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by Shalom Wolff

When I was flipping through the table of contents of the most recent issue of the Zman Magazine, it brought me great pleasure (albeit prematurely) to see that they had a feature story on ‘heroic [Russian] Jews who led a spiritual revolt [in the USSR]’. It didn’t take long until I realized that the magazine’s motive wasn't to convey a portion of history as it had taken place, rather to [re]write history. In this article consisting of a couple of hundred sentences, merely two of them mentioned Chabad (to be quite honest, I wasn’t holding my breath).

Op-Ed: Zman Magazine Rewriting History

by Shalom Wolff

When I was flipping through the table of contents of the most recent issue of the Zman Magazine, it brought me great pleasure (albeit prematurely) to see that they had a feature story on ‘heroic [Russian] Jews who led a spiritual revolt [in the USSR]’. It didn’t take long until I realized that the magazine’s motive wasn’t to convey a portion of history as it had taken place, rather to [re]write history. In this article consisting of a couple of hundred sentences, merely two of them mentioned Chabad (to be quite honest, I wasn’t holding my breath).

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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
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

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Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

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

It is well known the importance of saying Tehillim in during every free moment over Rosh Hashona. As has been done in previous years the boys in Lubavitch Boys School London had a massive Chayos in saying Tehillim.

Boys Yeshiva Clocks Over 6000 Minutes of Tehilim

It is well known the importance of saying Tehillim in during every free moment over Rosh Hashona. As has been done in previous years the boys in Lubavitch Boys School London had a massive Chayos in saying Tehillim.

Chabad News
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by Mordechai Lightstone - Lubavitch.com

Thousands of protesters continued to flood the streets of Manhattan's Financial District in what has become the 20th day - which reached the largest numbers to date — of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Wall Street Protesters Pause to Pray, Hear Shofar

by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com

Thousands of protesters continued to flood the streets of Manhattan’s Financial District in what has become the 20th day – which reached the largest numbers to date — of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Shlichus
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Ever wanted to be part of the frenzy and frolic of simchas beis hashoeva, but could barely drag your feet off the yom tov table long enough to put the kugel away? Well here’s your chance to relax and, at the same time know you’re fueling the very force that makes simchas beis hashoeva the off-the-ground experience it is today.

Once Again, Kol Dichfin Helps Tishrei Guests

Ever wanted to be part of the frenzy and frolic of simchas beis hashoeva, but could barely drag your feet off the yom tov table long enough to put the kugel away? Well here’s your chance to relax and, at the same time know you’re fueling the very force that makes simchas beis hashoeva the off-the-ground experience it is today.

PSA
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With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM a longtime resident in Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband R. Zalman Lokshin, and her children Shaina Lipsker (Crown Heights), Modche (Crown Heights), Rivky Markowitz (Crown Heights), Mireleh Fischer (Crown Heights), Dovid, Peretz, Yonatan, Shmulik, and Menachem as well as her brothers and sisters.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM a longtime resident in Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband R. Zalman Lokshin, and her children Shaina Lipsker (Crown Heights), Modche (Crown Heights), Rivky Markowitz (Crown Heights), Mireleh Fischer (Crown Heights), Dovid, Peretz, Yonatan, Shmulik, and Menachem as well as her brothers and sisters.

Notices
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Asian Jewish Life

Left: Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Right: Rabbi Bentzion Butman and family.

Phnom Penh is a small town, especially when you are an expat. It's common to run into people you know at the coffee shop, the grocery store, the local pub… it seems once you are around long enough, you get to know most of the people worth knowing, despite the transient nature of the population. This is even truer of the Jewish community in Cambodia; it's like an easy game of Jewish Geography. “Oh, do you know Sol who works at Save the Children?” “Yes, of course I know Sol, his children go to preschool with mine.” The game is almost impossible to lose. It's fast paced and only concludes when everyone in the community is named.

Playing Jewish Geography in Phnom Penh

Asian Jewish Life

Left: Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Right: Rabbi Bentzion Butman and family.

Phnom Penh is a small town, especially when you are an expat. It’s common to run into people you know at the coffee shop, the grocery store, the local pub… it seems once you are around long enough, you get to know most of the people worth knowing, despite the transient nature of the population. This is even truer of the Jewish community in Cambodia; it’s like an easy game of Jewish Geography. “Oh, do you know Sol who works at Save the Children?” “Yes, of course I know Sol, his children go to preschool with mine.” The game is almost impossible to lose. It’s fast paced and only concludes when everyone in the community is named.

Chabad News
by Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Continuing a tradition going back several years, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dispatched an official letter to the office of Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar to wish his country’s Jewish community blessings on occasion of Rosh Hashanah.

Russian President Extends High Holiday Greetings

by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Continuing a tradition going back several years, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dispatched an official letter to the office of Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar to wish his country’s Jewish community blessings on occasion of Rosh Hashanah.

Chabad News
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Businessmen and landlords pitched in to help alleviate some of the burden of the cost of Kapores, allowing NCFJE to offer chickens at $4 a pop instead of the normal $10, but Mendy Hendel had a different idea – reaching out to Shea Hecht and suggesting that together they raise the prices and make more money!

Hendel’s Kapores Price Gouging Idea Vs. Hecht’s $4 Chickens

Businessmen and landlords pitched in to help alleviate some of the burden of the cost of Kapores, allowing NCFJE to offer chickens at $4 a pop instead of the normal $10, but Mendy Hendel had a different idea – reaching out to Shea Hecht and suggesting that together they raise the prices and make more money!

Communal Matters
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CTeens Reach Out to Inmates’ Children

While gearing up for Rosh Hoshanah, CTeen chapters across the country took this month’s theme, “Labels are for Clothing, Not People” to heart, and pledged to reach out to those who are judged and labeled by society through no fault of their own. They found a way to do this through joining up with Aleph Institute, an organization that gives aid to families of incarcerated individuals.

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