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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.

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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
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!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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

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!

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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.

Shlichus

Getting a jump-start on the age old pre-Yom Kippur custom of 'shlugging kapores' many families took advantage of the daylight and relatively warm weather, and to the sounds of shrill delight and shrieks of terror chickens went swinging!

Photo Gallery: Kapores! Kapores!

Getting a jump-start on the age old pre-Yom Kippur custom of ‘shlugging kapores‘ many families took advantage of the daylight and relatively warm weather, and to the sounds of shrill delight and shrieks of terror chickens went swinging!

Photo Galleries
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NY Times

Steven P. Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 in San Francisco in 2010.

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary, Dies at 56

NY Times

Steven P. Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 in San Francisco in 2010.

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56.

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Miami Herald

Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick travels around to South Florida schools and temples, teaching children about the Jewish holidays in interactive and quirky workshops that feature bees and traditional animal-horn shofars.

Rabbi’s High Holiday Show-and-Tells Wow Kids

Miami Herald

Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick travels around to South Florida schools and temples, teaching children about the Jewish holidays in interactive and quirky workshops that feature bees and traditional animal-horn shofars.

Shlichus
by Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

A tent camp in Tel Aviv, Israel protesting against rising housing prices and social inequalities.

The tents pitched by Israeli demonstrators protesting this summer’s high housing are all but gone, but Chabad-Lubavitch centers all over the country are erecting their own, all in preparation for the holiday of Yom Kippur that begins Friday night.

Israel: Out With the Old Tents, In With the New

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

A tent camp in Tel Aviv, Israel protesting against rising housing prices and social inequalities.

The tents pitched by Israeli demonstrators protesting this summer’s high housing are all but gone, but Chabad-Lubavitch centers all over the country are erecting their own, all in preparation for the holiday of Yom Kippur that begins Friday night.

Shlichus
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Jewish Telegraph

Rabbi Yossi Jacobs (right) at the Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham.

Rabbi Yossi Jacobs has shown dynamic leadership in a six-year association at Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham. Shul membership has escalated fourfold to 550 with members across the Midlands. Attendances on Shabbat, morning minyanim and children's services have improved.

Dynamic Rabbi is a Boon to Community

Jewish Telegraph

Rabbi Yossi Jacobs (right) at the Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham.

Rabbi Yossi Jacobs has shown dynamic leadership in a six-year association at Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham. Shul membership has escalated fourfold to 550 with members across the Midlands. Attendances on Shabbat, morning minyanim and children’s services have improved.

Shlichus
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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.

Communal Matters
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