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Shul to Replace Earthquake Damaged Chabad House

Otago Daily Times

Standing outside what will be Queenstown’s first Jewish meeting place and kosher food supplier, the Queenstown Chabad House in the Gorge Rd Retail Centre, are (from left) Israeli visitor Anit Lavi, Chabad founder Rabbi Shmuel Kopel and Orgil Gazit, also a traveller from Israel.

Jewish residents and visitors to Queenstown will soon have the support of what is thought to be the area’s first synagogue and kosher food supplier, the Queenstown Chabad House.

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Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)

VTech Student Helped by Scholarship Gives Back

Left: Liorah Abrams with her two daughters Chanah and Golda Liba. Right: Jared Isaacman (middle) donating a private jet vacation for six.

Hunterdon County, NJ [CHI] — What do the first recipient of the Chabad Hunterdon County Scholarship fund, the wife of a chemistry professor, and the designer of this years’ MyChabadAuction.com website have in common? In the case of Liorah Abrams, they’re all the same person.

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JBN of SW Florida Kick Off Event A Huge Success

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz reignited the JBN [Jewish Business Network] of Southwest Florida with a Kick Off Event that was attended by over 80 people from leading Physicians, Lawyers, Business Owners, Real Estate Professionals as well as community leaders.

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Tennessee Governor Meets Young Shliach

This past week, Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from Chabad of Nashville was invited to the office of Tennessee’s Governor, Mr. Bill Haslam, at the Tennessee State Capitol. This visit was a follow up to the lighting of the Menorah this past Chanukah at the State Capitol by the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Jewish Business Network Returns to Ft. Myers

News-Press

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, right, leads a meeting Thursday at Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers. Minkowicz and others at the gathering are also part of the Jewish Business Network.

The Jewish Business Network of Southwest Florida is making a comeback by popular demand.

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Former Deadheads Launch Bowery Synagogue

NY Post

Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn with an NYU Student.

What a long, strange trip it’s been. A former Deadhead couple who became Hasidic Jews are set to open what will be the only synagogue on the Bowery — a stone’s throw from where the Ramones’ favorite punk club, CBGB, once stood.

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by Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.

In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.

Rostov Jewish Community Rises from the Ashes

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.

In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.

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Art Space of Their Own

Jewish Exponent

Tznius Fashion Show at Chabad House for Students of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA — After a year and a half of running programs out of rented space at Center City universities, Chabad House for Students of the Arts is opening its own exhibition and programming space on South Street.

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Tu B’Shvat Reception in New York State’s Capital

Albany’s Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Rubin co-sponsored, with Speaker of the House Sheldon Silver, a Tu B’shvat Reception by the New York State Legislative Chamber, with fruit displays arranged by Albany’s Maimonides-Bnos Chaya Girls High School. This year Senator Kristen Gillibrand from Washington also attended.

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Writer Michael Perman writes in the Huffington Post about an empty feeling he had while out for a walk and a chance meeting with San Francisco Shliach Rabbi Yosef Langer on his “Cable Car” Minyan, where he hand the chance to say Kaddish for his mother.

Cosmic Chabad Cable Car

Writer Michael Perman writes in the Huffington Post about an empty feeling he had while out for a walk and a chance meeting with San Francisco Shliach Rabbi Yosef Langer on his “Cable Car” Minyan, where he hand the chance to say Kaddish for his mother.

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Third Time’s the Charm: Chabad GW Finds New Home

by Shazreh Khan – GW Hatchet

It’s an oasis at GW. That’s how Rabbi Yudi Steiner describes the newest and third location of Chabad at George Washington University. The Jewish student group recently moved into a new home in Columbia Plaza to open its doors to as many students as possible, spreading faith and sharing meals.

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