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Steps Taken to Reduce Mistakes on 911 Fire Calls in NY

The New York Times

Amid complaints about flaws in the city’s new 911 system, New York City’s Police and Fire Departments on Friday announced steps to reduce the likelihood of mistakes in handling emergency fire calls.

The agencies said Police Department workers who take 911 calls would consult with a Fire Department operator to ask questions and verify the accuracy of the information before sending a computer message to a fire dispatcher to put firefighters into action.

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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 )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
The daughters of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM are sitting Shiva after her passing.

They are sitting at 1383 Union Street, between Brooklyn and New York Avenues. Phone: (718) 604-0624.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Weiss, Lewis, and Schenkman’s

The daughters of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM are sitting Shiva after her passing.

They are sitting at 1383 Union Street, between Brooklyn and New York Avenues. Phone: (718) 604-0624.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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KWWL

Some people in Postville are doing what they can to get Sholom Rubashkin released from jail.

Rubashkin was found guilty of 86 charges of financial fraud earlier this month. He's remained in jail ever since, facing possible sentencing of 1200 years.

Yard Signs Support Sholom Rubashkin

KWWL

Some people in Postville are doing what they can to get Sholom Rubashkin released from jail.

Rubashkin was found guilty of 86 charges of financial fraud earlier this month. He’s remained in jail ever since, facing possible sentencing of 1200 years.

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Photos by Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos, arrived at the Nariman House this morning in Mumbai, India to partake in a memorial ceremony marking one year to the visiuse murders of the victims of 26/11.

Rabbi Krinsky in Nariman house

Photos by Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos, arrived at the Nariman House this morning in Mumbai, India to partake in a memorial ceremony marking one year to the visiuse murders of the victims of 26/11.

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Testing Muscles and Minds

by Abby Kulawitz – The Justice

Peretz Chein seems like a traditional Chabad rabbi-except for the fact that he reads Maimonides teachings from his BlackBerry and runs marathons in his spare time.

On Oct. 25, Rabbi Peretz Chein, the rabbi and director of Chabad at Brandeis, ran the Cape Cod Marathon with the Chabad Brandeis Marathon Team. Five of the team’s members are current Brandeis students: Yoni Cohen ’10, Josh Jick ’12, Meir Krinsky ’11, Dan Litwok ’10 and Justin Meltzer ’11. Two alumni, Michael Kann ’81 and Aaron Voldman ’09, also ran with the team.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young Bochur was viciously attacked and robbed Monday evening as he cut through Lefferts Park. The incident took place at around 5:30pm where a group of around five black teens pounced on the Bochur, punching him in the face a number of times and stealing his cell phone.

Beaten and severely injured the Bochur made his was out of the park screaming for help, and the first person he encountered, a Lubavitcher, called Shomrim and Hatzalah. “It was horrifying, [the victim] approached me gushing blood from all over his head and face and begged me for help” said the bystander, who asked not to be named.

Bochur, Attacked with Brass Knuckles and Mugged

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young Bochur was viciously attacked and robbed Monday evening as he cut through Lefferts Park. The incident took place at around 5:30pm where a group of around five black teens pounced on the Bochur, punching him in the face a number of times and stealing his cell phone.

Beaten and severely injured the Bochur made his was out of the park screaming for help, and the first person he encountered, a Lubavitcher, called Shomrim and Hatzalah. “It was horrifying, [the victim] approached me gushing blood from all over his head and face and begged me for help” said the bystander, who asked not to be named.

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Law.com
A Brooklyn judge has thrown out a rabbinical court's arbitration award, finding that the court's refusal to allow the claimant to select his own counsel violated New York law, notwithstanding the fact that the claimant participated in the proceeding without objection.

The decision constitutes the first time a New York court has addressed in a written opinion the issue of whether an arbitration panel can require that attorneys appearing before them must receive their approval.

It is also a rare reversal of an arbitration award, in which even mistakes of fact and misapplications of the law are insufficient grounds for reversal.

Court Throws Out Beis Din Ruling

Law.com

A Brooklyn judge has thrown out a rabbinical court’s arbitration award, finding that the court’s refusal to allow the claimant to select his own counsel violated New York law, notwithstanding the fact that the claimant participated in the proceeding without objection.

The decision constitutes the first time a New York court has addressed in a written opinion the issue of whether an arbitration panel can require that attorneys appearing before them must receive their approval.

It is also a rare reversal of an arbitration award, in which even mistakes of fact and misapplications of the law are insufficient grounds for reversal.

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Unique Stone Chanukah Menorah

Construction is currently underway at Chabad of Curitiba, Brazil; on an exciting new Menorah. Being that this year reached a milestone of 120 years of the immigration of the first Jews to the state; a Menorah is being constructed from 120 stones, each stone representing another year. Every stone has golden numbers attached, with a year.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 93.

Mrs. Lezerowitz is survived by her three daughters Brana Weiss, Chaya Lewis, and Esther Schenkman.

The Levaya will be tomorrow at Shmorie Hadas at 10:00 am and is scheduled to pass 770 at 10:45 am

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 93.

Mrs. Lezerowitz is survived by her three daughters Brana Weiss, Chaya Lewis, and Esther Schenkman.

The Levaya will be tomorrow at Shmorie Hadas at 10:00 am and is scheduled to pass 770 at 10:45 am

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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