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Thousands May Lose Rental Vouchers

By Cara Buckley for the New York Times

NEW YORK — Because of a $45 million budget gap, the New York City Housing Authority may have to revoke rental-assistance vouchers from more than 10,000 low-income tenants, a drastic move that could cause families to lose their apartments.

Jews Attacked while on Tahalucha

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A father, son and another older Jewish man were attacked and injured while on Tahalucha. The incident took place on Eastern Parkway near the entrance to the botanical gardens where a number of black youths pelted them with stones, striking the group and injuring them.

NYPD Busts Alleged Drug Sellers at Retail Stores

Some stores on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, don’t only offer up food, music and clothes; you can even get your drug fix, according to police. That is, until Today, Tuesday.

The NYPD made a sweep of the neighborhood, putting an end to the drug dealing at six different businesses, police said. Cops busted variety stores, a music store, and three take-out restaurants.

Photos: Seudas Moshiach in 770!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The last day of Passover (“Acharon Shel Pesach”) is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a “Seudas Moshiach” (Moshiachs Meal) on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the Matzah eaten at “ Seudas Moshiach”, the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.

Mivtza Pesach in Manchester

MANCHESTER, England [CHI] — This year, as a gift to the Rebbe, the Bochurim and Anash distributed over 6000 boxes of packed shmura matzah, five times the amount given out last year, to Jews in Manchester and those spread out in South England.

Videos: Young Malibu Shluchim Win Local Competition

A local Malibu California newspaper, the Malibu Times, held a youth video competition entitled “Growing Up Malibu” in which contestants submitted short music videos explaining why Malibu is so great. Among the contestants were young Shluchim Dovid and Mendel Cunin who won 1st and 2nd place in the 9 to 13 age rank.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky of Montreal, Canada at the age of 94.

Among the founders of the Montreal yeshiva, Rabbi Gerlitzky was among the Temimim who studied in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Warsaw – the original one, which was founded in the 1920’s, which he fled with a number of other Temimim and ended up in Montreal after being sent there on Shlichus by the Frierdiker Rebbe.

He is survived by his children Sara Mindel Shemtov (Crown Heights), Rivka Eisenbach (Montreal), Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Chaya Laya Berger (Ottawa, Canada), Devorah Rivkin (Tampa, FL), Rabbi Yossi Gerlitzky (Tel Aviv, Israel), Menachem Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Fraidy Shpigelman (Montreal).

He leaves behind children, grand children, great grand children, and great great grand children and is nicknamed “everyone’s grandfather”.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday, and will be passing by the Yeshiva on Westbury at around 2:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes