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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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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)

A Spine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste! – Are All Our Faculties Headed In The Same Direction?

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov – Jax, Florida

Illustration Photo.

You’re sitting on a plane buckled-up in your seat, the plane is pushing back. You’re ready to relax – read a book, close your eyes and catch up on some badly needed sleep — but there’s one more piece of business to be taken care-of before you can kick back; the airline safety demonstration. This, you know, is when the flight attendant gets up to do her/his little buckle-vest-mask ditty.

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Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shimon and Meira (nee Kaner) Emlen.
IYH at 657 Montgomery St, Naparstek’s Sukkah [between Kingston and Brooklyn].

Chaim Yehoshua and Esther Yetta (Yettel) (nee Grayson) Zylbernagel.
IYH at 698 Eastern Pkwy, Laufer’s Sukkah [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Dovber and Chaya (nee Pewzner) Berkowitz (Shluchim to Contra Costa, CA) .
IYH at 412 Sterling St, Pewzner Sukkah [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Zalman Shimon and Soshie (nee Weitman) Deren (Crown Heights) .

Shmulik and Chaya (nee Levin) Gurary (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 605 Ocean Pkwy, Kensington [between Ditmas and 18th Ave].

Meir and Hadassah (nee DeVries) Geisinsky .
IYH at 234 Washington Ave, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

Eliyahu Yosef and Rochel Leah (nee Mayteles) Morrison.
IYH at 1863 Section Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45237.

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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Illustration Photo.

Today, the national Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declared a special travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The travel period will begin approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and end on approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. This policy will allow observant Jewish travelers to carry their Lulavim and Etrogim in airports and through security checkpoints. (During the Sukkot holiday, Jews utilize four species of plants as part of their daily prayer service. See Leviticus 23:40.)

TSA to Permit Lulavim and Etrogim During Airplane Travel

Illustration Photo.

Today, the national Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declared a special travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The travel period will begin approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and end on approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. This policy will allow observant Jewish travelers to carry their Lulavim and Etrogim in airports and through security checkpoints. (During the Sukkot holiday, Jews utilize four species of plants as part of their daily prayer service. See Leviticus 23:40.)

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FAILING OVERPASSES: Contractors yesterday
display images of frightening damage to bridges.
(Photo: Matthew McDermott)
New York bridges falling down, falling down...

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

10 NYC Bridges in Dire Need of Fixing

FAILING OVERPASSES: Contractors yesterday
display images of frightening damage to bridges.
(Photo: Matthew McDermott)

New York bridges falling down, falling down…

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

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