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Holocaust Survivor Speaks in Wanaque

NEW JERSEY — Around 45 people listened to the inspiring story of a Holocaust survivor, who, as a teenager, participated in a successful mass escape from the Nazi death camp Sobibór. The Chabad Jewish Center–Upper Passaic County invited Philip Bialowitz to tell his story of survival at the Wanaque Golden Age Club.

Will Lubavitch Participate in the ‘Antinet’ Gathering?

I’ve known my good friend and former neighbor on the Lower East Side of New York Baruch Herzfeld for many years. I’ve learned to respect his perception of what’s in and what’s out, and so this morning when I went to mine the web and found his comment on Facebook on the upcoming “Antinet” – the mass gathering of Orthodox Jews at Citi Field for the purpose of banning the Internet – I decided to a.) take it seriously, and, b.) share it with you.

A Historic and ‘Joy’ous Gathering at JEM

Names, places, events and memories were flying so quickly, one wouldn’t know the year was 2012. As the new DVD “Joy!” was being completed for release, a small group gathered at JEM to put the finishing touches on the commentary.

YU Girls Inspired at Crown Heights Shabbaton

by Michelle Kushnir

Last Friday afternoon, a group of students of the Stern College for Women at the Yeshiva University stepped off a bus and took a group photo at 770 Eastern Parkway. Some of the girls fidgeted and felt out of place among the crowd of black and white, but by the end of their weekend they would no longer use the phrase “out of place” to describe how they felt in Crown Heights.

Jewish Man Victim of Hate Crime on Erev Shabbos

Crown Heights [CHI] — Late on Friday afternoon just before Shabbos began, a 41-year-old Jewish man was the victim of a hate crime in front of Bnos Menacheam on East New York and Troy Ave., according to a source in the 71st Precinct.

Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: R’ Moshe Nemanow, OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Moshe Nemanow of Crown Heights at the age of 74.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Miriam Nemanow, and daughters: Mrs. Chanie Moscowitz (Chicago, IL), Mrs. Sara Paltiel (Crown Heights), Mrs. Bassie Marcus (Mission Viejo, CA), Mrs. Rochel Kantor (Rancho S. Margarita, CA), Mrs. Sheiny Vaisfiche (Crown Heights); his brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Nemanow (Brunoy, France); and sister, Mrs. Rochel Pewsner (Crown Heights).

Young Bochur Assaulted for Not Having What to Steal

Crown Heights [CHI] — On Motzei Shabbos, a 15-year-old bochur was on his way home from Shul, when he was accosted on the corner of Albany Ave. and Carroll St. by two African-American males who demanded his cell phone.

Young Shlucha Featured in Local Paper

This photo of Muka Berkowitz, 2, daughter of Shluchim to Huntsville, Alabama Laibel and Chanie Berkowitz, appeared today in the Hunsville Times. She is playing a xylophone during Panoply at Big Spring International Park on Sunday, April 29.