DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a former kosher meatpacking plant executive convicted of financial fraud following an immigration raid on the Iowa plant.
Judge Denies New Trial for Rubashkin
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a former kosher meatpacking plant executive convicted of financial fraud following an immigration raid on the Iowa plant.

Torah Café Mixes Business and Pleasure
After Tishrei’s marathon of simcha and spiritual elevation, many people find themselves faced with the daunting task of returning to another kind of race – the rat race.
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Chani Wolowik (Woodmere, NY)
ULY Preschool’s Package Party!
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Street Preschool held a package party, for the mothers of the yeshiva children.

Jewish Patrol Still Sparks Controversy in CH
Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked on the door of a nearby Jewish home at midnight. The residents called Shomrim, a group of orthodox Jewish men who patrol the neighborhood. The Shomrim arrived at the scene and called police, who are investigating it as a possible hate crime. All four assailants were black.
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Isser and Devorah Leah (nee Kirschenbaum) New (Crown Heights)
We are pleased to present our twenty-first online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
Ten Minute Video Class – Fascinating Insights on The Parsha!
We are pleased to present our twenty-first online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.

Men Convicted In Brooklyn Cop’s Death To Face New Charges
NY1 — Two of the men convicted in the 2007 shooting death of a police officer in Brooklyn are now being charged in another shooting that happened 24 hours earlier.

Study: Street Stops by N.Y. Police Unjustified
Tens of thousands of times over six years, the police stopped and questioned people on New York City streets without the legal justification for doing so, a new study says.

No Longer Kosher to Bully Jews
A new guidance letter issued by United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explicitly warns federally assisted schools that they will face punitive actions if they fail to respond to hostile environments that target students because they are Jewish, Muslim or Sikh.
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Dovid and Chaya (nee Gopin) Margolin (Crown Heights)

New Companies, Companies that Give Back, Culinary Schools, Mivtzoim at Kosher Fest
SECAUCUS, NJ [CHI] — Despite the recession economy, thousands packed the Medowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ for the annual Kosherfest, with hundreds of companies from food makers to distributors with insurance and credit card processing all in the mix touting their wares.
Alley-oop for Autism with the Fighting Illini
University of Illinois Men’s basketball team with couch Bruce Weber hosted the 4th Annual Alley-oop for autism a Philanthropy project by the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity in partnership with the Chabad Center for Jewish life in support of the The Stuart I Raskas Friendship Circle of Illinois.