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A Shtetl Divided

by Matthew Shaer

Messianic vigilantes, brawling Hasidim, and the battle for Jewish Brooklyn

In the 1860s, when the architect Frederick Law Olmsted arrived in Crow Hill, he found a wasteland of balding farms and graying shale, pimpled by shantytowns and pools of pig excrement. The squalor alarmed Olmsted, and together with his partner, Calvert Vaux, he obtained a commission from the city to design Eastern Parkway, a wide, tree-lined boulevard that eventually connected the brownstones of Park Slope to the tenements of Brownsville and brought a semblance of modernity to the neighborhoods in between.

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Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
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Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
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Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
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Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
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Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
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Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
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Dix Hills Locals Toast Jewish Center’s 18 Years

by Levi Stein – Chabad.org

Lou and Beth Ziemba, center, received an award at the Dec. 12 banquet celebrating Rabbi Yaakov and Zoey Saacks’ 18 years directing the Chai Center of Dix Hills, N.Y. (Photo: Levi Stein)

When Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yaakov and Zoey Saacks moved from Brooklyn to the Suffolk County community of Dix Hills, N.Y., their newly-formed Chai Center began in their home. Prayer services took place in their dining room; they ran a Hebrew school from their kitchen.

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This article was prepared in honor of the Yohrtzeit of Rabbi Shmuel Schrage, which takes place on the 11th of Teves, by Rabbi Michoel Seligson.

“Crown Heights of 1964 turned from a nice neighborhood to a soft territory for crime. People were being robbed, hit, stabbed and even murdered. Five crimes were reported every night. People became prisoners in their own homes”, describes Dr. Morris Mindel. The streets emptied after seven in the evening. Owners of stores were afraid to open, too early in the morning. Women stopped participating in communal events. What was most shocking was an attempted attack on a Lubavitcher woman who did not close the door to her house, while her children were playing in the yard.

Rabbi Samuel Schrage: the Maccabee

This article was prepared in honor of the Yohrtzeit of Rabbi Shmuel Schrage, which takes place on the 11th of Teves, by Rabbi Michoel Seligson.

“Crown Heights of 1964 turned from a nice neighborhood to a soft territory for crime. People were being robbed, hit, stabbed and even murdered. Five crimes were reported every night. People became prisoners in their own homes”, describes Dr. Morris Mindel. The streets emptied after seven in the evening. Owners of stores were afraid to open, too early in the morning. Women stopped participating in communal events. What was most shocking was an attempted attack on a Lubavitcher woman who did not close the door to her house, while her children were playing in the yard.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa [AP] — A federal judge has ordered members of the family that owned a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa to pay more than $2 million after defaulting on financial agreements with one of their former banks, which has since collapsed.

Judge Orders Rubashkins to Repay $2 Million

IOWA CITY, Iowa [AP] — A federal judge has ordered members of the family that owned a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa to pay more than $2 million after defaulting on financial agreements with one of their former banks, which has since collapsed.

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After Crushing His Opponent, Salita Learns Tanya

In Dmitriy Salita’s second fight since his loss to Amir Kahn in England, he came out swinging, and in three short rounds Salita KO’d James Wayka. The sold out crowd at Roseland Ballroom also enjoyed Matisyahu as he sang Dmitriy into the ring with his classic “King Without a Crown”. A reader sent us this photo of Dmitriy in his dressing room after the fight, studying the daily Tanya portion.

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6 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Nachman Dov and Rochel (nee Muss) Wichnin
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Mendy and Leah (nee Grunblatt) Gurevitch
555 Crown St Apt #3H [Corner of Albany Ave]

Yitzy and Rochy (nee Flint) Kamman
729 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yossi and Chaya Cohen
565 Crown Street Apt #4D

Tzvi and Rochie Shuchat
248 York Hill Blvd. Toronto, ON, Canada

Mendel and Dassie Prus (Doylestown, PA)

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Friday – The Fast of Asarah B’Tevet

Chabad.org

The Fast begins at 5:46am and ends at 5:00pm

On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on the 17th of Tammuz, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on the 9th of Av that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.

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By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

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“Come! Everybody gather 'round and I will tell you what is going to happen to you when the end of days will be;”quite a catchy sound byte. Well this is the enticing 'hook' which our forefather said to his twelve great sons. Bet you want to know what the great prophet revealed next! Not what you expected.

This week's Torah portion, Vayechi, which completes the book of Bereishis, finds Yaakov on his death bed surrounded by his children. Sensing the approach of his final time in this world, Yaakov secures Yosef’s commitment to execute his wishes not to be buried in Egypt, but rather in the land of Israel. Yaakov then summons his twelve sons and prepares to convey his final words:

Blessing in Disguise, The Curse Within The Blessing

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

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“Come! Everybody gather ’round and I will tell you what is going to happen to you when the end of days will be;”quite a catchy sound byte. Well this is the enticing ‘hook’ which our forefather said to his twelve great sons. Bet you want to know what the great prophet revealed next! Not what you expected.

This week’s Torah portion, Vayechi, which completes the book of Bereishis, finds Yaakov on his death bed surrounded by his children. Sensing the approach of his final time in this world, Yaakov secures Yosef’s commitment to execute his wishes not to be buried in Egypt, but rather in the land of Israel. Yaakov then summons his twelve sons and prepares to convey his final words:

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