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On the two-year anniversary of the immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa — one of the largest workplace raids in history — FRONTLINE/World broadcasts an update to the original web story airing May 11, 2010, on PBS. The report takes an affecting look at the human cost of the crackdown on both sides of the border.

Video – In the Shadow of Agriprocessors Immigration Raid

On the two-year anniversary of the immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa — one of the largest workplace raids in history — FRONTLINE/World broadcasts an update to the original web story airing May 11, 2010, on PBS. The report takes an affecting look at the human cost of the crackdown on both sides of the border.

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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
by Dovid Zaklikovsky - Chabad.org

Joined by his grandson, Mendel
Serebryanski, Rabbi Pinchus “Pinny” Krinsky
holds newborn twin granddaughters Shaina
Bracha and Pearl Serebryanski.
Rabbi Pinchus “Pinny” Krinsky, a ritual slaughterer who tirelessly nurtured and supported a growing Jewish infrastructure in his hometown of Boston, passed away May 4 at the age of 82. Known for both his scholarly achievements and a profound humility, he was among the first to implement modern mass-production techniques to post-slaughter koshering of chickens.

Born in 1927 in suburban Boston to Rabbi Shmaya and Etta Krinsky, he grew up in a home characterized by his parents’ hospitality and activist spirit. In his childhood, Krinsky’s parents even enlarged their kitchen and bought a larger dinette table in order to accommodate throngs of guests.

After the 1940 arrival of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yizchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, in New York and the establishment of the central Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Krinsky joined his two brothers to learn there. When the Sixth Rebbe’s son-in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, arrived a year later and took the helm of the movement’s educational arm, Krinsky volunteered after his studies to help prepare publications under his editorial guidance.

Unassuming Pillar of Boston Jewish Community Passes Away

by Dovid Zaklikovsky – Chabad.org

Joined by his grandson, Mendel
Serebryanski, Rabbi Pinchus “Pinny” Krinsky
holds newborn twin granddaughters Shaina
Bracha and Pearl Serebryanski.

Rabbi Pinchus “Pinny” Krinsky, a ritual slaughterer who tirelessly nurtured and supported a growing Jewish infrastructure in his hometown of Boston, passed away May 4 at the age of 82. Known for both his scholarly achievements and a profound humility, he was among the first to implement modern mass-production techniques to post-slaughter koshering of chickens.

Born in 1927 in suburban Boston to Rabbi Shmaya and Etta Krinsky, he grew up in a home characterized by his parents’ hospitality and activist spirit. In his childhood, Krinsky’s parents even enlarged their kitchen and bought a larger dinette table in order to accommodate throngs of guests.

After the 1940 arrival of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yizchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, in New York and the establishment of the central Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Krinsky joined his two brothers to learn there. When the Sixth Rebbe’s son-in-law, the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, arrived a year later and took the helm of the movement’s educational arm, Krinsky volunteered after his studies to help prepare publications under his editorial guidance.

Chabad News
by Jessica Naiman - Chabad.org

More than 450 people attended an April 29 reception at the Lubavitch Centre of Toronto to hear Rabbi Ephraim Simon of Teaneck, N.J., detail his thoughts and experiences in donating his kidney to a man he never met.

Inspired by the story of an American rabbi who gave one of his kidneys to an ailing man he never met, Toronto’s Jewish community has rallied behind a fellow member desperately in need of a transplant.

Toronto Event Shines Light on Need for Organ Donation

by Jessica Naiman – Chabad.org

More than 450 people attended an April 29 reception at the Lubavitch Centre of Toronto to hear Rabbi Ephraim Simon of Teaneck, N.J., detail his thoughts and experiences in donating his kidney to a man he never met.

Inspired by the story of an American rabbi who gave one of his kidneys to an ailing man he never met, Toronto’s Jewish community has rallied behind a fellow member desperately in need of a transplant.

Chabad News

The Crown Heights division of Shormim recently rolled out with a new uniform design for their signature vehicles, the three wheeled scooters, and dedicating them in honor and memory of members and significant incidents.

Photos: Shomrim Roll out New Vehicle Design

The Crown Heights division of Shormim recently rolled out with a new uniform design for their signature vehicles, the three wheeled scooters, and dedicating them in honor and memory of members and significant incidents.

Picture of the Day
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NEW JERSEY — Do you want to own a bridge? Private investors are being sought to build a replacement bridge between New Jersey and New York. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would then lease the privately owned Goethals Bridge from the investor to retain control of the tolls and operations.

Port Authority Seeks Investors for New Goethals Bridge

NEW JERSEY — Do you want to own a bridge? Private investors are being sought to build a replacement bridge between New Jersey and New York. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would then lease the privately owned Goethals Bridge from the investor to retain control of the tolls and operations.

