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All Bystanders Injured in Empire State Building Attack Were Hit by Police Bullets

NBC News

All nine people wounded during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were struck by bullets fired by the two police officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence. The gun-wielding perpetrator is not known to have discharged his weapon at the policemen.

Op-Ed: Tuition! Weddings! HEEEEEELLLLLLP!!!

by Shimon Posner

Excuse me, but was that you talking? Do you wake up in the morning overwhelmed? Can’t fall asleep from worry? Do you finally get rid of one bill just to have it replaced by three? Do you dread the ringing phone? Have you at least on occasion not even bothered opening the mail because it is just too painful – and hopeless? Do you have so much month at the end of the money that home ownership sounds like a sick joke? Or did you (finally!) buy a home only to realize that you’re stuck with a bottomless-pit mortgage that feels like a deadly curse with a vague promise of sometime in the foggy future home-ownership?

Camp F.R.E.E. Never Ends

The summer has flown by quickly, and most summer camps have ended their programs a full week ago. There was one camp, however, that gave its campers a few extra days to enjoy the camp experience. Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel of Brooklyn continued until Friday, August 24th, concluding with a grand banquet and awards presentation.

Australian State Parliament Addresses Chabad

J-Wire

New South Wales House of Parliament. Inset: The Honorable David Clarke.

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

South Charlotte News

Rabbi Yisroel and Leah (nee Groner) Levin

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.

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.]

Shwekey Rocks Cape Town

by Rabbi Asher Deren

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.