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Dear Mr. Mayor: Please Don’t Give Us Another Holiday

by Chani Vogel

Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

I am a lifetime resident of this great city of New York. I have grown up with all the mayors in NY starting with Lindsay, going on to Beame, Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani, and now you. I want to explain something to you. I know that politicians have an unusually strong sense of determination, which gives them the drive to forge ahead of typical people and place themselves into positions of power. I get it. I really do.

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Baby Girl!

Levi and Rochel (nee Wolowik) Engel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Baby Girl!

Eli Nochum and Mushky Baron from Bowie, MD had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Yudi and Chana Gerber from Glen Mills, PA had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Motty and Raizy (nee Konikov) Rosenfeld from Vero Beach, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Youval Hezrony (Roosevelt, NJ) to Estie Green (Lancater, PA) L’Chaim: Monday, Oct. 27th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sruly Rutman (Kyiv, Ukraine) to Chai Henna Friedman (Miami, FL)
Baby Girl!

Daniel and Sara (nee Mahpour) Wasserman from Crown Heights, had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Tzemach and Chaya Simon from Miami Gardens, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Moshe and Chana Esther (nee Brennan) Lewis from Dallas, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Sara New from Atlanta/Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Shneor Zalmen Halperin (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Blumi Marosov (Midwood, Brooklyn)
New Engagement!

Mendel Eidelman (Brunoy, France) to Sheina Gurary (Antwerp, Belgium) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.

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New Engagement!

Binyomin Plotkin (New Paltz, NY) to Mirel Bryski (Thousand Oaks, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Shiffy Rapp from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Twin Girls!

Yeheil and Chana Bracha Moscowitz from Detroit, MI had twin girls!
New Engagement!

Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 21st, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street

Bloomberg’s Ban on Large Sodas Becomes Law

NY1

The city Board of Health today has approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s plan to ban large sugary drinks. The panel voted 8-0 with one abstention this morning in favor of the plan to prohibit restaurants, movie theaters and other establishments from selling sugar-filled drinks larger than 16 ounces. All members of the board were appointed by the mayor.

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Kansas City Jewish Chronicle

The Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence, KS has launched a live Sunday Jewish Radio show, “The Schmooze” on KLWN News Talk 1320 AM. The first show aired Sunday, Aug. 26. “This is the first time in Lawrence history that a Jewish radio show is on the air,” said Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, director of Chabad at KU.

Chabad at University of Kansas Launches Radio Show

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle

The Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence, KS has launched a live Sunday Jewish Radio show, “The Schmooze” on KLWN News Talk 1320 AM. The first show aired Sunday, Aug. 26. “This is the first time in Lawrence history that a Jewish radio show is on the air,” said Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, director of Chabad at KU.

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“I’m a Jew and I’m Proud…” rang in the air on West End Ave. as Jews in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn celebrating the completion of a new Torah Scroll. Children carrying flags, torches and theme balloons eagerly embraced and kissed the new Torah as they sang out loud in English and Russian.

Jewish Pride in the Streets of Manhattan Beach

“I’m a Jew and I’m Proud…” rang in the air on West End Ave. as Jews in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn celebrating the completion of a new Torah Scroll. Children carrying flags, torches and theme balloons eagerly embraced and kissed the new Torah as they sang out loud in English and Russian.

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This fantastic new edition of the 'Elevate Series' explores the deeper meaning of yet another holiday - Rosh Hashanah. The film is orated by three Shluchim and educators from South Florida: Rabbi Chay Amar - Shliach in Golden Beach, Rabbi Yossi Srugo - Mohel and Shliach in Aventura, and Rabbi Yakov Garfinkel - Program Director of Lubavitch Educational Center.

Video: The Meaning of Rosh Hashanah

This fantastic new edition of the ‘Elevate Series’ explores the deeper meaning of yet another holiday – Rosh Hashanah. The film is orated by three Shluchim and educators from South Florida: Rabbi Chay Amar – Shliach in Golden Beach, Rabbi Yossi Srugo – Mohel and Shliach in Aventura, and Rabbi Yakov Garfinkel – Program Director of Lubavitch Educational Center.

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800 Pay Tribute to Chabad of Monroe, NJ

About 800 people paid tribute to Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Township, New Jersey, and their directors, Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zaklikovsky, with a packed house show by Broadway musical sensation Jake Ehrenreich. This was his first appearance in Monroe, held at the all-new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center at the newly built Monroe Township High School that recently opened.

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