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Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News

The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B'av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:

Daily News Profiles C.A.Y. Tu B’av Celebration

Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News

The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B’av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:

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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
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!

Magen David Adom (MDA) has declared a mass casualty event and the State of Israel has moved to its highest security alert nationwide as hospitals report that six are dead following terror attacks that struck the country's southern region midday Thursday.

6 Dead in Triple Terror Attack in Eilat

Magen David Adom (MDA) has declared a mass casualty event and the State of Israel has moved to its highest security alert nationwide as hospitals report that six are dead following terror attacks that struck the country’s southern region midday Thursday.

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CBS

As New York City approaches the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, the family of Yankel Rosenbaum is unhappy that Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in a panel discussion about the state of black and Jewish relations.

Outrage as Sharpton Included in Event to Mark Riots

CBS

As New York City approaches the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, the family of Yankel Rosenbaum is unhappy that Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in a panel discussion about the state of black and Jewish relations.

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“Time to Reframe the Story”

by Steve Lipman – The Jewish Week

On the streets of Crown Heights, scenes of meetings between black and Jewish residents are common.

On a corner of Kingston Avenue, along the row of stores that serves as the center of what is colloquially known as “the Jewish side” of Crown Heights, a young chasidic woman with a sheitel atop her head banters with a middle-aged black man wearing a wool stocking cap.

Crown Heights News
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Twenty years after the Crown Heights Riots, community leaders and activists in the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood are quick to emphasize that community relations are significantly better than in 1991, when three days of riots shook the neighborhood.

Video: Living Apart in Crown Heights

Twenty years after the Crown Heights Riots, community leaders and activists in the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood are quick to emphasize that community relations are significantly better than in 1991, when three days of riots shook the neighborhood.

Videos
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With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband Tzvi, and children Rabbi Elimelech (West Hartford, CT), Boruch (Baltimore, MD), and Yitzchok (Crown Heights).

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski OBM

With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband Tzvi, and children Rabbi Elimelech (West Hartford, CT), Boruch (Baltimore, MD), and Yitzchok (Crown Heights).

Notices
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Op-Ed: Leadership Helped Bring Crown Heights Back from the Brink

by Shea Hecht – Forward

Living Together?: There’s always been some friction between Jews and blacks in Crown Heights. Leadership helped steer both sides away from confrontation.

August marks the 20th anniversary of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history: a three-day nightmare that historians and journalists call the “Crown Heights riots” and that many members of the Jewish community have called a “pogrom.”

Op-Ed
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Texas Jewish Community Celebrates Torah Completion

Edinburg Monitor

From left, Dan Vaisman and Moshe Klein, a scribe, write a letter in the Torah on Sunday during the Rio Grande Valley Children’s Torah completion and dedication ceremony at the Chabad Center in Edinburg.

Children played, whiskey flowed and kosher hot dogs seared as dozens celebrated one of the most sacred events in the Jewish community Sunday afternoon.

Shlichus
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