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By Kobi Nahshoni for YNet News

ISRAEL — 400 Chabad emissaries in Israel participate this week in annual conference in Nir Etzion, receive reinforcements on spreading Torah in Israel’s cities. Ynet reporter takes part in some of workshops offered, learns how to integrate into community, and learns difference between mission in Mumbai and mission in Maccabim; gains insight into what went wrong in Ramat Aviv.

Israeli Reporters Take on Chabad Shluchim

By Kobi Nahshoni for YNet News

ISRAEL — 400 Chabad emissaries in Israel participate this week in annual conference in Nir Etzion, receive reinforcements on spreading Torah in Israel’s cities. Ynet reporter takes part in some of workshops offered, learns how to integrate into community, and learns difference between mission in Mumbai and mission in Maccabim; gains insight into what went wrong in Ramat Aviv.

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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 )
Todd Venezia and Ikimulisa Livingston for the NY Post

Is no stroller safe?

Yet another brand of popular strollers has issued a recall after a dangerous part chopped off the fingertips of several children, government officials said.

Video – Finger Amputations Prompt Graco Stroller Recall

Todd Venezia and Ikimulisa Livingston for the NY Post

Is no stroller safe?

Yet another brand of popular strollers has issued a recall after a dangerous part chopped off the fingertips of several children, government officials said.

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NEW YORK — The NYPD has announced its first 2010 citywide crackdown on drivers using hand-held devices.

The initiative is aimed at promoting safe driving. In a statement, the NYPD said “texting or talking on a cell phone is dangerous and endangers both drivers and pedestrians.”

NYPD Cracking Down on Drivers on Cell Phones

NEW YORK — The NYPD has announced its first 2010 citywide crackdown on drivers using hand-held devices.

The initiative is aimed at promoting safe driving. In a statement, the NYPD said “texting or talking on a cell phone is dangerous and endangers both drivers and pedestrians.”

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By Rivka Chaya Berman for lubavitch.com

NEW YORK — Legal thrillers have nothing on the recession, a doozy of a plotline imperiling the future of law school grads. With law firm layoffs and cutbacks in new attorney hires worrying the students at Cardozo Law School in New York, the campus Chabad center has begun offering networking events to connect students with successful attorneys.

At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney, Jones Day partner Andy Green, and president the New York Legal Assistance Group Yisroel Schulman.

Chabad Gives Cardozo Law Students an Edge in the Job Hunt

By Rivka Chaya Berman for lubavitch.com

NEW YORK — Legal thrillers have nothing on the recession, a doozy of a plotline imperiling the future of law school grads. With law firm layoffs and cutbacks in new attorney hires worrying the students at Cardozo Law School in New York, the campus Chabad center has begun offering networking events to connect students with successful attorneys.

At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney, Jones Day partner Andy Green, and president the New York Legal Assistance Group Yisroel Schulman.

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By Roni Sofer for YNet News
Illustration Photo - The Shul before it was torched.

GEECE — Israel expressed its concern to Greece on Tuesday over the arson of the old synagogue in the Crete town of Hania, and asked for help preventing repeat attacks. In addition, Israel issued a request with the Greek government for aid in repairing the site.

Israel Asks Greece for Aid in Repairing Torched Shul

By Roni Sofer for YNet News
Illustration Photo – The Shul before it was torched.

GEECE — Israel expressed its concern to Greece on Tuesday over the arson of the old synagogue in the Crete town of Hania, and asked for help preventing repeat attacks. In addition, Israel issued a request with the Greek government for aid in repairing the site.

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In yet another push for the Friendship Circle musician Moshe Hecht is offering his song entitled “My Friend”, which was written by himself out of his inspiration as he himself was a Friendship Circle volunteer as a teenager. Today with just a few days left to vote in the Chase Community Giving competition for $1 million, the song is being offered as a free download to whoever votes for the friendship circle.

Musician Offers Friendship Circle Song Free, for your Vote

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In yet another push for the Friendship Circle musician Moshe Hecht is offering his song entitled “My Friend”, which was written by himself out of his inspiration as he himself was a Friendship Circle volunteer as a teenager. Today with just a few days left to vote in the Chase Community Giving competition for $1 million, the song is being offered as a free download to whoever votes for the friendship circle.

Chabad News
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British Royal Tours Damaged Mumbai Chabad House

Article: by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org Photos: CrownHeights.info

Prince Michael of Kent, a cousin of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, toured the heavily damaged site of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, India, in a gesture of solidarity and in support of the rebuilding effort following the Nov. 26, 2008 terrorist attack there and at tourist centers throughout the city. At the end of his Wednesday afternoon visit, he presented Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, director of the Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund, with a formal pledge of $100,000 on behalf of the DVK Foundation, a United Kingdom charity he serves as patron.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Boruch Dovid and Tzippy (nee Astulin) Lieder (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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Mazal Tov! – it’s A Boy!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yitzy and Chomi (nee Grossbaum) Schreiber (Melbourne, Australia) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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On hand for Sen. Brown's victory party was Chabad Shliach Rabbi Moshe Bleich, who congratulated the Senator.

BOSTON, MA [AP] — In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.

Scott Brown Defeats Martha Coakley in MA Senate Race

On hand for Sen. Brown’s victory party was Chabad Shliach Rabbi Moshe Bleich, who congratulated the Senator.

BOSTON, MA [AP] — In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.

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Tonight, the 5th of Shvat, Wednesday there will be a seminar on dealing with tragedies and death. How community members should respond to tragedy. It is titled “Tragedies in our Midst - The Yiddishe Response.” The seminar will begin 8:00 pm at Beis Rivka, 470 Lefferts Ave [corner Brooklyn Ave].

Wednesday: Tragedies in our Midst – The Yiddishe Response

Tonight, the 5th of Shvat, Wednesday there will be a seminar on dealing with tragedies and death. How community members should respond to tragedy. It is titled “Tragedies in our Midst – The Yiddishe Response.” The seminar will begin 8:00 pm at Beis Rivka, 470 Lefferts Ave [corner Brooklyn Ave].

PSA
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