Immigration

Editorial for Des Moines Register

It sounds like a simple approach to this country’s illegal immigration problems: Crack down on businesses that employ undocumented workers.

But it’s not so simple. Just consider the jury’s verdict of “not guilty” for Sholom Rubashkin. The former Agriprocessors Inc. executive had been charged with scores of child labor violations and was acquitted on all of them. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office alleged Rubashkin knew there were many children working in the Postville slaughterhouse prior to the 2008 federal immigration raid – but that he did nothing to put a stop to it.

Hundreds Gather in Display of Unity

By Efrat Schochet

Hundreds of Manhattan’s Upper East Sider’s gathered together this past week for a unique Shabbat experience honouring ten wounded Israeli soldiers. The soldiers were here as part of a ten day trip organized and hosted by Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side, led by Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler, together with Chabad Terror Victims Project. Not a dry eye was to be found in the room during the Friday night meal as each veteran shared his personal story of battle and injury.

State Sen. Eric Adams will put Mayoral Aspirations Aside if William Thompson Runs Again

Elizabeth Benjamin for the NY Daily News

Sen. Eric Adams is a mayoral candidate-in-waiting.

The Brooklyn Democrat acknowledged being poised to jump into the 2009 race – and the upcoming 2013 race – but instead deferred to clear a path for former city Controller William Thompson.

Picture of the Day! – Released Time Bochurim!

Bochurim who partook in the public school Released Time Program throughout the year posed for a group picture in front of 770. They were joined by NCFJE Director Rabbi Sholom Ber Hecht and Released Time Director Rabbi Shazak Zirkind.

Conejo Chabad Celebrates the “Dawning of a New Day”

CALIFORNIA — More than 600 guests filled the elegant ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake on Monday, June 14, as Chabad of the Conejo celebrated a festive Banquet Gala themed “The Dawning of a New Day”. Evoking laughter and tears, the festivities provided entertainment and inspiration in abundance, but were moreover electrically charged by the overarching awareness that the Conejo Valley Jewish Community was entering a new era.

Please say Tehilim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Chaya Mussia bas Nechama Rivka, She is a toddler undergoing extensive surgery today.

Aharon Levi ben Brana Shaina