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Lieberman Faces a Long, Chilly Walk to Saturday’s Healthcare Debate

The Hill

Senator Joseph Lieberman (C) attending Birchas Hachama at Chabad of Stamford. Archive Photo.

Senators are grumbling privately about having to work this weekend, but most have an easy road compared to Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.).

Lieberman, an observant Jew, plans to walk nearly five miles from his home and synagogue in Georgetown to make it to the Senate in time for votes on healthcare amendments that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Junik Family:

The Junik Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father R’ Meir Yechezkel OBM until Friday afternoon at 709 Eastern Parkway First Floor [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Times of Tefillos are as follows:
Shacharis: 7:15, 9:00AM.
Mincha: 1:45, 3:15 PM.
Maariv: Bizmanoh – 2 Minyonim

At the request of the family. Please try not to come later then 9:00PM to be Menachem Avel Thank you.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

The Shliach and The Bomb Sniffing Dog

By Eric A Stern for the NY Times
Left, Officer John Fosket of the Helena Police Department and Miky, a bomb-sniffing dog trained by the Israeli Defense Forces. Right, Shliach Rabbi Chaim Bruk

HELENA, MT — In Montana, a rabbi is an unusual sight. So when a Hasidic one walked into the State Capitol last December, with his long beard, black hat and long black coat, a police officer grabbed his bomb-sniffing German shepherd and went to ask the exotic visitor a few questions.

Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday L’Chaims!

Zalman Newfield (Crown Heights) and Chaya Ronit Labendz (West Caldwell, NJ) .
IYH 2:30pm at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Sholly Ingles (England) and Leah Rabin (South Africa) .
IYH 8:30pm at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].