Mayor Bloomberg Recognizes Efforts of 3 Bochurim

Shmuel Rothstein (22), Dani Saul (22), and Zalman Perlman (22), the three trailblazing young rabbis at the heart of Bike 4 Friendship.

New York — The efforts of three trailblazing young rabbis were recognized by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who issued an official proclamation yesterday declaring July 6, 2011 to be “Bike 4 Friendship Day.” The proclamation pays tribute to Bike 4 Friendship, the cross-country fundraising and awareness bike tour for the Friendship Circle.

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Melbourne Yeshiva Centre Victim Speaks Out

The Age Australia

Manny Waks grew up in a Lubavitch home. Today, though no longer observant, Manny is vice-president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and president of the Canberra Jewish Community.

Manny Waks’s behaviour started to change part-way through his schooling at Yeshivah College. ”I wasn’t listening to the teachers and was getting into trouble,” Mr. Waks says.

Off Duty Firefighter Seriusly Injured in Crash

Illustration Photo.

An off duty FDNY firefighter was struck and seriously injured in a Wednesday evening smashup on Eastern Parkway. Eyewitnesses said that he flipped off his motorcycle multiple times, and came to rest some 300 feet from his bike in the opposite traffic lane.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Reb Shmuel Lewis OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Reb Shmuel Lewis OBM of Kfar Chabad at the age of 58.

He is survived by his wife Shainda; children Dina Goldshmid (Crown Heights), Yehudis Mitnitzky (Crown Heights), Rabbi Matisyahu Lewis (Baku, Azerbaijan), Rochel Yemini (Los Angeles, CA), Chana Raskin (Beijing, China), Michal Levitin (Lod, Israel), Mendy Lewis (Kfar Chabad), Levi and Davidi. He is also survived by his mother Ettel Lewis (Jerusalem, Israel), and siblings Yonoson Lewis (Crown Heights), and Chaya Rappaport (Jerusalem, Israel).

Friendship Circle Directors Turn to Michigan Suburb Where it All Started

The Friendship Theater is part of the town mockup at the Weinberg Village in the Ferber Kaufman LifeTown center.

Friendship Circle International personnel from across the United States and Canada descended on the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield, Mich., for the chance to inspire one another and strengthen efforts to increase awareness and acceptance of children with special needs.

Bloomberg: Perp Walks Are Outrageous

NY Post

Doing the perp walk, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), departs a New York Police Department precinct.

Mayor Bloomberg did a flip-flop in the direction of French critics who’ve denounced the NYPD’s “perp walk” of Dominique Strauss-Kahn by calling such public displays “outrageous” and a “circus.”