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New Generation of Scholars Ponders Jewish Existential Issues

by Zalman Abraham – Lubavitch.com

Hanover, New Hampshire — Is it rational to believe in the historical accuracy and divine origin of the Bible? Can Jews exist as a community without a land of their own? Is the traditional role of women in Judaism an affront to feminism?

These were some of the questions Jewish students explored and debated this past Sunday-Monday, at the 2nd Annual Sinai Scholars Symposium, hosted at Dartmouth’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Center.

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Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
Baby Girl!

Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)

Yeshivas Hit Jackpot, Getting Over A Million in Stimulus

By Reuven Blau and David Seifman for the New York Post
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BROOKLYN — Orthodox Jewish schools hit the jackpot when federal stimulus funds were handed out last year around the state, collecting more than $1 million through school lunch-program grants, while the city’s Department of Education snared just $2 million — although it has 10 times as many students.

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Jewish Leaders Raise Concerns of Overzealous Prosecution After Disproportionate Sentencing Recommendation

NEW YORK — American Jewish leaders are expressing shock and outrage at the federal government's recommendation that Sholom Rubashkin be sentenced to life in prison for his role as an executive with the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. It is the latest example of a prosecution that has repeatedly targeted Rubashkin for unfair treatment compared to others who have been accused of employing illegal immigrants or compromising the security of a bank loan.

Jews Shocked at Life Sentence Request for Rubashkin

Jewish Leaders Raise Concerns of Overzealous Prosecution After Disproportionate Sentencing Recommendation

NEW YORK — American Jewish leaders are expressing shock and outrage at the federal government’s recommendation that Sholom Rubashkin be sentenced to life in prison for his role as an executive with the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. It is the latest example of a prosecution that has repeatedly targeted Rubashkin for unfair treatment compared to others who have been accused of employing illegal immigrants or compromising the security of a bank loan.

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By Alex Weisler for the Forward

SHANGHAI — At first glance, the carton is unremarkable: boxy and white, with a crudely sketched pastoral scene printed on the front — a forlorn bovine lounging in a pasture.

But on closer examination, two elements leap out: the words “Organic Low Fat Milk” and a drawing of a smiling, jaunty cow wearing a yarmulke — the very strict Cholov Yisroel hekhsher.

Got Kosher Milk? Shanghai Jews Drink by the Pint

By Alex Weisler for the Forward

SHANGHAI — At first glance, the carton is unremarkable: boxy and white, with a crudely sketched pastoral scene printed on the front — a forlorn bovine lounging in a pasture.

But on closer examination, two elements leap out: the words “Organic Low Fat Milk” and a drawing of a smiling, jaunty cow wearing a yarmulke — the very strict Cholov Yisroel hekhsher.

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Nearly 85 percent of licensed U.S. physicians are board certified in their specialty. But patients might want to check out their doctors' credentials since many are getting close to an expiration date to their certification status for the first time.

Video – Doctors Face Board Specialty ‘Expiration Dates’

Nearly 85 percent of licensed U.S. physicians are board certified in their specialty. But patients might want to check out their doctors’ credentials since many are getting close to an expiration date to their certification status for the first time.

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

Sholom Dovber ben Shifra a father of two young children fighting Yene Machla RL

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Notices

“Post Pesach” Shlichus in New Zealand

A historic gathering of Bochurim and Shluchim took place after Pesach in the New Zealand Chabad Headquarters in Canterbury.

After a most successful nationwide Pesach campaign, a number of the fourteen bochurim who gave up their vacation to assist communities around New Zealand for Pesach, have stayed on after the eight day holiday, to continue their outreach work in cities across the South Island.

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By Haim Bior for Haaretz

ISRAEL — The percentage of ultra-Orthodox men not working has more than tripled over the past 30 years. In 2008, 65% of Haredi men did not work, compared to only 21% in 1979, reveals the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel in its annual report.

Percent of Non-Working Israeli Haredi Men Tripled

By Haim Bior for Haaretz

ISRAEL — The percentage of ultra-Orthodox men not working has more than tripled over the past 30 years. In 2008, 65% of Haredi men did not work, compared to only 21% in 1979, reveals the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel in its annual report.

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Learn how to protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phone, cordless phone Wi-Fi, computer and cell towers. Tonight, Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00pm at the home of Mrs Faige Rubashkin, 1349 President St, between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.

Lecture Tonight on the Effects of Cellular Radiation

Learn how to protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phone, cordless phone Wi-Fi, computer and cell towers. Tonight, Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00pm at the home of Mrs Faige Rubashkin, 1349 President St, between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.

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By Dovid Zaklikowski for Chabad.org

Rabbi Moshe Elye Gerlitzky, right, stands with some of his Montreal students in this 1942 photo.

Rabbi Moshe Elye Gerlitzky, who fled from the advancing Nazi armies of war-torn Europe to find refuge in Canada and establish a Jewish educational network on the country’s Atlantic coast, passed away April 4 at the age of 94. One of the thousands of Holocaust survivors saved by the selfless acts of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, Gerlitzky was the city of Montreal’s first full-time Jewish day-school teacher and, later in life, the oldest Chabad-Lubavitch emissary.

Oldest Chabad-Lubavitch Emissary Passes Away

By Dovid Zaklikowski for Chabad.org
Rabbi Moshe Elye Gerlitzky, right, stands with some of his Montreal students in this 1942 photo.

Rabbi Moshe Elye Gerlitzky, who fled from the advancing Nazi armies of war-torn Europe to find refuge in Canada and establish a Jewish educational network on the country’s Atlantic coast, passed away April 4 at the age of 94. One of the thousands of Holocaust survivors saved by the selfless acts of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, Gerlitzky was the city of Montreal’s first full-time Jewish day-school teacher and, later in life, the oldest Chabad-Lubavitch emissary.

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By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

The presidential White House in downtown Bishkek

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Protestors clashing with riot police last Wednesday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, left the small Jewish community in this Central Asian republic feeling particularly vulnerable and anxious, says Chief Rabbi and Chabad representative, Rabbi Arye Raichman.

Kyrgyzstan Jewish Community Anxious

By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com
The presidential White House in downtown Bishkek

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Protestors clashing with riot police last Wednesday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, left the small Jewish community in this Central Asian republic feeling particularly vulnerable and anxious, says Chief Rabbi and Chabad representative, Rabbi Arye Raichman.

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