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Mendel and Fraydee (nee Posner) Kessler (Crown Heights)

8:00pm: Our Troubled Youth; Mental Illness; Criticizing Others
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 80, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Our Troubled Youth; Mental Illness; Criticizing Others.

CTeen Travel Camp, a Life Changing Experience
Marking its 3rd annual summer trip, CTeen’s travel camp – CTeen Xtreme, offered a month of unbelievable trips and extreme sports for Jewish teens from across the country.

Tefilin Works Like Gold
This past week, Florida’s Broward County welcomed 2,000 teens, athletes and artists, as the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie/Cooper City hosted the annual JCC Maccabi Games and Artsfest.

Chovevei Torah Introduces New Pre-Semicha class
Yeshivas Chovevei Torah has announced that for the coming year they will be introducing a new pre-semicha class for bochurim entering their final year of Zal.
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Zalmy and Brocha (nee Kramer) Margolin (Crown Heights)

Video: ‘I Picked a Fight with a Black Guy in the Subway’
Comedian Moshe Kravitzky picked a fight with a black guy on a New York City subway… but in the end everyone applauded.

Weekly Living Torah Video: Human Interaction = A Nuclear Impact
Overwhelmed by mounting questions about his work in the rabbinate and Jewish outreach, as well as in his business, Rabbi David Lapin sought advice from the Rebbe.
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Zalmen and Dishy (nee Blachman) Zarchi (Crown Heights)

Boy Auctions Favorite Book on Ebay for Shooting Victim
On Friday, August 7th, at around 6:00am, Ziza Djordjevic, 56, owner of the kosher Best Cake Bakery, was smoking a cigarette behind her establishment, when 2 men approached her, shot her in the face, and ran off with her apron, which is where they must have known she keeps her money. Every Friday she brings in cash to pay her workers.

Video: Avraham Fried’s Son Sings ‘Mi Adir’
The apple does not fall far from the tree: Avraham Fried’s son sings ‘Mi Adir’ at the Chuppah of his sister, who got married this week in Crown Heights.
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Hershy and Chanie Hertzel (Postville, IA)

Man Forced to Buy Sandwiches at Knifepoint
A 44-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint in Crown Heights this week by a man who forced his victim to buy him two sandwiches, then ordered him to drain his bank account at a nearby ATM.

Shabbos at the Besht: Elul – Ani L’dodi
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier will lead a discussion on the topic: Elul – Ani L’dodi.

Mothers and Daughters Unite for Last Day of Camp
Bais Rivkah Day Camp ended off the summer with a bang! The last day of camp started off with a drum circle, where each girl got a chance to make music with her own drum. At lunch time, campers started waiting by the gate, excited to see their parents join them for a Grand Camp BBQ.

Two Sydney Shluchim Awarded by Council
Two Chabad rabbis have won prestigious awards from Sydney’s Waverley Council for their contribution to the well-being of the local community.
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Mendel and Chani (nee Wolff) Moskovitz (Kharkov, Ukraine)