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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Lubavicher Yeshiva students showed off their talent this evening in a spectacular exhibition on “what can I do to bring Moshiach now?”

Tens of students drew posters, built projects, created slideshows and even performed live shows all on this theme. The EXPO is part of a 6 week long campaign on “what can I do to bring Moshiach now?” in which students need to collect coupons on this same theme. The coupons, or at least some of them, have letters of a special message that the students need to put together, other coupons have surprises such as free drinks and Ices. 

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!

NEW YORK, NY [CNN] — A second New York City resident has died after contracting swine flu, the city's Health Department reported Sunday. WHO says more than 12,000 cases of swine flu have been confirmed worldwide.

Video – Second New Yorker Dies from Swine Flu

NEW YORK, NY [CNN] — A second New York City resident has died after contracting swine flu, the city’s Health Department reported Sunday. WHO says more than 12,000 cases of swine flu have been confirmed worldwide.

NYC News
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Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, May 25 for the observance of Memorial Day. Because Memorial Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

Click here for the 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

Alternate Side Parking and Parking Meter Rules Suspended

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, May 25 for the observance of Memorial Day. Because Memorial Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

Click here for the 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

PSA

For the Vaad the following were voted in: 719 - Fishel Brownstein, 639 - Chanina Sperlin, 594 - Elie Poltorak, 513 - Zev Cadaner. The following were not voted in: 421 - Yaacov Rogalsky, 416 - Yossel Mochkin, 311 - Mendel Shagalov, 282 - Yossi Keller, 220 - Zaki Tamir, 208 - Avraham Bialestock.

The Crown Heights Election Results

For the Vaad the following were voted in: 719 – Fishel Brownstein, 639 – Chanina Sperlin, 594 – Elie Poltorak, 513 – Zev Cadaner. The following were not voted in: 421 – Yaacov Rogalsky, 416 – Yossel Mochkin, 311 – Mendel Shagalov, 282 – Yossi Keller, 220 – Zaki Tamir, 208 – Avraham Bialestock.

Communal Matters
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Let me begin by saying that I have no doubt as to the sincere motivation of all who are serving in community posts today. That includes the rabbonim as well as the netzigim, gabboyim and vaad hakohol, Shomrim and Shmira etc.

However, something is just not working in Crown Heights. I have not lived there in some time, but even when I left, the beauty and kedusha of Kan Tziva Hashem es haBrocho, of the Rebbe’s Dalet Amos, was obscured by physical decline that mirrored the societal and spiritual decline which is sadly gaining a greater and greater foothold in Crown Heights.

We are beset by problems of children going off the derech, of adults who are barely hanging on physically as well as spiritually, of rising crime, and of a general atmosphere of decline. Then there is the problem of tznius which deserves separate mention, though sadly it is a problem throughout Chabad and not only in Crown Heights.

Op-Ed: They All Must Go, Time for Radical Change

Let me begin by saying that I have no doubt as to the sincere motivation of all who are serving in community posts today. That includes the rabbonim as well as the netzigim, gabboyim and vaad hakohol, Shomrim and Shmira etc.

However, something is just not working in Crown Heights. I have not lived there in some time, but even when I left, the beauty and kedusha of Kan Tziva Hashem es haBrocho, of the Rebbe’s Dalet Amos, was obscured by physical decline that mirrored the societal and spiritual decline which is sadly gaining a greater and greater foothold in Crown Heights.

We are beset by problems of children going off the derech, of adults who are barely hanging on physically as well as spiritually, of rising crime, and of a general atmosphere of decline. Then there is the problem of tznius which deserves separate mention, though sadly it is a problem throughout Chabad and not only in Crown Heights.

Op-Ed
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To mark Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky’s 60th birthday today, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, JLI published “Yalkut Yoma Tava L'Rabanan”, a 72-page compilation of Torah sources on the significance of reaching 60 years.

Click Here to see a PDF of the Sefer.

Celebrating Rabbi Kotlarskys 60th, New Sefer Compiled

To mark Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky’s 60th birthday today, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, JLI published “Yalkut Yoma Tava L’Rabanan”, a 72-page compilation of Torah sources on the significance of reaching 60 years.

Click Here to see a PDF of the Sefer.

Chabad News
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CHI Edit: The three Yeshivas: Magen David Yeshiva, located on McDonald Ave and Ave S, Mesores Bais Yaakov, located on Ocean Ave and Ave I, and Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel, located at 1271 East 31st St. Many more Yeshivos are soon to follow.

BROOKLYN, NY [JTA] — A Flatbush yeshiva has been closed after two students were diagnosed with swine flu.

3 Flatbush Yeshivas Close Due to Swine Flu

CHI Edit: The three Yeshivas: Magen David Yeshiva, located on McDonald Ave and Ave S, Mesores Bais Yaakov, located on Ocean Ave and Ave I, and Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel, located at 1271 East 31st St. Many more Yeshivos are soon to follow.

BROOKLYN, NY [JTA] — A Flatbush yeshiva has been closed after two students were diagnosed with swine flu.

Jewish News
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Who's who you ask, allow me to tell you but first let make an introduction - Politics.

Crown Heights has a history in politics, to the average Crown Heightser its “let them fight” and “who cares” or “I'm not interested” is that so? In politics there are a couple of aspects - rumors, propaganda, and fact.

Rumors come from one party and spread from a misunderstanding of the whole situation and without any fact backing and no one wanting to stand by their own statement.

Propaganda is when a party would like the community and its residents to believe that they are the right and just cause, and that they are fighting for your rights and in turn they receive your support.

Op-Ed: Who’s who?

Who’s who you ask, allow me to tell you but first let make an introduction – Politics.

Crown Heights has a history in politics, to the average Crown Heightser its “let them fight” and “who cares” or “I’m not interested” is that so? In politics there are a couple of aspects – rumors, propaganda, and fact.

Rumors come from one party and spread from a misunderstanding of the whole situation and without any fact backing and no one wanting to stand by their own statement.

Propaganda is when a party would like the community and its residents to believe that they are the right and just cause, and that they are fighting for your rights and in turn they receive your support.

Op-Ed
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600 Attend Siyum HaRambam in Johannesburg South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa [CHI] — Over 600 people attended a unique Siyum Harambam in Johannesburg. The event organised and sponsored by Chabad House Johannesburg took the form of a unique presentation by a senior advocate and acting High Court Judge, Guy Hoffmann: a presentation by renowned Professor of Medicine, Harry Seftel; and Rosh Yeshiva of Machon Lahoraah – Rabbi Levy Wineberg.

Shlichus
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By Corey Kilgannon and Noam Cohen for the NY Times

NEW YORK, NY — Smile, New York — it’s time for your close-up.

In the past few days, a gray four-door sedan with 360-degree panoramic cameras on its roof has been roaming the city’s streets, photographing sidewalks and buildings. It is on a mission for Google, creating a virtual streetscape for Street View, a feature of the Google Maps Web site.

Put on Your Best Clothes Before Going Out: Google’s Camera Car May Cross Your Path

By Corey Kilgannon and Noam Cohen for the NY Times

NEW YORK, NY — Smile, New York — it’s time for your close-up.

In the past few days, a gray four-door sedan with 360-degree panoramic cameras on its roof has been roaming the city’s streets, photographing sidewalks and buildings. It is on a mission for Google, creating a virtual streetscape for Street View, a feature of the Google Maps Web site.

NYC News
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