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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A suitcase - which has been sitting on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue for a few days - was called in to 911 as a suspicious package just an hour ago. Police are taking no chances and shut down the entire area, causing traffic mayhem on Erev Shabbos just as school was being dismissed.

Bomb Scare in Front of Oholei Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A suitcase – which has been sitting on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue for a few days – was called in to 911 as a suspicious package just an hour ago. Police are taking no chances and shut down the entire area, causing traffic mayhem on Erev Shabbos just as school was being dismissed.

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Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
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Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
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Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
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Mendel and Mussie Rapaport from Hyde Park, IL had a baby boy.
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Zalman Stein (Northbrook, IL) to Nechama Dina Whitt (Oak Park, MI)
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Nosson Kuperman (Crown Heights) to Sheina Crespim (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
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Mendel Richter (Howard Beach, NY) to Shalhevet Teitelbaum (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The JCM
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Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

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Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
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Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
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Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
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Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
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Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
by Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.

In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.

Rostov Jewish Community Rises from the Ashes

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Russian Students Gather in Rostov for the Jewish Youth Conference.

In the city where almost 70 years ago, Nazi forces committed the biggest single atrocity associated with the Holocaust in Russia, the local Jewish community is building programming models aimed at uniting Jewish youth across the country.

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Interfax

Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Chairman of the North Caucasus Muslims Coordination Center Ismail Berdiyev and Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar expressed support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, crediting him with major achievements.

Rabbi Lazar Praises Putin

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Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Chairman of the North Caucasus Muslims Coordination Center Ismail Berdiyev and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar expressed support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, crediting him with major achievements.

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Art Space of Their Own

Jewish Exponent

Tznius Fashion Show at Chabad House for Students of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA — After a year and a half of running programs out of rented space at Center City universities, Chabad House for Students of the Arts is opening its own exhibition and programming space on South Street.

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Didan Notzach! Washington state senate bill 6068 - authorizing religious objection to an autopsy - was approved; the vote was 48 to 2 in favor. The bill was brought to the chamber by a number of Jewish organizations, including Shliach to Tacoma Rabbi Zalman Heber, after the tragic story of Dr. Brian Grobois.

Washington State Senate Passes Autopsy Bill

Didan Notzach! Washington state senate bill 6068 – authorizing religious objection to an autopsy – was approved; the vote was 48 to 2 in favor. The bill was brought to the chamber by a number of Jewish organizations, including Shliach to Tacoma Rabbi Zalman Heber, after the tragic story of Dr. Brian Grobois.

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Yeshiva World News

Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz

Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar.

Rav Steinsaltz to Be Awarded First Presidential Prize

Yeshiva World News

Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz

Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar.

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