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By Joseph Byron

RCE conference in Budapest

PARIS [EJP] — Rabbis to discuss assimilation, ‘greatest threat to the Jews’. Around 300 rabbis from across Europe and Israel will attend a 3-day conference in Paris to discuss assimilation, anti-Semitism and various other issues. The conference, organized by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) will open on tomorrow in the French capital in the presence of the two chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Rabbi Yona Metzger.

Rabbinate to Discuss Civil Marriage for First Time

By Joseph Byron

RCE conference in Budapest

PARIS [EJP] — Rabbis to discuss assimilation, ‘greatest threat to the Jews’. Around 300 rabbis from across Europe and Israel will attend a 3-day conference in Paris to discuss assimilation, anti-Semitism and various other issues. The conference, organized by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) will open on tomorrow in the French capital in the presence of the two chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Rabbi Yona Metzger.

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Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avremy Wolosh (Morristown) to Avigial Sacks (Chicago, IL)

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Thousands of children will be gathering to launch a Mivtza Hiskashrus in preparation for the Rebbes 108th birthday.

Thursday, Tes Adar, 1:00 PM EST Merkos Linyonei Chinuch and Tzivos Hashem H.Q, will join forces with Chabad schools across the globe for an online children’s rally, uniting thousands of Hashem’s soldiers for an all out attack of Torah Teffilah and Tzedokoh.

Be a part of it and log on to THKIDS.ORG/RALLY

Thursday: Rally – America Iz Nit Andersh

Thousands of children will be gathering to launch a Mivtza Hiskashrus in preparation for the Rebbes 108th birthday.

Thursday, Tes Adar, 1:00 PM EST Merkos Linyonei Chinuch and Tzivos Hashem H.Q, will join forces with Chabad schools across the globe for an online children’s rally, uniting thousands of Hashem’s soldiers for an all out attack of Torah Teffilah and Tzedokoh.

Be a part of it and log on to THKIDS.ORG/RALLY

PSA
For Shluchim looking for bochurim to help with peulos or other types of Shlichus, and bochurim looking to help a shliach over Purim, Pesach or all the year round- look no further - your answer is BochurimPlacement.com which is part of the online placement service offered by the Shluchim Office, run out of their Brooklyn office.

It couldn't be easier: the Shliach posts the job he is offering indicating the details of the job and what he is looking for in a bochur. The online service then presents the Shliach with a list of bochurim who match his criteria. The Shliach can then contact the Bochur/im directly to work out details. It works the same way for a bochur, once he posts his profile online he can see a list of Shluchim looking for Bochurim and contact a shliach if he is interested in helping him out.

PSA: Shluchim Looking for Bochurim? Bochurim Looking for Shluchim?

For Shluchim looking for bochurim to help with peulos or other types of Shlichus, and bochurim looking to help a shliach over Purim, Pesach or all the year round- look no further – your answer is BochurimPlacement.com which is part of the online placement service offered by the Shluchim Office, run out of their Brooklyn office.

It couldn’t be easier: the Shliach posts the job he is offering indicating the details of the job and what he is looking for in a bochur. The online service then presents the Shliach with a list of bochurim who match his criteria. The Shliach can then contact the Bochur/im directly to work out details. It works the same way for a bochur, once he posts his profile online he can see a list of Shluchim looking for Bochurim and contact a shliach if he is interested in helping him out.

PSA
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NY Post

Dr. John Muney's unlimited office care for
uninsured patients got the thumbsdown
from the state.
The state is trying to shut down a New York City doctor's ambitious plan to treat uninsured patients for around $1,000 a year.

Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs.

“I'm trying to help uninsured people here,” he said.

His patients agree to pay $79 a month for a year in return for unlimited office visits with a $10 co-pay.

But his plan landed him in the crosshairs of the state Insurance Department, which ordered him to drop his fixed-rate plan - which it claims is equivalent to an insurance policy.

State Slaps Dr. Do-Good

NY Post

Dr. John Muney’s unlimited office care for
uninsured patients got the thumbsdown
from the state.

The state is trying to shut down a New York City doctor’s ambitious plan to treat uninsured patients for around $1,000 a year.

Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs.

“I’m trying to help uninsured people here,” he said.

His patients agree to pay $79 a month for a year in return for unlimited office visits with a $10 co-pay.

But his plan landed him in the crosshairs of the state Insurance Department, which ordered him to drop his fixed-rate plan – which it claims is equivalent to an insurance policy.

NYC News
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Rabbi and Mrs Yishayahu and Shira Rose of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Toronto, Canada where they will establish a new Chabad on Campus facility to serve the students and faculty at the University of Toronto (U of T).

The new Shluchim were appointed by Shliach Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch from Chabad of Midtown Toronto. Thanks for the help and guidance of head Shliach to Ontario Rabbi Zalman A. Grossbaum and to everyone who helped make this possible. Also special thanks to the Rohr On Campus Initiative.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim, a Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Announcing New Shluchim to Toronto

Rabbi and Mrs Yishayahu and Shira Rose of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Toronto, Canada where they will establish a new Chabad on Campus facility to serve the students and faculty at the University of Toronto (U of T).

The new Shluchim were appointed by Shliach Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch from Chabad of Midtown Toronto. Thanks for the help and guidance of head Shliach to Ontario Rabbi Zalman A. Grossbaum and to everyone who helped make this possible. Also special thanks to the Rohr On Campus Initiative.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim, a Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Chabad News
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by Mayer Fertig - The Jewish Star
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When word got out Saturday night of the shocking loss of Levi Yitzchok Wolowick, administrators of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, where he was a fourth grader, had to prepare their staff and their students to deal with his death.

