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After breaking the news of the video showing NYPD officers beating Ehud Halevi, the New York Daily News picked up another story published by CrownHeights.info of police arresting Moshe Sani minutes before Rosh Hashana, and spending the first night in prison. The Daily News story sheds light on the already strained relationship between the Jewish community and the police.

Daily News Spotlights Another CHI Story of NYPD Aggression

After breaking the news of the video showing NYPD officers beating Ehud Halevi, the New York Daily News picked up another story published by CrownHeights.info of police arresting Moshe Sani minutes before Rosh Hashana, and spending the first night in prison. The Daily News story sheds light on the already strained relationship between the Jewish community and the police.

Communal Matters
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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!

Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus grew up in families filled with music and song. They are first cousins, both children of Chabad emissaries who serve their communities in S. Paul, Minnesota and Long Beach, CA, respectively.

Video: Benny & Eli Sing Lubavitch Medley

Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus grew up in families filled with music and song. They are first cousins, both children of Chabad emissaries who serve their communities in S. Paul, Minnesota and Long Beach, CA, respectively.

Videos
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My Yiddishe Mama" performed by 11-year-old Piano Prodigy, Ethan Bortnick on the 32nd annual Chabad Telethon, September 9th 2012. Chabad Telethon host, Larry King, introduced Ethan. Filmed live at the historic Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

Video: 11-Year-Old Performs “My Yiddishe Mama”

My Yiddishe Mama” performed by 11-year-old Piano Prodigy, Ethan Bortnick on the 32nd annual Chabad Telethon, September 9th 2012. Chabad Telethon host, Larry King, introduced Ethan. Filmed live at the historic Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

Videos

Illustration photo

In his latest effort to spruce up local neighborhoods and help improve the environment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is hosting a free tree giveaway this Sunday, October 21 at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Boro Park.

Free Trees to Be Distributed in Brooklyn

Illustration photo

In his latest effort to spruce up local neighborhoods and help improve the environment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is hosting a free tree giveaway this Sunday, October 21 at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Boro Park.

PSA
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A list released by social media blog Pluggio of the top five Rabbis using Twitter reveals that Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, Shliach in West Bloomfield, MI popularly known as 'The Recovery Rabbi,' is the fifth most followed rabbi on the social network, with 4,289 followers.

Shliach 5th Most Followed Rabbi on Twitter

A list released by social media blog Pluggio of the top five Rabbis using Twitter reveals that Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, Shliach in West Bloomfield, MI popularly known as ‘The Recovery Rabbi,’ is the fifth most followed rabbi on the social network, with 4,289 followers.

Chabad News
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by Rabbi Simon Jacobson

In 2000, following the conviction of Brooklyn police officers for brutalizing Abner Louima, which was followed by the investigations and controversy around the police killing of Amadou Bailo Diallo, world renowned author and teacher Rabbi Simon Jacobson addressed the topic of police brutality and the responsibility of authority in his then weekly live radio show.

CrownHeights.info presents a complete transcript of that fascinating show, including the call ins, with permission from the Meaningful Life Center.

Police Brutality: The Responsibility of Authority

by Rabbi Simon Jacobson

In 2000, following the conviction of Brooklyn police officers for brutalizing Abner Louima, which was followed by the investigations and controversy around the police killing of Amadou Bailo Diallo, world renowned author and teacher Rabbi Simon Jacobson addressed the topic of police brutality and the responsibility of authority in his then weekly live radio show.

CrownHeights.info presents a complete transcript of that fascinating show, including the call ins, with permission from the Meaningful Life Center.

Op-Ed

Oholei Torah Sends Off 182 Shluchim

Photos by Binyomin Lifshitz – BLifshitz.com

Isru Chag Simchas Torah was the Grand Tzeischem L’sholom for the 182 Talmidei Hashluchim who are going to 44 communities around the world. The event took place in the Raitport Beis Medrash, and was organized by Rabbi Nachman Schapiro, Menahel of Chassidus, and Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin, Assistant Mashpia.

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