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5 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Bentzi and Devorah Leah Sasson
502 New York Ave. [Between Lefferts Ave. and Sterling Pl.] Apt. 201

Michoel and Sarah Ogince
Beis Eliezer Yitzchak, 394 Kingston Ave. [between Crown and Montgomery St., above Mikvah Meir]

Mendy and Golda (nee Perelman) Schreiber
825 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]

Saadya and Mushky (nee Hayes) Notik
1566 President St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]

Leivke and Elka Kaplan
604 Empire Blvd. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]

Russian Minister Slams US Claims to Chabad Library

RIA Novosti

Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev

U.S. claims to the Schneerson library are provocative and spoil cultural ties with Russia as the sacred Jewish books are the unalienable property of the country, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev said on Friday.

Baby Boy!

Michoel and Sarah Ogince (Crown Heights)

Sholom Zochor will be at Beis Eliezer Yitzchak
394 Kingston Ave. [between Crown and Montgomery St., above Mikvah Meir]

Prison Chaplain Receives Russian Medal

Rabbi Aaron Gurevich discusses Jewish prisoner services with Col. A. Koshkin, director of the Nizhny Novgorod regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

Rabbi Aaron Gurevitch, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary and army chaplain who serves as a liaison between the Federation of Jewish Communities and the military and prison systems, received a gold medal from the Russian Prison Services Administration for his work rehabilitating prisoners and improving their spiritual quality of life.