Atlanta Paper Behind Obama Assassination Article Falsely Associated with Chabad

Atlanta, GA [CHI] — A column that was recently published in the Atlanta Jewish Times caused an uproar in the American media; the author, Andrew Adler, listed the assassination of President Obama as a possible solution to the standoff between Israel and Iran. Media pundits were up in arms, Jewish groups were quick to denounce the paper and even the Secret Service got involved. But there was another unfortunate misunderstanding regarding the ill-conceived article: the notion that the paper is affiliated with the Chabad movement.

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Six New Shluchim to Germany

A recent gathering during the induction of new Hamburg Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, brought together 24 Shluchim from fourteen German cities to discuss the future for Chabad in Germany. Also present was Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who has been involved in German Jewish life for more than 30 years and helped establish many of the Chabad Houses there.

5 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Nochum and Chaya’le (nee Grossbaum) Pinson
1328 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]

Yosef and Ruth (nee Levitas) Weingarten
1465 President Street [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]

Levi and Chanchie Matusof
1252 Lincoln place [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]

Ari and Henny Reiser
646 Empire Blvd. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]

Shua and Hindy Brook
451 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Video: Shliach Testifies to Allow Autopsy Exemptions

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After last month’s unbelievable tale of Hashgocha Protis, where a group of Askanim preventing the autopsy of a Jewish hiker who lost his way on Mt. Rainier and succumbed to hypothermia RL, Rabbi Zalman Heber, Shliach in Tacoma, WA, has been working together with the Seattle Jewish Federation in drafting new legislation that would prevent a medical examiner from performing an autopsy if it is against the family’s religiously held beliefs, unless there is a compelling public interest or foul play involved.