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by Yosef Shidler

The time is 8:30 AM, Purim morning, in Crown Heights. Most people in the neighborhood are just getting up to hear the megillah and daven shacharis. On the street corner of Empire and Albany a group of Lubavitchers are gathering together to set out on a Purim day mission; a visit to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility. This ritual has taken place Purim day, for the last 20 years. Founded by Rabbi Yossel Tevel OBM, and Rabbi Michoel Chazan, under the auspices of Tzach, it has become a hallmark outreach project for many bochurim and yungerleit of Crown Heights.

My Rikers Island Purim Experience

by Yosef Shidler

The time is 8:30 AM, Purim morning, in Crown Heights. Most people in the neighborhood are just getting up to hear the megillah and daven shacharis. On the street corner of Empire and Albany a group of Lubavitchers are gathering together to set out on a Purim day mission; a visit to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility. This ritual has taken place Purim day, for the last 20 years. Founded by Rabbi Yossel Tevel OBM, and Rabbi Michoel Chazan, under the auspices of Tzach, it has become a hallmark outreach project for many bochurim and yungerleit of Crown Heights.

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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)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )

Menachem Mendel Levitan with his father in 770 at his Hanochas Tefillin. Photo by: Yaakov Rosenthal.

Menachem Mendel Levitan is fifteen years old and without a father. One year ago, at the age of 48, R’ Dovid Ben Nochum Hirsch HaLevi OBM left this world, but not without leaving behind a passion for Torah learning. In his father’s memory Menachem Mendel has initiated the establishment of a library of sefarim at his school – Yeshivas Darchai Menachem – in line with his father’s love of chinuch and sefarim.

The Ultimate Kibud Av, A 15-Year-Old’s Tribute to his Father

Menachem Mendel Levitan with his father in 770 at his Hanochas Tefillin. Photo by: Yaakov Rosenthal.

Menachem Mendel Levitan is fifteen years old and without a father. One year ago, at the age of 48, R’ Dovid Ben Nochum Hirsch HaLevi OBM left this world, but not without leaving behind a passion for Torah learning. In his father’s memory Menachem Mendel has initiated the establishment of a library of sefarim at his school – Yeshivas Darchai Menachem – in line with his father’s love of chinuch and sefarim.

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by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org

Ken Kaplan, left, regularly dons the Jewish prayer
boxes known as tefillin with the assistance of
Rabbi Eli Silberstein.
When a plane made an emergency landing back in January after a teenage boy donned the black Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin, people across North America treated it as something of a humorous oddity.

But weeks after that incident, a similar case – this time of a super-vigilant passerby sounding an alarm among U.S. border officials – led to the detaining of a rabbi and his Jewish driver as they tried to return to New York from Canada.

It was just before sunset when Rabbi Eli Silberstein, director of the Roitman Chabad-Lubavitch Center serving Cornell University in Ithaca, suggested, as he had done time and time before, that his driver, Ken Kaplan, don tefillin while it was still daytime. The two men, who were heading to Montreal, stopped at a gas station in Watertown just before crossing the border.

“He likes me to put on tefillin, because I drive him all over the place,” said Kaplan, who has driven Silberstein for four years. Besides for the religious requirement, “it’s good luck.”

Another Tefillin Scare Arouses Suspicions of Border Officials

by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org

Ken Kaplan, left, regularly dons the Jewish prayer
boxes known as tefillin with the assistance of
Rabbi Eli Silberstein.

When a plane made an emergency landing back in January after a teenage boy donned the black Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin, people across North America treated it as something of a humorous oddity.

But weeks after that incident, a similar case – this time of a super-vigilant passerby sounding an alarm among U.S. border officials – led to the detaining of a rabbi and his Jewish driver as they tried to return to New York from Canada.

It was just before sunset when Rabbi Eli Silberstein, director of the Roitman Chabad-Lubavitch Center serving Cornell University in Ithaca, suggested, as he had done time and time before, that his driver, Ken Kaplan, don tefillin while it was still daytime. The two men, who were heading to Montreal, stopped at a gas station in Watertown just before crossing the border.

“He likes me to put on tefillin, because I drive him all over the place,” said Kaplan, who has driven Silberstein for four years. Besides for the religious requirement, “it’s good luck.”

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An Eyewitness News investigation talks to a police officer who reveals the pressure they are under to make quotas.

