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by Ronelle Grier - Chabad.org

Rabbi Dovid and Sonia Weitman attend a volunteer-appreciation dinner benefiting Ten Yad, a soup kitchen they founded in S. Paolo, Brazil, in 1992.

As Jewish households fill their tables with all manner of delicacies during the most festive month of the Hebrew calendar, organizations the world over are striving to make sure that those who might otherwise have gone to bed hungry have what to celebrate.

Brazilian Jewish Org’s Army of Volunteers Fight Hunger

by Ronelle Grier – Chabad.org

Rabbi Dovid and Sonia Weitman attend a volunteer-appreciation dinner benefiting Ten Yad, a soup kitchen they founded in S. Paolo, Brazil, in 1992.

As Jewish households fill their tables with all manner of delicacies during the most festive month of the Hebrew calendar, organizations the world over are striving to make sure that those who might otherwise have gone to bed hungry have what to celebrate.

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New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street

An ASPCA agent sits at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Albany.

News of the city health department shutting down one Kapores location in Boro Park last night, came along with an agent for the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) seen hanging around Crown Heights and checking out the locations where Kapores in done.

ASPCA Seen Around the Neighborhood Kappores Locations

An ASPCA agent sits at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Albany.

News of the city health department shutting down one Kapores location in Boro Park last night, came along with an agent for the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) seen hanging around Crown Heights and checking out the locations where Kapores in done.

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by Jessica Naiman - Chabad.org

A volunteer with the Chabad-Lubavitch run Aleph Institute leads a Torah class for Jewish prisoners at the Dade Correctional Institution in Florida City, Fla.

As Jews throughout the world head to synagogue this weekend to spend the holiest day of their calendar immersed in prayer and fasting, the often overlooked population of Jewish prisoners will likewise participate in services of their own.

As Yom Kippur Nears, Volunteers Turn to Needs of Jewish Prisoners

by Jessica Naiman – Chabad.org

A volunteer with the Chabad-Lubavitch run Aleph Institute leads a Torah class for Jewish prisoners at the Dade Correctional Institution in Florida City, Fla.

As Jews throughout the world head to synagogue this weekend to spend the holiest day of their calendar immersed in prayer and fasting, the often overlooked population of Jewish prisoners will likewise participate in services of their own.

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Jewish Exponent

Hatzolah of Philadelphia members
(from left) Roman Kourinnoi, Mark Khavinson, Alec Braverstein and Rabbi Shloime Isaacson

PHILADELPHIA, PA — On a recent summer day, Rabbi Shloime Isaacson received an urgent call: A 98-year-woman was having difficulty breathing.

Emergency Responders Answer to Higher Calling

Jewish Exponent

Hatzolah of Philadelphia members
(from left) Roman Kourinnoi, Mark Khavinson, Alec Braverstein and Rabbi Shloime Isaacson

PHILADELPHIA, PA — On a recent summer day, Rabbi Shloime Isaacson received an urgent call: A 98-year-woman was having difficulty breathing.

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Mid-West Shluchim Gather in Milwaukee, WI

With Shabbos Parshas Ki Seitzei on the horizon, dozens of Shluchim from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin gathered at Lubavitch House in Milwaukee, WI for the Midwest Kinnus HaShluchim Ha’ezori 5770. Upon arrival, one was met with a sense of warmth — a warm drink and refreshments, a hot Erev Shabbos mikvah, incredibly hospitable accommodations, a whole-hearted embrace from fellow Shluchim, and a cheerful smile from the host Shliach, Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin.

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Vaad Arranges Places for Hundreds of Bochurim!

Hundreds of guests – Bochurim – coming to Crown Heights from around the world for the month of Tishrei were set up with accommodations they could have only dreamed of in the past. This year Yeshivos joined with the Vaad Talmidai Hatmimim, and arranged proper accommodations around the neighborhood for the Bochurim, as well as a meaningful curriculum for their time here.

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by Kendall Kleinberg - NYUnews

Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn, direction of Chabad Serving NYU talking to students on last years Jews Cruise.

NEW YORK — The Chabad House Serving NYU, a Jewish organization on campus, is expanding. The group recently purchased two floors at 52 E. Fourth Street.

Chabad Serving NYU Adds Two more Floors

by Kendall Kleinberg – NYUnews

Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn, direction of Chabad Serving NYU talking to students on last years Jews Cruise.

NEW YORK — The Chabad House Serving NYU, a Jewish organization on campus, is expanding. The group recently purchased two floors at 52 E. Fourth Street.

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