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During Merkos Shlichus summer program the roving Rabbis, Moshe Frank and Berri spitezki, who are in South Korea, met this week with Mr. Thomas Kupfer the Swiss ambassador to South Korea who happens to be Jewish. The rabbis were invited to the Ambassadors home and during their visit handed him a Mezuzah.

Picture of the Day – Merkos Shlichus

During Merkos Shlichus summer program the roving Rabbis, Moshe Frank and Berri spitezki, who are in South Korea, met this week with Mr. Thomas Kupfer the Swiss ambassador to South Korea who happens to be Jewish. The rabbis were invited to the Ambassadors home and during their visit handed him a Mezuzah.

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

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
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
Sentinel

Jesse Martinez celebrates his bar mitzvah with his mother, Sari Yates, and Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on July 28.

MONROE — The road to his bar mitzvah is not an easy one for a Jewish boy.

A Rite of Passage for an Extraordinary Young Man

Sentinel

Jesse Martinez celebrates his bar mitzvah with his mother, Sari Yates, and Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on July 28.

MONROE — The road to his bar mitzvah is not an easy one for a Jewish boy.

Shlichus
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Elderly Pedestrian Struck on Empire

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It sounded like two cars collided, when in fact it was a person that was struck and sent flying down Empire this afternoon. The incident took place in front of 675 Empire Boulevard where an elderly Jewish man was crossing, and was struck by a passing SUV.

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by Ronelle Grier - Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students Joshua Soudakoff and Isser Lubecki, right, are travelling through Rochester, N.Y., to provide Jewish programming for the city’s deaf residents.

Helping Jews the world over feel connected as opposed to isolated has long been the mission of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and the corps of rabbinical students who annually fan out to disparate communities across the globe.

Deaf Rabbis-in-Training Outreach to Deaf Population

by Ronelle Grier – Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students Joshua Soudakoff and Isser Lubecki, right, are travelling through Rochester, N.Y., to provide Jewish programming for the city’s deaf residents.

Helping Jews the world over feel connected as opposed to isolated has long been the mission of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and the corps of rabbinical students who annually fan out to disparate communities across the globe.

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Record Online

James Edwards prepares rowboats Monday at Morningside Park in Hurlyville, Edwards was one of several people that were struck by lightning during Sunday's storm.

FALLSBURG — Morningside Park Manager Henry Lesczynski has worked there for 20 years — and for all those years he's feared somebody would get hit by lightning on the lake.

Park Chief Praises Lake Rescuers

Record Online

James Edwards prepares rowboats Monday at Morningside Park in Hurlyville, Edwards was one of several people that were struck by lightning during Sunday’s storm.

FALLSBURG — Morningside Park Manager Henry Lesczynski has worked there for 20 years — and for all those years he’s feared somebody would get hit by lightning on the lake.

Upstate News
Keren Simchas Choson V'Kallah (KSCVK) invites all men to enjoy and evening of barbecuing and Mashke tasting at Bais Rivkah this Wednesday.

The evening is for men and Bochurim, who are over 21 and must present ID.

There will be a delicious barbecue and a Mashke tasting contest, with wines a liquors from Eber's and Royal WInes.

Wednesday: BBQ and Mashke Tasting with KSCVK

Keren Simchas Choson V’Kallah (KSCVK) invites all men to enjoy and evening of barbecuing and Mashke tasting at Bais Rivkah this Wednesday.

The evening is for men and Bochurim, who are over 21 and must present ID.

There will be a delicious barbecue and a Mashke tasting contest, with wines a liquors from Eber’s and Royal WInes.

PSA
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Lebanon Says Three Soldiers Killed in Clash with IDF

IDF vehicles patrol an area near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, seen from the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday.

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in clashes with Israeli troops today, Tuesday. The Lebanese say the conflict began when the IDF attempted to uproot a tree on their side of the border. Whiles israeli reports say that the IDF was performing maintenance work across the fence, but still within Israeli territory.

Jewish News

The suspect (L) in a blue baseball cap and t-shirt, get walked out and encouraged to flee by the gathered crowd.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Early Monday evening two Jewish women were accosted by a sicko on Kingston Avenue, one quick call to Shomrim and the pervert was apprehended, and arrested. Only to be released a few hours later without any charges.

Shomrim Apprehend Sicko, Police Make Arrest – Later let him go

The suspect (L) in a blue baseball cap and t-shirt, get walked out and encouraged to flee by the gathered crowd.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Early Monday evening two Jewish women were accosted by a sicko on Kingston Avenue, one quick call to Shomrim and the pervert was apprehended, and arrested. Only to be released a few hours later without any charges.

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