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Crown Heights Election Results: Cunningham Defeats Gluck, CH PAC Backed Candidates Win District Leaders Race

The largest win for the Crown Heights Jewish community in yesterday’s election was for the State Committee Members, locally known as Brooklyn district leaders. CH PAC endorsed candidate Akel Williams defeated DSA anti-Israel socialist incumbent Anthony Beckford for Democratic male district leader, and CH PAC endorsed candidate Nakisha Evans defeated incumbent Michelle Tege for Democratic female district leader.

The Jewish State You’ve Never Heard Of

The traces are everywhere. The train station welcomes arrivals in both Russian and Yiddish. A menorah towers over the town square. And unlike nearly every other Soviet-built city, Birobidzhan’s main avenue isn’t named for Lenin — it’s named for the Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem.

BDE: Rabbi Berel Zaltzman, Pioneer of Russian-Jewish Outreach, 91, OBM

With great sadness, we report the passing of Rabbi Berel Zaltzman OBM, a veteran shliach, renowned chazzan, and pioneer of Russian-Jewish outreach. For decades, Rabbi Zaltzman dedicated his life to strengthening Yiddishkeit among Jews who had lived behind the Iron Curtain, inspiring countless individuals through his warmth, song, and unwavering devotion to the Rebbe’s shlichus. He passed away on Tuesday, the 8th of Tammuz, 5786.