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The Jerusalem Post

After over three years in which IDF St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit has been held in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel breathed a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon after video footage of the captive soldier was released to the media and aired on Israeli television channels.

Video: 3 Years After Capture, Gilad Schalit Yearns for Family

The Jerusalem Post

After over three years in which IDF St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit has been held in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel breathed a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon after video footage of the captive soldier was released to the media and aired on Israeli television channels.

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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)

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

CrownHeights.info and I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to my good friend Zalmy Greenfeld (Crown Heights) on his engagement to Shaina Witkes (Worcester, MA) .

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday, the 3rd day of Chol Hamoed at 533 Crown St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

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The Jewish Children’s Museum and JEM is pleased to announce a special viewing for the Crown Heights community of the long anticipated JEM/Malka Touger production: “My Land”.

On Monday, (October 5th) the first day of Chol Hamoed at 11 am, the JCM will show the brand new film My Land.

JCM Presents a Special Sukkos Screening of My Land

The Jewish Children’s Museum and JEM is pleased to announce a special viewing for the Crown Heights community of the long anticipated JEM/Malka Touger production: “My Land”.

On Monday, (October 5th) the first day of Chol Hamoed at 11 am, the JCM will show the brand new film My Land.

PSA

Monday, the first day of Chol HaMoed, Tzivos Hashem will host their 29th annual Sukkos Experience on Kingston Ave. There will be mechanical rides, inflatable rides a petting Zoo, pony rides, hay rides and much more. There also be food stands and a Sukkah on premises. They are going to be open on Monday at 12:00pm through 6:00pm, on Kingston Ave [between Carroll St and Eastern Pkwy].

Chol HaMoed Sukkos Experience on Kingston Ave

Monday, the first day of Chol HaMoed, Tzivos Hashem will host their 29th annual Sukkos Experience on Kingston Ave. There will be mechanical rides, inflatable rides a petting Zoo, pony rides, hay rides and much more. There also be food stands and a Sukkah on premises. They are going to be open on Monday at 12:00pm through 6:00pm, on Kingston Ave [between Carroll St and Eastern Pkwy].

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Students Yechiel Piekarsky and Yehuda Gorkin with a senior manager at Enterprise Rent a Car last Sukkos

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Students of Lubavicher Yeshiva, are in the final stages of organizing Mivzoim for this coming Sukkos.

The 8th grade is inviting all students of grades 5 through 7 to participate in the mivtzoim on Friday morning, Hoshana Raba, after last years tremendous success. The mivtzoim is one of several programs which the all new Chayolei Beis Dovid, 8th grade program of Lubavitcher Yeshiva, has organized for the students of the Yeshiva. (to register please call the Yeshiva 718-774-4131and dial ext. 113)

ULY 8th Grade Urges All Students to do Mivzoim this Sukkos!

Students Yechiel Piekarsky and Yehuda Gorkin with a senior manager at Enterprise Rent a Car last Sukkos

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Students of Lubavicher Yeshiva, are in the final stages of organizing Mivzoim for this coming Sukkos.

The 8th grade is inviting all students of grades 5 through 7 to participate in the mivtzoim on Friday morning, Hoshana Raba, after last years tremendous success. The mivtzoim is one of several programs which the all new Chayolei Beis Dovid, 8th grade program of Lubavitcher Yeshiva, has organized for the students of the Yeshiva. (to register please call the Yeshiva 718-774-4131and dial ext. 113)

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Chaim Yehoshua and Esther Yetta (Yettel) (nee Grayson) Zylbernagel (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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By Jen Chung for the Gothamist

NEW YORK, NY — With terror suspect Najibullah Zazi in custody, accused to plotting to bomb NYC mass transit, experts are now weighing on how Zazi's purchases from a beauty supply store were very dangerous. They say that Zazi “had the means to kill scores of people — not hundreds or thousands,” with retired FBI explosives expert Denny Kline saying, “These explosives are meant to be concealed easily and deployed easily and kill and maim and cause havoc in small areas.”

Experts: Zazi Could Have Killed Many With Beauty Supplies

By Jen Chung for the Gothamist

NEW YORK, NY — With terror suspect Najibullah Zazi in custody, accused to plotting to bomb NYC mass transit, experts are now weighing on how Zazi’s purchases from a beauty supply store were very dangerous. They say that Zazi “had the means to kill scores of people — not hundreds or thousands,” with retired FBI explosives expert Denny Kline saying, “These explosives are meant to be concealed easily and deployed easily and kill and maim and cause havoc in small areas.”

NYC News
By Chana Kroll for Chabad.org

Rabbi Eli Backman, second from right, poses with students at the University of Maryland from the mobile sukkah operated by his Chabad House.

For the first time in its long, storied history, Rome’s Jewish community is taking the fall holiday of Sukkot to the streets by erecting a temporary dwelling known as a sukkah at a public piazza in the heart of the Italian capital.

Worldwide Events Make Fall Holiday a Public Affair

By Chana Kroll for Chabad.org
Rabbi Eli Backman, second from right, poses with students at the University of Maryland from the mobile sukkah operated by his Chabad House.

For the first time in its long, storied history, Rome’s Jewish community is taking the fall holiday of Sukkot to the streets by erecting a temporary dwelling known as a sukkah at a public piazza in the heart of the Italian capital.

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