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By Cnaan Liphshiz for Haaretz

One of Russia's chief rabbis on Sunday spurned an honor from the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, formerly Ungvar, who has publicly made anti-Semitic statements.

Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is one of two claimants to the title of Russia's chief rabbi, refused the honor from Mayor Serhiy Ratushnyak at a reception given by the Jewish community after a memorial ceremony for a mass grave of murdered Jews from the Holocaust, which was discovered in the city.

Russian Chief Rabbi Rejects Medal from Anti-Semitic Mayor

By Cnaan Liphshiz for Haaretz

One of Russia’s chief rabbis on Sunday spurned an honor from the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, formerly Ungvar, who has publicly made anti-Semitic statements.

Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is one of two claimants to the title of Russia’s chief rabbi, refused the honor from Mayor Serhiy Ratushnyak at a reception given by the Jewish community after a memorial ceremony for a mass grave of murdered Jews from the Holocaust, which was discovered in the city.

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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
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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)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
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Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
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Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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By Michael Slackman for the New York Times

Restoration work being done last month at a synagogue where Moses Maimonides once worked and studied in Cairo.

CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too.

Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on the radio. Asked his feelings about Jews, he replied matter-of-factly. “We hate them for everything they have done to us,” Mr. Badr said, as casually as if he had been asked the time.

Private Motive for Egypt’s Public Embrace of a Jewish Past

By Michael Slackman for the New York Times

Restoration work being done last month at a synagogue where Moses Maimonides once worked and studied in Cairo.

CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too.

Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on the radio. Asked his feelings about Jews, he replied matter-of-factly. “We hate them for everything they have done to us,” Mr. Badr said, as casually as if he had been asked the time.

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By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

Illustration Photo - Chabad House at Indiana University

ISRAEL — Religious Services Minister Ya'acov Margi of Shas recommended during a cabinet meeting on Monday that the state fund Chabad Houses around the world, to “strengthen Jewish identity and the connection with the Land of Israel and the State of Israel.”

He told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the other cabinet members that the difficult economic situation worldwide meant many Chabad emissaries were financially strapped.

Religious Services Minister Calls to Fund Chabad Houses

By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

Illustration Photo – Chabad House at Indiana University

ISRAEL — Religious Services Minister Ya’acov Margi of Shas recommended during a cabinet meeting on Monday that the state fund Chabad Houses around the world, to “strengthen Jewish identity and the connection with the Land of Israel and the State of Israel.”

He told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the other cabinet members that the difficult economic situation worldwide meant many Chabad emissaries were financially strapped.

Chabad News

Photos: Cleaning up the Aftermath

“As if a tornado struck, a real smelly and dirty tornado” was the way one passerby described what Eastern Parkway looked like, as an army platoon of city sanitation workers labored throughout the night cleaning up.

Men armed with brooms were not enough, they had leaf blowers and plows, along with street sweepers and garbage trucks, and this year the city employed a new weapon, a bulldozer with jaws to collect the garbage.

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by Yonit Tanenbaum

Morah Leah's Pre-1a class learning about Pesach last year.

QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Due to the suffering economy, many schools have found it difficult to pay their staff. Despite the financial squeeze, the Hanhala of Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel made it their chief concern to pay teachers their dues before the new school year began.

Keeping up with Teachers’ Salaries

by Yonit Tanenbaum

Morah Leah’s Pre-1a class learning about Pesach last year.

QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Due to the suffering economy, many schools have found it difficult to pay their staff. Despite the financial squeeze, the Hanhala of Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel made it their chief concern to pay teachers their dues before the new school year began.

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Chabad at the Beaches Hosted a Cultural Fair

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL [CHI] — Chabad at the Beaches hosted a cultural fair Sunday, it offered adults and children alike the opportunity to get into the spirit of the High Holidays in a hands-on, fun and entertaining way. Over 65 people attended. The High Holiday Family Fair, was held at Chabad at the Beaches’ Center for Jewish Life, 521 A1A North Ponte Vedra Beach.

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Tonight, Monday 18 Elul - 7 September, took place a Chai Elul Hakhel Farbrengen in the Yeshiva Centre - Chabad Headquarters of NSW, 36 Flood Street, Bondi.

The Farbrengen was in honor of the auspicious day of Chai Elul which is the Birthday of Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Chassidic movement 113 years ago and Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi founder of the Chabad Lubavitch movement and author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch Harav.

Chai Elul Farbrengen in Sydney, Australia

Tonight, Monday 18 Elul – 7 September, took place a Chai Elul Hakhel Farbrengen in the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad Headquarters of NSW, 36 Flood Street, Bondi.

The Farbrengen was in honor of the auspicious day of Chai Elul which is the Birthday of Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Chassidic movement 113 years ago and Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi founder of the Chabad Lubavitch movement and author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch Harav.

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Shliach Rabbi Mordechai Z. Hecht left and the front page of the NY Post with Gary Moscowitz right.

Dear Friend,
and whom this may concern,

With the most recent exposure of the “Martial Arts & Gun training” training story in the media, also now known by many other names - puns and embarrassing terminologies of which I was associated with - I would like to make some things clear. I will not go into the plethora of Torah sources for self-defense and the like rather address the issue at hand.

Shliach’s Thoughts on Jews Defending Their Loved Ones

Shliach Rabbi Mordechai Z. Hecht left and the front page of the NY Post with Gary Moscowitz right.

Dear Friend,
and whom this may concern,

With the most recent exposure of the “Martial Arts & Gun training” training story in the media, also now known by many other names – puns and embarrassing terminologies of which I was associated with – I would like to make some things clear. I will not go into the plethora of Torah sources for self-defense and the like rather address the issue at hand.

Op-Ed
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MONTICELLO, NY [CHI] — With summer drawing to a close, families packed up and enjoyed their last Motzai Shabbos in the Catskill Mountains. One bungalow colony marked it with a 45 minutes fireworks show followed by a Kumzitz Bon Fire.

Photos: Kol-Tuv Ends Summer with Fireworks Show

MONTICELLO, NY [CHI] — With summer drawing to a close, families packed up and enjoyed their last Motzai Shabbos in the Catskill Mountains. One bungalow colony marked it with a 45 minutes fireworks show followed by a Kumzitz Bon Fire.

Upstate News
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With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Shmuel Tzvi (Ben R. Dovber) Fox, of Crown Heights.

The Niftar is survived by Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim his wife Mrs. Dvorah Fox and his son R. Dovber Fox (Crown Heights) and daughters, Mrs. Sara Gottlieb (Oak Park, Michigan) and Mrs. Shifra Galperin (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take place Monday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chaples at 8:00am and passing by 770 at around 9:00am.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Haemes – R. Shmuel Tzvi (Herschel) Fox OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Shmuel Tzvi (Ben R. Dovber) Fox, of Crown Heights.

The Niftar is survived by Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim his wife Mrs. Dvorah Fox and his son R. Dovber Fox (Crown Heights) and daughters, Mrs. Sara Gottlieb (Oak Park, Michigan) and Mrs. Shifra Galperin (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take place Monday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chaples at 8:00am and passing by 770 at around 9:00am.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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