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He may be funny, but talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is no mensch.

Kimmel swiped a YouTube video of a ranting Hasidic man and spliced it into a skit to poke fun at hoops superstar LeBron James without permission, according to a suit filed yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Jimmy Kimmel Sued over YouTube Clip of Hasidic Man

NY Post

He may be funny, but talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is no mensch.

Kimmel swiped a YouTube video of a ranting Hasidic man and spliced it into a skit to poke fun at hoops superstar LeBron James without permission, according to a suit filed yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

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Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
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Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
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Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
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Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
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Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
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Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
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Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
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Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)

Chanukah Celebration Bathes Mumbai’s Gateway to India in Light

by Joshua Runyan, Chabad.org

Under tight security, the Gateway to India celebration allowed local Jewish residents to dance the night away. (Photo credit: Chabad.org)

Mumbai, India’s Jewish community celebrated Chanukah with increased vigor, continuing a tradition begun by the slain directors of the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center by lighting a towering menorah at the Gateway to India monument.

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Chabad Center of Kendall & Pinecrest 15th Anniversary

On Monday, December 6, Chabad Center of Kendall/Pinecrest celebrated “Fifteen Years of Commitment” in the community, with a beautiful dinner at the Dadeland Marriott paying tribute to Danny & Staci Berry, Michael & Grant Miller, from Community Newspapers & Joe & Aida Roisman. The dinner highlighted the various types of outreach of Chabad Center of Kendall/Pinecrest and its far reaching impact on the community. People from all segments of the community participated in the elegant celebration including local politicians.

Shlichus
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Chnuakah in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Thursday evening, the 2nd night of Chanukah (Dec. 2nd), a crowd of over 100 people gathered on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, for the annual Bais Menachem Menorah lighting. The atmosphere was made very festive by a live musical performance of the Bais Menachem Band.

Chanukah
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3 Monday Night Lechaims

Yossi Cunin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Charytan (Winnipeg, Canada)
Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St [corner Schenectady Ave]

Moshe Pinchus Katz (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Shuchat (Caracas, Venezuela)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Mendy Hecht (Beit Shemesh / Melbourne) to Mushky Vogel (Crown Heights)
1227 President St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

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All Four Tires Stolen off a Brand New Car

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It was a sight reminiscent of decades past, stripped down cars lay waste on the city street, car stereos stolen in hourly occurrences, as well as the sight of cars missing their wheels and sitting atop four bricks. This is what greeted the proud owner of a brand new Infinity sports coupe on Friday morning, his car without wheels.

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Wednesday night the 1st night of Chanukah over 60 cars (120 people) partook in the annual Chanukah Menorah Parade in Louisville Kentucky. The 6 mile long Parade made its way to The Summit mall where Mayor-elect Greg Fischer Light the Beautiful Menorah.

8 Days of Chanukah at Chabad of Kentucky

Wednesday night the 1st night of Chanukah over 60 cars (120 people) partook in the annual Chanukah Menorah Parade in Louisville Kentucky. The 6 mile long Parade made its way to The Summit mall where Mayor-elect Greg Fischer Light the Beautiful Menorah.

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Menorah Parade in Memory of Levi Deitsch OBM

This Chanukah, ten neighboring Shluchim of Rabbi Levi Deitsch got together for a first time Menorah Car Parade. Sponsored by Lubavitch of Maryland and Chabad of N. Virginia, on Monday the 6th night of Chanukah, the Shluchim with two dozen Menorah Cars streamed into Rabbi Levi’s Chabad House in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

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Miami Herald

Students light the Chanukah Menorah.

An educational consulting company hired by Miami-Dade County has rated Chabads Hebrew After-School Program one of the best in the county. Cynthia Serure, president of A Gift for the Soul, Inc., spent two weeks observing and analyzing every aspect of Chabads program and concluded the program was exemplary.

Chabad’s After School Program Rated #1

Miami Herald

Students light the Chanukah Menorah.

An educational consulting company hired by Miami-Dade County has rated Chabads Hebrew After-School Program one of the best in the county. Cynthia Serure, president of A Gift for the Soul, Inc., spent two weeks observing and analyzing every aspect of Chabads program and concluded the program was exemplary.

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