Baby Girl!
Tzvi Yaacov and Susan (nee Berger) Sherr (Huntington Beach, CA)
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Op-Ed: Please Be Specific!
It happens often. The phone rings. It is an unfamiliar number. My eyebrows narrow, my forehead wrinkles and my memory goes for a jog trying to decipher any previous connection with the digits on the screen. I press the green button and say in a polite voice, “Hello?”
Baby Boy!
Shmuli and Tzivia Brown (Liverpool, UK)
New Engagement!
Aaron Leib Poster (Miami, FL) and Liora Spitz (Langhorne, PA)
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Canada Mayor Pledges $5K Grant to Friendship Circle
Vaughan, Ontario Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua received a standing ovation at a recent event sponsored by the Friendship Circle when he announced a $5,000 grant to broaden the scope of a program that pairs teen volunteers with children who have special needs.
The French Interior Ministry says an attack by 10 assailants on 3 people in southeast France was anti-Semitic, and has called for the assailants to be brought to justice. Two of the victims were hospitalized.
Two French Jews Hospitalized After Anti-Semitic Attack
The French Interior Ministry says an attack by 10 assailants on 3 people in southeast France was anti-Semitic, and has called for the assailants to be brought to justice. Two of the victims were hospitalized.
Picture of the Day: Bigwigs Picnic in Lefferts Park
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Brooklyn South Police District chief Thomas Chan and 71st precinct captain John Lewis were spotted today enjoying lunch in Crown Heights’ Hamilton-Metz (Lefferts) Park, as the NYPD sponsored Harmony Day parade proceeded down Empire Blvd.
Bill Kristol Addresses Algemeiner Editor’s Club
The Algemeiner Journal ‘Editor’s Club’ hosted William Kristol, conservative pundit and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Standard magazine, and Shahar Azani, Israel’s Consul for Media Affairs, to discuss ‘Israel, Jews and Modern media.’
Lubavitcher Named Jewish Chicagoan of the Year
Yakov Yarmove once had his career path laid out, then went down a different road. Kosher consumers can be happy he did.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Avrohom Eliezer Hyams, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Avrohom Eliezer Halevi Hyams, OBM, of London, UK at the young age of 37. He passed away on Shabbos after a lengthy illness RL, and was accompanied to his eternal rest this morning in Stamford Hill.
Leading Russian and Moscow rabbis last week dedicated a new mikveh in the Russian capital’s oldest existing Jewish community.
New Mikveh for Old Moscow Jewish Neighborhood
Leading Russian and Moscow rabbis last week dedicated a new mikveh in the Russian capital’s oldest existing Jewish community.
Police Parade Blocks Off Empire Blvd., Cars Towed
Many homeowners on and around Empire Blvd. were left confused and frustrated this morning after discovering that the street had been blocked off and their cars towed without any prior notification.
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Arele and Chaya Matusof (Crown Heights)
No Dogs, No Jews: Chosid Refused Entry to Israeli Mall
A Lubavitcher chossid who arrived at the Ramat Aviv Shopping Center was prohibited from entering by the security guard. The guard explained to the man that he received orders “from above” and he cannot permit him to enter since being dressed in chareidi garb will make visitors “uncomfortable.”
After-Finals Farbrengen at College Chabad Club
On Thursday evening a group of students from Brooklyn College and other colleges got together and had an “Epic After-Finals Farbrengen,” as the students called it. The farbrengen was put together by the Chabad Club of Brooklyn College to celebrate the end of the semester and the beginning of the Summer break.
