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Daily Archives: April 29, 2012


Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the world's most famous criminal defense lawyers, wrote the following op-ed in the prestigious National Law Journal together with his colleague Ronald Rotunda explaining why Sholom Rubashkin deserves to have his appeal heard before the United States Supreme Court. Dershowitz says an overzealous Department of Justice and a judge who was essentially on prosecution team lead to Rubashkin's 27-year sentence in Federal prison:

Dershowitz: SC Should Hear Rubashkin Appeal

Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the world’s most famous criminal defense lawyers, wrote the following op-ed in the prestigious National Law Journal together with his colleague Ronald Rotunda explaining why Sholom Rubashkin deserves to have his appeal heard before the United States Supreme Court. Dershowitz says an overzealous Department of Justice and a judge who was essentially on prosecution team lead to Rubashkin’s 27-year sentence in Federal prison:

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New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avremy Wolosh (Morristown) to Avigial Sacks (Chicago, IL)

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New Engagement!

Aryeh Wells (New York, NY) to Chana Laber (Rensselaer, NY) L’Chaim: Tuesday, April 9th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana

57 Years to Tzach Marked with Growth

Marking 57 years since the establishment of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in 5715, New York area Shluchim and the Vaad gathered for Kinus Hisorrerus and Farbrengen, which took place on 2 Iyar – ‘Tiferesh SheBitiferes’ – and was dedicated in memory of R. Dovid Raskin, OBM.

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Changes Coming to the Kevutza Arrangement?

Shturem

Last month a letter was sent to all Lubavitcher Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel, printed on the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva stationary and signed by Mashgiach Rabbi Gedalia Bluming in the name of the hanhala. Rabbi Bluming requested that all yeshivas urgently send a representative to a special meeting in the Yeshiva offices in 770.

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Jews and Sports: Keep Your Fingers in Check

by Yossi Goldstein

There are times when I wonder aloud what has happened to our moral compass and way of thinking.

After hearing the news that former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach, Bernie Fine, was hired Thursday as a consultant to management with the Maccabi “Bazan” Haifa basketball team, it’s, again, one of those times.

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by Anonymous

It's 3:30, the bell rings. All the children in the hall are running to get out. It's the end of the school year and summer holidays are about to begin. Waiting outside, all the children are eager to get home. One boy is waiting quietly for his father to pick him up. Slowly, all his friends leave. A strange man approaches the young boy, “Hey Shmulli! Your father is stuck at work, so he asked me to pick you up.”

Op-Ed: Bad People Can Read Hebrew Too

by Anonymous

It’s 3:30, the bell rings. All the children in the hall are running to get out. It’s the end of the school year and summer holidays are about to begin. Waiting outside, all the children are eager to get home. One boy is waiting quietly for his father to pick him up. Slowly, all his friends leave. A strange man approaches the young boy, “Hey Shmulli! Your father is stuck at work, so he asked me to pick you up.”

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Chabad Expands Kosher Options on ASU Campus

Phoenix Jewish News

Chabad of Arizona State University

Keeping kosher at Arizona State University has been a struggle for graduate student Sivan Markowitz. Until the recent improvements to kosher offerings on campus, which were instituted about a month ago, she had limited options.

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