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Fifty congressmen signed a letter which was sent to President Barak Obama urging him to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to resolve the Gaza blockade, the troubling signature in the mix was that of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who represents the 11th district which includes Crown Heights.

Yvette Clarke takes Step Against Israel, Again

Fifty congressmen signed a letter which was sent to President Barak Obama urging him to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to resolve the Gaza blockade, the troubling signature in the mix was that of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who represents the 11th district which includes 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 )
By Christopher Leake for the UK Daily Mail
New weapon: To avoid detection by airport body scanners (above), Al Qaeda are said to be planning to surgically insert explosives into suicide bombers' bodies
Britain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives surgically inserted inside them.

Terrorists Surgically Implanting Bombs

By Christopher Leake for the UK Daily Mail

New weapon: To avoid detection by airport body scanners (above), Al Qaeda are said to be planning to surgically insert explosives into suicide bombers’ bodies

Britain is facing a new Al Qaeda terror threat from suicide ‘body bombers’ with explosives surgically inserted inside them.

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Jpost

Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year's Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and political commentator Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the jurist, someone he once considered a friend, was “a traitor to the Jewish people.”

Dershowitz: Goldstone is a Traitor

Jpost

Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year’s Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and political commentator Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the jurist, someone he once considered a friend, was “a traitor to the Jewish people.”

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NEW YORK [NY1] — The toy retailer Toys R Us is urging customers to turn in potentially unsafe children's products, as it launches its second “Great Trade-In” event.

From now through February 20, customers can bring in used cribs, strollers, high chairs and play pens among other baby items.

Toys R Us Holds Trade-In Event For Unsafe Kids’ Items

NEW YORK [NY1] — The toy retailer Toys R Us is urging customers to turn in potentially unsafe children’s products, as it launches its second “Great Trade-In” event.

From now through February 20, customers can bring in used cribs, strollers, high chairs and play pens among other baby items.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Moishe Ginsburg (Myrtle Beach, SC) and Mushka (Mushi) Deitch (Jerusalem) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzei Shabbos, Parshas Yisro at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave]

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Yud Shevat at Rabbi O’s – YNS Tzfas

The mivtza for Yud Shevat was announced by the shluchim a month before Yud Shevat. The mivtza consisted of brochos before chassidus, chitas, seder sichos twice a week, history of the Rebbeim and a daily quiz on that days chumash. The bochurim were eligible to win weekly trips such as jeeping, dinner at a chinese restaurant, ice skating and bowling and a two night three day stay at Hotel Lavi with the shluchim. The grand raffle of the mivtza was a laptop and each bochur who successfully entered this raffle was also given 150 shekels. To gain entry into the grand raffle bochurim were tested on Basi Legani 5711. Mazel tov to Habochur Hatomim Yosef Yitzchok Simpson upon winning the laptop!

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Jwire

Governor-General Quentin Bryce visits Yeshiva College Primary School. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky

The newly established Yeshiva College Primary School in Bondi, first in Australia to have Torah studies approved equivalent to secular studies with regard to Government requirements, ranked within the top 3 Jewish Primary Schools in Sydney and within the top 12% of all Primary Schools in the State of New South Wales.

New Yeshiva College Shines in Schools’ Rankings

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Governor-General Quentin Bryce visits Yeshiva College Primary School. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky

The newly established Yeshiva College Primary School in Bondi, first in Australia to have Torah studies approved equivalent to secular studies with regard to Government requirements, ranked within the top 3 Jewish Primary Schools in Sydney and within the top 12% of all Primary Schools in the State of New South Wales.

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