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NEW YORK [WABC] — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of carrying a fake bomb into LaGuardia's Airport's central terminal, disrupting travel plans for thousands of people.

Despite the frustrations of passengers — authorities were taking no chances as they evacuated Saturday morning.

Video – Man with Fake Bomb Causes LaGuardia Scare

NEW YORK [WABC] — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of carrying a fake bomb into LaGuardia’s Airport’s central terminal, disrupting travel plans for thousands of people.

Despite the frustrations of passengers — authorities were taking no chances as they evacuated Saturday morning.

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New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Chaim and Rochi (nee Rapoport) Benjaminson (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

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By Carole Mikita for KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — From New York City to San Francisco and back again in a van, the traveling troupe is three young rabbis in training.

These young men came through Salt Lake City because they are members of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah welcomed them. We found them meeting and greeting downtown.

Video – Road Sage Visits Utah During Cross-Country Trip

By Carole Mikita for KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — From New York City to San Francisco and back again in a van, the traveling troupe is three young rabbis in training.

These young men came through Salt Lake City because they are members of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah welcomed them. We found them meeting and greeting downtown.

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The Jewish Chronicle
The head of the United Synagogue’s Rabbinical Council (RCUS) has responded to a call for a common conversion standard by asserting that only Orthodox conversions are valid.

Jonathan Arkush, the Board of Deputies’ senior vice-president and a US member, publicly revived the idea of a unified approach at a Board meeting last week in order to prevent disputes over who is a Jew.

But RCUS leader Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet said this week: “Reform and Liberal and conversions are generally not accepted by Orthodox and Masorti movements. Masorti conversions cannot be accepted by Orthodox. The only one that is acceptable throughout is Orthodox conversion.”

Single Conversion Standard Resisted

The Jewish Chronicle

The head of the United Synagogue’s Rabbinical Council (RCUS) has responded to a call for a common conversion standard by asserting that only Orthodox conversions are valid.

Jonathan Arkush, the Board of Deputies’ senior vice-president and a US member, publicly revived the idea of a unified approach at a Board meeting last week in order to prevent disputes over who is a Jew.

But RCUS leader Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet said this week: “Reform and Liberal and conversions are generally not accepted by Orthodox and Masorti movements. Masorti conversions cannot be accepted by Orthodox. The only one that is acceptable throughout is Orthodox conversion.”

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A “Kol Koreh” recently began circulating among Anash condemning the members of the ‘new vaad’ calling them “Malshinim and Mossrim” over the actions they took against a community Gemach, local businesses, and residents by subpoenaing them and dragging them into their fight with the ‘old vaad’.

Unusually harsh words were used and the flyer was signed by many prominent Mashpim and Askonim including Rabbis Pinyeh Korf, Simcha Piekarsky, Sholom Dovber Futerfas, Avrohom Gerlitzky, Chaim Shaul Brook, Michoel Seligson Sholom Dovber Levin, Chaim Dovid Laine, Pinchos Zev Wolff among some more.

Mashpim and Members of Anash Lash out at the ‘New Vaad’

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A “Kol Koreh” recently began circulating among Anash condemning the members of the ‘new vaad’ calling them “Malshinim and Mossrim” over the actions they took against a community Gemach, local businesses, and residents by subpoenaing them and dragging them into their fight with the ‘old vaad’.

Unusually harsh words were used and the flyer was signed by many prominent Mashpim and Askonim including Rabbis Pinyeh Korf, Simcha Piekarsky, Sholom Dovber Futerfas, Avrohom Gerlitzky, Chaim Shaul Brook, Michoel Seligson Sholom Dovber Levin, Chaim Dovid Laine, Pinchos Zev Wolff among some more.

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By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
In the early 1900's, Manhattan’s Lower East Side tenements served as a bastion for Jewish immigrants. A Rabbi, who resided in the ghetto-type community, once attended an ecumenical function at which a notorious anti-Semitic Episcopalian Minister was in attendance.

“What a coincidence!” remarked the minister upon encountering the Rabbi: “It was just last night that I dreamt I was in Jewish Heaven.”

