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Shlomo and Deena (nee Stark) Kuperman (Crown Heights)

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New Band ‘Kavana’ Releases Debut Music Video
Kavana is a Jewish alternative rock band hailing from Chicago, with deep soul-stirring tunes about our lives on this world and our relationship with Hashem.

Crown Heights Family Faces Eviction on Pesach
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for a Crown Heights family whose father was in a vehicle accident which ruined his sole source of livelihood and is now facing the prospect of eviction from their home during the Yomtov of Pesach.
Baby Girl!
Binyomin and Ephrat Zahava (nee Shagalov) Lieblich (New Haven, CT)

With Shomrim’s Help, NYPD Builds Case Against Package Thief
After spotting and identifying a notorious package thief, Shomrim provided NYPD detectives with instrumental assistance, which ultimately lead to the arrest of Derrick Pricher last week.

Former OU Mashgiach Says Manischewitz Matza Not Kosher for Pesach
The chief rabbi of a kosher food giant has filed a lawsuit just days before Pesach charging that the company’s kashrus standards have been slipping over the years and accusing the agency that certifies the products as kosher with ignoring the problem.

In Flooded Houston: ‘Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat’
Many Jewish residents in Houston were forced to put Passover preparations on the backburner as they focused on clearing water from their homes this week after record flooding closed schools, shut down the city’s mass-transit system and led to hundreds of emergency rescues throughout the city.

Video: Shliach Reveals Charoses Recipe on TV
Rabbi Avremi Zippel, Youth and Program Director at Chabad Lubavitch in Salt Lake City, Utah, went on local TV station FOX 13 to reveal his unique and savory Charoses recipe.

Man Stabbed After Argument with ‘Friend’
A man was stabbed in the back inside an Eastern Parkway apartment building after getting into an argument with a “friend.” The assailant was apprehended at the scene, and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital.

Over 300 Cities to Host Merkos Shluchim this Pesach
A passerby may have assumed a major farbrengen was going on as Rabbi Menachem Posner demonstrated the power of a niggun. At the Yom Iyun for Bochurim departing on Merkos Shlichus for Pesach, Rabbi Posner encouraged bochurim to use the niggun as a tool to help open bring warmth and camaraderie to a crowd of strangers. “If I could get 200 bochurim to sing along with me now, you could certainly get your guests to join in the singing. Make sure to use this tool!”
New Engagement!
Mendy Grifkin (S. Diego, CA) and Sara Aidel Plotke (Los Angeles, CA)

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yud Gimmel Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan.

Here’s My Story: Someone Is Praying for You
Rabbi David Golowinski is an authority in the field of Kosher supervision. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Bal Harbour, Florida in April of 2011.

Video: Pesach: My God, My Mother
Rabbi Dov Yona Korn of Chabad on Campus at NYU shares his wisdom, inspiration and wit on the holiday of Pesach.

A Model Seder at a Catholic University
After meeting the students on their turf for the first time last week, Rabbi Mendy and Tzippy Weiss wasted no time engaging those attending St. Thomas University, a private Catholic school. For the past 21 years, the Weisses have worked with the South Florida community nearby the university, but struggled trying to establish a Chabad presence on the campus.

Op-Ed Response: Daf Yomi and the Yetzer Hara
In response to a recent op-ed written by Rabbi Alexander Heppenheimer of Crown Heights, who encouraged Lubavitcher Chassidim to take up the daily study of the Daf Yomi, which stirred much controversy due to the Rebbe’s purported distaste for the custom, renowned educator Rabbi Yossi Paltiel had this to say.