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By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org

Rabbi Chanoch Gechman (L) and Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg (R) at Kinus Hashluchim this past year.

Rabbi Chanoch and Leiky Gechman, an Israeli couple with connections to the Jewish community of Mumbai, India, will soon be heading to the South Asian business capital as its first permanent Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries since the terrorist attacks of November 2008.

New Couple to Direct Mumbai Chabad House

By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org

Rabbi Chanoch Gechman (L) and Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg (R) at Kinus Hashluchim this past year.

Rabbi Chanoch and Leiky Gechman, an Israeli couple with connections to the Jewish community of Mumbai, India, will soon be heading to the South Asian business capital as its first permanent Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries since the terrorist attacks of November 2008.

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New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
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Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
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Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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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
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Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
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Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )

CROWN HEIGHTS — Over 250 Bochurim got together last night for a unique ‘no holds barred’ style forum. Various topics were discussed with two prolific Mashpiim and public speakers, Rabbi Yossi Paltiel and Rabbi Manis Friedman. Among the array of topics discussed, were dating to university and business. The event was organized by the new Besht center.

Paltiel, Friedman Discuss Contemporary Issues for Singles

CROWN HEIGHTS — Over 250 Bochurim got together last night for a unique ‘no holds barred’ style forum. Various topics were discussed with two prolific Mashpiim and public speakers, Rabbi Yossi Paltiel and Rabbi Manis Friedman. Among the array of topics discussed, were dating to university and business. The event was organized by the new Besht center.

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NY Post
That's so not kosher.

A kosher-food company is suing the Mets, claiming that it has lost a half-million dollars in profits because the team has forbidden its stands to sell snacks at Citi Field on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons.

Kosher Grill does brisk business peddling hot dogs, sausages, knishes, hamburgers, beer and other food from three portable stands around the stadium.

The owner, Kosher Sports Inc., got approval from kosher-certifying authorities to sling wieners on the Sabbath and even customized its stands so it could sell its pastrami hot dogs and other wares on Friday nights and Saturdays, the vendor said.

Snack Sabbath Flap at Citi Field

NY Post

That’s so not kosher.

A kosher-food company is suing the Mets, claiming that it has lost a half-million dollars in profits because the team has forbidden its stands to sell snacks at Citi Field on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons.

Kosher Grill does brisk business peddling hot dogs, sausages, knishes, hamburgers, beer and other food from three portable stands around the stadium.

The owner, Kosher Sports Inc., got approval from kosher-certifying authorities to sling wieners on the Sabbath and even customized its stands so it could sell its pastrami hot dogs and other wares on Friday nights and Saturdays, the vendor said.

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by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
So much for Christian charity.

Sister Mary McCauley, the former pastoral administrator at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Postville, Iowa, who provided support for families affected by the Agriprocessors raid, publicly condemned the complete acquittal of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin on charges of child labor violations as a tragedy. “I was heartsick,” she declared. “I had to just sit and deal with the heartbreak I was feeling.”

Never mind that a jury deliberated only 12 hours to reach a verdict exonerating Rubashkin on all 67 counts. Never mind that Rubashkin, a father of ten with a long of history of charitable acts feeding the hungry and the poor, has been so demonized in the press that it was practically impossible for him to receive a fair trial, and still he was found innocent. The good sister is convinced that the man should have gone down. Her heart tells her so. The jury be damned.

Op-Ed: The Never-Ending Lynching of Sholom Rubashkin

by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

So much for Christian charity.

Sister Mary McCauley, the former pastoral administrator at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Postville, Iowa, who provided support for families affected by the Agriprocessors raid, publicly condemned the complete acquittal of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin on charges of child labor violations as a tragedy. “I was heartsick,” she declared. “I had to just sit and deal with the heartbreak I was feeling.”

Never mind that a jury deliberated only 12 hours to reach a verdict exonerating Rubashkin on all 67 counts. Never mind that Rubashkin, a father of ten with a long of history of charitable acts feeding the hungry and the poor, has been so demonized in the press that it was practically impossible for him to receive a fair trial, and still he was found innocent. The good sister is convinced that the man should have gone down. Her heart tells her so. The jury be damned.

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This letter from the Rebbe, זי"ע, is addressed to Mr. Irving I. Stone, of blessed memory, the eldest son of Jacob Sapirstein. Jacob founded the American Greeting card company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1906, selling picture postcards from a horse-drawn wagon. Together with his two younger brothers (all of whom Americanized their surname to Stone), Irving transformed American Greetings from a small family business into the world's largest publicly owned greeting card company.

Special: The Rebbe Corresponds with Mr. Irving Stone

This letter from the Rebbe, זי”ע, is addressed to Mr. Irving I. Stone, of blessed memory, the eldest son of Jacob Sapirstein. Jacob founded the American Greeting card company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1906, selling picture postcards from a horse-drawn wagon. Together with his two younger brothers (all of whom Americanized their surname to Stone), Irving transformed American Greetings from a small family business into the world’s largest publicly owned greeting card company.

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On 2 Tammuz, Oholei Torah had a Tzeischem L’Sholom gathering to honor Rabbi Pinchus Rapoport. Rabbi Rapoport has served as menahel of the intermediate department of the yeshiva, grades 3, 4 and 5, for the past sixteen years. He has distinguished himself with his dedication to his talmidim, his wisdom and his humility.

Oholei Torah Gives Honor to Rabbi Rapoport

On 2 Tammuz, Oholei Torah had a Tzeischem L’Sholom gathering to honor Rabbi Pinchus Rapoport. Rabbi Rapoport has served as menahel of the intermediate department of the yeshiva, grades 3, 4 and 5, for the past sixteen years. He has distinguished himself with his dedication to his talmidim, his wisdom and his humility.

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