“Jewish Heaven?” mused the Rabbi. “What’s it like in Jewish Heaven?”

“Oh!” replied the minister ever so snidely, "In Jewish Heaven children with dirty faces, shirts un-tucked and clothes un-pressed play in the dirt. In Jewish heaven women haggle with fruit and fish-vendors as panhandlers persistently interrupt.

The Great Paradox – A Torah of Reality, Truth and Compassion

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL

In the early 1900’s, Manhattan’s Lower East Side tenements served as a bastion for Jewish immigrants. A Rabbi, who resided in the ghetto-type community, once attended an ecumenical function at which a notorious anti-Semitic Episcopalian Minister was in attendance.

“What a coincidence!” remarked the minister upon encountering the Rabbi: “It was just last night that I dreamt I was in Jewish Heaven.”

“Jewish Heaven?” mused the Rabbi. “What’s it like in Jewish Heaven?”

“Oh!” replied the minister ever so snidely, “In Jewish Heaven children with dirty faces, shirts un-tucked and clothes un-pressed play in the dirt. In Jewish heaven women haggle with fruit and fish-vendors as panhandlers persistently interrupt.

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Mazal Tov! – 11 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shloy and Toby Rubinstein.
IYH at 417 Sterling St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Levi and Rochel Zarchi
IYH at 551 Brooklyn Ave. Apt 1A [between Maple and Midwood St].

Mendel and Gitty Meyers
IYH at 361 New York Avenue [between Carroll and President St].

Ari and Yehudis Zobak.
IYH at 440 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 3H [between Empire Blvd and Sterling St].

Yisrolik and Mushkie Raskin.
IYH at 686 Eastern Pkwy, Apt 1R [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Yossi and Chaya Light.
IYH at 820 Eastern Pkwy, 2nd Flr [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Aaron and Aida Junik.
IYH at Kozy Acres Bungalow Unit Apt 37.

Levi and Chanie Stone
IYH at 13 Tarone Drive Westport, CT.

Levi and Brany Fisher.
IYH at 14 Phyllis Terrace, Monsey, NY 10952.

Eitan and Gitty (nee Lisbon) Webb (Shluchim to Princeton, NJ)
15 Edwards Pl Princeton, NJ.

Zalman and Dit Greenberg
IYH at 11461 N. Bobolink Lane Mequon, WI.

Please stay tuned as we update this list when information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info. Thank You!!

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Wicked Local Wellesley

Members of the Wellesley/Weston Chabad Shluggers pose after the championship game last Wednesday.

WELLESLEY HILLS, MA — While competition is most often a driving force in a sport’s participants, the Men’s Shul Softball League embraces a different and more important element of the game: friendship.

Shul Softball Wraps Up Season; Shluggers Fall in Title Game

Wicked Local Wellesley

Members of the Wellesley/Weston Chabad Shluggers pose after the championship game last Wednesday.

WELLESLEY HILLS, MA — While competition is most often a driving force in a sport’s participants, the Men’s Shul Softball League embraces a different and more important element of the game: friendship.

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Minority Among Minorities, Yosef Abrahamson Opens Minds

Yosef Abrahamson (L) with Darchai Menachem school administrator Chaim Perl at this years Police Athletic League Competition in One Police Plaza.

Thoughtful, cool, almost cerebral, Yosef Abrahamson is not your average Crown Heights Brooklyn Lubavitcher Chasidic Orthodox Jewish black teen Republican from Omaha, Nebraska. Then again, the 17-year-old two-time winner of the NYPD’s “Commissioner for a Day” essay contest is not exactly average anything, either.

Born in Omaha into an unbroken matrilineal line descended from German Jewish immigrants and raised by his devoted mom, long-time Nebraska GOP activist and national delegate Dinah Abrahamson, along with older sister Sarah, Yosef grew up in the Cornhusker State’s Republican Party. In the state’s GOP, Yosef joined his mother in hobnobbing with such heavyweights as Hal Daub, Mike Johanns, Lee Terry and later, George W. Bush, over a lifetime of political activism.

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