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Meet the World’s Only Hassidic Private Investigator

New York Times

Mr. Levin, right, and an employee, identified as No. 36, on a surveillance assignment outside a school in Brooklyn.

JOE LEVIN, a private investigator in Brooklyn, was waiting to meet a new client in the parking lot of a kosher supermarket in Borough Park one recent morning. Glancing in the side-view mirror of his chauffeured sport utility vehicle, Mr. Levin said he liked this particular spot because he knew the manager, the delivery man and the security guard, who lets him borrow footage from the lot’s surveillance equipment.

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Zalman Davidsohn (Crown Heights) to Mushka Laufer (Providence, RI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00p, at The JCM Upstairs
Baby Boy!

Michoel and Zelda (nee Gutnick) Lerner from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Eli Rosenfeld (Lake Worth, FL) to Margalit Rivkin (Hillsboro, Oregon) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Menny Labkowski (Hollywood, FL) to Mushky Gurevitch (Offenbach, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagment!

Sholom Rosenblum (Brussels, Belgium) to Zelda Nemanow (Brunoy, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Beis Rivkah Seminary 461 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

David Nacash (Paris, France) to Odel Assouline (Paris, France)
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Mendel Levitansky (Simcha Monica, CA) to Shaina Geisinsky (Great Neck, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 6th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Zalmy Silberberg (Mexico City, Mexico/Postville, IA) to Dvory Shachar (Miami, Florida) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Nachman Hakohen Temkin (Argentina) to Tali Lancewicki (Miami, Florida)
New Engagement!

Yosef Madar (Crown Heights) to Sarah Edelkopf (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Thursday, Sept. 3rd, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Banin (Venice, Italy) to Menucha Rochel Albukerk (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Levi Friedman (Crown Heights) to Devorah Eckhaus (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The JCM Second Floor
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Miriam (née Haberman) Cohen from Remsen Village had a baby boy!
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Shabtai Dyce (Sydney, Australia) to Chana Matusof (Rome, Italy) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Sept. 1st, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 St. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Shalom Dovber Baruch (Crown Heights) to Esther Hadassa Melamed (Chemed, EY)
New Engagement!

Levi Sandberg (Los Angeles, CA) to Chaya Lewis (Bowdon, England) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Shmuly Borenstein (Crown Heights) to Rachely Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at Eshel

[NY Daily News] — Hasidic patrols in Williamsburg rule the streets like real cops - driving unmarked cars, flashing emergency lights and snatching people they think are criminals, say residents and police.

Daily News Does Hit-Job on Williamsburg Shomrim

[NY Daily News] — Hasidic patrols in Williamsburg rule the streets like real cops – driving unmarked cars, flashing emergency lights and snatching people they think are criminals, say residents and police.

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by Debbie Maimon - Yated

Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s motion for bail pending the outcome of his appeal has been denied by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court handed down its decision in a brief sentence, before the defense could file its response to the government brief contesting the bail motion. The judges have not yet ruled on the appeal itself.

Rubashkin Bail Denied; Appeal Still Under Consideration

by Debbie Maimon – Yated

Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s motion for bail pending the outcome of his appeal has been denied by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court handed down its decision in a brief sentence, before the defense could file its response to the government brief contesting the bail motion. The judges have not yet ruled on the appeal itself.

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Daily Mail

A drunken Hasidic Jewish man who assaulted his Turkish neighbour - pouring beer on her and calling her a 'terrorist' - hid in a synagogue and tried to fight policemen when they came to arrest him, sources said.

One-Sided Journalism or Major Chilul Hashem? – Part 2

Daily Mail

A drunken Hasidic Jewish man who assaulted his Turkish neighbour – pouring beer on her and calling her a ‘terrorist’ – hid in a synagogue and tried to fight policemen when they came to arrest him, sources said.

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Today, Wednesday, June 15, between 1:30 and 4:00 PM EST, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri will be hearing the appeal and rendering a life-altering decision in the trial of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.

2:30pm: Hearing for Sholom M. Rubashkin

Today, Wednesday, June 15, between 1:30 and 4:00 PM EST, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri will be hearing the appeal and rendering a life-altering decision in the trial of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.

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Jerusalem Post

For the past three weeks, Lior Finkel hasn’t needed to set an alarm clock – she’s gotten a wake-up SMS at 7 a.m. each day. Finkel, an aide to MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz), and many other parliamentary aides have been receiving daily text messages from an organization whose goal is to encourage Jews to put on tefillin in the morning.

Female Aide to Knesset Complains About Tefilin SMS

Jerusalem Post

For the past three weeks, Lior Finkel hasn’t needed to set an alarm clock – she’s gotten a wake-up SMS at 7 a.m. each day. Finkel, an aide to MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz), and many other parliamentary aides have been receiving daily text messages from an organization whose goal is to encourage Jews to put on tefillin in the morning.

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The Long Road Back From Boxing Oblivion

The Wall Street Journal

Orthodox Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita prays next to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site in Jerusalem’s Old City, on Dec. 9, just days after losing a WBA lightweight title bout to Great Britain’s Amir Khan in Newcastle, England.

Seventy-six seconds. That’s how long it lasted. On Dec. 5, 2009, Dmitriy Salita, a Brooklyn native, faced Amir Khan, the WBA light welterweight champion, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England.

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Kiddush Clubs Declare Boycott on Scottish Whiskey

Jerusalem Post

The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) – a group that claims more than 25,000 members throughout North America – has joined with synagogues both in Israel and in the diaspora in “suggesting a boycott of scotch from distillers located in West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland at Kiddush and [in] public and private” celebrations.

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Archaeologist: Structure Beneath Temple Mount is 2nd Beis HaMikdash

World Net Daily

Dr. Eilat Mazar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist, points to the tenth century excavations that were uncovered under her direction in the Ophel area adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Sasson Tiram

One of the most prominent Israeli archaeologists declared today that remains from the First and Second Jewish Temple period – including the Second Temple itself – lie underneath the Temple Mount surface, just waiting to be excavated.

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Ireland’s Only Jewish Member of Parliament, Now Minister of Justice, Equality and Defense

Lubavitch.com

Alan Joseph Shatter, Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency, Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defense.

Alan Shatter, Ireland’s only Jewish member of Parliament, was sworn in as the new Minister for Justice, Equality and also Minister for Defense. Following last week’s parliamentary election, a coalition government of his center-right Fine Gael Party and the liberal Labor Party was formed. Mr. Shatter, 60, represents a constituency in the south of Dublin, where most of Ireland’s Jews live.

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