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By Liel Kyzer for Haaretz

ISRAEL — Jerusalem police on Monday charged a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man with disorderly conduct and desecrating the state flag, after he allegedly set Israel's flag on fire in the Shabbat Square in Jerusalem a day earlier.

Police Charge Charedi for Torching Israeli Flag

By Liel Kyzer for Haaretz

ISRAEL — Jerusalem police on Monday charged a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man with disorderly conduct and desecrating the state flag, after he allegedly set Israel’s flag on fire in the Shabbat Square in Jerusalem a day earlier.

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Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
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Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
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Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
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Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
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Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
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Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
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Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
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Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Top NYPD Cops Under Fire Over Recent Shootings

NY Post

Police officers and detectives at a scene of a shooting on April 7th where 4 youths were shot on Franklin Ave.

Top cops from some of the city’s most violent precincts are facing the NYPD’s “firing squad” over an escalating wave of shootings, sources said.

A routine meeting last week turned into a thrashing session during which precinct commanders were berated for the outbreak of bloodshed.

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By Victor Whitman for Record Online

Five teens have been charged with a hate crime after sheriff’s deputies say they spray painted swastikas and other graffiti in several buildings at the Kaiman Bungalow colony on Mount Hope Road.

Teens who Spray Painted Swastikas in Bungalow Charged with Hate Crime

By Victor Whitman for Record Online

Five teens have been charged with a hate crime after sheriff’s deputies say they spray painted swastikas and other graffiti in several buildings at the Kaiman Bungalow colony on Mount Hope Road.

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Jewish Family Injured in Crash with Police Van

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of a Jewish family were injured in a wild crash with a police van last night. The incident took place at around 10:00pm at the intersection of Carroll Street and New York Avenue where according to eyewitnesses a police van blew through the red light and collided with the van.

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by Shiela Steinman Wallace - jewishlouisville.org

Chabad of Kentucky, now marking its 25th year in the Commonwealth, has hired Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the son of Rabbi Avrohom and Golda Litvin, to assist with its operations and programming.

Chabad Hired New Rabbi

by Shiela Steinman Wallace – jewishlouisville.org

Chabad of Kentucky, now marking its 25th year in the Commonwealth, has hired Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the son of Rabbi Avrohom and Golda Litvin, to assist with its operations and programming.

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By Bari Weiss for the Wall Street Journal

In Brooklyn, a gentle clash over unkosher food and bike lanes.

WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is home to two of New York's most devout, and sometimes conflicting, religious sects. Inhabiting the South section of the neighborhood are the Hasidim. Often referred to as simply the Satmars, the name of their particular religious sect (which began in Hungary), they represent one of the largest communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York. Their modest dress—black pants, white shirts, fur streimel hats even in the summer—is straight out of 18th-century Eastern Europe. The men keep sidecurls, the women cover their hair, and everybody prays. Yiddish is spoken; knishes are eaten.

Hasids vs. Hipsters: A Williamsburg Story

By Bari Weiss for the Wall Street Journal

In Brooklyn, a gentle clash over unkosher food and bike lanes.

WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is home to two of New York’s most devout, and sometimes conflicting, religious sects. Inhabiting the South section of the neighborhood are the Hasidim. Often referred to as simply the Satmars, the name of their particular religious sect (which began in Hungary), they represent one of the largest communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York. Their modest dress—black pants, white shirts, fur streimel hats even in the summer—is straight out of 18th-century Eastern Europe. The men keep sidecurls, the women cover their hair, and everybody prays. Yiddish is spoken; knishes are eaten.

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By Jessica Naiman for Chabad.org

Issie Rabinowitz is determined to spend the little time he believes he has left helping strangers, whether they reside in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada, or halfway around the globe in the third-world.

Stricken With Lou Gehrig’s, Ottawa Man Fights for Free Education

By Jessica Naiman for Chabad.org

Issie Rabinowitz is determined to spend the little time he believes he has left helping strangers, whether they reside in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada, or halfway around the globe in the third-world.

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By Bernard Simon for the Financial Times

Toyota has recalled another 870,000 vehicles in North America, this time over concerns that spare tyres could fall onto the road due to a corroding cable.

While vehicle recalls are commonplace and affect all carmakers, Toyota is under intense scrutiny in the wake of a series of damaging incidents involving sticky accelerator pedals, out-of-place floor-mats and erratic braking systems.

Toyota Recalls Sienna Minivans

By Bernard Simon for the Financial Times

Toyota has recalled another 870,000 vehicles in North America, this time over concerns that spare tyres could fall onto the road due to a corroding cable.

While vehicle recalls are commonplace and affect all carmakers, Toyota is under intense scrutiny in the wake of a series of damaging incidents involving sticky accelerator pedals, out-of-place floor-mats and erratic braking systems.

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Rich Schapiro for the New York Daily News

He may have never told a lie, but George Washington apparently had no problem stiffing a Manhattan library on two books.

Two centuries ago, the nation's first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee.

President George Washington Racks up $300,000 Late Fee for Two Manhattan Library Books

Rich Schapiro for the New York Daily News

He may have never told a lie, but George Washington apparently had no problem stiffing a Manhattan library on two books.

Two centuries ago, the nation’s first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee.

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Boruch Hecht (ben R Yisroel, Los Angeles, CA) and Mooka Naparstek (bas R Shmulik, Agoura Hills, CA)
IYH at Ohel Nosson, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Damoon (Rachamim) Nikaiyin (Torrance, CA) and Miriam Levy - Chaim (Crown Heights)
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Levi Popack (Crown Heights) and Shterni Lezell (Crown Heights)
IYH 5:30 to 7:30pm at 1365 Carroll St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!

Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday L’Chaims!

Boruch Hecht (ben R Yisroel, Los Angeles, CA) and Mooka Naparstek (bas R Shmulik, Agoura Hills, CA)
IYH at Ohel Nosson, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Damoon (Rachamim) Nikaiyin (Torrance, CA) and Miriam Levy – Chaim (Crown Heights)
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Levi Popack (Crown Heights) and Shterni Lezell (Crown Heights)
IYH 5:30 to 7:30pm at 1365 Carroll St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!

PSA

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Chava Devorah Shusterman OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebbetzin Chava Devorah Shusterman of Chicago, IL.

The Nifteres is survived by her children Tibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Rabbi Shmarya Shusterman, Chicago, IL; Rabbi Yisroel Shusterman, Monsey, NY; Rabbi Yosef Y. Shusterman, Beverly Hills, CA; Rabbi Mendel Shusterman, Melbourne, Aust., and Mrs. Sori Galperin, Detroit, MI

Also survived by her brothers and sisters: Rebbetzin Ruthie Hecht, New Haven, CT; Rabbi Yosef Krinsky, CH, NY; Rabbi Pinchas Krinsky, Boston, MA; Rebbetzin Sophie Goodman, Chicago, IL, Mrs. Yocheved Goldberg, Boston, MA; Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Krinsky, CH, NY and many children and great-grandchildren, KA”H.

The Levaya will be passing 770 at 1:00pm Sunday at then will proceed to the Ohel

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Beautiful Lag BaOmer Pictures of the Rebbe!

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Rebbe’s leadership, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a new series of photos of Lag B’Omer parades with the Rebbe taken over the years, during which thousands of children of all backgrounds would gather on Eastern Parkway, Chabad headquarters, for the highlight: the Rebbe’s special address to the Children. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

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