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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.

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.

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Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
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Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
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Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
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Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
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Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
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Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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Visit www.YourJewishHeritage.com and see for yourself how easy it can be to learn a Sicha! Announcing the launch of a new website with numerous Sichos of the Rebbe translated and presented in an easy to read format that Jews from all walks of life can understand and enjoy.

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The Press Association

Britain's Amir Khan, right, land's a punch to Dmitriy Salita, of the U.S. during their boxing match for the WBA World Light-Welterweight title in Newcastle, England, on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
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Amir Khan made a hugely successful first defense of his WBA light-welterweight title with a first-round blow-out victory against unbeaten Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle.

Khan Destroys Salita in 76 Seconds

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Britain’s Amir Khan, right, land’s a punch to Dmitriy Salita, of the U.S. during their boxing match for the WBA World Light-Welterweight title in Newcastle, England, on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Amir Khan made a hugely successful first defense of his WBA light-welterweight title with a first-round blow-out victory against unbeaten Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle.

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The Times report states that Headley scouted “the Bet-chabad — the prayer hall of the Jews — where hundreds of them gather every evening for routine prayers.”

CHICAGO [WLS] — It must have seemed odd to FBI agents that Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley carried a book with him called How to Pray like a Jew. Mr. Headley isn't Jewish. He is an Islamic fundamentalist.

Was Chicago Terror Suspect Plotting Attack on Chabad?

The Times report states that Headley scouted “the Bet-chabad — the prayer hall of the Jews — where hundreds of them gather every evening for routine prayers.”

CHICAGO [WLS] — It must have seemed odd to FBI agents that Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley carried a book with him called How to Pray like a Jew. Mr. Headley isn’t Jewish. He is an Islamic fundamentalist.

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By Levi Margolin for Lubavitch.com

ALLENWOOD, PA — Gordon M., 36, is an inmate at a Virginia prison where he recently participated in a yeshiva program. Thethree-day intensive Torah study experience, he says, were “the happiest and most joyful days in my last ten years of incarceration.”

Yeshiva-in-Prison Brings Meaning Spiritual Growth to Inmates

By Levi Margolin for Lubavitch.com

ALLENWOOD, PA — Gordon M., 36, is an inmate at a Virginia prison where he recently participated in a yeshiva program. Thethree-day intensive Torah study experience, he says, were “the happiest and most joyful days in my last ten years of incarceration.”

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