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350 Attend Shidduch Event for Girls

As hundreds of girls from all over New York City and beyond, poured into Lubavitch Yeshiva, the air was filled with anticipation. What different perspective would be portrayed? What would be said that we hadn’t heard before? I had the same question myself. But not for long.

Study: Access to Internet Brings Happiness‎

By Tara Kelly for the Time Magazine

When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop tweeting and toss out your iPhone, it turns out that spending time on the Web could actually be making you happier.

NYPD Announces Camera Plan, will Tap into Private Cameras

Murray Weiss, John Doyle, and Bill Sanderson for the New York Post

There will be nowhere to hide.

The NYPD plans to have eyes on nearly every inch of Midtown under an ambitious plan to tap into private cameras and beef up its own supply over a 30-block stretch from river to river.

Judge Calls Witnesses Credibility into Question

Des Monies Register Blog

Sholom Rubashkin talks with Leah Rubashkin during a break in the child labor trial at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on Thursday, May 13, 2010 in Waterloo. S. Rubashkin was the co-Vice President of Agriprocessors in Postville. (RICK TIBBOTT/ Courier Staff Photographer)

After the jury left the courtroom yesterday, defense attorney F. Montgomery Brown asked the prosecution to turn over all evidence — if it hasn’t already — related to transcripts or summaries of interviews of witnesses by government agents after the immigration raid.

When presented with a written record on cross-examination, most of the witnesses have said they don’t remember any specifics about the interviews. Others said they don’t remember doing any interviews.

Is G-d Guilty Of spiritual profiling? – In Defense Of The “Chosen” Doctrine

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.

It’s The Jews Again!

Jerusalem (SatireWire.com) Update — Jews, whose troubled, 10,000-year term as G-d’s “Chosen People” finally expired last night, woke up this morning to find that they had once again been hand-picked by the Almighty. Synagogues across the globe declared a day of mourning.

Asked if the descendants of Abraham shouldn’t be pleased about being tapped for an unprecedented second term, Jerusalem Rabbi Ben Meyerson shrugged. “Of course, you are right, we should be thrilled,” he said. “We should also enjoy a good swift kick in the head, but for some reason, we don’t.

”Now don’t ask such questions until you watch the news, or read history, or at least rent ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.“

Much of the world’s re-blessed Jewish community shared that feeling. ”It’s always been considered a joke with us. You know, ‘Please G-d, next time choose someone else,’ ha ha,” said New York City resident David Bashert.

Shluchim Convene for Regional Conference in Omaha

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NEBRASKA — Today, Friday the annual kinus Hashluchim for the U.S west coast region will open in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman and his wife.

Keren Avrohom Eliezer Camp Fund Gala Event is Finally Here

Visit them online at www.thecampfund.com

The Keren Avrohom Eliezer Camp Fund, established in memory of Avrohom Eliezer Goldman, HY”D is welcoming everyone to join them at Bais Rivkah Campus Chomesh, 470 Lefferts Ave, this Sunday May 16, the 3rd of Sivan to commemorate the inception of the camp fund.

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Heinz Introduced New Healthier Ketchup Recipe

Heinz will change the recipe for its flagship ketchup product this summer. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday that the salt content of the condiment will drop by 15 percent, saying it was the most significant change in the ketchup recipe in nearly 40 years. Under the new formula the average serving will have 160mg of sodium, down from 190mg.

Crown Heights Donor Sponsors Torahs

In honor of Shavuos, a long time Released Time donor has approached Rabbi Shazak Zirkind, Released Time Director, to donate 900 17 inch Torahs to be distributed to the public school children who attend the Released Time Program under the auspices of NCFJE.