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by Meir Shenhav - Canadian Jewish News

What a surreal picture! At a busy and noisy construction site, workers in white or yellow helmets mix cement, while others carry blocks or lift steel rods. In the midst of it all stands a bearded man wearing a black helmet, a black suit, white shirt and a tie.

New Chabad House Takes Shape in Toronto

by Meir Shenhav – Canadian Jewish News

What a surreal picture! At a busy and noisy construction site, workers in white or yellow helmets mix cement, while others carry blocks or lift steel rods. In the midst of it all stands a bearded man wearing a black helmet, a black suit, white shirt and a tie.

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Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
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 )

Immigrant, Underprivileged Boys Celebrate Bar Mitzvah

Shturem

Rabbi Avraham Chazan, Shliach in Lod, Israel, arranged for about 20 boys from immigrant and underprivileged homes to celebrate their Bar Mitzvah with much fanfare. The celebration took place on Monday, Erev Rosh Codesh Sivan; it began with a visit to the Knesset, continued with the main event at the Western Wall, and ended with a festive banquet at the Kaliv halls in Jerusalem.

Shlichus
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In a Psak Din issued by the Beis Din Ohel Chaim, the Dayanim ruled today against R. Yosef Braun for steadfastly refusing to appear and be judged by the Beis Din. The Dayanim wrote that “according to din we should be issuing a Ksav Siruv [against R. Braun], and anyone who wishes to ask Halacha questions by him should get permission from accepted rabbinic sources first.”

Psak Din Released: R. Braun “Should Be in Siruv”

In a Psak Din issued by the Beis Din Ohel Chaim, the Dayanim ruled today against R. Yosef Braun for steadfastly refusing to appear and be judged by the Beis Din. The Dayanim wrote that “according to din we should be issuing a Ksav Siruv [against R. Braun], and anyone who wishes to ask Halacha questions by him should get permission from accepted rabbinic sources first.”

Crown Heights News
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Op-Ed: Growing Up Is Optional

by Anonymous

There is an old American saying: “Getting Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional.” This morning I discovered that the option of growing up was not approved by the local Beis Din: as I walked past the Badatz offices, I saw what looked like a Meah Shearim wall after a torrential rain. But it wasn’t an act of G-d, it was an act of babies masquerading as Rabbis.

Op-Ed
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Renewal Celebrates 150 Transplants

You usually don’t think of organ donation as something to celebrate. Don’t tell that to the people of Renewal. Last Thursday over 300 people got together for a lavish reception at the Renaissance Ballroom in Brooklyn to honor their kidney donors, an elite group of selfless individuals who have given the gift of life to others, often to complete strangers.

Jewish News
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Chernobyl remains a deserted 'ghost town.'

After the producers of a new movie dramatizing the 1986 Chernobyl disaster received criticism that they are exploiting the 400,000 victims of the nuclear meltdown, Chabad's Children of Chernobyl expressed support for the film, because it portrays the true extent of the disaster - something which the world has remained mostly ignorant of due to Soviet censorship.

Chabad Chernobyl Organization Backs Filmmakers

Chernobyl remains a deserted ‘ghost town.’

After the producers of a new movie dramatizing the 1986 Chernobyl disaster received criticism that they are exploiting the 400,000 victims of the nuclear meltdown, Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl expressed support for the film, because it portrays the true extent of the disaster – something which the world has remained mostly ignorant of due to Soviet censorship.

Chabad News
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My Teacher Who cared

by Dov Greenberg

In the Second Book of Samuel, after the deaths of Saul andJonathan, King David cries out, “They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions”—“מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ,מֵאֲרָיוֹת גָּבֵרוּ”. Rabbi Yeshaya Schtroks, beloved father, husband, community builder, remarkable teacher, was swift like the eagle, strong like the lion, and now he has passed away at the young age of 55.

Something Jewish
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