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By Jake Tapper for ABC News

US first lady Michelle Obama, center and Leo Pavlat, right, director of the Jewish Museum in Prague stand in front of fragments of gothic tombstones on an old Jewish Cemetery ground, Sunday, April 5, 2009, while her husband, US President Barack Obama, was meeting European Union leaders in the Czech capital.

PRAGUE — Joined by senior White House aides and members of the tribe Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod, first lady Michelle Obama toured Jewish areas of the Czech Republic today: the Pinkas Synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Old New Synagogue in Prague's Jewish Quarter. They were joined by Secret Service agents wearing disposable felt yarmulkes.

First Lady Visits Remnants of Prague’s Jewish Community

By Jake Tapper for ABC News

PRAGUE — Joined by senior White House aides and members of the tribe Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod, first lady Michelle Obama toured Jewish areas of the Czech Republic today: the Pinkas Synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Old New Synagogue in Prague’s Jewish Quarter. They were joined by Secret Service agents wearing disposable felt yarmulkes.

Jewish News April 6, 2009

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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

New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)

Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street

New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva

New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Baila Olidort - Lubavitch.com

There will be seders in Mumbai this Passover.

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students arriving from New York in the days before the holiday, hit the ground running. The city’s streets are hot and stuffy and crowded. People are friendly but trust is tricky. For security reasons, publicity for the seders is by word of mouth only.

Passover Seders with Chabad in Mumbai

Baila Olidort – Lubavitch.com

There will be seders in Mumbai this Passover.

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students arriving from New York in the days before the holiday, hit the ground running. The city’s streets are hot and stuffy and crowded. People are friendly but trust is tricky. For security reasons, publicity for the seders is by word of mouth only.

Merkos Shlichus April 6, 2009

A Heimans bus involved in an accident earlier this year on the US 87 (NYS Thruway).

WASHINGTON, DC [AP] — U.S. highway deaths in 2008 fell to their lowest level in nearly 50 years, the latest government figures show, as the recession and $4 per gallon gas meant people drove less to save more. Safety experts said record-high seat-belt use, tighter enforcement of drunken driving laws and the work of advocacy groups that encourage safer driving habits contributed to the reduction in deaths.

Highway Deaths in the US Lowest Since 1960s

A Heimans bus involved in an accident earlier this year on the US 87 (NYS Thruway).

General April 6, 2009

By Joshua Runyan

Police gather outside the American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. (Photo: Steven Gorgos)

BINGHAMTON, NY — Members of Binghamton, N.Y.'s tight-knit Jewish community were in shock over the weekend after the death of Roberta “Bobbie” King, a 72-year-old substitute teacher who was one of 13 killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the downtown American Civic Association.

Jewish Community Grapples With Binghamton Tragedy

By Joshua Runyan

Police gather outside the American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. (Photo: Steven Gorgos)

BINGHAMTON, NY — Members of Binghamton, N.Y.’s tight-knit Jewish community were in shock over the weekend after the death of Roberta “Bobbie” King, a 72-year-old substitute teacher who was one of 13 killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the downtown American Civic Association.

Jewish News April 6, 2009

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There are truck loads of free fruits and vegetables at the Jewish Children's Museum [corner Eastern Pkwy and Kingston Ave]. Call you friends and family and let them know.

Come over and pick some up, no questions asked!

UPDATE: there are still some items left as of 9:30pm stay tuned for more tomorrow.

Free Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at the Museum

There are truck loads of free fruits and vegetables at the Jewish Children’s Museum [corner Eastern Pkwy and Kingston Ave]. Call you friends and family and let them know.

Come over and pick some up, no questions asked!

UPDATE: there are still some items left as of 9:30pm stay tuned for more tomorrow.

PSA April 6, 2009

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Thu, May 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, Ct)

The Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, Fl) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, Wi)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, Ia) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Mon, Apr 28, 8pm

L'chaim

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 24, 8pm

L'chaim

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, Ca) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, Nj)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Thu, Apr 3, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Gopin (Miami, Fl) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, Nj)

Jewish Childrens Museum

Tue, Apr 1, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Levi Chazan (Manchester, Uk) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Tue, Apr 1, 8pm

L'chaim

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Menachem Rabonowitz (Kfar Chabad) to Chani Braun (Crown Heights)

Rubashkin's

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shimon Goldenberg (Postville, Ia) to Ella Dorn (Lauderhill, Fl)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Sun, Mar 30, 8pm

L'chaim

Shneur Cohen (Charlotte, Nc) to Tova Farro (Brooklyn, Ny)

The Arches 1394 S. John Pl

Sat, Mar 29, 9:30pm

L'chaim

Chneour Zalman Mergui (Villiers Sur Marne, Fr) to Ava Siteboun (Paris, France)

Lincoln Pl Shul 1185 Lincoln Pl

Thu, Mar 27, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Wolowik (Baltimore, Md) to Goldie Davidsohn (Crown Heights)

Anshei Lubavitch 574 Albany Ave

Wed, Mar 26, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Ari Hoch (Montreal, Canada) to Mimi Palace (Crown Heights)

Ulam Chana

Tue, Mar 18

L'chaim

Mendel Piekarski (Crown Heights) to Tzivia Marasow (Crown Heights)

Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

Mon, Mar 17, 8:30pm

L'chaim

Mendel Katz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Vishedsky (Crown Heights)

Lubavitcher Yeshiva

JERUSALEM [JTA] — Somali pirates attacked a ship belonging to an Israeli freight company.

