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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is happy to present, a unique audience that took place between the Rebbe and a Jew from France. Yosef, a Sorbonne professor, was a ba’al teshuva [returnee to Judaism] exploring his heritage and bursting with questions about Chabad and the Rebbe himself. The Rebbe’s answers convey his heartfelt concerns not only toward his new guest but for all of his fellow Jews. Special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Gurevitch for his reminiscence of the encounter. to learn more about the Rebbe visit: portraitofaleader.org

A Yechidus with the Rebbe

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is happy to present, a unique audience that took place between the Rebbe and a Jew from France. Yosef, a Sorbonne professor, was a ba’al teshuva [returnee to Judaism] exploring his heritage and bursting with questions about Chabad and the Rebbe himself. The Rebbe’s answers convey his heartfelt concerns not only toward his new guest but for all of his fellow Jews. Special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Gurevitch for his reminiscence of the encounter. to learn more about the Rebbe visit: portraitofaleader.org

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New Engagement!

Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Schneur Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Mussie Wolf (Lincolnwood, IL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Levi Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Bryna Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)

This week, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) launched its spring course, “Biblical Reflections: Finding Yourself in the Book of Genesis.” The six-session course examines classic stories from Bereishis in-depth, shedding a modern light on their timeless lessons.

JLI Video – Biblical Reflections Lesson 1

This week, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) launched its spring course, “Biblical Reflections: Finding Yourself in the Book of Genesis.” The six-session course examines classic stories from Bereishis in-depth, shedding a modern light on their timeless lessons.

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NY Post
There was ominous news buried deep in the financial plan released last week by Gov. Paterson's budget office: Five years hence, one in every four New Yorkers will be on Medicaid.

And that will drive the state's Medicaid spending — at nearly $50 billion a year, already the most lavish in the land — to even more astronomical levels.

True, some of this is due to the current climate: More people unemployed means more people forced onto the taxpayer-financed medical program.

Op-Ed: MEDICAID MADNESS

NY Post

There was ominous news buried deep in the financial plan released last week by Gov. Paterson’s budget office: Five years hence, one in every four New Yorkers will be on Medicaid.

And that will drive the state’s Medicaid spending — at nearly $50 billion a year, already the most lavish in the land — to even more astronomical levels.

True, some of this is due to the current climate: More people unemployed means more people forced onto the taxpayer-financed medical program.

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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In the main shul in 770, the Rebbe is seen giving out coins to counselors of Tzivos Hashem, the Lubavitch youth movement. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Picture of the Rebbe! – Distributing Coins for Tzedaka!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In the main shul in 770, the Rebbe is seen giving out coins to counselors of Tzivos Hashem, the Lubavitch youth movement. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Picture of the Day
Tonight marks the Shloshim [30 days since the passing] of Doctor Susan Zilkha, ob-gyn to many women in crown heights.

There will be a gathering in her memory tonight, Wednesday at 8:30pm anyone who wants information about this get together can call (347) 881-6126.

PSA: Gathering in Memory of Doctor Susan Zilkha OBM

Tonight marks the Shloshim [30 days since the passing] of Doctor Susan Zilkha, ob-gyn to many women in crown heights.

There will be a gathering in her memory tonight, Wednesday at 8:30pm anyone who wants information about this get together can call (347) 881-6126.

PSA

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CrownHeights.info received a picture in which 10 Shluchim the Rebbe sent to ‘Beit Sefer L’mlacha’ in Kfar Chabad following the massacre.

In the photo (R-L): Rabbi Eliezer Horowitz, Hatomim Yehuda Kirnsky and the Yeshivas secretary Rabbi Chanoch Glitzinshtien. Shluchim: Rabbis Avrohom Korf. Sholom Ber Butman, Sholom Ber Shemtov, Zushe Posner, Shraga Feivish Hertzog, and Sholom Eidelman.

Picture of the Day! – Shluchim to Kfar Chabad 1956

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CrownHeights.info received a picture in which 10 Shluchim the Rebbe sent to ‘Beit Sefer L’mlacha’ in Kfar Chabad following the massacre.

In the photo (R-L): Rabbi Eliezer Horowitz, Hatomim Yehuda Kirnsky and the Yeshivas secretary Rabbi Chanoch Glitzinshtien. Shluchim: Rabbis Avrohom Korf. Sholom Ber Butman, Sholom Ber Shemtov, Zushe Posner, Shraga Feivish Hertzog, and Sholom Eidelman.

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Queens Judge Dismisses Eruv slip-and-fall Suit

by Mark Fass – NY Law Journal
Constructing an Eruv (Illustration Picture)

QUEENS, NY — A Queens judge has thrown out a slip-and-fall case filed by a woman who allegedly tripped over a temple’s “eruv” wire. Eruvs, thin wires strung about 15 to 18 feet above ground, are used by Orthodox Jewish communities to create a symbolic walled courtyard in which the strictures against carrying things in public on the Sabbath are relaxed.

Jewish News
By Doron Peskin for YNetNews

A Iraqi Muslim who cares for the Aron Koddosh in the southern Iraqi town of Al-Azair near Basra, points to Hebrew script etched on the doors.

The Iraqi government has rejected recent claims made by an organization demanding that the country's Jews be compensated for property lost when they immigrated to Israel, the London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported recently.

Iraq Refuses to Compensate Jews

By Doron Peskin for YNetNews

A Iraqi Muslim who cares for the Aron Koddosh in the southern Iraqi town of Al-Azair near Basra, points to Hebrew script etched on the doors.

The Iraqi government has rejected recent claims made by an organization demanding that the country’s Jews be compensated for property lost when they immigrated to Israel, the London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported recently.

Jewish News
By Lynda Waddington for the Iowa Independent

WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that many of the convictions and sentences given to immigrant detainees from the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville were in error.

U.S. Supreme Court Slaps Postville Prosecutions

By Lynda Waddington for the Iowa Independent

WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that many of the convictions and sentences given to immigrant detainees from the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville were in error.

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By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Believed to be the first of its kind anywhere in that part of the American West, a newly-built Jewish ritual bath in Montana is serving Jewish residents from Wyoming, Idaho, North and South Dakota, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

New Ritual Bath Makes Jewish Tradition Accessible to Backcountry Lifestyle

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Believed to be the first of its kind anywhere in that part of the American West, a newly-built Jewish ritual bath in Montana is serving Jewish residents from Wyoming, Idaho, North and South Dakota, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Shlichus
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