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By Samuel Newhouse for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Still from the security camera of the alleged attacker putting the elderly woman in a choke hold

CROWN HEIGHTS — The man allegedly caught on videotape robbing an elderly woman in a Crown Heights elevator last summer was scheduled to appear Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court for a pretrial hearing. The defendant, however, refused to appear via video, as scheduled.

Alleged Robber Refuses Court

By Samuel Newhouse for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Still from the security camera of the alleged attacker putting the elderly woman in a choke hold

CROWN HEIGHTS — The man allegedly caught on videotape robbing an elderly woman in a Crown Heights elevator last summer was scheduled to appear Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court for a pretrial hearing. The defendant, however, refused to appear via video, as scheduled.

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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
New Engagement!

Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
New Engagement!

Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

Accident on Brooklyn Ave

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Yesterday, Monday afternoon there was a accident on East New York Ave and Brooklyn Ave. An elderly Jewish male driver driving an older model Buick was rear ended by a Black male driving a Nissan sedan.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Gedalia and Nechama Dina (nee Ceitlin) Bluming (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Mazel Tov's

Friendship Circle Celebrates Extraordinary Year

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Friendship Circle marked another successful year by celebrating with their volunteers. More than two hundred packed into the Jewish Children’s Museum on Tuesday, May 26 for desserts and entertainment. The evening, aptly titled Light the World, celebrated the year long efforts of the dedicated Friendship Circle volunteers. Awards and thanks were aplenty, as were delicious desserts.

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By Lita Beck for NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS, TX — A Grand Prairie woman says a man who claimed to be a rabbi bilked her and other members of her church out of money.

Cynthia Silva brought Luis Lujan into her home and game him hundreds of dollars for what she thought was a good cause.

Man Accused of Posing as Rabbi to Scam Churchgoers

By Lita Beck for NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS, TX — A Grand Prairie woman says a man who claimed to be a rabbi bilked her and other members of her church out of money.

Cynthia Silva brought Luis Lujan into her home and game him hundreds of dollars for what she thought was a good cause.

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“Shavuaton” In Morristown

MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — This Shavuos, Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, NJ hosted over 70 guests from all over the North America. Most of the visitors were college students, many were professionals, but all of them decided to spend a portion of their summer to come to yeshiva. This “Shavuaton” was motivated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s drive to gather Jews during the Hakhel Year to come together to increase in Torah and Mitzvos.

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Security cameras outside Apple Drugs captures the Erev Yom Tov Hit-n-Run crash where a boy slipped into the street and had his leg run over by the rear wheels of a car.

From the footage its easy to ascertain that the offending vehicle is an older model Black BMW 5 or 7 series. The driver did not stop, but its possible he did not know he even ran the boy over.

Video Surveillance Captures Erev Yom Tov Accident

Security cameras outside Apple Drugs captures the Erev Yom Tov Hit-n-Run crash where a boy slipped into the street and had his leg run over by the rear wheels of a car.

From the footage its easy to ascertain that the offending vehicle is an older model Black BMW 5 or 7 series. The driver did not stop, but its possible he did not know he even ran the boy over.

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Aviva (left) and Noam Shalit (right), the parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (center) before the start of the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City. (Photo by Kristen Artz, Mayor's Office)

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Aviva and Noam Shalit, the parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, marched in the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Surrounded by supporters, Aviva and Noam Shalit walked down Fifth Avenue and demanded their son's freedom.

Parents of Israeli MIA March in Salute to Israel Parade

Aviva (left) and Noam Shalit (right), the parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (center) before the start of the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City. (Photo by Kristen Artz, Mayor’s Office)

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Aviva and Noam Shalit, the parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, marched in the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Surrounded by supporters, Aviva and Noam Shalit walked down Fifth Avenue and demanded their son’s freedom.

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Miriam Sherr is sitting Shiva with her siblings after the passing of her mother Mrs. Lillian Novick of Flatbush on Friday night.

She is at 1650 President St, Apt 2L, between Schnectady and Utica Ave.

Shmuel Novick of Bala Cynwyd, PA will be sitting at 101 Montgomery St, Unit B4, Mel Novick in Maplewood, NJ and Roz Sherman in Stamford, CT.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem B'soch Shear Avolei Tziyon V'yerushalayim

Info to be Menachem Avel the Miriam Sherr

Miriam Sherr is sitting Shiva with her siblings after the passing of her mother Mrs. Lillian Novick of Flatbush on Friday night.

She is at 1650 President St, Apt 2L, between Schnectady and Utica Ave.

Shmuel Novick of Bala Cynwyd, PA will be sitting at 101 Montgomery St, Unit B4, Mel Novick in Maplewood, NJ and Roz Sherman in Stamford, CT.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem B’soch Shear Avolei Tziyon V’yerushalayim

Notices

"Our community will soon celebrate a new arrival - the first Sefer Torah for Chabad of Downtown Vancouver. It will be dedicated in the memory of Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg.

A welcome ceremony is planned, G-d willing, for this coming spring, Sunday, June 28, 2009.

New Sefer Torah in Memory of Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg HYD

“Our community will soon celebrate a new arrival – the first Sefer Torah for Chabad of Downtown Vancouver. It will be dedicated in the memory of Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg.

A welcome ceremony is planned, G-d willing, for this coming spring, Sunday, June 28, 2009.

Chabad News
By Samantha Strong and Pete Donohue for the BY Daily News

Illustration Photo

NEW YORK, NY — The taxman cometh for livery car riders as well.

A little-noticed provision in the state budget adopted by the Legislature in April imposes a sales tax on livery car, limousine and corporate black-car trips.

Taxes on Livery Cabs, Unnoticed in State Budget, Go into Effect Monday

By Samantha Strong and Pete Donohue for the BY Daily News

Illustration Photo

NEW YORK, NY — The taxman cometh for livery car riders as well.

A little-noticed provision in the state budget adopted by the Legislature in April imposes a sales tax on livery car, limousine and corporate black-car trips.

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NY Times

General Motors filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, submitting its reorganization papers to a federal clerk in Lower Manhattan.

G.M. said it had $82.3 billion in assets and $172.8 billion in debts. Its largest creditors were the Wilmington Trust Company, representing a group of bondholders holding $22.8 billion in debts, and affiliates of the United Auto Workers union, representing nearly $20.6 billion in employee obligations.

G.M. Seeks Bankruptcy and a New Start

NY Times

General Motors filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, submitting its reorganization papers to a federal clerk in Lower Manhattan.

G.M. said it had $82.3 billion in assets and $172.8 billion in debts. Its largest creditors were the Wilmington Trust Company, representing a group of bondholders holding $22.8 billion in debts, and affiliates of the United Auto Workers union, representing nearly $20.6 billion in employee obligations.

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