Baby Boy!
Zalmy and Miri Fischer (Crown Heights)

Cops Punished for Racist Labor Day Parade Comments
Top NYPD brass announced Thursday morning (August 23) they are disciplining 17 cops who made offensive and racist comments on Facebook following last year’s West-Indian / Labor Day Parade in Crown Heights.
The following speech was given by The Honorable David Clarke, Secretary of the New South Wales Parliament in Sydney, Australia, today (Friday, August 24) at 4:00pm on the chamber's floor:
Australian State Parliament Addresses Chabad
The following speech was given by The Honorable David Clarke, Secretary of the New South Wales Parliament in Sydney, Australia, today (Friday, August 24) at 4:00pm on the chamber’s floor:

Shlucha Returns to Serve N.C. Hometown
Being involved in Jewish life has always been a part of Leah Levin’s life. Growing up in Charlotte, her parents have been respected members of the Jewish community, who created the Charlotte Jewish Day School.
Baby Boy!
Mendel and Rochel (nee Bergstein) Loschak (Goleta, CA)
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Zalmy and Miri Fischer
770 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Meir and Fraidel (nee Patterson) Levin
658 Maple St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Dovid and Elisheva Gaerman
1512 President St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Leizer and Shternie (nee Majesky) Posner
814 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
US Senator Alfonse D'Amato visited the Rebbe shortly after the Crown Heights riots.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Increase in Love
US Senator Alfonse D’Amato visited the Rebbe shortly after the Crown Heights riots.
Shabbos at Besht: The Rebbe and the Moon Landing
This Shabbos at the Besht Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: the Rebbe’s opinion about the moon landing.
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Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique photo of Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin, Director of Chabad of the West Coast, presenting the Rebbe with the key to a newly founded Chabad House in California, along with a group of supporters.
Shwekey Rocks Cape Town
For their third annual Gala Event, Chabad of South Africa’s West Coast in Cape Town took things to a whole new level on the 16th of August, as they hosted Cape Town’s largest ever crowd for a visiting Jewish performer.

Ten Shot, Two Dead at Empire State Building
Two people are dead, including the gunman, and at least one other person was shot by a disgruntled employee who opened fire on a rush-hour street crowded with tourists and pedestrians outside the Empire State Building Friday morning, police said.
The High Notes Performance Group brings together people of all abilities. They use chimes and percussion to create charming melodies. High Notes is just one part of the Adult Friendship Circle which serves those living with physical, mental and cognitive special needs.
Friendship Circle Unites People Through Music
The High Notes Performance Group brings together people of all abilities. They use chimes and percussion to create charming melodies. High Notes is just one part of the Adult Friendship Circle which serves those living with physical, mental and cognitive special needs.
New Engagement!
Shmary Rodman (Las Vegas, NV) and Sari Herzog (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Saadia Liberow (Crown Heights) and Rebecca Kukurudz (Los Angeles, CA)

New Shluchim to Washington, D.C.
Jews at American University will soon find themselves much closer to their local Shluchim. Rabbi Yehoshua and Esti Hecht will iy’h be moving to the American University Area in Northwest Washington, DC, which includes the campus of American University and adjoining neighborhoods.
There is a new controversy gradually brewing which has a number of Rabbis visibly upset at some of the Sofrim who deal in the sale of Tefillin. And the controversy does not seem to be going away. It has to do with Retzuos, the straps that bind the Tefillin to the head and to the arm.
The Tefillin Strap Controversy
There is a new controversy gradually brewing which has a number of Rabbis visibly upset at some of the Sofrim who deal in the sale of Tefillin. And the controversy does not seem to be going away. It has to do with Retzuos, the straps that bind the Tefillin to the head and to the arm.