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Boruch Akiva and Rochel Hayman (Monsey, NY)

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Video: Child Narrowly Avoids Being Run Over by Bus
CrownHeights.info has obtained hair-raising footage from the driver of a Crown Heights school bus, which depicts the moment a 2-year-old child ran across the street as the massive bus was barreling towards him.
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Eli and Rochi (nee Friedman) Lipskar (Miami Beach, FL)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Fallen Heroes
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with the chief rabbi and Shliach of Kiryat Gat and Sderot, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, at a ceremony on Israel’s Remembrance Day. Sderot is located near the Gaza border and is constantly under rocket fire from the Hamas controlled territory.

Crown Heights Women Train to Become Doulas
The fifth annual Maternal Wisdom Jewish Doula Training, a unique opportunity for women who aspire to help others during childbirth, takes place this month in Crown Heights.
Op-Ed: A Ruling that Lubavitchers Should Celebrate
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying “In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers.” In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
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Zalmi and Zisy (nee Lapidus) Plotka (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

The Shidduch that Terry the UPS Driver Made
This Shadchan wasn’t your typical matchmaker, but thanks to his persistence and some divine providence, a young Jewish couple was brought together. Meet Terry, your friendly neighborhood UPS delivery guy.
New Engagement!
Shloime (ben Levi) Hecht (Crown Heights) and Chana Greenberg (Crown Heights)

Man Arrested for Harassing Women, Throwing Rock
A man was arrested Tuesday evening after throwing a rock at vehicle driven by a Shomrim Volunteer. The man, along with a friend, was harassing two Jewish girls on Montgomery Street.

Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Behar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true faith?

Discovering Life Lessons in the Making of Organic Kosher Wine
Rabbi Shmuel Hecht devoted many months to learning the Talmudic laws surrounding winemaking, but it was years before he would experience the process himself—and learn some important lessons along the way.
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Tzvi and Chanie (nee Goldman) Altein (Crown Heights)

A Father’s Prayer for His Newborn Daughter—and for Himself
Jonothan Sabin, a writer at Tablet, a non-Orthodox Jewish magazine, recently published an article about the personal journey he experienced after obtaining a pair of Tefilin from a Chabad rabbi to pray for his young daughter as she underwent heart surgery.

Fire Rips Through Kfar Chabad
A fire broke out today in the northern section of Kfar Chabad, located in central Israel. The fire caught on to dry thorn bushes and spread quickly, threatening nearby homes and their inhabitants.

Stark’s Alleged Killer Indicted
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson announced today the formal indictment of Kendel Felix, a Crown Heights resident, for his role in the murder of Williamsburg landlord Menachem Stark on January 2nd.

Family Marks 25 Years to the Passing of Reb Yisroel Duchman
Members of the Duchman family gathered in 770 this morning to mark the 25th Yahrtzeit of their father, Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman, OBM. Following the Rebbe’s Minyan, mispalelim were invited to participate in a Farbrengen in his honor.