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Yossi Edelkopf (Monsey, NY) and Mushky Tenenbaum (N. Miami Beach, FL)

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The Flatbush Mega-Event – Lag b’Omer
The Mayan Yisroel Boys Marching Band is hard at work drumming away, getting ready for the Flatbush Mega-Event on Sunday, an annual tradition in Flatbush over the past few years.

Chabad House Gets Community Support at Fundraiser
April 21, 2013, will be remembered as Tannenbaum Chabad House Day in Evanston, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl declared Sunday evening at the Jewish center’s Service Recognition Award Reception.
New Engagement!
Arele Diament (Montreal, Canada) and Chasya Vishedsky (Crown Heights) .

Iranian Agent Arrested in Bulgaria, Monitored Chabad House
Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed and reliable local source told The Jerusalem Post last week, on condition of anonymity due to security reasons.

Lag B’Omer: No Matter How ‘Early’; No Matter the Temperature
Bonfires. Picnic lunches. Parades and parks. Lag B’Omer is approaching — that springtime Jewish holiday marked with outdoor celebration and entertainment — and it comes early this year, on Sunday, April 28, the earliest it has been since 1899.
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Yosef Kramer (Crown Heights) and Mushka Ciment (Little Rock, AR)
Baby Girl!
Shmuel Tzemach and Dvorah Faige Eidelman (Crown Heights)

Open Letter To Parents and the Administration of Beis Rivkah
I am sure that by now all the parents have received the “package” from Beis Rivkah Schools regarding tuition payments for the upcoming school year, along with the requirement for parents to go to a website and or fill out the forms.

Anticipation Building for New App – JEM Shares Details
For the past several weeks, JEM has been posting videos and a website promoting and its soon-to-come Living Torah app. Friday, JEM’s director, Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, sent an email to all Living Torah subscribers.
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Josh Marcus (Johannesburg South Africa) and Jeyde Shalkoff (Johannesburg South Africa)
Op-Ed: Chabad’s Dangerous Message of Love Without Commitment
Eric Yoffie, a reform rabbi and former president of the Union for Reform Judaisim, published an opinion piece on Chabad and in the Haaretz newspaper. He professes to be an admirer while taking issue with the basic premise of love with nothing being asked for in return.

Our Heroes: Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin (1901 – 1985)
Part 2: A Few Hours of the Rav’s Long Day; If not for the Rav’s organizational skills, it would be difficult to comprehend how he so successfully digested such a long day, and every weekday was a long day, with the countless shaalos, problems, arguments, matters of Hatzala and help, and many others, that it brought.

Weekly Living Torah: Lag B’omer Carnival
On his way to the Ohel, the Rebbe’s car passes the Lag B’omer carnival on Empire Boulevard. 18 Iyar, 5748 · May 5, 1988
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Yermi Udkoff (Agoura Hills, CA) and Rena Greenberg (Cleveland, OH)

Boston Seeks Calm in Midst of Mayhem
As Shabbat draws nearer on America’s East Coast, Boston and its environs — still reeling from Monday’s explosions during the finish of the annual marathon — remain in lockdown mode. City and state officials have ordered residents to stay home, mass transit has been suspended and sports games canceled.