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by Ramona Freedman

There is a young boy in Sydney, Australia, named Asher Tzvi Shalom. Like many boys at the tender age of three, Asher refused to wear his tzizis. One day he came home and told his parents that he had changed his mind. Why? He answered, “Because of my teacher, Morah Rochel. Today I wore tzizis and Morah Rochel was so proud of me. It makes her really happy and I will do it every day from now on.”

Two Years Since the Tragic Passing of Zev and Rochel Simons OBM

by Ramona Freedman

There is a young boy in Sydney, Australia, named Asher Tzvi Shalom. Like many boys at the tender age of three, Asher refused to wear his tzizis. One day he came home and told his parents that he had changed his mind. Why? He answered, “Because of my teacher, Morah Rochel. Today I wore tzizis and Morah Rochel was so proud of me. It makes her really happy and I will do it every day from now on.”

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New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Police Department has been under scrutiny over the past couple years, after being accused of ‘losing’ reports. Interested in keeping the crime statistics down officers were pressured by their superiors to ‘lose’ the reports.

Car Break-ins: Have all the Reports Been Filed, or Lost?

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Police Department has been under scrutiny over the past couple years, after being accused of ‘losing’ reports. Interested in keeping the crime statistics down officers were pressured by their superiors to ‘lose’ the reports.

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With sadness we report the untimely passing of Mrs. Chedva Fraida Teichman OBM, of Tveria, after a devastating illness.

Mrs. Teichman is survived by her husband Rabbi Berel, children R. Yosef Yitzchok, R. Yisroel and R. Shmuel of Crown Heights, R. Mendel (Uzhgorod, Ukraine), R. Schneur (Tzfas) Mrs. Chani Klein (Kiryat Gat), Mrs. Tova Jacobowitz (Boro Park), Mrs. Rochel Niselevitz and Mrs. Devorah Laya Lipsker (Nachlas Har Chabad), Mrs. Miri Lider (NY) and siblings.

The levaya will leave from the Rambam's kever in Tveria at 1:00 p.m., continuing to the Chabad chelka in Tzfas. Shiva will be observed at the Teichman home, 9 Alchadif Street, Tveria.

Telephone for overseas nichum aveilim: 011-972-4-6791435

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Chedva Fraida Teichman OBM

With sadness we report the untimely passing of Mrs. Chedva Fraida Teichman OBM, of Tveria, after a devastating illness.

Mrs. Teichman is survived by her husband Rabbi Berel, children R. Yosef Yitzchok, R. Yisroel and R. Shmuel of Crown Heights, R. Mendel (Uzhgorod, Ukraine), R. Schneur (Tzfas) Mrs. Chani Klein (Kiryat Gat), Mrs. Tova Jacobowitz (Boro Park), Mrs. Rochel Niselevitz and Mrs. Devorah Laya Lipsker (Nachlas Har Chabad), Mrs. Miri Lider (NY) and siblings.

The levaya will leave from the Rambam’s kever in Tveria at 1:00 p.m., continuing to the Chabad chelka in Tzfas. Shiva will be observed at the Teichman home, 9 Alchadif Street, Tveria.

Telephone for overseas nichum aveilim: 011-972-4-6791435

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
The New York Times

The metal signs are impossible to miss. They are oversize, in a bold blue usually found on signs directing drivers to the nearest hospital. And there are lots of them — 13 in all, according to the city’s count — along a quarter-mile stretch of roadway and its approaches.

The metal signs are impossible to miss. They are oversize, in a bold blue usually found on signs directing drivers to the nearest hospital. And there are lots of them — 13 in all, according to the city’s count — along a quarter-mile stretch of roadway and its approaches.

How to Find the Bridge? First, Pay Your Respects

The New York Times

The metal signs are impossible to miss. They are oversize, in a bold blue usually found on signs directing drivers to the nearest hospital. And there are lots of them — 13 in all, according to the city’s count — along a quarter-mile stretch of roadway and its approaches.

The metal signs are impossible to miss. They are oversize, in a bold blue usually found on signs directing drivers to the nearest hospital. And there are lots of them — 13 in all, according to the city’s count — along a quarter-mile stretch of roadway and its approaches.

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by Hana Levi Julian - Chabad.org

Rabbi Shimon Elharar addresses a squadron of Israeli pilots atop the desert mountain fortress of Masada.

Media buzz about the writing of a new Torah scroll in the ancient synagogue atop the Judean Desert fortress of Masada brought a bevy of new visitors, including a squadron of Israeli Air Force pilots, to see the work in progress.

Israeli Pilots Contribute to Ancient Synagogue’s Torah

by Hana Levi Julian – Chabad.org

Rabbi Shimon Elharar addresses a squadron of Israeli pilots atop the desert mountain fortress of Masada.

Media buzz about the writing of a new Torah scroll in the ancient synagogue atop the Judean Desert fortress of Masada brought a bevy of new visitors, including a squadron of Israeli Air Force pilots, to see the work in progress.

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by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

The Rapid Fall From Grace

His tragic saga was all too familiar; His mesmerizing talent rapidly captured the world’s attention. His impeccable image of integrity gained him the respect and affection of multitudes. His solid control of the media and other intruding forces was deeply remarkable. His balanced composure along with his unequivocal success became the silent envy of his countless admirers.

Op-Ed: The Tiger Woods Saga… And Its Jewish Lesson

by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

The Rapid Fall From Grace

His tragic saga was all too familiar; His mesmerizing talent rapidly captured the world’s attention. His impeccable image of integrity gained him the respect and affection of multitudes. His solid control of the media and other intruding forces was deeply remarkable. His balanced composure along with his unequivocal success became the silent envy of his countless admirers.

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NY Post
Settlements shot up to a near-record this year.

The city shelled out a near-record $563 million in 2009 to settle thousands of lawsuits ranging from car crashes to employee discrimination — and even made a six-figure payout to a criminal who sued the cops.

Alleged Queens drug dealer Roger Bissoon pocketed $150,000, the result of a nine-year-old police-brutality case in which he claimed cops broke his jaw while he was handcuffed.

City ‘Looted’ for $563M

NY Post

Settlements shot up to a near-record this year.

The city shelled out a near-record $563 million in 2009 to settle thousands of lawsuits ranging from car crashes to employee discrimination — and even made a six-figure payout to a criminal who sued the cops.

Alleged Queens drug dealer Roger Bissoon pocketed $150,000, the result of a nine-year-old police-brutality case in which he claimed cops broke his jaw while he was handcuffed.

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Chabad.org and CrownHeights.info

The walls of Jerusalem

On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.

10th of Tevet – Jerusalem Under Siege

Chabad.org and CrownHeights.info

The walls of Jerusalem

On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.

Something Jewish
by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org

Heavy machinery takes down the former home of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Texas piece by piece to make room for an expanded Center for Jewish Life in S. Antonio.

The smiles and cheers at the recent tearing down of a Texas synagogue and community center may seem out of character for a people still mourning the 2,000-year-old destruction of Jerusalem’s Holy Temple.

Texans Celebrate as Synagogue Demolished, Cornerstone Laid

by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org

Heavy machinery takes down the former home of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Texas piece by piece to make room for an expanded Center for Jewish Life in S. Antonio.

The smiles and cheers at the recent tearing down of a Texas synagogue and community center may seem out of character for a people still mourning the 2,000-year-old destruction of Jerusalem’s Holy Temple.

Shlichus
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