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Daily Archives: August 12, 2011

by Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Hugh Carey, right, meets with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in the early 1970s. LEFT: NY State Assemblyman Howard Lasher, Gov. Hugh Carey, and Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin mark the signing of a proclamation declaring Lubavitch Month in 1975. (Photo: Menachem Wolff Collection/Lubavitch Archives)

As former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was being interred Thursday in Shelter Island, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin recalled the man as an effectual leader whose dedication to the citizens of the Empire State served as a lesson in public service.

Shliach Recalls Governor’s Style of Public Service

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Hugh Carey, right, meets with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in the early 1970s. LEFT: NY State Assemblyman Howard Lasher, Gov. Hugh Carey, and Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin mark the signing of a proclamation declaring Lubavitch Month in 1975. (Photo: Menachem Wolff Collection/Lubavitch Archives)

As former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was being interred Thursday in Shelter Island, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin recalled the man as an effectual leader whose dedication to the citizens of the Empire State served as a lesson in public service.

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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
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Brazillian Students go on Inspiring Trip

After 10 months of learning two hours a week at their local Chabad houses, 120 students from throughout Brazil, including Bahia, Recife, Belem, Manaus, Tocatins, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, embarked on an inspiring trip through Southern Europe.

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by Rabbi Chaim Miller

Featured on the religeon page of the Huffington Post: Aug. 9 this year marks the saddest day on the Jewish calendar (Tisha b'Av) when the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. But however much the Jews have been battered throughout history, they always seemed to bounce back. Here are the seven most powerful ideas in Judaism that have catalyzed Jewish renewal, time and time again. I'll teach you how you can apply them to your life.

The Seven Most Powerful Teachings in Judaism

by Rabbi Chaim Miller

Featured on the religeon page of the Huffington Post: Aug. 9 this year marks the saddest day on the Jewish calendar (Tisha b’Av) when the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. But however much the Jews have been battered throughout history, they always seemed to bounce back. Here are the seven most powerful ideas in Judaism that have catalyzed Jewish renewal, time and time again. I’ll teach you how you can apply them to your life.

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The Jewish Week

Several City Council members who bankroll volunteer patrol groups in Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhoods with their discretionary funds say they will continue to do so amid some recent criticism of how such groups operate.

Council Members Defend Shomrim

The Jewish Week

Several City Council members who bankroll volunteer patrol groups in Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhoods with their discretionary funds say they will continue to do so amid some recent criticism of how such groups operate.

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Largest Jewish Camp Network in World Turns 55

by Malina Saval and Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Campers at the original Camp Gan Israel in upstate New York pose for a group picture in 1958.

In the spring of 1956, faculty of the central Chabad-Lubavitch grade-school yeshiva in New York, including its dean, Rabbi Chaim Meir Bukiet, sought a solution to the distinctly modern problem of summer vacation: They had no place to send their students to continue their studies during the summer months.

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Rabbi YY Jacobson – Israel’s Significance Today

The state of Israel means many different things to different people. There are those that see it as an entirely political entity, those who believe its creation is an indication of the immanent redemption and even others who, while they see the physical land as holy, do not believe that the political state holds any spiritual significance.

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