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Barber Family Dedicates Sefer Torah

Photos by Nathan Brisk

This past Wednesday, Anash of Crown Heights celebrated the Siyum of a Sefer Torah written by Reb Avrohom Barber. The Torah was written L’Zecher Nishmas his father; Hakodosh R. Eliyahu ben R. Yakov Barber, his Mother M’ Itta bas R. Naftali Isser Halevi, and his brother R. Dov Ber ben R. Eliyahu Barber.

Friendship House Gets a New ‘Recovery Rabbi’

West Bloomfield Patch

Rabbi Yarden Blumstein

If Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, outgoing director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House, had known how difficult his job was going to be, he would not have taken it. Now, he is grateful that he did not pass up the opportunity. Rabbi Yarden Blumstein has taken Pinson’s place.

5 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Berl and Chava Matusof
1402 Carrol St [Between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Yehuda and Miri Shaffer
711 Montgomery St [Between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Eli and Dinie Perman
674 Lefferts Ave [Between Albany and Troy Ave]

Shaya and Shaina Gopin
444 Crown St [Between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yossi and Nechama Dina Katz
713 Montgomery St [Between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Sholom Rubashkin’s Universal Narrative

Rubashkin and supporters outside the Sioux Falls federal courthouse.

Yet again, the plight of Agriprocessors boss Shalom Rubashkin has been the subject of more media attention, as his attorneys argued an appeal before a panel of judges in Missouri last week. The ruling was however delayed.

Shootings in Brooklyn Spike for the Year

NY Daily News

Guns are blazing in Southern Brooklyn, NYPD statistics show. The traditionally less-violent Brooklyn South patrol borough – comprised of 13 police precincts – is the only command in the city to report a spike in shootings so far this year. There were 103 shootings in Brooklyn South – especially in neighborhoods such as East Flatbush, Crown Heights and Coney Island – up from 82 at this time last year.

For Heaven’s Sake – The Tell Tale Signs of Destructive “Machlokes”

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, Jax Fl.

Izzy sat faithfully at his wife Norma’s side, every day for several months, as she slipped in and out of a coma.

One day as Norma came to; she looked at Izzy with tear-filled eyes. “Izzy, my Izzy,” she said, “You have been with me and stood by me during my toughest times:
When I lost my job, you were there.
When my first hairdressing business failed, you stood by me.
When I got hit by that car, you were with me.
When we lost our dear Jonathan, you were there for me.
When my health started to fail, you stayed by me.”

Keeping (Jewish) Wimby Fans Happy

Jerusalem Post

Photo: Last year’s event.

The new roof above Centre Court was not the only thing to debut at Wimbledon three years ago. The Chabad tennis barbeque at Wimbledon first opened for business in 2008, and like the roof it is slowly finding its place at SW19.