Gmach, Local Business Owners Subpoenaed by ‘New Vaad’

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A slew of Moisdos, Businesses, and members of Anash in Crown Heights were the recipients of subpoenas ordering them to appear in State Supreme Court by the demand of the ‘new Vaad’.

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FL Governor Blames Staff For Letter Praising Nazi Film

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said a mistake by his staff is to blame for a letter that went out with his signature, praising an anti-Semitic movie.

Crist’s office sent a thank you note to John Ubele of Pasco County for mailing the governor a copy of the film “Jud Suss.” The movie was made by the Nazi’s in the 1940s and is considered one of history’s most incendiary films.

The brief thank-you note (see full note at bottom) was dated June 30 and bore the governor’s automated signature. It praised Ubele’s thoughtfulness and generosity and said Crist would be delighted to share the DVD with the people of Florida. Ubele is with the Nationalist Coalition, a group that claims to promote “white activism.”

JEM Shoot in Yerushalayim

As reported earlier, JEM in collaboration with Malka Touger are in full swing of production of a new children’s Video; a tour through special sites of Chassidic interest in Eretz Yisroel, woven together with the Rebbe’s words about them. The video will tour the four Holy cities of Eretz Yisroel: Yerushalayim, Chevron, Tveria and Tzfas.

U.S. Postal Service may Axe 40 Brooklyn Stations

Snow, rain and gloom of night can’t stop them – but budget cuts might.

The United States Postal Service is considering closing as many as 40 post offices throughout Brooklyn, according to union officials.

The prime targets are 18 retail stations in storefronts around the borough, said Brooklyn American Postal Workers Union president Jim Musumeci.

Siyum in the Yeshiva Gedolah, London

LONDON, England [CHI] — The Yeshivah Bochurim from Yeshivah Gedola Lubavitch London Celebrated their annual Siyum this Sunday night, 5th of Av on the Yaartzieht of the Arizal. In a packed Beis Medrash, a Bochur at the Yeshiva, Avremi Zippel from Salt Lake City, Utah USA – second generation Talmid at the Yeshivah – made the conclusion on Mesechta Kesuvos.

Op-Ed: The REAL Crisis

There is not a day that goes by when I do not hear about our “Shidduch Crisis.”

Maybe there is no Shidduch Crisis. Maybe there is a bigger crisis, a crisis we cannot fully control.

Is Shidduchim the only default we are up against? How about our community, anyone see a crisis there? Look at the heads of our community, is everything smooth on top? Look around you. Look deeply at your neighbors, friends, teachers, family, is everything else REALLY at peace?

Face it; we are in Golus and therefore have a dark cloud hovering around us. That is the source of all our crises.

Inspiring New York Times Article on the Rebbe

“The Lubavitch Rabbi Marks His 70th Year with Call for Kindness by Israel” CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute is pleased to present a wonderful article that appeared in The New York Times, March 27, 1972, by Israel Shenker. To learn more bout the Rebbe visit: portraitofaleader.org

1997: German Embassy Apologizes for Customs Officers Behavior

A story recently published about a Chabad family being accosted by a German customs official in a German airport brought back bad memories for two Bochurim who were accosted in a very similar way in June of 1997, 12 years ago.

Camp F.R.E.E. Group Photo!

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A significantly larger group picture was photographed this morning in front of Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway, dubbed one of its largest summer sessions yet, Camp F.R.E.E.’s second month began a few short days ago with well over 100 children in attendance.