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This is the view a bus driver gets from his crossover mirrors.

Four-year-old Yoily Englander OBM was killed by a truck as he rode a tricycle in Brooklyn. The driver apparently could not see a boy whose head barely reached the bumper.

The Cost of Inaction – Yoily’s Life

NY Daily News
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This is the view a bus driver gets from his crossover mirrors.

Four-year-old Yoily Englander OBM was killed by a truck as he rode a tricycle in Brooklyn. The driver apparently could not see a boy whose head barely reached the bumper.

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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale

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Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
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
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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
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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!
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Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
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Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
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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.
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Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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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!
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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)

Photos by: Bentzi Sasson

Ten severely wounded IDF soldiers arrived today in New York for a 10 day vacation around the US, accompanied by Chabad Terror Victims Project, and hosted by Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side under the auspices of Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler.

‘Belev Echad’ Soldiers Arrive in NY

Photos by: Bentzi Sasson

Ten severely wounded IDF soldiers arrived today in New York for a 10 day vacation around the US, accompanied by Chabad Terror Victims Project, and hosted by Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side under the auspices of Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler.

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NY Post
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Time is not on the side of Big Apple residents calling 911 to report crimes. Police response times have increased every year since 2007 — and it now takes an average of 8.4 minutes for officers to respond to reports of crimes in progress, city stats show.

4th Year Running – NYPD Response Time Further Slows

NY Post
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Time is not on the side of Big Apple residents calling 911 to report crimes. Police response times have increased every year since 2007 — and it now takes an average of 8.4 minutes for officers to respond to reports of crimes in progress, city stats show.

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Yesterday, Sunday, the Mayor of Jerusalem visited the Ohel, where he was greeted by a delegation from Chabad. At a reception following his time in the Ohel, the Mayor spoke about his appreciation for Chabad and mentioned his special connection.

Video: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Visiting the Ohel

Yesterday, Sunday, the Mayor of Jerusalem visited the Ohel, where he was greeted by a delegation from Chabad. At a reception following his time in the Ohel, the Mayor spoke about his appreciation for Chabad and mentioned his special connection.

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In a display of amazing Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Chaim Miller, editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, had a column of his featured as the lead item on the Huffington Post's Religion page. The column is based on a Sicha of the Rebbe concerning man’s connection to Hashem.

Rabbi Miller Featured on HuffPost Religion Page!

In a display of amazing Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Chaim Miller, editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, had a column of his featured as the lead item on the Huffington Post’s Religion page. The column is based on a Sicha of the Rebbe concerning man’s connection to Hashem.

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Russia Freezes Art Loans Due to Chabad Library Dispute

AP

Central Chabad Library in Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, NY.

A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major cultural loans between the two countries.

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Chicago Trial Could Reveal Pakistani Link in Mumbai Chabad Attack

AP

In this courtroom sketch, Tahawwur Hussain Rana appears before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in Chicago. Rana, 50, is accused in the 2008 Mumbai rampage that left more than 160 people dead.

he allegations against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana are fairly straightforward: He helped a former boarding school friend serve as a scout for terrorists who carried out a 2008 rampage that killed more than 160 people in Mumbai.

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Jerusalem Post

If you had encountered him back in the ’90s near Jerusalem’s Zion Square, chances are you would have crossed the street to avoid him. Shneur Hasofer was one of the lost ‘kids of the wall’ who spent his teen years loading up on drugs and alcohol in downtown Jerusalem.

DeScribing a Plan to Save the World

Jerusalem Post

If you had encountered him back in the ’90s near Jerusalem’s Zion Square, chances are you would have crossed the street to avoid him. Shneur Hasofer was one of the lost ‘kids of the wall’ who spent his teen years loading up on drugs and alcohol in downtown Jerusalem.

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Michoel Liverson (Mexico City) and Chaya Mushka Marcovich (Mexico City)

L’Chaim Tonight, Sunday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]

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Pacey Lipkind (Crown Heights) and Rivka Shira Francis (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Sholom Dovber Ginsburg (Crown Heights) and Mushki Gray (Sharon, MA)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Nechemia Miller (Silver Springs, MD) and Yocheved Lerner (Kensington, Brooklyn)
3825 18th Avenue 3pm to 6pm

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