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ULY’s 6th Graders Express Their Avodah!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As part of the Chayolei Tzivos Hashem program, students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva, went all out with an interactive expo portraying the role of man’s avoda. Four units of the 6th grade division hammered out talented, creative and meaning-full exibits on the themes of Torah, Avoda, Gemilas Chassodim and Tzedaka. Parents and relatives, as well as passers-by, we’re all invited to vote for the best exihibit. At the end of a long night – one unit managed to pull slightly ahead of the others by just 3 votes – Unit Tzedaka!

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Dr. Chaim Aryeh Bloom OBM after an illness, he was 57. Dr. Bloom dutifully served the Chabad community of Sydney, Australia as a physician, and as a Mohel who performed over 2000 circumcision for adults.

He is survived by his wife Aidel and children Carmella Markowitz (Flatbush, NY), Talia Broner (California), Sarah Pugen (Toronto) R. Yonah, Tuvia Mendel, Shalom DovBer, Yeshaya Simcha, and Shaina Bracha.

The Levaya will take place on Wednesday at 2:00pm at Chevra Kidasha.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Dr. Chaim Aryeh Bloom OBM

With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Dr. Chaim Aryeh Bloom OBM after an illness, he was 57. Dr. Bloom dutifully served the Chabad community of Sydney, Australia as a physician, and as a Mohel who performed over 2000 circumcision for adults.

He is survived by his wife Aidel and children Carmella Markowitz (Flatbush, NY), Talia Broner (California), Sarah Pugen (Toronto) R. Yonah, Tuvia Mendel, Shalom DovBer, Yeshaya Simcha, and Shaina Bracha.

The Levaya will take place on Wednesday at 2:00pm at Chevra Kidasha.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Father of Slain Mumbai Victim Says He Joined Israel’s Family of Bereaved

by Zalman Nelson – Lubavitch.com

JERUSALEM, Israel — Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, father of Rifka Holtzberg who was murdered alongside her husband Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg during the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai last year, addressed a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

More pictures in the Extended Article. (by Meir Elfasi – Shturem.net)

General

TOMS RIVER, NJ [CHI] — A joyous ceremony of completing and dedicating a new Torah Scroll took place Sunday afternoon in Toms River New Jersey, to the local Chabad Center which is under the directorship of Rabbi Moshe and his wife Sara Chana Gourarie.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article! (photos by: L'chayimPhotography.com)

Photos: Popack’s Write Torah in Honor of Fathers 90th

TOMS RIVER, NJ [CHI] — A joyous ceremony of completing and dedicating a new Torah Scroll took place Sunday afternoon in Toms River New Jersey, to the local Chabad Center which is under the directorship of Rabbi Moshe and his wife Sara Chana Gourarie.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article! (photos by: L’chayimPhotography.com)

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Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Opposition appears to be growing over a proposal to establish a Jewish community center on the east end of Aspen.

The Aspen City Council at its meeting tonight is likely to hear from dozens of people who oppose the Jewish Community Center moving into the Silver Lining Ranch, a former nonprofit facility that for seven years provided a retreat for kids afflicted with cancer. The facility has largely been underutilized since 2006.

Opposition Mounts Over Proposed Aspen Jewish Center

Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Opposition appears to be growing over a proposal to establish a Jewish community center on the east end of Aspen.

The Aspen City Council at its meeting tonight is likely to hear from dozens of people who oppose the Jewish Community Center moving into the Silver Lining Ranch, a former nonprofit facility that for seven years provided a retreat for kids afflicted with cancer. The facility has largely been underutilized since 2006.

Chabad News

NEW YORK [ABC] — Travelers can get their first glimpse of federal data today documenting where and how often planes hit birds. But as the Federal Aviation Administration publically releases its bird strike data for the first time, the agency itself acknowledges the information is far from complete.

Video – Birds Strikes – A Growing Threat

NEW YORK [ABC] — Travelers can get their first glimpse of federal data today documenting where and how often planes hit birds. But as the Federal Aviation Administration publically releases its bird strike data for the first time, the agency itself acknowledges the information is far from complete.

Videos

WARSAW, Poland [AP] — The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp.

Workmen in Poland Finds Hidden Auschwitz Letter

WARSAW, Poland [AP] — The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp.

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By Tamar Runyan

Community members gather at the Ohr Menachem Chabad House in S. Denis, France, in advance of Passover.

Three months after an apparent anti-Semitic attack left the cafeteria of S. Denis, France’s Chabad-Lubavitch center severely charred, the local Jewish community reports one of the largest Passover gatherings in the Paris suburb.

In addition, say community leaders, the Ohr Menachem Chabad House directed by Rabbi Yisroel and Rivky Belinow distributed food and financial assistance to some 70 needy families this holiday season, the highest number in recent memory. Yisroel Belinow attributed the increased need to the state of the economy.

Holiday Crowds Grow After Attack on Synagogue in Suburban Paris

By Tamar Runyan

Community members gather at the Ohr Menachem Chabad House in S. Denis, France, in advance of Passover.