NYC News

Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has effected in our days an achdus and Ahavas Chinom surpassing what we have experienced in prior years. Many events and tehillim groups have been held and continue to be a zechus for our tzaddik, R. Sholom Mordechai. Now we are presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to unite all shidduch- age women in a one time event, for his zechus.

Tonight: Shidduch Workshop for Shidduch Age Girls

Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has effected in our days an achdus and Ahavas Chinom surpassing what we have experienced in prior years. Many events and tehillim groups have been held and continue to be a zechus for our tzaddik, R. Sholom Mordechai. Now we are presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to unite all shidduch- age women in a one time event, for his zechus.

PSA
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In an effort to foster competitive creativity in today’s youth, CrownHeights.info is proud to announce the launch of a junior photo competition themed “Our Beautiful Community,” in conjunction with AWarmFocus.org. Young boys and girls from around the globe, aged 10-15, are encouraged to take up to 15 photos of things they love about their community, add captions explaining each shot, and submit them to the competition.

CrownHeights.info Launches Photo Competition!

In an effort to foster competitive creativity in today’s youth, CrownHeights.info is proud to announce the launch of a junior photo competition themed “Our Beautiful Community,” in conjunction with AWarmFocus.org. Young boys and girls from around the globe, aged 10-15, are encouraged to take up to 15 photos of things they love about their community, add captions explaining each shot, and submit them to the competition.

General
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by Jeff Reinitz - WFC Courier

Sholom M. Rubashkin throughout the day in court today.

WATERLOO --- Among the mountains of bogus immigration records and job applications with fake names and birthdays in the case against Sholom Rubashkin, the two documents prosecutors keep coming back to are yearbooks.

Workers Detail Work at Agriprocessors Plant

by Jeff Reinitz – WFC Courier

Sholom M. Rubashkin throughout the day in court today.

WATERLOO — Among the mountains of bogus immigration records and job applications with fake names and birthdays in the case against Sholom Rubashkin, the two documents prosecutors keep coming back to are yearbooks.

Communal Matters
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NBC NY

New York City Transit has found a new way to generate revenue: By selling your stuff.

Technically, it's not a new idea — they've been holding the auctions for four years — but in an effort to expand the agency's opportunity to bring in cash in tough economic times, officials are tapping into social media to get the word out.

If You Lost It, NYC Transit Will Sell It

NBC NY

New York City Transit has found a new way to generate revenue: By selling your stuff.

Technically, it’s not a new idea — they’ve been holding the auctions for four years — but in an effort to expand the agency’s opportunity to bring in cash in tough economic times, officials are tapping into social media to get the word out.

NYC News

TORONTO [JTA] — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is refusing to put its stamp of approval on the first-ever postage stamp issued jointly by Canada and Israel.

Unveiled last month, the international rate stamp commemorates 60 years of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Canadian union decries joint Canada-Israel stamp

TORONTO [JTA] — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is refusing to put its stamp of approval on the first-ever postage stamp issued jointly by Canada and Israel.

Unveiled last month, the international rate stamp commemorates 60 years of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Jewish News
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The ultimate VIP Israel summer experience of a lifetime. Designed for Boys ages 14-16.

Six fun-filled weeks with exciting trips, outstanding staff including experienced and devoted counselors, mashpi'im and tour guides committed to provide your son with a positive, Chassidish, individual and very powerful overnight camp experience.

Registration Now Open for Camp VIP Bochurim (a)

The ultimate VIP Israel summer experience of a lifetime. Designed for Boys ages 14-16.

Six fun-filled weeks with exciting trips, outstanding staff including experienced and devoted counselors, mashpi’im and tour guides committed to provide your son with a positive, Chassidish, individual and very powerful overnight camp experience.

PSA
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Schneor Zalman Yehoshuah Light, the oldest Chossid, and member of Kolel Tiferes Levi Yitzchok, at the age of 98.

Reb Schneor Zalman lived in Crown Heights in his later years after moving from Toronto. He is survived by his children, Shmuel Light (Crown Heights), Brenda Eber (Crown Heights), Gitty Weingarten (Crown Heights), Rivka Rappaport (Toronto, Canada), and Berl Light (Fairlawn, NJ).

The Levaya will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 12:45pm and passing by 770 at around 1:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – R. Schneor Zalman Light OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Schneor Zalman Yehoshuah Light, the oldest Chossid, and member of Kolel Tiferes Levi Yitzchok, at the age of 98.

Reb Schneor Zalman lived in Crown Heights in his later years after moving from Toronto. He is survived by his children, Shmuel Light (Crown Heights), Brenda Eber (Crown Heights), Gitty Weingarten (Crown Heights), Rivka Rappaport (Toronto, Canada), and Berl Light (Fairlawn, NJ).

The Levaya will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 12:45pm and passing by 770 at around 1:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
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