The ship, which was flying the Maltese flag, did not have any Israeli crew members on board when it was attacked Saturday afternoon, according to reports.

Pirates Attack Israeli Freight Ship

JERUSALEM [JTA] — Somali pirates attacked a ship belonging to an Israeli freight company.

The ship, which was flying the Maltese flag, did not have any Israeli crew members on board when it was attacked Saturday afternoon, according to reports.

Jewish News April 6, 2009

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 the Community Council and Lubavitcher Yeshivah present the small wonder puppet theater. At 1:00 at Lubavitcher Yeshivah, 570 Crown St. Admission $2.

More info in the Extended Article!

PSA: Erev Pesach Kids Puppet Show

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 the Community Council and Lubavitcher Yeshivah present the small wonder puppet theater. At 1:00 at Lubavitcher Yeshivah, 570 Crown St. Admission $2.

More info in the Extended Article!

PSA April 6, 2009

Tonight, Monday, 12 Nissan, April 6, 2009, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part Two, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions, and the Rebbe's revolutionary idea in Birchas Hachamah. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Globel Webcast: The Rebbe’s Revolution in Birchas Hachamah

Tonight, Monday, 12 Nissan, April 6, 2009, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part Two, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions, and the Rebbe’s revolutionary idea in Birchas Hachamah. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

PSA April 6, 2009

Photo Gallery: Spring in Lefferts Park!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Today, Sunday a CrownHeights.info photographer went out to capture Crown Heights residents enjoying the warm spring weather. In the beautiful gallery below, we have pictures of residents of all ages enjoying the beautiful weather we had this afternoon.

Huge Beautiful Gallery with over a 150 Pictures in the Extended Article!

Photo Galleries April 5, 2009

Shomrim Retrieve Stolen Moped

The owner of the bike smiling after retrieving his moped.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Pennsylvania resident received a rude “Brooklyn welcome” when a group of hooligans stole his moped while visiting the borough. The incident began when two members of Shomrim, who were patrolling on Motzai Shabbos, spotted a group of about 20 to 30 Black teens walking down Union Street from New York Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue.

More in the Extended Article!

Crime April 5, 2009

Every year, the Chabad youth organization in Israel invites kindergartens and schools to the Pesach (Passover) Experience Fair. The children get a hands-on matzah-baking experience and learn the ideas behind the precepts of Pesach. Its not easy conveying 3,000-year-old messages to todays children, explained one of the Chabad activists, but were doing it here through an interactive experience.

Arutz7 Video – Kids Bake Matzah in Kfar Chabad

Videos April 5, 2009

The Beis Shmuel Mitzvah Tank!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — As in the past the Beis Shmuel Shul in Crown Heights arranges their own mitzvah tank on the Yud Aleph Nissan Parade, then today the fathers and children gathered up and took their tank to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn for a day of Mivtzoim. The children together with their fathers asked people if they would to put on Tefillin and gave out Matzah along with pamphlets about Pesach.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Photo Galleries April 5, 2009

The Way Things Were: Reflections On The Rebbe’s Birth Date

By Baila Olidort for Lubavitch.com

Where were you the last time the Jewish people assembled to bless the sun?

Maybe you didn’t even know about it then. The year was 1981. PC’s were still a thing of the future, cell phones unheard of, and the internet age had yet to dawn. Instant mass communication seemed still a fantastic idea, and educating people across geographic, linguistic and cultural distances was slow and painstaking.

Op-Ed April 5, 2009

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY [CHI] — Rabbi Hanoch Hecht and members of the Jewish community of Rhinebeck, New York will ascend in hot air balloons to Rabbi Takes Congregation in Hot Air Ballons.

Birkas HaChama (the blessing of the sun) is a ceremony in which Jews recite a blessing on the Sun as it returns to the place it was appointed during Creation. It occurs every 28 years and always on a Wednesday.

Shliach to take Cong. in Hot Air Balloons for Birkas HaChama

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY [CHI] — Rabbi Hanoch Hecht and members of the Jewish community of Rhinebeck, New York will ascend in hot air balloons to Rabbi Takes Congregation in Hot Air Ballons.

Birkas HaChama (the blessing of the sun) is a ceremony in which Jews recite a blessing on the Sun as it returns to the place it was appointed during Creation. It occurs every 28 years and always on a Wednesday.

Shlichus April 5, 2009