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Sholom Rubashkin, left, during a farbrengen in Postville. - Stock Photo.

Over the past couple of days there has been a petition circling the internet requesting that former CEO of Agriprocessors Kosher slaughterhouse, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin be allowed to spend Pesach with his family in Postville, IA.

Petition to Let Sholom Rubashkin Home for Pesach

Sholom Rubashkin, left, during a farbrengen in Postville. – Stock Photo.

Over the past couple of days there has been a petition circling the internet requesting that former CEO of Agriprocessors Kosher slaughterhouse, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin be allowed to spend Pesach with his family in Postville, IA.

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Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Zevi Granat (Edgware, UK) to Sophie Dubin (Baltimore, MD)
New Engagement!

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
By Joe Siegel for the Peninsula Gateway

Shliach to Pierce County, Rabbi Zalman Heber presenting the mayor to Pierce County, Mr. Bill Baarsma with a fruit basket this Tu B’shvat this year.

TACOMA, WA — Reading Brent Emery’s On Faith column in November 2009, “Learning to pray from a Jewish perspective,” and the recent first anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai, where the murders of the young Rabbi and his wife, Gabbi, and Rivki Holtzberg occurred, motivated me to introduce Chabad, an organization probably little known to Gateway readers.

Chabad of Pierce County: A Unique Jewish Organization

By Joe Siegel for the Peninsula Gateway
Shliach to Pierce County, Rabbi Zalman Heber presenting the mayor to Pierce County, Mr. Bill Baarsma with a fruit basket this Tu B’shvat this year.

TACOMA, WA — Reading Brent Emery’s On Faith column in November 2009, “Learning to pray from a Jewish perspective,” and the recent first anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai, where the murders of the young Rabbi and his wife, Gabbi, and Rivki Holtzberg occurred, motivated me to introduce Chabad, an organization probably little known to Gateway readers.

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Community Rallies to Support Devastated Chabad House

In the week since a massive flood devastated the Wellesley-Weston Chabad House, community members have rallied together to help clean up and rebuild. Dozens of community members donated their time to completely gut what was once the Chabad House’s finished basement, including several guest rooms, storage rooms, and the Rabbi and Rebbetzin’s offices.

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Sixty Mitzvah ‘Tanks’ to Parade up Fifth Avenue

Sixty Mitzvah ‘Tanks’ to Parade up Fifth Avenue
In honor of the 108th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Birth

This Thursday, March 25, Sixty Mitzvah ‘Tanks’ will parade through the steets of downtown Manhattan in honor of the 108th anniversary of the Rebbe’s Birth. The annual Mitzvah Tank Parade, a project of the Mitzvah Tank Org, will begin at 11:00 am at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue in Brooklyn.

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By John Doyle for the New York Post

FAMILY AFFAIR: Frumet Teitelbaum, whose rabbi husband was killed by terrorists in Mumbai in 2008, confers with lawyer Michael Wildes in his Manhattan office.

The widow of a Brooklyn-born rabbi, murdered two years ago by terrorists in Mumbai, is facing an immigration nightmare that threatens to keep her from seeing her eight children in New York.

Terror-Widow ‘Deport’ Fear – Kid-Visit Woe After Mumbai

By John Doyle for the New York Post
FAMILY AFFAIR: Frumet Teitelbaum, whose rabbi husband was killed by terrorists in Mumbai in 2008, confers with lawyer Michael Wildes in his Manhattan office.

The widow of a Brooklyn-born rabbi, murdered two years ago by terrorists in Mumbai, is facing an immigration nightmare that threatens to keep her from seeing her eight children in New York.

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Sinai Scholars Study Program

OTTAWA — The Sinai Scholars Society study program was honoured to have Rabbi Reuven Bulka address the graduates and award them each with a certificate and gift. The graduation ceremony was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Tuesday, March 16.

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Chabad on Campus UK is proud to announce the opening of a new Chabad Lubavitch House serving Jewish students at Liverpool universities.

In the next academic term, Rabbi Shmuli Brown and family, will open their home as a ‘home away from home’ for Jewish students from all backgrounds, as well as offering a full program of exciting events, including weekly Friday night Shabbat dinners, educational classes and social programs

New Shluchim Moving to Liverpool

Chabad on Campus UK is proud to announce the opening of a new Chabad Lubavitch House serving Jewish students at Liverpool universities.

In the next academic term, Rabbi Shmuli Brown and family, will open their home as a ‘home away from home’ for Jewish students from all backgrounds, as well as offering a full program of exciting events, including weekly Friday night Shabbat dinners, educational classes and social programs

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By Joshua Runyan

Joined by regional chief rabbis from throughout central Ukraine, Jewish residents of Krivoy Rog celebrated two milestones this month when they laid the foundation stone for a future kindergarten and sports complex, and commenced writing a new Torah scroll to be used at a nearby synagogue.

Central Ukraine City Celebrates Jewish Milestones

By Joshua Runyan

Joined by regional chief rabbis from throughout central Ukraine, Jewish residents of Krivoy Rog celebrated two milestones this month when they laid the foundation stone for a future kindergarten and sports complex, and commenced writing a new Torah scroll to be used at a nearby synagogue.

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