Rabbi Dovid Morgenstern, the menahel of the fourth and fifth grades, himself a trained grief counselor, said the yeshiva immediately sought guidance from Chai Lifeline’s bereavement and crisis intervention team, led by Dr. Norman Blumenthal and Mrs. Zahava Farbman.

Blumenthal met that night with administrators and teachers, Rabbi Morgenstern said. The next night “we had a meeting…in the yeshiva for parents specifically of the fourth grade,” though it was open for all who wished to attend.

When school resumed on Tuesday following the snow storm, Dr. Blumenthal, a psychologist, and Mrs. Farbman, a licensed clinical social worker, planned to spend the day at Darchei offering counseling.

Helping classmates cope with tragedy; Flu was the apparent cause of death

by Mayer Fertig – The Jewish Star
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Levi Wolowik OBM

When word got out Saturday night of the shocking loss of Levi Yitzchok Wolowick, administrators of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, where he was a fourth grader, had to prepare their staff and their students to deal with his death.

Rabbi Dovid Morgenstern, the menahel of the fourth and fifth grades, himself a trained grief counselor, said the yeshiva immediately sought guidance from Chai Lifeline’s bereavement and crisis intervention team, led by Dr. Norman Blumenthal and Mrs. Zahava Farbman.

Blumenthal met that night with administrators and teachers, Rabbi Morgenstern said. The next night “we had a meeting…in the yeshiva for parents specifically of the fourth grade,” though it was open for all who wished to attend.

When school resumed on Tuesday following the snow storm, Dr. Blumenthal, a psychologist, and Mrs. Farbman, a licensed clinical social worker, planned to spend the day at Darchei offering counseling.

General
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Mrs. Daniela Gabay (Montreal, Canada) is sitting Shiva after the passing of her dear mother Itto Shabba Shemtov OBM.

The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday, in Jerusalem at 10:00am (Israel Time).

For Nichum Aveilim email: danelie@videotron.ca or call at 011-972-77-560-7194

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel Mrs. Daniela Gabay

Mrs. Daniela Gabay (Montreal, Canada) is sitting Shiva after the passing of her dear mother Itto Shabba Shemtov OBM.

The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday, in Jerusalem at 10:00am (Israel Time).

For Nichum Aveilim email: danelie@videotron.ca or call at 011-972-77-560-7194

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the fifth time in less then six months Cong. B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights has been burglarized, doors and locks have been damaged, and a total of $30 in cash has been taken.

More in the Extended Article.

Cong. B’nai Avraham Burglarized, Again

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the fifth time in less then six months Cong. B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights has been burglarized, doors and locks have been damaged, and a total of $30 in cash has been taken.

More in the Extended Article.

Crime
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi (ben R Gavriel) Schapiro (Crown Heights) and Leah (bas R YY OBM) Silberstein (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's
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By Dave DeWitte for the Gazette

POSTVILLE, IA — Postville's largest rental property company, owned by the same family as bankrupt Agriprocessors, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Nevel Properties Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, claiming assets of less than $50,000 and liabilities of more than $1 million.

Rubashkins Rental Property Firm Files Bankruptcy

By Dave DeWitte for the Gazette

POSTVILLE, IA — Postville’s largest rental property company, owned by the same family as bankrupt Agriprocessors, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Nevel Properties Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, claiming assets of less than $50,000 and liabilities of more than $1 million.

Chabad News
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KIEV, Ukraine [JTA] — Jewish leaders called on Ukrainian authorities to press charges against a politician for inciting ethnic hatred.

In letters addressed to national and local authorities, leaders of Jewish organizations in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson accused Sergey Kirichenko, a member of the Union of Left Powers and member of Kherson City Council, of systematic anti-Semitic propaganda.

Jewish leaders Urge Prosecution of Ukrainian Politician

KIEV, Ukraine [JTA] — Jewish leaders called on Ukrainian authorities to press charges against a politician for inciting ethnic hatred.

In letters addressed to national and local authorities, leaders of Jewish organizations in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson accused Sergey Kirichenko, a member of the Union of Left Powers and member of Kherson City Council, of systematic anti-Semitic propaganda.

Jewish News
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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

NEW YORK, NY — It is nearly 70 years since the start of the systematic, state-sponsored murder of over six million European Jews. Today, with anti-Semitism on a global rise and Holocaust deniers stridently espousing their hate, survivors are facing their own enemy: loneliness and depression.

“Several years ago we realized that survivors, particularly those living in Manhattan, were isolated and often without friends or family,” explains Sheva Tauby, co-director of Ivolunteer. Tauby and her husband Tzvi, serve as Chabad representatives to Manhattan and are the founders of this visitation program for homebound Holocaust survivors. The couple organizes volunteers--50 are currently involved--to visit survivors each week for companionship and aid.

In Late Life, Isolated Holocaust Survivors Find New Friends

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

NEW YORK, NY — It is nearly 70 years since the start of the systematic, state-sponsored murder of over six million European Jews. Today, with anti-Semitism on a global rise and Holocaust deniers stridently espousing their hate, survivors are facing their own enemy: loneliness and depression.

“Several years ago we realized that survivors, particularly those living in Manhattan, were isolated and often without friends or family,” explains Sheva Tauby, co-director of Ivolunteer. Tauby and her husband Tzvi, serve as Chabad representatives to Manhattan and are the founders of this visitation program for homebound Holocaust survivors. The couple organizes volunteers–50 are currently involved–to visit survivors each week for companionship and aid.

Shlichus
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