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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [AP] — A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of four former top managers at an Iowa slaughterhouse where 389 people were arrested last year in what was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history at the time.

U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade agreed to an Oct. 13 trial date as she considers whether to move the trial out of Cedar Rapids, about 75 miles from where the kosher Agriprocessors Inc. operated in Postville. Defense attorneys want it moved to another state.

Rubashkin Trial Delayed, Could be Moved Out of Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [AP] — A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of four former top managers at an Iowa slaughterhouse where 389 people were arrested last year in what was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history at the time.

U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade agreed to an Oct. 13 trial date as she considers whether to move the trial out of Cedar Rapids, about 75 miles from where the kosher Agriprocessors Inc. operated in Postville. Defense attorneys want it moved to another state.

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Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Schneur Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Mussie Wolf (Lincolnwood, IL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Levi Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Bryna Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
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Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

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!
New Engagement!

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
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Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
By Rocco Parascandola for the NY Daily News

Rabbi Aaron Raskin of the Congregation B'nai Avraham

This guy sure has chutzpah.

A career criminal befriended by rabbis at a Brooklyn Heights synagogue - who gave him food and money - returned the favor by busting into the house of worship and stealing whatever he could, police sources said.

Career Criminal Befriends Rabbis, then Robs Them

By Rocco Parascandola for the NY Daily News

Rabbi Aaron Raskin of the Congregation B’nai Avraham

This guy sure has chutzpah.

A career criminal befriended by rabbis at a Brooklyn Heights synagogue – who gave him food and money – returned the favor by busting into the house of worship and stealing whatever he could, police sources said.

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by Lazer Avtzon
PSA – Thirteen Cardinal Rules on Home Foreclosure/Loan Modifications and Credit Card Repair/Settlement or Consolidated debt.

Since my last article generously published by CrownHeights.info, I have met with dozens of local families and have worked with many to modify their loans and fix their credit.

Every case is unique and different and there is no one set of rules or advice that can be given.

With more than 200 local families currently several months behind in their mortgage payments, spiraling credit card debt, and tuition bills that need to be addressed at the beginning of the year, not to mention, the upcoming month of Tishrei, I felt the need to share just a few thoughts to help all those families that are either too embarrassed to ask for help, or who think they can do it themselves.

There is no specific order to these rules, each is important in its own right.

Op-Ed: On Foreclosure, Loan Modifications and Credit Repair

by Lazer Avtzon

PSA – Thirteen Cardinal Rules on Home Foreclosure/Loan Modifications and Credit Card Repair/Settlement or Consolidated debt.

Since my last article generously published by CrownHeights.info, I have met with dozens of local families and have worked with many to modify their loans and fix their credit.

Every case is unique and different and there is no one set of rules or advice that can be given.

With more than 200 local families currently several months behind in their mortgage payments, spiraling credit card debt, and tuition bills that need to be addressed at the beginning of the year, not to mention, the upcoming month of Tishrei, I felt the need to share just a few thoughts to help all those families that are either too embarrassed to ask for help, or who think they can do it themselves.

There is no specific order to these rules, each is important in its own right.

Op-Ed
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By Reuven Blau for the NY Post

NEW YORK — The city handed out 13,000 fewer parking summonses and saw its ticket revenues nose-dive by $30 million last fiscal year — despite a record number of traffic agents on the street.

Downtrodden motorists too broke to pay their tickets are driving the sudden plummet in revenue, driver advocates theorized.

Parking Tix Haul Plunges $30 Million

By Reuven Blau for the NY Post

NEW YORK — The city handed out 13,000 fewer parking summonses and saw its ticket revenues nose-dive by $30 million last fiscal year — despite a record number of traffic agents on the street.

Downtrodden motorists too broke to pay their tickets are driving the sudden plummet in revenue, driver advocates theorized.

NYC News
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By Anna Scott for Downtown News

Rabbi Moshe Greenwald with the Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles’ new Torah. The handwritten scroll will be completed during a dedication ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 3. Photo by Gary Leonard.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Down­town Los Angeles has had its own space for five months, and it served the community’s Jewish population in temporary locations for approximately a year before that. But in September, the proceedings at what its proprietor calls the first new full-time synagogue in Downtown in 60 years will go to a different level.

