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By Angela Montefinise for the NY Post

NEW YORK — Despite its having been touted as a way to close budget gaps, city and state officials have backed off plans to crack down on the $1.6 billion black market for cigarettes.

The sole city unit targeting illegal tobacco full time has been reassigned, and a new law aimed at Indian reservations — the prime source of the butts — hasn't been enforced.

War Against Black Market of Cigarettes Burned Out

By Angela Montefinise for the NY Post

NEW YORK — Despite its having been touted as a way to close budget gaps, city and state officials have backed off plans to crack down on the $1.6 billion black market for cigarettes.

The sole city unit targeting illegal tobacco full time has been reassigned, and a new law aimed at Indian reservations — the prime source of the butts — hasn’t been enforced.

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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 Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aaron Dovid Hutcheson (S Antonio, TX) and Esther Miriam Solorio (Las Vegas, NV) on their engagement..

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St [corner Schenectady Ave].

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shabbos morning at around 9:30, Hatzalah was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Empire Boulevard and Albany Avenue. It is unclear who called or why, but Hatzalah responded and treated two drivers both of whom were not Jewish.

Hatzalah Called and Responds to Accident Shabbos Morning

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shabbos morning at around 9:30, Hatzalah was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Empire Boulevard and Albany Avenue. It is unclear who called or why, but Hatzalah responded and treated two drivers both of whom were not Jewish.

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TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Shliach to Florida's capitol, Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman delivered a prayer at the Florida House of Representatives this past Thursday, May 7th. He was invited by representative Franklin Sands.

Video – Shliach Opens Florida House Session with Prayer

TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Shliach to Florida’s capitol, Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman delivered a prayer at the Florida House of Representatives this past Thursday, May 7th. He was invited by representative Franklin Sands.

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By Allan Levine for the National Post

WINNIPEG, Canada — There is no official record of how many times the sign “NO JEWS OR DOGS ALLOWED” was posted in Canada during the '30s and '40s. But historian Irving Abella asserts that it was spotted at “Halifax golf courses, outside hotels in the Laurentians and throughout the cottage areas of Ontario, the lake country of Manitoba and the vacation lands of British Columbia.” A popular alternative, hardly less pointed, read: “FOR CHRISTIANS ONLY.”

The Unwanted – Winnipeg in the 1930s and 1940s

By Allan Levine for the National Post

WINNIPEG, Canada — There is no official record of how many times the sign “NO JEWS OR DOGS ALLOWED” was posted in Canada during the ’30s and ’40s. But historian Irving Abella asserts that it was spotted at “Halifax golf courses, outside hotels in the Laurentians and throughout the cottage areas of Ontario, the lake country of Manitoba and the vacation lands of British Columbia.” A popular alternative, hardly less pointed, read: “FOR CHRISTIANS ONLY.”

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By Jennifer Fermino for the NY Post

NEW YORK — A city doctor who tried to help uninsured patients by charging them a low monthly fee might get some help from Albany.

State Sen. Andrew Lanza introduced a bill allowing physicians like Dr. John Muney to charge patients a flat fee.

Just What the Doctor Ordered

By Jennifer Fermino for the NY Post

NEW YORK — A city doctor who tried to help uninsured patients by charging them a low monthly fee might get some help from Albany.

State Sen. Andrew Lanza introduced a bill allowing physicians like Dr. John Muney to charge patients a flat fee.

NYC News

WASHINGTON [CBS] — On the same day that the White House released the photograph that cost $328,000 and turned the stomachs of thousand of New Yorkers, President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of the official who authorized the presidential aircraft flyover in lower Manhattan last month, CBS 2 reports.

The $328,000 Air Force One Photo

WASHINGTON [CBS] — On the same day that the White House released the photograph that cost $328,000 and turned the stomachs of thousand of New Yorkers, President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of the official who authorized the presidential aircraft flyover in lower Manhattan last month, CBS 2 reports.

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

EUROPEAN UNION [JTA] — The parliament of the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to keep kosher animal slaughter legal.

Wednesday's vote, which increases the supervision and monitoring of religious animal slaughter throughout Europe while reaffirming the right to kosher slaughter, follows months of lobbying by the European Jewish Congress, the Conference of European Rabbis and Shechita EU, which was established to maintain the broadest possible representation of the interests of European Jewish communities on the issue of religious slaughter.

