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The Jewish Star

Councilman-elect David Greenfield at left (photo Hillel Engel/YWN), Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Joe Lazar, right and far right (photo Michael Orbach/The Jewish Star)

Call him the Jewish Scott Brown.

David Greenfield swept a special election for the 44th District seat on the New York City Council in a landslide victory Tuesday. He soundly defeated fellow Democrat Joe Lazar, taking the seat by a margin of 58 to 40 percent. Kenneth Rice, a Republican, took just three percent of the vote.

Wind of Change: Greenfield Wins Big, Hikind Loses Bigger

The Jewish Star

Councilman-elect David Greenfield at left (photo Hillel Engel/YWN), Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Joe Lazar, right and far right (photo Michael Orbach/The Jewish Star)

Call him the Jewish Scott Brown.

David Greenfield swept a special election for the 44th District seat on the New York City Council in a landslide victory Tuesday. He soundly defeated fellow Democrat Joe Lazar, taking the seat by a margin of 58 to 40 percent. Kenneth Rice, a Republican, took just three percent of the vote.

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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)
By Glenn Blain for the New York Daily News

ALBANY — Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!

They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state's $9 billion budget gap.

New York State Wants to Legalize Medical Marijuana to Help Plug Budget Gap

By Glenn Blain for the New York Daily News

ALBANY — Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!

They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.

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Photos: Students Compete in Chidon on Hilchos Tefillin

Halichos Olam is a program for seventh grade boys of Oholei Torah and United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Crown Street to encourage and guide them in the study of Hilichos Tefillin. Seventh grade is the year when most boys begin wearing Tefillin two months before their Bar Mitzvah. It was established by the Igud Menahalei Yeshivos of Crown Heights in the goal to expand the knowledge of Halacha and Yiras Shamayim of the talmidim of our community. The boys study Hilchos Tefillin from the sefer “Shvach Yokor” authored by Rabbi Shmuel Hurwitz.

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By Pamela McLoughlin for the New Haven Register

Shliach to Connecticut Rabbi Adam Haston explaining meaning of Pesach

NEW HAVEN — Marilyn Press of Stratford walked up to Rabbi Adam Haston at the Amity Stop & Shop to ask, “No margarine for Passover?”

Video – Shliach Gives Pesach D’Var Torah in Supermarket

By Pamela McLoughlin for the New Haven Register

Shliach to Connecticut Rabbi Adam Haston explaining meaning of Pesach

NEW HAVEN — Marilyn Press of Stratford walked up to Rabbi Adam Haston at the Amity Stop & Shop to ask, “No margarine for Passover?”

Videos

This past friday Devorah and FBI Director Robert Meuller in at FBI HQ in Washington DC

The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director's Community Leadership Award.

On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam's 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son's murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.

FBI Awards Devorah Halberstam

This past friday Devorah and FBI Director Robert Meuller in at FBI HQ in Washington DC

The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director’s Community Leadership Award.

On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam’s 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son’s murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.

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The head staff members for the upcoming summer 5770 were announced today.

Head Counselors: Bentzion Shemtov – Tolido, Ohio, Shmulik Greenberg – El Paso, Texas, Lazer Perlstein – Montreal, Quebec

Menahel Ruchni: Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.

Gan Yisroel Detroit Announces Boys Head Staff

The head staff members for the upcoming summer 5770 were announced today.

Head Counselors: Bentzion Shemtov – Tolido, Ohio, Shmulik Greenberg – El Paso, Texas, Lazer Perlstein – Montreal, Quebec

Menahel Ruchni: Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.

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