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Daily Archives: June 3, 2008


CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A nine year old Jewish girl was struck by a van as she was crossing a street in a crosswalk. The incident took place on Brooklyn and Crown at around 6:00pm today, Tuesday the van was making a right turn from Brooklyn and stuck the girl.

The driver immediately stopped and called 911, while witnesses called Hatzalah, all of whom responded within moments and began treating the young girl for a leg injury and then transported the girl to a local hospital for further treatment.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Girl on a Bike Struck by a Van

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A nine year old Jewish girl was struck by a van as she was crossing a street in a crosswalk. The incident took place on Brooklyn and Crown at around 6:00pm today, Tuesday the van was making a right turn from Brooklyn and stuck the girl.

The driver immediately stopped and called 911, while witnesses called Hatzalah, all of whom responded within moments and began treating the young girl for a leg injury and then transported the girl to a local hospital for further treatment.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — Aaron Rubashkin, the owner of the embattled kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors, denies he has engaged in unethical labor practices and blames the failure of U.S. immigration policy for his mostly illegal workforce.

In the first substantive comments by an Agriprocessors representative since the government rounded up more than a third of its employees on immigration charges in a May 12 raid of its Iowa plant, Rubashkin flatly denied allegations of worker mistreatment and plant mismanagement.

Rubashkin: It’s all a lie

NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — Aaron Rubashkin, the owner of the embattled kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors, denies he has engaged in unethical labor practices and blames the failure of U.S. immigration policy for his mostly illegal workforce.

In the first substantive comments by an Agriprocessors representative since the government rounded up more than a third of its employees on immigration charges in a May 12 raid of its Iowa plant, Rubashkin flatly denied allegations of worker mistreatment and plant mismanagement.

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Jill Kassander - St Jewish Light

Rabbi Yosef Landa of Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad, looks inside the ark where the missing Torah scroll was kept. Another scroll, which is on loan to the congregation remains stored there. Photo: Dennis Caldwell

ST LOUIS, MO — University City police are investigating the disappearance of one of the Torahs belonging to Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad on Delmar. Rabbi Yosef Landa and the congregation discovered the Torah was missing during Shabbat services on May 24.

“When we opened the ark for the Torah service I realized one of the Torahs was missing,” Landa said. “A big gasp went up throughout the congregation.”

Torah vanishes from Bais Menachem

Jill Kassander – St Jewish Light

Rabbi Yosef Landa of Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad, looks inside the ark where the missing Torah scroll was kept. Another scroll, which is on loan to the congregation remains stored there. Photo: Dennis Caldwell

ST LOUIS, MO — University City police are investigating the disappearance of one of the Torahs belonging to Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad on Delmar. Rabbi Yosef Landa and the congregation discovered the Torah was missing during Shabbat services on May 24.

“When we opened the ark for the Torah service I realized one of the Torahs was missing,” Landa said. “A big gasp went up throughout the congregation.”

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Sam Ser - Jerusalem Post
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — From the outside, the Friendship Circle building is impressive. From the inside, it's an absolute marvel.

Nestled in a clearing in the woods of this Detroit suburb, the 2,000-square-meter facility is the biggest draw in the area for children with special needs - and a dream come true for the Chabad Hassidim who conceived the groundbreaking facility.

Tools for life

Sam Ser – Jerusalem Post

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — From the outside, the Friendship Circle building is impressive. From the inside, it’s an absolute marvel.

Nestled in a clearing in the woods of this Detroit suburb, the 2,000-square-meter facility is the biggest draw in the area for children with special needs – and a dream come true for the Chabad Hassidim who conceived the groundbreaking facility.

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Adam H. Beasley - Miami Herald

Rabbi Yosef Biston, during an interview with the Sun Sentinel, with his Chabad House with swastikas spray painted in the background.

PARKLAND, FL — In near-pitch darkness, vandals just over a month ago painted swastikas on the walls of Chabad of Parkland's school building.

After slurs, donations buy synagogue more security

Adam H. Beasley – Miami Herald

Rabbi Yosef Biston, during an interview with the Sun Sentinel, with his Chabad House with swastikas spray painted in the background.

PARKLAND, FL — In near-pitch darkness, vandals just over a month ago painted swastikas on the walls of Chabad of Parkland’s school building.

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By Tamar Runyan

Published jointly by the Lechaim Publishing
House and the F.R.E.E. Publishing House,
Mayim Chaim discusses Judaism's laws of
family purity in easy-to-understand Russian.
Jewish community officials in the former Soviet Union hailed the publication of a book about mikvah use written entirely in Russian.

Entitled Mayim Chayim, or “Living Waters,” and written by Rabbi Michael and Sima Koritz, the book presents the laws of family purity in an easy to understand manner, said Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Boruch Gorin, editor of Moscow's Lechaim Publishing House.

Gorin's organization, a unit of the Federation of Jewish Community of the Former Soviet Union, joined with New York's F.R.E.E. Publishing House to release the volume.

New Book Presents Mikvah Use to Russian-Speaking Audience

By Tamar Runyan

Published jointly by the Lechaim Publishing
House and the F.R.E.E. Publishing House,
Mayim Chaim discusses Judaism’s laws of
family purity in easy-to-understand Russian.

Jewish community officials in the former Soviet Union hailed the publication of a book about mikvah use written entirely in Russian.

Entitled Mayim Chayim, or “Living Waters,” and written by Rabbi Michael and Sima Koritz, the book presents the laws of family purity in an easy to understand manner, said Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Boruch Gorin, editor of Moscow’s Lechaim Publishing House.

Gorin’s organization, a unit of the Federation of Jewish Community of the Former Soviet Union, joined with New York’s F.R.E.E. Publishing House to release the volume.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A 19 year old Black teen is in serious condition after being shot four times following an argument on Empire and Brooklyn. The incident took place at around 10:00pm in front of 441 Brooklyn Avenue, a large apartment building, which is home to many Jews, where an argument was going on between a large group of Black teens when witnesses say 5 shots rang out.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Black Teen Shot on Brooklyn Ave, in Serious Condition

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A 19 year old Black teen is in serious condition after being shot four times following an argument on Empire and Brooklyn. The incident took place at around 10:00pm in front of 441 Brooklyn Avenue, a large apartment building, which is home to many Jews, where an argument was going on between a large group of Black teens when witnesses say 5 shots rang out.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Chabad of Plantation, Florida Groundbreaking!

PLANTATION, Florida [CHI] — This past Sunday, June 1st, Chof Zayin Iyar, hundreds of supporters gathered together on the site of the future home of Chabad of Plantation.

Since 1993, Chabad of Plantation, led by Rabbi Mendy Posner and his wife Chanie, has been located in a small storefront. This has limited the ability to grow and to start new programs.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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