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Chabad on Campus UK hosted recently a Shabbaton in Oxford for a group of thirty French Jewish students visiting from top engineering schools in Paris, including Ecole Central, Pharmacy Chatenay Malabry, HEC and Polytheqnic - coming less than two months after the brutal killings that shook the Jewish community in Tolouse and worldwide.

French Students Get Boost of Jewish Life in UK

Chabad on Campus UK hosted recently a Shabbaton in Oxford for a group of thirty French Jewish students visiting from top engineering schools in Paris, including Ecole Central, Pharmacy Chatenay Malabry, HEC and Polytheqnic – coming less than two months after the brutal killings that shook the Jewish community in Tolouse and worldwide.

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Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
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Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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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
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Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
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Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)

Tories Overrule Officials to Fund Chabad Project

Canada Globe and Mail

Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn accompanies Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during his visit to Israel on Jan. 31, 2012.

The Conservative government overruled federal bureaucrats and gave $1-million to a social hall project submitted by an Ottawa rabbi with close ties to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

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by Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.

For the first time since the municipal government replaced a memorial to the World War II slaughter of 27,000 local Jews with a separate installation that mentioned neither Jews nor the Holocaust, Jewish community officials in Rostov-on-Don joined Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia president Alexander Barada in persuading regional Gov. Vassily Golubov to erect a more ethnically-sensitive plaque.

Rostov Gov. Considers Revamping Holocaust Memorial

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.

For the first time since the municipal government replaced a memorial to the World War II slaughter of 27,000 local Jews with a separate installation that mentioned neither Jews nor the Holocaust, Jewish community officials in Rostov-on-Don joined Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia president Alexander Barada in persuading regional Gov. Vassily Golubov to erect a more ethnically-sensitive plaque.

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Brooklyn Hasidim Shunned for Reporting Abuse

Mordechai Jungreis, right, walks his mentally disabled son, 16, home from school in Williamsburg.

In a report on child abuse in the Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish community – and the harassment and shunning those who bring the abuse to light are often subjected to – the New York Times singled out Crown Heights as a place where more significant change has been achieved compared to other communities.

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New Engagement!

Shloimy Dalfin (Crown Heights) and Mussie Rosenblum (Montreal, Canada)

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A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school's backyard.

Preschoolers Garden and Grow Their Own Snacks

A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school’s backyard.

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Photos: Lag Ba’omer Rally in Front of 770

Over a thousand children gathered in front of 770 for a rally marking Lag Ba’omer. Children from the schools in Crown Heights, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods, enjoyed music and nosh, gave Tzedakkah and recited the twelve pesukim. The rally concluded with a special show with children’s favorite uncle, Uncle Moishy.

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Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of 'Playing hooky,' by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children's parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.

Police Cracking Down on Teens Skipping School

Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of ‘Playing hooky,’ by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children’s parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.

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Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba'omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing - and a 'Kumzitz.' The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba'omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.

Photos: Lag Ba’omer Celebration in Brunoy, France

Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba’omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing – and a ‘Kumzitz.’ The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba’omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.

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Crown Heights’ New Police Captain Means Business

The new commanding officer of the 71st Precinct Cap. John Lewis (L) with Community Affairs Officer Vinny Martinos at the Lag Baomer Rally.

This morning at around 9:00, Sholom Meir Hecht was walking near his home on Union St. between Kingston and Albany Ave., when he was accosted by three African-American teenagers who demanded – and received – his cell phone.

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