Three months after an apparent anti-Semitic attack left the cafeteria of S. Denis, France’s Chabad-Lubavitch center severely charred, the local Jewish community reports one of the largest Passover gatherings in the Paris suburb.

In addition, say community leaders, the Ohr Menachem Chabad House directed by Rabbi Yisroel and Rivky Belinow distributed food and financial assistance to some 70 needy families this holiday season, the highest number in recent memory. Yisroel Belinow attributed the increased need to the state of the economy.

Shlichus

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Late afternoon a large crater formed in the west-bound lanes of Empire Boulevard. The sinkhole was approximately 10 feet in diameter and roughly 4 feet deep, and thankfully formed while there were no cars traveling above the spot.

More in the Extended Article.

Part of Empire Boulevard Roadway Collapses

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Late afternoon a large crater formed in the west-bound lanes of Empire Boulevard. The sinkhole was approximately 10 feet in diameter and roughly 4 feet deep, and thankfully formed while there were no cars traveling above the spot.

More in the Extended Article.

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By Susannah Bryan for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
COOPER CITY, FL — Nine months after losing a federal discrimination lawsuit, the city has reached an $800,000 settlement with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that claimed Cooper City used zoning laws to kick out the Chabad of Nova Outreach Center.

“It's time for Cooper City and the Chabad to mend their fences and move on. And hopefully no other religious [groups] will have the same problems Chabad did,” said attorney Franklin Zemel, who led the two-year legal battle against the city.

In 2005, Rabbi Shmuel Posner was forced to close his center after city officials told him it was not allowed in the city's business district. Posner filed suit in May 2007.

Cooper City Reaches $800,000 Settlement with Chabad in Discrimination Case

By Susannah Bryan for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

COOPER CITY, FL — Nine months after losing a federal discrimination lawsuit, the city has reached an $800,000 settlement with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that claimed Cooper City used zoning laws to kick out the Chabad of Nova Outreach Center.

“It’s time for Cooper City and the Chabad to mend their fences and move on. And hopefully no other religious [groups] will have the same problems Chabad did,” said attorney Franklin Zemel, who led the two-year legal battle against the city.

In 2005, Rabbi Shmuel Posner was forced to close his center after city officials told him it was not allowed in the city’s business district. Posner filed suit in May 2007.

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CANCUN, Mexico — A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death, illness, and travel restrictions across the globe. Though public events and schools have closed throughout the country, two Mexican Chabad centers remain open, and alert.

Amid Swine Flu Panic, Chabad in Mexico Remains Open

CANCUN, Mexico — A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death, illness, and travel restrictions across the globe. Though public events and schools have closed throughout the country, two Mexican Chabad centers remain open, and alert.

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NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia [FJC] — On April 12 in Nizhny Novgorod, the banquet hall of the Synagogue was filled with joy and vibrancy, as Jews gathered to celebrate – eating, singing and dancing. More than 90 people came out to mark the grand opening of the “Shalom in Gruzinskaya” kosher restaurant, the inauguration of which was well-timed to coincide with the Passover holiday.

New Kosher Restaurant Opens in Russia

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia [FJC] — On April 12 in Nizhny Novgorod, the banquet hall of the Synagogue was filled with joy and vibrancy, as Jews gathered to celebrate – eating, singing and dancing. More than 90 people came out to mark the grand opening of the “Shalom in Gruzinskaya” kosher restaurant, the inauguration of which was well-timed to coincide with the Passover holiday.

Shlichus
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MOSCOW — With the surrounding streets blocked off to accommodate the swelling crowd, thousands of people turned out for the historic Blessing of the Sun ceremony earlier this month in Moscow. After praying in the Marina Roscha synagogue at the crack of dawn, the crowd moved outside to a large square abutting the Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center for the once-in-28-years ceremony.

More pictures at Chabad.org

Thousands Attended Historic Ceremony in Moscow

MOSCOW — With the surrounding streets blocked off to accommodate the swelling crowd, thousands of people turned out for the historic Blessing of the Sun ceremony earlier this month in Moscow. After praying in the Marina Roscha synagogue at the crack of dawn, the crowd moved outside to a large square abutting the Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center for the once-in-28-years ceremony.

More pictures at Chabad.org

Chabad News
NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The city has coughed up $540 million in payouts related to improper police actions since 1998 — and taxpayer cost for such cases hit a record high last year.

In 1998, the city paid lawsuit settlements or judgments to 571 claimants who accused the NYPD of bad behavior. That figure more than doubled to 1,265 in 2008, according to Law Department data.

‘BAD COP’ Suit$ Cost the City a Half-Billion

NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The city has coughed up $540 million in payouts related to improper police actions since 1998 — and taxpayer cost for such cases hit a record high last year.

In 1998, the city paid lawsuit settlements or judgments to 571 claimants who accused the NYPD of bad behavior. That figure more than doubled to 1,265 in 2008, according to Law Department data.

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