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Daily Archives: August 27, 2007

European Jewish Press
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal of the Chabad Lubavitch organization speaks about the architecture of the synagogue in the new Jewish community center Szloma-Albam-House in Berlin on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Photo - AP

BERLIN, Germany — The first privately funded Jewish community and educational centre in Germany since the Holocaust will open this week in Berlin as a symbol of the rebirth of Jewish life in the country.

Major New Chabad House to Open in Berlin

European Jewish Press
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal of the Chabad Lubavitch organization speaks about the architecture of the synagogue in the new Jewish community center Szloma-Albam-House in Berlin on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Photo – AP

BERLIN, Germany — The first privately funded Jewish community and educational centre in Germany since the Holocaust will open this week in Berlin as a symbol of the rebirth of Jewish life in the country.

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Baby Girl!

Isroel Arieh Leib and Salomé (nee Rubin) Basanger from Paris, France had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Korf (Miami Beach, FL) to Tzaita Gurevitz (Philadelphia PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Aryeh Hetzel (Ramat Hagolan, EY) to Leah Havlin (Frankfurt, Germany)
New Engagement!

Eli Tuvel (Sydney, Australia) and Tammy Sologub (Sydney, Australia)
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Shternie (nee Epstein) Goldshmid from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Chana Miriam (nee Sputz) Marasow from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

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Baby Girl!

Mottel and Sara (nee Caroline) Zirkind from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Neubort (Crown Heights) to Pessy Shemtov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Burkis (Yerushalayim, EY) to Chaya Mushka Lazaroff (Houston, TX) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel 306 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Daniel and Sara (nee Mahpour) Wasserman from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovber Feldman (Crown Heights) to Shterna Sarah Backman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Sholom Borenstein (Crown Heights) to Bassie Andrusier (Cooper City, FL) L’Chaim: Monday, September 9th, at the Jewish Children’s Museum
New Engagement!

Mendy Dugan (Chicago, IL) to Chana Eliyahu (Miami, FL)
New Engagement!

Yossi Henig (Beitar Illit, EY) to Sarah Halprin (Moscow, Russia)
Baby Girl!

Dovid and Keilla Weingrow from Detroit, MI had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yehuda Keller (Monsey, NY) to Chaya Mushka Odze (Manchester, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chayim Mordechai and Mushki (nee Cohen) Kaplan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

Let me share with you an interesting story as told by Rabbi Moshe Lazar from Italy at a recent Oholei Torah Dinner

Once while the Rebbe was walking on Eastern Parkway to 770, he noticed a group of boys fussing over a school bus, The Rebbe asked what’s the fuss over, to which the children answered “Oholei Torah just bought a “new” used bus. The Rebbe replied, “An old bus??!! Oholei Torah should have purchased a brand new bus.”

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Picture of the Day – Oholei Torahs New Busses

Let me share with you an interesting story as told by Rabbi Moshe Lazar from Italy at a recent Oholei Torah Dinner

Once while the Rebbe was walking on Eastern Parkway to 770, he noticed a group of boys fussing over a school bus, The Rebbe asked what’s the fuss over, to which the children answered “Oholei Torah just bought a “new” used bus. The Rebbe replied, “An old bus??!! Oholei Torah should have purchased a brand new bus.”

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Angela Montefinise - New York Post

A Broken Sidwalk. Illustration Photo.
NEW YORK, NY — Sidewalk trip-and-fall cases aren't all they were once cracked up to be.

The number of claims filed against the city has been dropping dramatically over the past years, a phenomena alternately credited on good law - and good luck.

In fiscal year 2007 there were 2,536 claims filed against the city for personal injuries related to broken sidewalks - the lowest number in a decade, according to preliminary numbers from the city Comptroller's Office.

‘TRIP’ SUITS VS. CITY IN A FREEFALL

By Angela Montefinise – New York Post

A Broken Sidwalk. Illustration Photo.

NEW YORK, NY — Sidewalk trip-and-fall cases aren’t all they were once cracked up to be.

The number of claims filed against the city has been dropping dramatically over the past years, a phenomena alternately credited on good law – and good luck.

In fiscal year 2007 there were 2,536 claims filed against the city for personal injuries related to broken sidewalks – the lowest number in a decade, according to preliminary numbers from the city Comptroller’s Office.

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Police apprehend Mugger

Police at the scene of an incident – illustartion photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday at around 7:30 PM, a 17 year old Bochur who was talking on the phone, walking on Eastern Pkwy from Albany towards Kingston Ave, was accosted by a Black male, who demanded his cell phone.

More in the Extended Article

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The Camarillo Acorn
Michael Schoppe, a Pleasant Valley School District maintenance worker, removes a message from the Los Primeros Structured School marquee. The campus is now being leased.

CAMARILLO, CA — The Pleasant Valley school board voted last week to lease shuttered campus space to two educational programs.

School District Leases Out Space At 2 Closed Campuses

The Camarillo Acorn
Michael Schoppe, a Pleasant Valley School District maintenance worker, removes a message from the Los Primeros Structured School marquee. The campus is now being leased.

CAMARILLO, CA — The Pleasant Valley school board voted last week to lease shuttered campus space to two educational programs.

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Norm Oshrin - Chabad.org
A happy student during the first week of instruction at the South Florida Jewish Academy

COCONUT CREEK, FL — For Nancy Popick, Monday, Aug. 20, “was the most unstressful first day we ever had.”

It was the day Jason, her seven-year-old son with special needs, began studying at the new South Florida Jewish Academy.

Florida Chabad House Opens a School for Children With Special Needs

Norm Oshrin – Chabad.org
A happy student during the first week of instruction at the South Florida Jewish Academy

COCONUT CREEK, FL — For Nancy Popick, Monday, Aug. 20, “was the most unstressful first day we ever had.”

It was the day Jason, her seven-year-old son with special needs, began studying at the new South Florida Jewish Academy.

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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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Katie Mulvaney - The Providence Journal
A Jeep Cherokee remains wedged under the Chabad House, on Hope Street in Providence, yesterday. Photo - Gretchen Ertl

PROVIDENCE, RI — A police officer pulled a woman and her baby from a burning Jeep Cherokee early yesterday, moments after the vehicle crashed into a synagogue on Hope Street and burst into flames, the police said.

Jeep Crashes Into Chabad House

Katie Mulvaney – The Providence Journal
A Jeep Cherokee remains wedged under the Chabad House, on Hope Street in Providence, yesterday. Photo – Gretchen Ertl

PROVIDENCE, RI — A police officer pulled a woman and her baby from a burning Jeep Cherokee early yesterday, moments after the vehicle crashed into a synagogue on Hope Street and burst into flames, the police said.

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org
Martin Glazer, a lawyer, and Yisroel Wolf study Talmud at the Lubavitch Centre of Winnipeg, Canada.

WINNIPEG, Canada — This summer, a handful of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students dedicated a good portion of their vacation to helping others learn the intricate beauty of Judaism, its texts and philosophy. In two locations ñ Winnipeg, Canada, and Toledo, Ohio ñ the bochurim brought their yeshiva, so to speak, directly to the communities there.

For Those Who Can’t Go to Yeshiva, Students Bring it to Them

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org
Martin Glazer, a lawyer, and Yisroel Wolf study Talmud at the Lubavitch Centre of Winnipeg, Canada.

WINNIPEG, Canada — This summer, a handful of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students dedicated a good portion of their vacation to helping others learn the intricate beauty of Judaism, its texts and philosophy. In two locations ñ Winnipeg, Canada, and Toledo, Ohio ñ the bochurim brought their yeshiva, so to speak, directly to the communities there.

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