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Kassam Hits IDF Base, Soldiers React by Laying Tefillin

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GAZA, Israel — A late night Kassam rocket attack by Palestinian terorists in Gaza – described as the one of the worst in years – hit outside a tent where soldiers were sleeping inside an Israeli Defense Force basic training camp in Zikim, located between Gaza and Ashkelon to the north. According to reports by the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Achronot, the Sept. 10 rocket strike injured 67 soldiers, both men and women, four seriously and seven moderately.

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New Engagement!

Dovid Lifchitz (Boise, Idaho) to Mussie Moscowitz (Bucktown, IL)
New Engagement!

Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
New Engagement!

Moishy Goldberg (Georgetown, NY) to Batsheva Gansburg (Coconut Creek, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
Baby Girl!

Moshe Yisroel Dovid and Estie Wolf from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Enagagement!

Shmouel Nadjar (Charenton le pont S.Maurice, France) to Shirel Chaya Partouche (Creteil, France)
New Engagement!

Avremel Turen (Chicago, IL) to Brochie Reinetz (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Thursday, Oct. 15th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Enagagement!

Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Baby Girl!

Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!

FRANKFURT, Germany [CHI] – This past Shabbos the Shliach to Frankfurt Germany, Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch was viciously attacked in an apparent hate crime, today he is doing much better, B”H.

The complete supervisory board of the Jewish community of Frankfurt, the mayor of Frankfurt Mrs. Petra Roth and EU-Minister of the state of Hesse Mr. Volker Hoff visited Rabbi Gurevitch yesterday (Monday) in the hospital where he is recovering.

More in the Extended Article.

Shliach in Frankfurt, Germany – Doing Well

FRANKFURT, Germany [CHI] – This past Shabbos the Shliach to Frankfurt Germany, Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch was viciously attacked in an apparent hate crime, today he is doing much better, B”H.

The complete supervisory board of the Jewish community of Frankfurt, the mayor of Frankfurt Mrs. Petra Roth and EU-Minister of the state of Hesse Mr. Volker Hoff visited Rabbi Gurevitch yesterday (Monday) in the hospital where he is recovering.

More in the Extended Article.

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Hachnosas Safer Torah to the Shul in the JCM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A new Safer Torah was dedicated to the Shul in the Jewish Childrens Museum in loving memory of R. Shmuel Eliezer OBM ben Alter Peretz Chaim OBM and his wife Rochel bas Faiga Liba Shaoulson and Shmuel ben Eliyahu and his wife Chana bas Binyamin Harris OBM.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)

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Family and Friends Gather for the Shloshim of Sruly Woonteiler OBM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Its been one month since the tragic passing of HaBochur Sruly Woonteiler OBM, who passed away from the injuries he sustained when the driver of a pickup truck ran him over on a California street, then fled.

Friend and family marked this day with a traditional gathering, a Shloshim in Aliya on East New York Avenue in Crown Heights. Srulys family had arranged a Seudah for the crowd while they heard inspirational words from Rabbi Alter Metzger, who spoke about Mesirus Nefesh and the preparations one must do for the Yomim Noiroim.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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In a new Web-based High Holiday greeting, the voice of Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the title character of a Chabad.org cartoon series, appeals to recipients to engage in self-reflection.

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

High Holiday Greeting Utilizes Popular Cartoon Character

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In a new Web-based High Holiday greeting, the voice of Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the title character of a Chabad.org cartoon series, appeals to recipients to engage in self-reflection.

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

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Hachnosas Safer Torah amid Labor Day Preps!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A different kind of music rang through the streets of Crown Heights Sunday afternoon, amid the preparation of the West Indian Day Parade, better known as the Labor Day Parade, residents gathered and danced to Chassidishe Nigunim as they welcomed a newly completed Safer Torah.

The Safer Torah was dedicated in loving memory of R. Sholom DovBer HaCohen OBM and his wife Mrs. Yachet OBM Eichorn by their family.

More pictures and a video in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Hundreds gathered in front of 770 early afternoon to escort Reb Meir Itkin OBM to rest. Reb Meir passed away at the age of 96 late last night.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

The Levaya of Reb Meir Itkin OBM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Hundreds gathered in front of 770 early afternoon to escort Reb Meir Itkin OBM to rest. Reb Meir passed away at the age of 96 late last night.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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“Amazing, rejuvenating, intellectually stimulating, challenging, refreshingly honest...” That's how a group of female college students described the five inspirational weeks they spent getting in touch with their spiritual roots and owning up to a heritage that is inherently theirs. At the Ivy League Torah Study Experience (ILTSE), a division of National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), effectively coordinated by Mrs. Baila Hecht and ably assisted by Mrs. Cipi Junik, to meet the students' individual needs, young women spanning the globe came together in a quest for learning about their Jewish identity.

The Ivy League Torah Study Experience

“Amazing, rejuvenating, intellectually stimulating, challenging, refreshingly honest…” That’s how a group of female college students described the five inspirational weeks they spent getting in touch with their spiritual roots and owning up to a heritage that is inherently theirs. At the Ivy League Torah Study Experience (ILTSE), a division of National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), effectively coordinated by Mrs. Baila Hecht and ably assisted by Mrs. Cipi Junik, to meet the students’ individual needs, young women spanning the globe came together in a quest for learning about their Jewish identity.

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NY Daily News
Hasidic volunteers give faithful aftercare to Jews who die

Members of the Hasidic group Chesed Shel Emes
carry the coffin of Prof. Liviu Librescu.
Prof. Liviu Librescu grew up in Nazi-occupied Romania, immigrated to Israel and later relocated to Virginia, where he was killed in April in a Virginia Tech classroom.

