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By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Levi Duchman says the hard part is the pedaling.

NEW YORK — Coming alongside a New York City push to license pedicab operators, the initiative of a Jewish teenager in Brooklyn has given pedestrians and motorists an interesting site: a mobile bamboo-topped latticework hut affixed to a rickshaw.

Teenager Pedaling Holiday Celebration Throughout New York

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Levi Duchman says the hard part is the pedaling.

NEW YORK — Coming alongside a New York City push to license pedicab operators, the initiative of a Jewish teenager in Brooklyn has given pedestrians and motorists an interesting site: a mobile bamboo-topped latticework hut affixed to a rickshaw.

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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
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
By Manuel Gamiz Jr. for the Morning Call

I-78, PA — Two 16-year-olds were injured this afternoon when another car reversed into them on a median on Interstate 78 in Williams Township this afternoon, according to state police at Belfast.

Police said Yakov Huebner, 18, of Brooklyn N.Y., pulled into the median at mile marker 75.9 on the westbound side of I-78 at 12:24 p.m. after hearing a noise coming from his car. The teens, a boy from Israel and a girl from Brooklyn, N.Y., who's names were not released due to their age, were outside the car also checking on the tire, police said.

Lubavitcher Teens Injured on Pennsylvania Highway

By Manuel Gamiz Jr. for the Morning Call

I-78, PA — Two 16-year-olds were injured this afternoon when another car reversed into them on a median on Interstate 78 in Williams Township this afternoon, according to state police at Belfast.

Police said Yakov Huebner, 18, of Brooklyn N.Y., pulled into the median at mile marker 75.9 on the westbound side of I-78 at 12:24 p.m. after hearing a noise coming from his car. The teens, a boy from Israel and a girl from Brooklyn, N.Y., who’s names were not released due to their age, were outside the car also checking on the tire, police said.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Crown Heights residents living in 762 Empire Blvd, apartment building on on the corner of Troy Ave, celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva true their Yemenite heritage. This Yemenite style celebration was brought together by residents of building who wanted to have their own, small, family oriented, personal Simcha.

Yemenite Simchas Beis Hashoeva on Troy Ave

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Crown Heights residents living in 762 Empire Blvd, apartment building on on the corner of Troy Ave, celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva true their Yemenite heritage. This Yemenite style celebration was brought together by residents of building who wanted to have their own, small, family oriented, personal Simcha.

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By Sarah Maslin Nir for the NY Times

Rabbi Joshua Metzger, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan, stood in Bryant Park on Monday near a sukkah, constructed to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

NEW YORK — Last month, Bryant Park hosted the white tents and devotees of Fashion Week. This month, it’s been replaced by another temporary structure with very different guests: a large sukkah, or ceremonial hut, where Jews pray and dine in celebration of the eight-day harvest holiday of Sukkot.

Legal Musings on Bryant Park Sukkah

By Sarah Maslin Nir for the NY Times
Rabbi Joshua Metzger, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan, stood in Bryant Park on Monday near a sukkah, constructed to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

NEW YORK — Last month, Bryant Park hosted the white tents and devotees of Fashion Week. This month, it’s been replaced by another temporary structure with very different guests: a large sukkah, or ceremonial hut, where Jews pray and dine in celebration of the eight-day harvest holiday of Sukkot.

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By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.org

Windsor Terrace, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., was the site of anti-Semitic vandalism directed against a community synagogue before Yom Kippur.

BROOKLYN, NY — Vandalism put Jewish worshippers on edge last week when a synagogue and community center serving the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Windsor Terrace was defaced just days before Yom Kippur.

Brooklyn Jewish Center Responds to Vandalism With Determination

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.org
Windsor Terrace, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., was the site of anti-Semitic vandalism directed against a community synagogue before Yom Kippur.

BROOKLYN, NY — Vandalism put Jewish worshippers on edge last week when a synagogue and community center serving the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Windsor Terrace was defaced just days before Yom Kippur.

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Experience the Beis HaMikdash Era with “Diamonds in the Dust”
The brand new Ronit Polin Film for women and girls, only.

Where will you go this Chol Hamoed? How about going back in time, to the days of the Second Beis HaMikdash? “Diamonds in the Dust,” a riveting new film by acclaimed film-maker Ronit Polin will give viewers the rare opportunity to be transported back to those glorious days when Jewish life still revolved around the Yerushalayim and the Beis HaMikdash.

Lubavitcher Yeshiva presents: Experience the Beis HaMikdash Era with “Diamonds in the Dust”

Experience the Beis HaMikdash Era with “Diamonds in the Dust”
The brand new Ronit Polin Film for women and girls, only.

Where will you go this Chol Hamoed? How about going back in time, to the days of the Second Beis HaMikdash? “Diamonds in the Dust,” a riveting new film by acclaimed film-maker Ronit Polin will give viewers the rare opportunity to be transported back to those glorious days when Jewish life still revolved around the Yerushalayim and the Beis HaMikdash.

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Jonah T.

The gaping hole left where the air conditioner came crashing through.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Having just risen from his place and moved to a different chair at the table to make room for an unexpected visitor, a Bochur’s life was saved as an air conditioner fell four stories, crashing through the Sukkah’s schach on Sunday afternoon.

“Unusual Ushpizen Drops on Sukkah Goers!”

Jonah T.

The gaping hole left where the air conditioner came crashing through.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Having just risen from his place and moved to a different chair at the table to make room for an unexpected visitor, a Bochur’s life was saved as an air conditioner fell four stories, crashing through the Sukkah’s schach on Sunday afternoon.

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Bochur Arrested Erev Yom Tov

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur was arrested just moments before Sukkos began Friday evening. The arrest took place following an accident he was involved in along with a friend, he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and possession of illegal cigarettes.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Lubavitcher Yungerman was attacked on Shabbos morning on his way to Shul. The incident unfolded when a Black man passed the Jew and intentionally bumped into him, knocking him back slightly, then attempted to punch him.

The incident took place on Troy Avenue between Carroll and President Streets, and the assailant was described as being around 25 years old with an average height and build.

Jew Attacked Shabbos Day

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Lubavitcher Yungerman was attacked on Shabbos morning on his way to Shul. The incident unfolded when a Black man passed the Jew and intentionally bumped into him, knocking him back slightly, then attempted to punch him.

The incident took place on Troy Avenue between Carroll and President Streets, and the assailant was described as being around 25 years old with an average height and build.

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