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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In today’s climate, which sees terror behind every corner and inside every unattended package, police urged guests not to leave their suitcases unattended in 770. One such guest, however, decided to leave his suitcase right near the steps leading to the woman’s section.

Suspicious Package Prompts Police to Remove Charity Boxes

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In today’s climate, which sees terror behind every corner and inside every unattended package, police urged guests not to leave their suitcases unattended in 770. One such guest, however, decided to leave his suitcase right near the steps leading to the woman’s section.

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New Engagement!

Avremel Liberow (London, UK) to Faigy Rapoport (Clarks Summit, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

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)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
Broadway World

Larry King hosts the Chabad Telethon in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Lubavitch.com

After stepping down last December from the throne that he held for 25 years and 60,000 interviews on Larry King Live, the broadcasting icon stepped back up on the air with “Larry King To Life” hosting the 31st Chabad Lechaim To Life Telethon, with celebrity guests Howie Mandel, Oscar winners John Voight and Elliot Gould, Brad Garrett, Tom Arnold and Paula Abdul, among others. It was broadcast live from Hollywood Sunday Sept 25 and reached over 45 million households worldwide, breaking the record as the most viewed Jewish holiday program of all time!

Larry King Returns, Raises $4.2 Million for Chabad

Broadway World

Larry King hosts the Chabad Telethon in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Lubavitch.com

After stepping down last December from the throne that he held for 25 years and 60,000 interviews on Larry King Live, the broadcasting icon stepped back up on the air with “Larry King To Life” hosting the 31st Chabad Lechaim To Life Telethon, with celebrity guests Howie Mandel, Oscar winners John Voight and Elliot Gould, Brad Garrett, Tom Arnold and Paula Abdul, among others. It was broadcast live from Hollywood Sunday Sept 25 and reached over 45 million households worldwide, breaking the record as the most viewed Jewish holiday program of all time!

Chabad News
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As Jewish music legend Mordechai Ben David retires from his long and illustrious career, the 'King of Jewish Music' released his very last album titled 'Kisufim' (Yearning). The album contains 14 songs, 3 of which are Chabad niggunim: Track 6 - A Song of the Talmidim of the Tzemach Tzedek, Track 7 - An'im Zmiros, and Track 8 - Niggun Rikud.

MBD Releases Last Album, Has 3 Chabad Niggunim

As Jewish music legend Mordechai Ben David retires from his long and illustrious career, the ‘King of Jewish Music’ released his very last album titled ‘Kisufim’ (Yearning). The album contains 14 songs, 3 of which are Chabad niggunim: Track 6 – A Song of the Talmidim of the Tzemach Tzedek, Track 7 – An’im Zmiros, and Track 8 – Niggun Rikud.

Chabad News
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by Katie Robbins - Saveur.com

It's a brisk fall evening on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a thoroughfare lined with kosher bakeries and restaurants. Tough it is almost midnight, many stores are still open and several blocks have been cordoned off by the police. I am in a crowd of hundreds of women angling for a glimpse of the revelers before us: A sea of men in black and white, most wearing wide-brimmed hats, spinning, beads of sweat dripping from their beards as they match the frenetic pace of the music pumping from a stage in the street. I can't help but cheer a little. The joy is infectious.

Season of Rejoicing: Sukkos in Crown Heights

by Katie Robbins – Saveur.com

It’s a brisk fall evening on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a thoroughfare lined with kosher bakeries and restaurants. Tough it is almost midnight, many stores are still open and several blocks have been cordoned off by the police. I am in a crowd of hundreds of women angling for a glimpse of the revelers before us: A sea of men in black and white, most wearing wide-brimmed hats, spinning, beads of sweat dripping from their beards as they match the frenetic pace of the music pumping from a stage in the street. I can’t help but cheer a little. The joy is infectious.

Crown Heights News
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JTA

Former - and probably future - Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Was Vladimir Putin’s carefully choreographed plan to return to Russia's presidency in 2012 a big blow to democracy or a victory for stability?

In Putin’s Return, Russian Jews See Stability

JTA

Former – and probably future – Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Was Vladimir Putin’s carefully choreographed plan to return to Russia’s presidency in 2012 a big blow to democracy or a victory for stability?

Jewish News
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by Karen Schwartz - Chabad.org

Yosef Yitzchak Itzinger works on an episode of the “Living Torah” produced by Jewish Educational Media.

Each week, about 200,000 people around the world sit down to watch the “Living Torah,” a 15 to 20 minute video magazine program built around the teachings and impact of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Organized to showcase encounters with the Rebbe and his teachings, the unique program draws on archives and the recollections of individuals scattered across the globe to give viewers – many of whom never personally met the Rebbe – a glimpse into the Jewish leader’s scholarship, his deep personal care of human beings from all walks of life, and the revolution in Jewish life he spearheaded.

Groundbreaking Video Celebrates Decade of Broadcasting Rebbe’s Teachings

by Karen Schwartz – Chabad.org

Yosef Yitzchak Itzinger works on an episode of the “Living Torah” produced by Jewish Educational Media.

Each week, about 200,000 people around the world sit down to watch the “Living Torah,” a 15 to 20 minute video magazine program built around the teachings and impact of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Organized to showcase encounters with the Rebbe and his teachings, the unique program draws on archives and the recollections of individuals scattered across the globe to give viewers – many of whom never personally met the Rebbe – a glimpse into the Jewish leader’s scholarship, his deep personal care of human beings from all walks of life, and the revolution in Jewish life he spearheaded.

Chabad News
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FJC.ru

Chernovtsy, Ukraine

For the first time in 70 years, a synagogue was opened in Chernovtsy. The Sadovsky Street Synagogue that had been closed by the Soviet Regime, was renovated and reopened in time for the High Holidays.

For the First Time Since the Holocaust, Synagogue Opens in Chernovtsy, Ukraine

FJC.ru

Chernovtsy, Ukraine

For the first time in 70 years, a synagogue was opened in Chernovtsy. The Sadovsky Street Synagogue that had been closed by the Soviet Regime, was renovated and reopened in time for the High Holidays.

Shlichus
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Op-Ed: Board Rejected Sukkah but Embraced Islam

by Andrea Peyser – NY Post

Chana Paris and her husband, Rabbi Zalman Paris, the head of the Chabad of TriBeCa, in Duane Park, the spot where they originally planned to build a sukkah.

As the holidays bear down on this city, the war on faith has arrived early. The latest chapter in the religious wars takes place in TriBeCa. Community leaders there went positively postal over a request to the Parks Department by the Jewish group Chabad — to erect a sukkah in tiny Duane Park.

Op-Ed
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by Karen Schwartz - Chabad.org

Jewish children take part in a lesson at the Hebrew school run by Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 1991, Rabbi Shlomo and Miriam Bentolila arrived in the former Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – to direct what is today Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa. Headquarters for Jewish communities ranging from 100 to 1,000 strong across a wide swath of the continent, the operation now serves approximately 12 African countries, and over the past 20 years, its footprint and role in the region has grown to better serve the individual needs of Israeli expatriates, European businessmen and women, American travellers, and locally-born Jews.

Jewish Services Expand in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Karen Schwartz – Chabad.org

Jewish children take part in a lesson at the Hebrew school run by Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 1991, Rabbi Shlomo and Miriam Bentolila arrived in the former Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – to direct what is today Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa. Headquarters for Jewish communities ranging from 100 to 1,000 strong across a wide swath of the continent, the operation now serves approximately 12 African countries, and over the past 20 years, its footprint and role in the region has grown to better serve the individual needs of Israeli expatriates, European businessmen and women, American travellers, and locally-born Jews.

Shlichus
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