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Tuesday, August 4th, the 14th of Av, Keren Simchas Chosson V'Kallah (KSCVK) will be making a BBQ and comedy event for men at Beis Rivka, 310 Crownt St. Starting two hilarious comedians, Dave Koenig and Steven Scott. Cover charge $36.

TUESDAY: KSCVK BBQ and Comedy Event!

Tuesday, August 4th, the 14th of Av, Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah (KSCVK) will be making a BBQ and comedy event for men at Beis Rivka, 310 Crownt St. Starting two hilarious comedians, Dave Koenig and Steven Scott. Cover charge $36.

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New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
WCBSTV

Millions of Americans are caught up in the mortgage mess, with local foreclosure rates currently double what they were in 2008. But a little-known practice, which some attorneys believe can buy those racing to save their homes valuable time, is gaining popularity.

Kerry McConnell works in the automotive industry, and his monthly commission has taken a hit of late.

Facing Foreclosure? Ask Bank To ‘Produce The Note’

WCBSTV

Millions of Americans are caught up in the mortgage mess, with local foreclosure rates currently double what they were in 2008. But a little-known practice, which some attorneys believe can buy those racing to save their homes valuable time, is gaining popularity.

Kerry McConnell works in the automotive industry, and his monthly commission has taken a hit of late.

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A Bloody Brooklyn Sunday

Illustration Photo.

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Eight people were injured and one was murdered in a bloody summer Sunday in Brooklyn. An 87 year old woman, Anna Surman, was caught in a crossfire between two shooters and was struck multiple times, according to reports, and later succumbed to her wounds.

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Crash on Empire and Kingston, Multiple Injured

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A high-speed collision in the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Empire Boulevard left havoc in its wake. The incident took place at around 11:30pm and according to eye witnesses both cars, a BMW SUV and a Nissan sedan, were speeding and collided sending both of them into parked cars.

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I am a somebody.

You will recognize me in the street as a somebody, and we may cross each other’s path every day, or daven Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv together in 770 every single day.

My wife and I are well-off financially. Not because we are well-educated or because we have great jobs, but because our parents are rich with “old money”. We are accustomed to getting discounts at most Crown Heights stores because our parents know the owner and because our families donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to the yeshivas and girl schools.

I am gezhe.

Lubavitch Magazines and newsletters love writing articles about my great-great-great grandfather because we call him “elter zeide” and because his childhood story includes White Russia, hiding from Russian police and learning in an underground cheder.

Sunday Humor: Op-Ed: A Letter From Somebody

I am a somebody.

You will recognize me in the street as a somebody, and we may cross each other’s path every day, or daven Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv together in 770 every single day.

My wife and I are well-off financially. Not because we are well-educated or because we have great jobs, but because our parents are rich with “old money”. We are accustomed to getting discounts at most Crown Heights stores because our parents know the owner and because our families donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to the yeshivas and girl schools.

I am gezhe.

Lubavitch Magazines and newsletters love writing articles about my great-great-great grandfather because we call him “elter zeide” and because his childhood story includes White Russia, hiding from Russian police and learning in an underground cheder.

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Watertown Daily Times

A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The new owners of a kosher cheese plant here have defaulted on a rent-purchase agreement with the city, according to City Manager Arthur J. Sciorra.

Toobro LLC and the 30 Main St. plant's former owner, Ahava of California — both based in Brooklyn — are locked in a dispute involving a kosher facility in Lowville that has shut down the Ogdensburg plant for the second time this year and left its estimated 60 workers unpaid for two weeks.

Plant Owners Default on Deal with City

Watertown Daily Times

A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The new owners of a kosher cheese plant here have defaulted on a rent-purchase agreement with the city, according to City Manager Arthur J. Sciorra.

Toobro LLC and the 30 Main St. plant’s former owner, Ahava of California — both based in Brooklyn — are locked in a dispute involving a kosher facility in Lowville that has shut down the Ogdensburg plant for the second time this year and left its estimated 60 workers unpaid for two weeks.

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Herald Record

Route 52 in Ulster County saw five fatal crashes in 2006-07. Overall, the roadway ranked No. 1 among deadly roads in our region from 1999-2007.

Route 52 rises out of Pine Bush, crosses into Ulster County, climbs through Walker Valley and Warwarsing, and, before descending sharply into Ellenville, offers expansive views of Highland Lakes State Park and the Catskill foothills.

It's a beautiful drive, and more and more often, a deadly one.

Route 52 Worst Road for Traffic Deaths

Herald Record

Route 52 in Ulster County saw five fatal crashes in 2006-07. Overall, the roadway ranked No. 1 among deadly roads in our region from 1999-2007.

Route 52 rises out of Pine Bush, crosses into Ulster County, climbs through Walker Valley and Warwarsing, and, before descending sharply into Ellenville, offers expansive views of Highland Lakes State Park and the Catskill foothills.

It’s a beautiful drive, and more and more often, a deadly one.

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By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin suggested Friday that a past or current employee at the Postville slaughterhouse Rubashkin once ran planted evidence to incriminate him.

Rubashkin also denied allegations that he helped one of his former mid-level managers flee the country to avoid arrest.

Rubashkin Lawyers Say Evidence Was Planted

By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, IA — Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin suggested Friday that a past or current employee at the Postville slaughterhouse Rubashkin once ran planted evidence to incriminate him.

Rubashkin also denied allegations that he helped one of his former mid-level managers flee the country to avoid arrest.

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NEW YORK [WABC] — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of carrying a fake bomb into LaGuardia's Airport's central terminal, disrupting travel plans for thousands of people.

Despite the frustrations of passengers — authorities were taking no chances as they evacuated Saturday morning.

Video – Man with Fake Bomb Causes LaGuardia Scare

NEW YORK [WABC] — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of carrying a fake bomb into LaGuardia’s Airport’s central terminal, disrupting travel plans for thousands of people.

Despite the frustrations of passengers — authorities were taking no chances as they evacuated Saturday morning.

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By Carole Mikita for KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — From New York City to San Francisco and back again in a van, the traveling troupe is three young rabbis in training.

These young men came through Salt Lake City because they are members of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah welcomed them. We found them meeting and greeting downtown.

Video – Road Sage Visits Utah During Cross-Country Trip

By Carole Mikita for KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — From New York City to San Francisco and back again in a van, the traveling troupe is three young rabbis in training.

These young men came through Salt Lake City because they are members of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah welcomed them. We found them meeting and greeting downtown.

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The Jewish Chronicle
The head of the United Synagogue’s Rabbinical Council (RCUS) has responded to a call for a common conversion standard by asserting that only Orthodox conversions are valid.

Jonathan Arkush, the Board of Deputies’ senior vice-president and a US member, publicly revived the idea of a unified approach at a Board meeting last week in order to prevent disputes over who is a Jew.

But RCUS leader Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet said this week: “Reform and Liberal and conversions are generally not accepted by Orthodox and Masorti movements. Masorti conversions cannot be accepted by Orthodox. The only one that is acceptable throughout is Orthodox conversion.”

Single Conversion Standard Resisted

The Jewish Chronicle

The head of the United Synagogue’s Rabbinical Council (RCUS) has responded to a call for a common conversion standard by asserting that only Orthodox conversions are valid.

Jonathan Arkush, the Board of Deputies’ senior vice-president and a US member, publicly revived the idea of a unified approach at a Board meeting last week in order to prevent disputes over who is a Jew.

But RCUS leader Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet said this week: “Reform and Liberal and conversions are generally not accepted by Orthodox and Masorti movements. Masorti conversions cannot be accepted by Orthodox. The only one that is acceptable throughout is Orthodox conversion.”

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