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Gaboim Appeal 770 Verdict in New Court Papers

Lawyers for the Gaboim filed papers in state appeals court this past Friday, appealing the previous verdict, which was handed down in June, where the court ordered the Gaboim to turn the premises of 770 and 784-788 Eastern Parkway over to Aguch and Merkos.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Pessy Matusof OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Pessy Matusof OBM wife of the late Rabbi Shlomo Matusof OBM, who served as a Shliach to Morocco.

Mrs. Matusof is survived by her children, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok (Toulouse, France), Rabbi Yehudah Leib (Cannes, France), Rabbi Eliyahu (Crown Height)s, Rabbi Yona (Madison, WI), Rabbi Reuven (Paris, France), Rabbi Shmaryahu (Brunoy, France), Mrs. Baila Polotinsky (New Jersey), Rabbi Menachem Mendel (Alberta, Canada), and Mrs. Aidla Nemanov (Crown Heights).

Transcripts on ’73 War, Now Public, Grip Israel

The New York Times

JERUSALEM — For many Israelis, the 1973 Arab-Israeli war was their single most terrifying moment, when a woefully unprepared nation, deluded into believing that its neighbors regarded it as impregnable, suffered a devastating attack and struggled back to victory at enormous cost with last-minute American help.

“Hashem Loves you More than Me”

In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: We are presenting a short video clip from ‘Sunday Dollars’ on the 13 Teves, 5751. In this clip we see Rabbi Herbert (Chaim Zev) Bumzr introduce to the Rebbe an acquaintance of his. The Rebbe turns to Rabbi Bumzr and says, “ Explain to him that he is more beloved by G-d than you and me.” From the weekly video magazine, ‘Living Torah’. Courtesy of JEM.

Israeli Campus Paradox: More Jews, Less Shabbos

By R. C. Berman for Lubavitch.com

At Tel Aviv University, future doctor Jordana Hikri was experiencing a classic Israeli paradox. Hikri spent her undergraduate years at Dartmouth, where the Jewish student population barely fills two school buses. Yet Jewish life on campus was active, and her calendar was booked with Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, and Jewish events. In Tel Aviv, Friday night is for clubbing.

Brooklyn Bum Fakes War Wound for Cash

NY Post

(L-R) 1) Robert Mc Mahon appears an arm short. 2) While begging for cash in Brooklyn, he plays up his phony stints in Vietnam. 3) At day’s end, he counts his cash – with both fully functioning arms.

Semper fake!

For years, Brooklyn commuters have opened their wallets for Robert McMahon, handing cash to this heroic and heartbreaking figure, a Vietnam vet in combat fatigues, his left arm missing and his right leg crippled, as he panhandles on Ocean Parkway in Kensington.