Downtown’s New Center of Jewish Life Hits a High Point With Torah Dedication

By Anna Scott for Downtown News

Rabbi Moshe Greenwald with the Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles’ new Torah. The handwritten scroll will be completed during a dedication ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 3. Photo by Gary Leonard.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Down­town Los Angeles has had its own space for five months, and it served the community’s Jewish population in temporary locations for approximately a year before that. But in September, the proceedings at what its proprietor calls the first new full-time synagogue in Downtown in 60 years will go to a different level.

Shlichus
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sheva (Neimark) Shaffran of Montreal, Canada.

She is survived by her husband Pinchus, and children Azriel Boruch (Toronto, Canada), and Yehudis Cattan (Boca Raton, FL).

The Levaya took place today in Laval, Montreal at Mt. Pleasant’s Lubavitch section.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Sheva Shaffran OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sheva (Neimark) Shaffran of Montreal, Canada.

She is survived by her husband Pinchus, and children Azriel Boruch (Toronto, Canada), and Yehudis Cattan (Boca Raton, FL).

The Levaya took place today in Laval, Montreal at Mt. Pleasant’s Lubavitch section.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices

Shomrim. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Montgomery Street residents were startled when cries of “help, help!” were shouted late Friday night. The incident took place between Albany and Troy Avenues at around 11:30pm when a Bochur was walking home from a Sholom Zochor, and was surrounded by a group of around 5 Black males of various ages.

One resident told CrownHeights.info that he heard the calls for help and he immediately ran out, sparing the Bochur a beating, and spotted a number of the group fleeing. A number of the residents gave chase and caught two of the group.

Cries of Help Spare Bochur from Friday Night Gang Beating

Shomrim. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Montgomery Street residents were startled when cries of “help, help!” were shouted late Friday night. The incident took place between Albany and Troy Avenues at around 11:30pm when a Bochur was walking home from a Sholom Zochor, and was surrounded by a group of around 5 Black males of various ages.

One resident told CrownHeights.info that he heard the calls for help and he immediately ran out, sparing the Bochur a beating, and spotted a number of the group fleeing. A number of the residents gave chase and caught two of the group.

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Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) is inviting residents to come out for a “town hall meeting” in the Jewish Childrens Museum this coming Monday evening to discuss the Healthcare Reform bill titled “H.R. 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act”, and to learn what is in it for us and how it will affect our families.

Town Hall Meeting: Healthcare Reform Meeting in the JCM

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) is inviting residents to come out for a “town hall meeting” in the Jewish Childrens Museum this coming Monday evening to discuss the Healthcare Reform bill titled “H.R. 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act”, and to learn what is in it for us and how it will affect our families.

Communal Matters
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by Krystal Mackenzie - The Royal Gazette

Taking a break: Rabbi Mendy Margolin and his
brother Rabbi Levi Margolin enjoy a coffee at Rock
Island during their stay in Bermuda.
“Rabbis with kosher food will travel.”

Such is how Rabbi Mendy Margolin and his brother Rabbi Levi Margolin introduce themselves. They are participants in the Chabad Rabbinical Visitation Programme, and have been visiting the Jewish Community of Bermuda since Tuesday.

The aim of the programme is to travel to remote, isolated Jewish communities where they introduce a vibrant Jewish experience to the local population. Through personal encounters with families and individuals, they inspire meaningful exploration and celebration of Jewish life, identity and traditions. You literally see the Jewish heritage accessible to Jewish people worldwide.

Visiting Rabbi Brothers are Fascinated by Bermuda

by Krystal Mackenzie – The Royal Gazette

Taking a break: Rabbi Mendy Margolin and his
brother Rabbi Levi Margolin enjoy a coffee at Rock
Island during their stay in Bermuda.

“Rabbis with kosher food will travel.”

Such is how Rabbi Mendy Margolin and his brother Rabbi Levi Margolin introduce themselves. They are participants in the Chabad Rabbinical Visitation Programme, and have been visiting the Jewish Community of Bermuda since Tuesday.

The aim of the programme is to travel to remote, isolated Jewish communities where they introduce a vibrant Jewish experience to the local population. Through personal encounters with families and individuals, they inspire meaningful exploration and celebration of Jewish life, identity and traditions. You literally see the Jewish heritage accessible to Jewish people worldwide.

Merkos Shlichus