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Brandeis Alumni Keep Up with Chabad

At a Friday night dinner in a New York City apartment in mid-July, young professionals celebrated Shabbat around long tables with familiar faces they hadn’t seen since college, and a lively routine led by Chabad campus representatives Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein, harking back to the popular campus Shabbat dinners at Brandeis University.

Governor to Veto Funding for Private Special-Ed

Wall Street Journal

Illustration Photo: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children study at a religious elementary school.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will veto a bill requiring school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer-funded tuition for special-education students at private schools, an administration official said.

Teens Caught on Surveillance Stealing Bicycles

Surveillance video caught three African-American teenagers trespassing into a condo-apartment building and leaving moments later with two bicycles. The building, located on Brooklyn Ave. between East New York and Maple St., is predominantly Jewish.

Quaint Vermont Town Welcomes Brooklyn Family

Rabbi Avremy and Chaya Raskin recently moved to Brattleboro, VT.

Rabbi Avremy and Chaya Raskin recently returned to Vermont to change lives. They moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Brattleboro – a town tucked away in the southeast corner of the state two hours from where the rabbi grew up – to open up a Chabad-Lubavitch center serving a diverse and liberal community of families and seasonal residents who appreciate locally-grown produce and locally-owned shops half an hour from a popular ski resort.

Video: Volunteer Collapses During Press Briefing

Charles Wells (far right), Director of the American Red Cross’ “Response, NYC” program, collapsed during a news conference with Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano at the scene of a 7-alarm-fire at 665 New York Ave. in Crown Heights last Thursday. Mr. Wells was conscious and alert by the time EMS had transported him to Kings County Hospital for treatment. He apparently collapsed due to heat exhaustion.