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by Dvora Lakein - lubavtich.com

“They survived and gave us a future. We are here because of them,” explains Rabbi Tzvi Tauby. “Their sacrifices affect our lives every day.”

Communities in Israel and around the world are commemorating the deaths of six million Jews on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the steadily dwindling generation who survived those horrific years, Holocaust Remembrance is a daily experience.

Remembering Every Day

by Dvora Lakein – lubavtich.com

“They survived and gave us a future. We are here because of them,” explains Rabbi Tzvi Tauby. “Their sacrifices affect our lives every day.”

Communities in Israel and around the world are commemorating the deaths of six million Jews on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the steadily dwindling generation who survived those horrific years, Holocaust Remembrance is a daily experience.

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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)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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SS guard Franz Suchamel attested to the Nazi murder machine which attempted genocide to annihilate the Jewish people.

He described the brutal transportation process which killed most of those brought into Treblinka. During the interview, which Suchomel did not know was being filmed, the SS soldier revealed in great detail the means necessary for killing thousands and the huge efforts that went into disposing of the bodies.

Arutz7 Video – SS Guard Describes Treblinka Murders

SS guard Franz Suchamel attested to the Nazi murder machine which attempted genocide to annihilate the Jewish people.

He described the brutal transportation process which killed most of those brought into Treblinka. During the interview, which Suchomel did not know was being filmed, the SS soldier revealed in great detail the means necessary for killing thousands and the huge efforts that went into disposing of the bodies.

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By Patrick Sawer for the UK Telegraph

British scientists say they use up more fuel to transport them around and the amount of food they eat requires more energy to produce than that consumed by those on smaller diets.

According to a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine this adds to food shortages and higher energy prices.

Fat People Blamed for Global Warming

By Patrick Sawer for the UK Telegraph

British scientists say they use up more fuel to transport them around and the amount of food they eat requires more energy to produce than that consumed by those on smaller diets.

According to a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine this adds to food shortages and higher energy prices.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy Kleinman (Monsey, NY) and Esther Malka Vcherashansky (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

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GENEVA, Switzerland [CNN] — Dozens of international envoys walked out during a speech by Iran's president Monday as he accused Israel of having a “racist government” and committing genocide.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of making “an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering ... in order to establish a totally racist government in occupied Palestine.”

Video – Envoys Walk Out of UN Racism Conference

GENEVA, Switzerland [CNN] — Dozens of international envoys walked out during a speech by Iran’s president Monday as he accused Israel of having a “racist government” and committing genocide.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of making “an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering … in order to establish a totally racist government in occupied Palestine.”

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By Chana Kroll for Chabad.org

Championship cyclist Michelle Bono, right, befriended Rabbi Eliezer and Rochel Lazaroff during her first round of chemotherapy in Houston, Texas.

HOUSTON, TX — Championship cyclist Michelle Bono remembers being uncomfortable the first time she came to Friday night Shabbat services at Houston, Texas’ Aishel House.

“I was wearing pants, so I felt like I should just stand in the back,” says Bono, somewhat incredulous at her discomfort.

Center’s Mission is to Just Be There for Patients in Need

By Chana Kroll for Chabad.org

Championship cyclist Michelle Bono, right, befriended Rabbi Eliezer and Rochel Lazaroff during her first round of chemotherapy in Houston, Texas.

HOUSTON, TX — Championship cyclist Michelle Bono remembers being uncomfortable the first time she came to Friday night Shabbat services at Houston, Texas’ Aishel House.

“I was wearing pants, so I felt like I should just stand in the back,” says Bono, somewhat incredulous at her discomfort.

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JERUSALEM [JTA] — A new survey shows that anti-Semitism rose sharply in early 2009 after a decrease in 2008.

The survey, conducted by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, was released Monday on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and at the start of the Durban II anti-racism conference.

Survey: Sharp Rise in Anti-Semitism in 2009

JERUSALEM [JTA] — A new survey shows that anti-Semitism rose sharply in early 2009 after a decrease in 2008.

The survey, conducted by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, was released Monday on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and at the start of the Durban II anti-racism conference.

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by Dvora Lakein - lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish students enrolled at five downtown Brooklyn colleges. The largest of those schools, the prestigious Pratt Institute, with 1,000 Jewish students, has the third highest percentage of Jewish students in the nation.

At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad’s Jewish Center

by Dvora Lakein – lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish students enrolled at five downtown Brooklyn colleges. The largest of those schools, the prestigious Pratt Institute, with 1,000 Jewish students, has the third highest percentage of Jewish students in the nation.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Simcha and Hinda (nee Abraham) Frenkel (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

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By Matt Wagner the Jerusalem Post

Rahm Emanuel the White House Chief of Staff has Obama's ear

ISRAEL — National Union chairman Ya'acov “Ketzele” Katz sent a letter to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel last week admonishing him not to forget his Jewish and Israeli origins.

Katz's missive came in response to a reported verbal exchange between Emanuel and an unidentified American Jewish leader.

Reminding the Worlds Most Powerful Jew, He Is Jewish

By Matt Wagner the Jerusalem Post

Rahm Emanuel the White House Chief of Staff has Obama’s ear

ISRAEL — National Union chairman Ya’acov “Ketzele” Katz sent a letter to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel last week admonishing him not to forget his Jewish and Israeli origins.

Katz’s missive came in response to a reported verbal exchange between Emanuel and an unidentified American Jewish leader.

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Brunei News

Illustration Photo - Rabbi Osdoba inspects a knife used to slaughter cows at a meat plant - 2006

EUROPEAN UNION — Rabbis and Jewish communities throughout Europe have been rallied to try to stop legislation that would ensure more humane treatment of animals being slaughtered.

A new EU bill aims to lessen the suffering of animals for the Jewish method of shechita, or ritual slaughter.

Animal Rights Bill Can Endanger Shechita Practices

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Illustration Photo – Rabbi Osdoba inspects a knife used to slaughter cows at a meat plant – 2006

EUROPEAN UNION — Rabbis and Jewish communities throughout Europe have been rallied to try to stop legislation that would ensure more humane treatment of animals being slaughtered.

A new EU bill aims to lessen the suffering of animals for the Jewish method of shechita, or ritual slaughter.

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