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.

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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.

Stumbling and Bumbling: Police Have No Record of the Brutal Assault

This is how the NYPD fights crime, by have no record of it! It seems that being taken away by ambulance after a brutal beating and calling 911 is not enough for the cops to hear about an incident in which police officers actually responded to. CrownHeights.info has learned that more than four days after the incident took place neither the local precinct, nor the Patrol Borough of Brooklyn South have any idea that this crime took place.

Wedding Unites Families in a Show of Jewish Life Revival

by Yonit Tanenbaum – Ami Magazine

Zalmy Yehudis Futerfas at their wedding. Inset: [L-R] Reb Avrohom Mayor Drizin, the bride’s
great-grandfather. Reb Mendel Futerfas, the groom’s great-
grandfather. Photos: Lubavitch Archives

A Jewish wedding celebration in Dnepropetrovsk this month bound two families whose grandfathers were once persecuted by the very government now embracing the religious revival taking place in Ukraine.