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by Ber S.

Can a website, run anonymously, with no transparent operating guidelines or credible research policy, no psychologists or professionals on board, be allowed to bad mouth and disgrace so many in our community whilst destroying their families? On the other hand, can people who are dangerously at loose, leaving lifetime scars on our very own precious children, be allowed to walk guilt free whilst their victims cower in fear?

Op-Ed: The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly

by Ber S.

Can a website, run anonymously, with no transparent operating guidelines or credible research policy, no psychologists or professionals on board, be allowed to bad mouth and disgrace so many in our community whilst destroying their families? On the other hand, can people who are dangerously at loose, leaving lifetime scars on our very own precious children, be allowed to walk guilt free whilst their victims cower in fear?

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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale

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New Engagement!

Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Zevi Granat (Edgware, UK) to Sophie Dubin (Baltimore, MD)
New Engagement!

Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
Baby Girl!

Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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

Bomb Scare at Lefferts Park This Morning

Crown Heights [CHI] — Residents who live in the vicinity of Lefferts Park awoke this morning to find the area teeming with police officers, ESU (Emergency Service Unit) rescue workers and a bomb squad. A suspicious looking black suitcase inside the park was the cause of the tumult. Police blocked off the streets leading up to the park and conducted their investigation, after which it was determined that the package was harmless.

Crown Heights News
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by Levi Brackman - Ynet

Weddings are often very extravagant affairs. It is an opportunity for people to share a joyous occasion with friends and family. If the parents of the bride and groom are wealthy, they will want to invite as many friends and acquaintances to join them in a high-end event, with top level service and entertainment.

Op-Ed: The Wedding Guidelines Fallacy

by Levi Brackman – Ynet

Weddings are often very extravagant affairs. It is an opportunity for people to share a joyous occasion with friends and family. If the parents of the bride and groom are wealthy, they will want to invite as many friends and acquaintances to join them in a high-end event, with top level service and entertainment.

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Fire Destroys Shliach’s Home in Poland

Shturem

The devastation caused by the fire. Inset: Rabbi Nechemia Segal.

Rabbi Nechemia Segal, Shliach to Warsaw, Poland, suffered a home fire, and everything he owned was consumed by the flames. Thank G-d, none of the family members were hurt. The fire broke out while R’ Nechemia was at shul, an hour’s distance from home. Mrs. Segal managed to flee the flames with her children.

Chabad News
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London Yeshiva Prepares for Yud Shvat

As Yud Shevat approaches, the preparations at Yeshiva Gedolah London have been underway with tremendous momentum. For the past 30 years, since the Yeshiva was founded, the Bochurim in London have participated in Learning Oisios of the Rebbe’s Maamarim by heart, which earns them tickets in a raffle Rabbi M. M. Gordon, the Mashpia, makes for a trip to the Rebbe for Yud Shevat.

Chabad News
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Canton Wicked Local

Children from the Chai Center in Canton recently buddied up with seniors from the Simon Fireman House in Randolph. The Chai Center created a Senior Buddy program that links volunteers and families with seniors to enjoy each other's companionship, participate in activities and develop ongoing relationships.

Families and Seniors Mix it Up in Canton, Mass.

Canton Wicked Local

Children from the Chai Center in Canton recently buddied up with seniors from the Simon Fireman House in Randolph. The Chai Center created a Senior Buddy program that links volunteers and families with seniors to enjoy each other’s companionship, participate in activities and develop ongoing relationships.

Shlichus
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by Yitzchok Moully - Algemeiner

David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Photo: Algemeiner.

This past summer I had the pleasure of meeting David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Batsheva and I were on vacation visiting the beautiful city of Venice, the place where I studied to be a Rabbi 10 years ago, and have always wanted to return and to share with my wife.

From Venice with Soul

by Yitzchok Moully – Algemeiner

David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Photo: Algemeiner.

This past summer I had the pleasure of meeting David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Batsheva and I were on vacation visiting the beautiful city of Venice, the place where I studied to be a Rabbi 10 years ago, and have always wanted to return and to share with my wife.

Something Jewish
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Chabad of Canejo Valley Opens Food Bank

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Rabbi Yisroel Levine, center back, of Chabad of the Conejo joins food bank volunteers as they fill bags with groceries for community members.

Three volunteers methodically advanced from one table to the next, glancing at shopping lists and filling grocery orders in a large room at Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura on a recent Wednesday.

Shlichus

Brooklyn Sees Lowest Murder Rate Since 1963

Prospect Heights Patch

Police guard the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place to prevent cars from entering, after a man was shot to death last May..

Over 100 firearms were surrendered to the NYPD during the year’s first gun buy-back program at the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Crown Heights on Saturday.

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