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Granite countertops. Terraces. Marble bathrooms. Walk-in closets.

The homeless are livin' large in Brooklyn.

The city is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to rent luxury condos in a Crown Heights building for homeless families, the Daily News has learned.

Video – City Turns Upscale Building into Homeless Shelter

Granite countertops. Terraces. Marble bathrooms. Walk-in closets.

The homeless are livin’ large in Brooklyn.

The city is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to rent luxury condos in a Crown Heights building for homeless families, the Daily News has learned.

Crown Heights News
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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
By Zalman Nelson for Lubavich.com

KFAR CHABAD, ISRAEL — Five miles south of Tel Aviv and near Ben Gurion airport is Israel’s modern day version of Anatevka, complete with agricultural fields, milk cows, numerous educational institutions, more than 8,000 Chasidic Jews, and the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch in the Holy Land.

Kfar Chabad: It Takes A Village . . .

By Zalman Nelson for Lubavich.com

KFAR CHABAD, ISRAEL — Five miles south of Tel Aviv and near Ben Gurion airport is Israel’s modern day version of Anatevka, complete with agricultural fields, milk cows, numerous educational institutions, more than 8,000 Chasidic Jews, and the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch in the Holy Land.

Chabad News

2nd Yohrzeit of R Levitansky – Hakhael Farbrengen in Simcha Monica

S MONICA, CA [CHI] — In Chabad House Simcha Monica a Hakhel Dinner and Farbrengen was held commerating the second Yortzeit of the Shliach HoRav Avrohom HaLevi ע”ה Levitansky, and celebrating 40 years of his dedication to Camp Gan Yisroel.

Over 500 people attended the event, including Rabonim, Roshei Yeshiva, Mashpiyim, Shluchim, Anash and Mekurovim. The common denominator between those who attended, was that the Chabad House was filled with people whose lives have been touched by Rabbi Levitansky, and who came to pay tribute, to share memories and be inspired to continue in the ways they were taught and had seen by Rabbi Levitansky.

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Five NYPD helicopters hovered low above Crown Heights this morning leaving many residents wondering what was going on. The helicopters were headed to the funeral of a police officer that was shot and killed in a friendly fire incident over the weekend. He was off duty at the time. His funeral took place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Picture of the Day! – Low Flying NYPD Helicopters!

Five NYPD helicopters hovered low above Crown Heights this morning leaving many residents wondering what was going on. The helicopters were headed to the funeral of a police officer that was shot and killed in a friendly fire incident over the weekend. He was off duty at the time. His funeral took place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Picture of the Day
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Tanya Baal Peh Continues at ULY…

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Just weeks after 77 boys of Lubavitcher Yeshiva were honored for Memorizing an entire Perek of Tanya, as reported here on CrownHeights.info, more and more boys continue to finish the Perek. Today, an additional 6 boys, 3 of Kita Gimmel and 3 of Kita Alef were honored for completeing the entire first Perek baal peh.

Crown Heights News
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Orange hazard cones wasn’t enough to stop a minivan traveling on Empire Boulevard from driving right into the newly dug 2 foot deep ditch, the beginning of the Department of Transportation’s ‘traffic calming’ project.

Car Lands in Newly Dug Ditch

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Orange hazard cones wasn’t enough to stop a minivan traveling on Empire Boulevard from driving right into the newly dug 2 foot deep ditch, the beginning of the Department of Transportation’s ‘traffic calming’ project.

Accidents
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Staff Week 5769 Opens with Camp School

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The room was too small for the two minyonim of CGI Headstaff who gathered Wednesday night at the Tzivos Hashem Resource Center on Kingston and President to hear a talk on Tricks and Tips of Camp Management by R. Michoel Harari and share a few tips of their own.

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! It’s a Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avromie and Chana Leah (nee Levin) Margolis (Los Feliz, CA) on the birth of their daughter.

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

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Mazal Tov! – it’s A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuli and Chani (nee Ladayov) Kozlovsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel!

Mazel Tov's

Shmuel Leib (L) with his son Shimon (Spencer) at his Graduation from the Police Acadamy

It is with great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Shmuel Leib (Stu) Straus OBM, 66, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.

Reb Shmuel Leib came to Crown Heights from Seattle, Washington where he founded the Lubavitcher Shul, starting out of his garage there and later moving in to the ‘big shul’ where Rabbi Alter Levitin now serves as Rabbi. After moving to Crown Heights he founded another Shul in his basement on St. Johns Place.

He is survived by his wife, Nechama, and his children Mordechai (Mark) (Seattle, WA), Shloimy (Steven) (Seattle, WA), Shimon (Spencer) (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will be tomorrow morning, Friday and will be leaving from Shomrim Hadas Chapel and 9:00 am and will be passing by 770 at 9:30 am.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Reb Shmuel Leib Straus OBM

Shmuel Leib (L) with his son Shimon (Spencer) at his Graduation from the Police Acadamy

It is with great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Shmuel Leib (Stu) Straus OBM, 66, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.

Reb Shmuel Leib came to Crown Heights from Seattle, Washington where he founded the Lubavitcher Shul, starting out of his garage there and later moving in to the ‘big shul’ where Rabbi Alter Levitin now serves as Rabbi. After moving to Crown Heights he founded another Shul in his basement on St. Johns Place.

He is survived by his wife, Nechama, and his children Mordechai (Mark) (Seattle, WA), Shloimy (Steven) (Seattle, WA), Shimon (Spencer) (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will be tomorrow morning, Friday and will be leaving from Shomrim Hadas Chapel and 9:00 am and will be passing by 770 at 9:30 am.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
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Sydney Pays Tribute to Rabbi Levitansky

SYDNEY, Australia [CHI — On Tuesday night over 200 people turned up in tribute to Rabbi Levitansky in Sydney Australia. The event was coordinated by his daughters Rivky Shuchat And Mushka Levitansky who are on shlichus at South Head Synagogue under the leadership of Rabbi Milecki. The event brought together mostly people who had never known Rabbi Levitansky.

Chabad News