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Gavriel and Shainy (nee Kalmanson) Levin (Postville, IA)

KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Shliach Makes the Navy Feel at Home
Not far from the shops and restaurants of Westwood Village is a veterans cemetery. So many people drive on the adjacent 405 Freeway and probably do not reflect that they pass near hallowed ground. I grew up across the street and I thought about these gravestones frequently. They represent great heroes who served our country.
An enthusiastic article about the Givot Olam Oil Exploration Company on an Israeli Chabad website sent the partnership's share price up 6.3% by early afternoon today to NIS 0.068, giving a market cap of NIS 676 million. But some speculators are concerned the article may be a bit exaggerated.
Enthusiastic Chabad Article Boosts Givot’s Share Price
An enthusiastic article about the Givot Olam Oil Exploration Company on an Israeli Chabad website sent the partnership’s share price up 6.3% by early afternoon today to NIS 0.068, giving a market cap of NIS 676 million. But some speculators are concerned the article may be a bit exaggerated.
A group of idiots axed a tree in the Kensington section of Brooklyn, all to get at a $50 bicycle that was locked with a $10 cable, and all for a few minutes of riding pleasure.
Video: How Far Will a Few Idiots Go to Steal a Bike?
A group of idiots axed a tree in the Kensington section of Brooklyn, all to get at a $50 bicycle that was locked with a $10 cable, and all for a few minutes of riding pleasure.
Pictures from the wedding of Moish Ringler (Pittsburgh, PA) and Devorie Weiss (Crown Heights) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Wedding: Ringler – Weiss
Pictures from the wedding of Moish Ringler (Pittsburgh, PA) and Devorie Weiss (Crown Heights) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Can students learn, understand and remember what they learned cumulatively, for weeks? Perhaps the best answer to that question resides with the master torah program. At the Kinus Hamechanchim Rabbi Meir Pagrow will teach the Melamdim how.
New Gemara Project to be Launched at Chinuch Conference
Can students learn, understand and remember what they learned cumulatively, for weeks? Perhaps the best answer to that question resides with the master torah program. At the Kinus Hamechanchim Rabbi Meir Pagrow will teach the Melamdim how.

Hudson River Crossing Tolls to Rise 25 Percent
Crossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices.

Letter Questions Whether Chabad is Jewish
In response to a full page ad taken out in the ‘Jewish Week’ by an unrecognized organization calling themselves “Kabbolas Hamalchus,” a reader – after first complimenting Chabad’s outreach efforts – goes on to attack the entire movement, comparing them to Jews for Jesus, and questioning whether they are Jewish altogether.

Forward March for the Rubashkins
Over the past few years, images of the Rubashkin family have been freeze-framed in our consciousness: The meat plant. The raid. The living room. The courtroom scenes. The rallies…These scenes have been seared on our collective memory. The Rubashkins, though, have chosen to move forward. They’ve relocated and recalculated, adjusting the rhythm and routine of daily life to meet new challenges.
Photos: Class Rewarded for a Good Year
Students in Rabbi Goldman’s fifth grade in Oholei Torah were rewarded for a year of a good behavior and diligent learning. The entire class went to Q-cumber Café on Kingston and enjoyed pizza, fries and soda – all donated by the owner, who is also a parent of one of the kids.

Op-Ed: Why I Didn’t Attend the Police Family Picnic
I knew it was happening, I even heard the drumming, but I did not attend the annual 71st Precinct Family Day Picnic.
I don’t like the police, I think they are just a tool used to fill the city’s coffers.

Crown Heights FC Girl Volunteers Appreciated
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — More than 250 Friendship Circle volunteers enjoyed an evening of appreciation marking the end of year of tremendous success.

Photos: Flowers, Bugs and Birds
Summer is here and local photographer Chaim Perl and his brother Avrohom took a trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to take photos in honor of Shavuot.
Oak Park Rabbi with a Mission
Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein insists he is not a missionary, but he is definitely a man with a mission: “To give every Jew the ability to celebrate Judaism.”