EU Parliament Reaffirms Kosher Slaughter

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

EUROPEAN UNION [JTA] — The parliament of the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to keep kosher animal slaughter legal.

Wednesday’s vote, which increases the supervision and monitoring of religious animal slaughter throughout Europe while reaffirming the right to kosher slaughter, follows months of lobbying by the European Jewish Congress, the Conference of European Rabbis and Shechita EU, which was established to maintain the broadest possible representation of the interests of European Jewish communities on the issue of religious slaughter.

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By Ralph Blumenthal for the New York Times

Shlomie Rotter, left, examines a fedora with Bruno Lacorazza in Primo Hatters, Mr. Rotter’s shop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

CROWN HEIGHTS — Bruno Lacorazza’s fur felt hats come in black, black or black.

But there the uniformity ends as Mr. Lacorazza, 47, Colombian-born hatter to the Lubavitch Hasidim and other Orthodox Jews who keep their heads covered, arrived in Brooklyn from Miami last week with cartons of exciting new styles retailing for about $125, along with the classics.

When He Talks Hats, Basic Black Is Only the Beginning

By Ralph Blumenthal for the New York Times

Shlomie Rotter, left, examines a fedora with Bruno Lacorazza in Primo Hatters, Mr. Rotter’s shop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

CROWN HEIGHTS — Bruno Lacorazza’s fur felt hats come in black, black or black.

But there the uniformity ends as Mr. Lacorazza, 47, Colombian-born hatter to the Lubavitch Hasidim and other Orthodox Jews who keep their heads covered, arrived in Brooklyn from Miami last week with cartons of exciting new styles retailing for about $125, along with the classics.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Sanowicz (Los Angeles, CA) and Dena Gurkov (Wayne, NJ) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].

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By Alison Gendar and Jonathan Lemire for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — The city debuted its new 911 dispatching system this week with hopes that a new streamlined system will reduce response times to emergencies, officials said Tuesday.

The new system - which went into effect Monday at 5 a.m. - will funnel all calls to NYPD operators so a caller to 911 would only have to describe an emergency once before help is dispatched, officials said.

City Unveils Faster 911 System

By Alison Gendar and Jonathan Lemire for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — The city debuted its new 911 dispatching system this week with hopes that a new streamlined system will reduce response times to emergencies, officials said Tuesday.

The new system – which went into effect Monday at 5 a.m. – will funnel all calls to NYPD operators so a caller to 911 would only have to describe an emergency once before help is dispatched, officials said.

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By Tamar Runyan

The new floor of Uzhgorod’s Chabad Jewish Center is home to a clinic, event hall and classrooms.

The rejuvenated Jewish community of Uzhgorod, Ukraine, which was practically emptied of its Jews by Nazi forces in 1944, is marking the 65th anniversary of that terrible spring with a grand opening of a facility dedicated to providing ritual circumcisions for any Jewish male that wants one.

Ukraine Jewish Community Opening Bris Center

By Tamar Runyan

The new floor of Uzhgorod’s Chabad Jewish Center is home to a clinic, event hall and classrooms.

The rejuvenated Jewish community of Uzhgorod, Ukraine, which was practically emptied of its Jews by Nazi forces in 1944, is marking the 65th anniversary of that terrible spring with a grand opening of a facility dedicated to providing ritual circumcisions for any Jewish male that wants one.

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Mazal Tov! – 6 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Levi Sanowicz (Los Angeles, CA) and Dena Gurkov (Wayne, NJ) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Zalman Loewenthal (London, England) and Mushky Wolosow (Sharon, MA) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Shmuli Tuvel (Sydney, Australia) and Mushky Chayempour (Great Neck, NY) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Yosef Goldwasser (Pittsburgh, PA) and Bina Horvitz (North Miami Beach, FL) .
IYH at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Efrayim Eliyahu Sherman (Goshen, NY) and Menucha Leah Rogers (Danvers, MA) .
IYH at Hadar Hatorah 824 Eastern Pkwy [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Aaron Dovid Hutcheson (S Antonio, TX) and Esther Miriam Solorio (Las Vegas, NV) .
IYH at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St [corner Schenectady Ave].

To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

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