
LA Prepares for Great Parade
Los Angeles is abuzz with the energy of Lag B’Omer as preparations are well under way for this year’s “Great Parade” that will take place at “770 West” on Pico Boulevard, located in the heart of Jewish Los Angeles.

6 Dead, 3 Wounded Critically in Haifa Crash
Reports of a major crash in Haifa, Israel that has claimed the lives of at least six people are coming in. Police are investigating the cause of the collisions, in which a truck smashed into a number of cars and pedestrians and may have been intentional. Police confirms that the crash was the result of failed brakes and not a terrorist attack. UPDATES.
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib Laufer (Providence, RI) and Chaya Mushka Pewsner (Paris, France)
New Engagement!
Yossi Hoichberg (Jerusalem, Israel) and Chaya Mushka Kahanov (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Wednesday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
New Engagement!
Chaim Cowen (Pittsburgh, PA) and Avishag Levin (Seattle, WA)
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Shlomie and Gruni Diamont (Bal Harbour, FL)
New Engagement!
Chaim Wolvovsky (Crown Heights) and Hindi Liberow (London, England)
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Moishe and Golda (nee Rosenstein) Reichman (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Nechama Dina Tiechtel (Lawrence, KS)
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Nosson and Rivky (nee Moss) Lang (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Tzviki Raksin (Crown Heights) and Elky Fetter (Melbourne, Australia)
L’Chaim Thursday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Video: Shliach Holds ‘Moment of Inspiration’
Before Pesach, Chabad of Oxnard Director and Port Hueneme Police Chaplain Rabbi Dov Muchnik lead a “moment of inspiration” to the Board of Ventura County Supervisors on at the Ventura Government Center. He followed that by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Audio: Savage Attacks Bris Milah
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Savage took on the topic of metzitza b’peh in his Savage Nation program yesterday, devoting the entire program to the practice.

Sefer HaMaamarim Published in Spanish
In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s 111 birthday, Editorial Kehot Lubavitch Sudamericana has released the first volume of Chassidic Discourses in Spanish introducing the learning of Maamorim in a clear and self explanatory Shiur-Type edition for the Latin-American community around the world.