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Foundation Announces Groundbreaking Partnership with JLI, Providing Grants to 13 Communities

A groundbreaking partnership between JLI and the Kohelet Foundation was announced at JLI’s annual conference.  The foundation will award grants of up to $1,000 to 13 participating Jewish Day Schools located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Tennessee towards the tuition of every parent who attends JLI courses.

Foundation Announces Groundbreaking Partnership with JLI

Foundation Announces Groundbreaking Partnership with JLI, Providing Grants to 13 Communities

A groundbreaking partnership between JLI and the Kohelet Foundation was announced at JLI’s annual conference.  The foundation will award grants of up to $1,000 to 13 participating Jewish Day Schools located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Tennessee towards the tuition of every parent who attends JLI courses.

Chabad News
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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
By Yossi Melman and Barak Ravid for Haaretz

FLORIDA — U.S. court indicts Israeli suspected of arms trade with Somalia. Florida prosecutors suspect Hanoch Miller attempted to bypass a UN resolution and U.S. law, both of which have an embargo on weapons trade with Somalia.

Israeli Indicted for Supplying Weapons to Somali Pirates

By Yossi Melman and Barak Ravid for Haaretz

FLORIDA — U.S. court indicts Israeli suspected of arms trade with Somalia. Florida prosecutors suspect Hanoch Miller attempted to bypass a UN resolution and U.S. law, both of which have an embargo on weapons trade with Somalia.

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President of the Ulyanovsk Chabad Jewish Center has his dream Chupa at the Kosel

JERUSALEM — On May 16th, tens of members from the Chabad Jewish community in Ulyanovsk, Russia gathered at the holy western wall for a once in a lifetime event: a chupa at the Kotel.

A Dream Come True – A Chupa at the Kotel

President of the Ulyanovsk Chabad Jewish Center has his dream Chupa at the Kosel

JERUSALEM — On May 16th, tens of members from the Chabad Jewish community in Ulyanovsk, Russia gathered at the holy western wall for a once in a lifetime event: a chupa at the Kotel.

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By Mordechai Lightstone for lubavitch.com

Clark Howard and Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz

BROOKLYN, NY — Every day, 3.5 million listeners tune in on over 200 radio stations nationwide to hear consumer advocate and self proclaimed penny-pincher Clark Howard dispense his timely financial advice. This past Monday Howard spoke to a different audience: 500 Chabad rabbis. The 90 minute conference call, arranged by the Shlichus Academy - the online education and support network for Chabad emmisaries - focused on topics ranging from tried advice when purchasing a car to budgeting and home equity.

Clark Howard Advises Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries

By Mordechai Lightstone for lubavitch.com
Clark Howard and Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz

BROOKLYN, NY — Every day, 3.5 million listeners tune in on over 200 radio stations nationwide to hear consumer advocate and self proclaimed penny-pincher Clark Howard dispense his timely financial advice. This past Monday Howard spoke to a different audience: 500 Chabad rabbis. The 90 minute conference call, arranged by the Shlichus Academy – the online education and support network for Chabad emmisaries – focused on topics ranging from tried advice when purchasing a car to budgeting and home equity.

Chabad News
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Urgent Tehillim Needed

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Yehoshua ben Sara

Nechama bas Toiba

An older Lubavitcher couple who have been severely injured in a car accident and are in unstable condition at the hospital.

Notices
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Sunday Night L’Chaims!

3 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Shmully Levy (Crown Heights) and Batsheva Hecht (South Africa)
1094 Park Place [between Kingston Ave and Hampton Pl]

Mattanya Ginsburg (Crown Heights) and Rochel Notik (Crown Heights)
Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

Mendy Schapiro (Crown Heights) and Chaya Begun (S. Paulo, Brazil)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Mazel Tov's
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Shluchim always dream of a program that will keep their children enchanted and entertained while strengthening their connection to the Rebbe and their fellow young shluchim.

On Thursday, 28 Sivan, MyShliAch brought that dream to life through the pilot program launch of an exclusive new project for children of shluchim.

My Shliach Launches “Story Hour”

Shluchim always dream of a program that will keep their children enchanted and entertained while strengthening their connection to the Rebbe and their fellow young shluchim.

On Thursday, 28 Sivan, MyShliAch brought that dream to life through the pilot program launch of an exclusive new project for children of shluchim.

General
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Watertown Daily Times

A satellite view of the plant.

A state Supreme Court judge has ordered a kosher food plant owner to pay nearly $167,000 in delinquent utility bills by close of business July 2.

The city of Ogdensburg can shut off water and sewer service to the plant operated by Tubroburg LLC, owned by Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky, on July 6 should the payment not be made, Judge David R. Demarest wrote in a decision released Thursday.

Judge Orders Tubroburg to Pay Up

Watertown Daily Times

A satellite view of the plant.

A state Supreme Court judge has ordered a kosher food plant owner to pay nearly $167,000 in delinquent utility bills by close of business July 2.

The city of Ogdensburg can shut off water and sewer service to the plant operated by Tubroburg LLC, owned by Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky, on July 6 should the payment not be made, Judge David R. Demarest wrote in a decision released Thursday.

General
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Kelloggs recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks and Honey Smacks when customers began complaining of a 'waxy' smell.

Foul smells from some Kellogg Co breakfast cereals prompted the world's largest cereal maker to voluntarily pull millions of packages from store shelves around the United States.

Kellogg Recalls Breakfast Cereals Over Taste, Smell

Kelloggs recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks and Honey Smacks when customers began complaining of a ‘waxy’ smell.

Foul smells from some Kellogg Co breakfast cereals prompted the world’s largest cereal maker to voluntarily pull millions of packages from store shelves around the United States.

General
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lubavitch.com

Rabbi Chanoch Gechtman visiting Mumbai in the summer of 2009.

Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman are the newly named Chabad representatives to Mumbai. Before details of their appointment were made public, they shared a candid conversation with Baila Olidort, Editor-in-Chief of Lubavitch.com/Lubavitch News Service, about their decision to accept this appointment.

Conversation with New Chabad Shluchim to Mumbai

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Rabbi Chanoch Gechtman visiting Mumbai in the summer of 2009.

Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman are the newly named Chabad representatives to Mumbai. Before details of their appointment were made public, they shared a candid conversation with Baila Olidort, Editor-in-Chief of Lubavitch.com/Lubavitch News Service, about their decision to accept this appointment.

Chabad News
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Rabbi Menachem Porush was born in Jerusalem in 1916. A seventh-generation Jerusalemite, he devoted his life to championing Torah values and Torah education in Israel. A story about the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

Video: Encounter with the Rebbe – Torah Education in Israel


Rabbi Menachem Porush was born in Jerusalem in 1916. A seventh-generation Jerusalemite, he devoted his life to championing Torah values and Torah education in Israel. A story about the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

Videos
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