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Vacaville Valedictorian’s Speech Saved

Contra Costa Times

Vacaville High School Valedictorian Carolyn Fine is observing the Jewish holiday of Shavuot on graduation day, and will not be using electricity. Not only will she be walking to the ceremony, her speech is prerecorded and will be played during the event. Photo: Rick Roach, The Reporter.

In observance of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, 18-year-old Carolyn Fine will not use electricity, even that which powers the microphone. Nor will she ride in a car to her graduation; instead, she’ll walk to the ceremony.

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Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
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Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
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Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
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Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
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Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
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Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
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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
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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!
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Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )

Confirmed: Dead Pakistani Al-Qaeda Operative Deliberately Targeted Indian Chabad Houses

Indian Express

Kashmiri, according to investigators, was responsible for ordering attacks on Chabad Houses in India.

The letter rogatory sent to Pakistan in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack has described Ilyas Kashmiri as one of the accused behind the attack who was planning more such attacks on India. Kashmiri was reported to have been killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan tribal region. Many believed that Kashmiri was going to be the new face of al-Qaeda after Osama’s death.

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In honor of Shavuot, JLI and TorahCafe.com are proud to bring you our Shavuot Webcast entitled: From Sinai to Cyberspace. With an introductory montage of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, From Sinai to Cyberspace is a perfect piece to share with your friends and family this Shavuot to offer them a fresh look with unique approaches to how they can bring a little bit more Torah into their lives.

Video: From Sinai to Cyberspace

In honor of Shavuot, JLI and TorahCafe.com are proud to bring you our Shavuot Webcast entitled: From Sinai to Cyberspace. With an introductory montage of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, From Sinai to Cyberspace is a perfect piece to share with your friends and family this Shavuot to offer them a fresh look with unique approaches to how they can bring a little bit more Torah into their lives.

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by Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

A Jewish wedding underway in Dnepropetrovsk is uniting two families whose patriarchs were once considered dissidents by the very government that now embraces the religious revival taking place throughout Ukraine’s third-largest city.

Historic Ukrainian Wedding Pairs Soviet Dissidents’ Great-Grandchildren

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

A Jewish wedding underway in Dnepropetrovsk is uniting two families whose patriarchs were once considered dissidents by the very government that now embraces the religious revival taking place throughout Ukraine’s third-largest city.

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Cheder Menachem’s 11th Annual MBP Ceremony

As every year, from Yud Shevat thru Yud Alef Nissan, talmidim of Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles worked in preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe in honor of Yud Alef Nissan with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al peh program; together, the talmidim learned and were tested on a total of over 158,864 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos.

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Crain's NY

The chief executives of three ailing Brooklyn hospitals are finalizing a de facto merger proposal that they expect to submit to state officials as early as this week. Their plan, which calls for a “northern Brooklyn health care alliance,” could include a major restructuring, closure or repurposing of at least one of the hospitals.

Half of Brooklyn’s Hospitals on Life Support

Crain’s NY

The chief executives of three ailing Brooklyn hospitals are finalizing a de facto merger proposal that they expect to submit to state officials as early as this week. Their plan, which calls for a “northern Brooklyn health care alliance,” could include a major restructuring, closure or repurposing of at least one of the hospitals.

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Ireland’s Only Jewish Member of Parliament, Now Minister of Justice, Equality and Defense

Lubavitch.com

Alan Joseph Shatter, Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency, Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defense.

Alan Shatter, Ireland’s only Jewish member of Parliament, was sworn in as the new Minister for Justice, Equality and also Minister for Defense. Following last week’s parliamentary election, a coalition government of his center-right Fine Gael Party and the liberal Labor Party was formed. Mr. Shatter, 60, represents a constituency in the south of Dublin, where most of Ireland’s Jews live.

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Ynet

“I'm proud of what I did,” so declared Amjad Mahmad Awad, 19, on Sunday just moments before an indictment against him and his partner Hakim Awad was filed before the Judea and Samaria Sector Military Court, over the murders of five members of the Fogel family two and a half months ago.

Fogel Family Murderer: I’m Proud of What I Did

Ynet

“I’m proud of what I did,” so declared Amjad Mahmad Awad, 19, on Sunday just moments before an indictment against him and his partner Hakim Awad was filed before the Judea and Samaria Sector Military Court, over the murders of five members of the Fogel family two and a half months ago.

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Chabad of Riverside Gets a Torah of Their Own

The Press-Enterprise

Rabbi Shmuel Fuss, Shliach to Riverside, CA, with his new Torah (l), building the holy ark (r).

There are 304,805 letters in the Torah. The Jewish holy book that was specially commissioned for Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside is missing only 98.

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