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By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. - The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

Get Out of the Subway and Onto One of his Scooters

By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. – The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

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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)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

BROOKLYN [1010 WINS] — Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.

There have been at least a dozen incidents since June 19 in the Crown Heights area of the borough, police say. At least five incidents were reported just last weekend.

Surveillance Video – Serial Groper Seen on Camera

BROOKLYN [1010 WINS] — Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.

There have been at least a dozen incidents since June 19 in the Crown Heights area of the borough, police say. At least five incidents were reported just last weekend.

Videos
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur Landa (S. Louis, MO) and Rochel Leah Brafman (Morristown, NJ) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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Curtis Sliwa and his unarmed neighborhood safety patrol, The Guardian Angels went into Crown Heights in 1991 during the riots and stayed for 3 months. Sliwa talks here in this video about the riots and about two Rebbe Dollars he got from the rebbe.

Video – Curtis Sliwa on the Riots and the Rebbe!

Curtis Sliwa and his unarmed neighborhood safety patrol, The Guardian Angels went into Crown Heights in 1991 during the riots and stayed for 3 months. Sliwa talks here in this video about the riots and about two Rebbe Dollars he got from the rebbe.

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By Debra Rubin for the NJ Jewish News

Harold Barr, left, who made the stained-glass windows for the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, shows his work to Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky.

MONROE, NJ — The synagogue in the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has taken on a new air of spirituality with the installation of 18 new stained-glass windows.

Ten large windows and several smaller ones depict a portion of the Sh’ma prayer and contain allusions to mitzvot associated with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

‘Spirit’ in Light and Glass

By Debra Rubin for the NJ Jewish News

Harold Barr, left, who made the stained-glass windows for the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, shows his work to Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky.

MONROE, NJ — The synagogue in the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has taken on a new air of spirituality with the installation of 18 new stained-glass windows.

Ten large windows and several smaller ones depict a portion of the Sh’ma prayer and contain allusions to mitzvot associated with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

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Crash Leaves SUV on its Roof

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A high power impact between two SUV’s left one of them on its roof, and trapping its driver behind the wheel of his car. The incident happened this morning at the intersection of Schenectady Avenue and Maple Street.

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Hayom Yom Yud Beis Tamuz: “chassidim are to talk to one another in a spirit of brotherhood about strengthening fixed times for Torah study.”

Hayom Yom of Yud Gimmel Tamuz: “I send you a maamar ...which is my participation - for their success in fixing and observing periods for studying Chassidus.”

Take this opportunity strengthen your hiskashrus to the Rebbe by signing up to JNet. JNet has had over 50 people sign up last month alone.

Volunteer for jNet!

Volunteer now at www.jnet.org or call toll free 1-877-JNet-2-go (563-8246) or 718-467-4400 locally.

Hayom Yom Yud Beis Tamuz: “chassidim are to talk to one another in a spirit of brotherhood about strengthening fixed times for Torah study.”

Hayom Yom of Yud Gimmel Tamuz: “I send you a maamar …which is my participation – for their success in fixing and observing periods for studying Chassidus.”

Take this opportunity strengthen your hiskashrus to the Rebbe by signing up to JNet. JNet has had over 50 people sign up last month alone.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim and Police working hand in hand, yesterday Sunday afternoon, and apprehended two Black teens for multiple counts of trespassing. The incident began in the back yards of homes on Union and President Streets and Albany and Troy Avenues.

Many residents called Shomrim to complain about the trespassers, who somehow gained access to the back of the homes which has no alleyway, and no access from the streets.

Shomrim Apprehend Duo, Police Make Arrests

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim and Police working hand in hand, yesterday Sunday afternoon, and apprehended two Black teens for multiple counts of trespassing. The incident began in the back yards of homes on Union and President Streets and Albany and Troy Avenues.

Many residents called Shomrim to complain about the trespassers, who somehow gained access to the back of the homes which has no alleyway, and no access from the streets.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Hilel Pewzner, a long time resident of Crown Heights.

Reb Hilel is survived by his wife Riva, and children Mr. Faivish (Lawrence, NY) Mr. Moshe Yosef (Brooklyn, NY) and Mrs. Esther Friedman (London, England)

The Levaya will take place today and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapel at 2:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Reb Hilel Pewzner OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Hilel Pewzner, a long time resident of Crown Heights.

Reb Hilel is survived by his wife Riva, and children Mr. Faivish (Lawrence, NY) Mr. Moshe Yosef (Brooklyn, NY) and Mrs. Esther Friedman (London, England)

The Levaya will take place today and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapel at 2:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
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A Different Kind of Revolution – Kinus Hashluchim of the CIS

article by Shturem.net

JERUSALEM, Israel — A salute to a different kind of Russian Revolution, and to the soldiers that made it happen, took place last night, as the Rebbe’s Shluchim to the CIS convened in a grand Hakhel Banquet, in the Binyanei Haumah Convention Hall in Yerushalayim. The Kinnus was titled “Shlichus, a Life of Mesirus Nefesh”.

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