A Hasidic group from Borough Park, Brooklyn, picked up his body and arranged a funeral service.

Representatives of that group were present for the autopsy of Auxiliary Police Officer Eugene Marshalik after he was gunned down in Greenwich Village on March.

The Ultimate Good Deed

NY Daily News

Hasidic volunteers give faithful aftercare to Jews who die

Members of the Hasidic group Chesed Shel Emes
carry the coffin of Prof. Liviu Librescu.

Prof. Liviu Librescu grew up in Nazi-occupied Romania, immigrated to Israel and later relocated to Virginia, where he was killed in April in a Virginia Tech classroom.

A Hasidic group from Borough Park, Brooklyn, picked up his body and arranged a funeral service.

Representatives of that group were present for the autopsy of Auxiliary Police Officer Eugene Marshalik after he was gunned down in Greenwich Village on March.

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With Hashems help, We would like to thank everyone for all the good wishes, calls, Hachlatot and Mitzvot taken and being done Lezchut Orah Meital bat Bella for a full and speedy recovery. We are extremely touched and appreciative by the tremendous outpour of Chesed and Achdut shown by our community and from the greater Jewish community world-wide.

We want to give special thanks to the medical team from Medical University South Carolina headed by Dr. Joel B. Cochran for saving her life and stabilizing Orah Meital so that she was able to be transferred to New York. We also give our tremendous thanks to Dr. Phil Lanzkowsky, Medical Director of Schneider’s Children's Hospital for accepting her and making all the necessary arrangements.

More in the Extended Article.

Important News and Medical Update regarding Orah Meital Habosha

With Hashems help, We would like to thank everyone for all the good wishes, calls, Hachlatot and Mitzvot taken and being done Lezchut Orah Meital bat Bella for a full and speedy recovery. We are extremely touched and appreciative by the tremendous outpour of Chesed and Achdut shown by our community and from the greater Jewish community world-wide.

We want to give special thanks to the medical team from Medical University South Carolina headed by Dr. Joel B. Cochran for saving her life and stabilizing Orah Meital so that she was able to be transferred to New York. We also give our tremendous thanks to Dr. Phil Lanzkowsky, Medical Director of Schneider’s Children’s Hospital for accepting her and making all the necessary arrangements.

More in the Extended Article.

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The Tzivos Hashem Kids Magazine Arrives!

Over 250,000 Kids Magazines arrived yesterday to the Jewish Children’s Museum, in Brooklyn, NY. The sea of boxes, featuring the Tishrei Edition, is scheduled to arrive in Shluchims’ hands just in time for the High Holidays. Shipped all over the world, the Kids Magazine features 28 glossy pages of interactive information and fun.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org
The Chabad-Lubavitch center in Lima, Peru (file photo)

Cuzco, Peru — Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Peru are working around the clock to locate 150 Israeli backpackers following a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake Wednesday night that left more than 450 people dead and at least 1,500 injured.

150 Israeli Backpackers Left Unaccounted For Following Peru Quake

Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org
The Chabad-Lubavitch center in Lima, Peru (file photo)

Cuzco, Peru — Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Peru are working around the clock to locate 150 Israeli backpackers following a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake Wednesday night that left more than 450 people dead and at least 1,500 injured.

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Rabbi Kluger

Jerusalem, Israel — Last Friday afternoon the phone rang in the offices of Yad Leachim in Jerusalem. The person on the other line asked to speak to Rabbi Binyamin Kluger (a Lubavitcher Chosid who lives in Jerusalem and is part of the anti-missionary department in Yad L'achim). When Rabbi Kluger took the call the person introduced himself as Hannania C. a member of a missionary cult in “Mevaseres malchus” that is headed by Mr Shimon Nochum, who threatened Rabbi Kluger with his life.

Lubavitcher Life Threatened

Rabbi Kluger

Jerusalem, Israel — Last Friday afternoon the phone rang in the offices of Yad Leachim in Jerusalem. The person on the other line asked to speak to Rabbi Binyamin Kluger (a Lubavitcher Chosid who lives in Jerusalem and is part of the anti-missionary department in Yad L’achim). When Rabbi Kluger took the call the person introduced himself as Hannania C. a member of a missionary cult in “Mevaseres malchus” that is headed by Mr Shimon Nochum, who threatened Rabbi Kluger with his life.

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KNBC
At the scene of the accident Tuesday, August 2nd 2007.

Los Angeles, CA — A woman was in custody Tuesday in lieu of $250,000 bail for allegedly driving a truck that fatally injured a man in West Hollywood, authorities said. Lindsay Rae Ellingsworth, 27, was arrested Monday at her office in Century City and booked for “hit-and-run causing death,” said Deputy Denise Fuchs of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.

Woman Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run In West Hollywood

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At the scene of the accident Tuesday, August 2nd 2007.

Los Angeles, CA — A woman was in custody Tuesday in lieu of $250,000 bail for allegedly driving a truck that fatally injured a man in West Hollywood, authorities said. Lindsay Rae Ellingsworth, 27, was arrested Monday at her office in Century City and booked for “hit-and-run causing death,” said Deputy Denise Fuchs of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau.

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The New York Post

August 9, 2007 — Lost in a fog so thick and dark that they might well have been in the belly of Jonah's whale, six Hasidic fishermen drifted off the eastern end of Long Island for 14 hours before they were finally rescued early yesterday.

More in the Extended Article.

GILLIGAN’S ‘OY-LAND’

The New York Post

August 9, 2007 — Lost in a fog so thick and dark that they might well have been in the belly of Jonah’s whale, six Hasidic fishermen drifted off the eastern end of Long Island for 14 hours before they were finally rescued early yesterday.

More in the Extended Article.

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