When Officer Adil Polanco dreamed of becoming a cop, it was out of a desire to help people not, he says, to harass them.

NYPD Officer Claims Pressure to Make Arrests

An Eyewitness News investigation talks to a police officer who reveals the pressure they are under to make quotas.

When Officer Adil Polanco dreamed of becoming a cop, it was out of a desire to help people not, he says, to harass them.

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NY Post

The 12 year old punk in Shomrim custody. Inset: the gun.

WILLIAMSBURG, NY — A kid mugger who preys on Hasidic women in Williamsburg held up a mother pushing her baby in a stroller yesterday — only to be nabbed minutes later by patrol, police said.

Shomrim Apprehend 12-Year-Old Gun Toting Mugger

NY Post

The 12 year old punk in Shomrim custody. Inset: the gun.

WILLIAMSBURG, NY — A kid mugger who preys on Hasidic women in Williamsburg held up a mother pushing her baby in a stroller yesterday — only to be nabbed minutes later by patrol, police said.

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JERUSALEM [AP] — Israel's military has “unfriended” one of its own — after a combat soldier potentially updated Israel's enemies on Facebook.

The military said Wednesday that a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after the soldier disclosed its details online. The military said the soldier posted the time and location of the raid on his Facebook page, saying that troops were planning on “cleaning up” the village.

IDF Raid Called off After Facebook Slip

JERUSALEM [AP] — Israel’s military has “unfriended” one of its own — after a combat soldier potentially updated Israel’s enemies on Facebook.

The military said Wednesday that a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after the soldier disclosed its details online. The military said the soldier posted the time and location of the raid on his Facebook page, saying that troops were planning on “cleaning up” the village.

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In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim and JEM have once again joined together to release a new video of a Farbrengen with the Rebbe. The video contains Sichos and niggunim from the Farbrengen of 11 Nissan 5732 marking the Rebbe’s 70th birthday. This special Farbrengen is being released for the first time by JEM with subtitles in six languages (English, Hebrew, Russian, French, Spanish and Yiddish), giving communities across the globe an opportunity to participate and enjoy the Farbrengen.

Video – Rebbes Farbrengen to be Viewed in 109 Locations!

In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim and JEM have once again joined together to release a new video of a Farbrengen with the Rebbe. The video contains Sichos and niggunim from the Farbrengen of 11 Nissan 5732 marking the Rebbe’s 70th birthday. This special Farbrengen is being released for the first time by JEM with subtitles in six languages (English, Hebrew, Russian, French, Spanish and Yiddish), giving communities across the globe an opportunity to participate and enjoy the Farbrengen.

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Americare, one of the leaders in home health care, is now serving patients and residents in the Crown Heights neighborhood.

In its awareness of the needs of the Crown Heights community, Americare is expanding its services to include assistance with Medicaid applications and assistance in assessing for eligibility of home care, including aides, nurses and therapists.

Many grateful families are already receiving Americare’s services and home care. “Since my parents’ move to New York from Cleveland, Americare has been so helpful with everything we need,” says Mrs. Rivka Kotlarsky. “My father cannot walk well and they provide every service he needs, including warm helpers whom we feel are now part of our family,” the Judaic high school teacher attested.

Americare Expanding its Services to Crown Heights

Americare, one of the leaders in home health care, is now serving patients and residents in the Crown Heights neighborhood.

In its awareness of the needs of the Crown Heights community, Americare is expanding its services to include assistance with Medicaid applications and assistance in assessing for eligibility of home care, including aides, nurses and therapists.

Many grateful families are already receiving Americare’s services and home care. “Since my parents’ move to New York from Cleveland, Americare has been so helpful with everything we need,” says Mrs. Rivka Kotlarsky. “My father cannot walk well and they provide every service he needs, including warm helpers whom we feel are now part of our family,” the Judaic high school teacher attested.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel and Sara Malka (nee Kahn) Gottlieb (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter, Leah.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

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ULYOP in a League of their Own

Probably one of the best organized Yeshiva intramural leagues in Brooklyn is ULYOP’s LubaSfard Soccer league under the Reb. Shmuel Shrage Middos banner. Not only does the league empower students to be team captains and coaches but also gives them a sence team work. Besides learning interpersonal skills, they have to know Hallacha as well!

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