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By Henry Goldman for the Bloomberg News

NEW YORK, NY — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn agreed on a plan to raise $887 million by increasing the city sales tax rate and repealing an exemption for clothing purchases of less than $110.

The proposals, requiring Legislature approval, would boost the sales tax to 8.875 percent from 8.375 percent. The plan also would apply the charge to electricity and natural gas purchases from non-utility companies, according to Bloomberg.

Mayor, City Council Speaker Agree on Sales Tax Hike

By Henry Goldman for the Bloomberg News

NEW YORK, NY — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn agreed on a plan to raise $887 million by increasing the city sales tax rate and repealing an exemption for clothing purchases of less than $110.

The proposals, requiring Legislature approval, would boost the sales tax to 8.875 percent from 8.375 percent. The plan also would apply the charge to electricity and natural gas purchases from non-utility companies, according to Bloomberg.

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Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
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)
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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!
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By Ami Eden for the JTA Blogs
The current issue of Moment magazine dedicates its “Ask the Rabbis” section to the question “How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?”

Rabbis from various denominations offered responses, but it's the final one — from a Chabad rabbi, Manis Friedman of the St. Paul-based Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies — that is likely to spark the most reaction:
I don’t believe in western morality, i.e. don’t kill civilians or children, don’t destroy holy sites, don’t fight during holiday seasons, don’t bomb cemeteries, don’t shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral.

The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).

The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. ...

‘Destroy their Holy Sites. Kill Men, Women and Children’

By Ami Eden for the JTA Blogs

The current issue of Moment magazine dedicates its “Ask the Rabbis” section to the question “How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?”

Rabbis from various denominations offered responses, but it’s the final one — from a Chabad rabbi, Manis Friedman of the St. Paul-based Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies — that is likely to spark the most reaction:

I don’t believe in western morality, i.e. don’t kill civilians or children, don’t destroy holy sites, don’t fight during holiday seasons, don’t bomb cemeteries, don’t shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral.

The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).

The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. …

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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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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.

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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.

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