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DES MOINES, IA [AP] — Prosecutors and attorneys for a kosher meatpacking plant and its former manager are sparring over taking testimony from witnesses before the case goes to trial.

Attorneys for Agriprocessors and former manager Sholom Rubashkin say they're concerned the witnesses could leave the country. They ask that four material witnesses be compelled to testify before trial, scheduled for September.

Lawyers Spar Over Iowa Agriprocessors Witnesses

DES MOINES, IA [AP] — Prosecutors and attorneys for a kosher meatpacking plant and its former manager are sparring over taking testimony from witnesses before the case goes to trial.

Attorneys for Agriprocessors and former manager Sholom Rubashkin say they’re concerned the witnesses could leave the country. They ask that four material witnesses be compelled to testify before trial, scheduled for September.

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Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
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Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
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Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
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Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
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Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
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Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
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Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
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Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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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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Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
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Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
By Barbara Pash for the Baltimore Jewish Times

BALTIMORE, MD — There are certain things about the situation that everyone involved agrees on. It has gotten heated. It has taken on unpleasant racial and anti-Semitic overtones. There is talk of lawsuits. It is not going to be resolved quickly or easily.

Shabbos Elevator Fight Likely Headed To Court

By Barbara Pash for the Baltimore Jewish Times

BALTIMORE, MD — There are certain things about the situation that everyone involved agrees on. It has gotten heated. It has taken on unpleasant racial and anti-Semitic overtones. There is talk of lawsuits. It is not going to be resolved quickly or easily.

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Tonight, Monday, March 16, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a live Parsha class: The Forgotten Souls — when Rabbi Akiva taught Moses how to appreciate the alienated Jews. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Web Class with Rabbi YY Jacobson “The Forgotten Souls”


Tonight, Monday, March 16, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a live Parsha class: The Forgotten Souls — when Rabbi Akiva taught Moses how to appreciate the alienated Jews. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

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Brick Thrown into Classroom Window, Bochur Injured

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A large brick was lobbed into a first-floor classroom, striking a Bochur in the head this afternoon, Sunday. The Bochur sustained deep cuts and lacerations to his head, requiring multiple stitches to control the bleeding. This was the second violent act of the day, Sunday afternoon alone, where Jewish boys were the target of vicious assaults.

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Jewish Boy Assaulted by Black Gang

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A group of Black teens viciously assaulted a Jewish boy on Lefferts Avenue this afternoon, Sunday. The incident took place in front of the Shul Bais Eliyahu Nochum, which is between Albany and Troy Avenues. A Jewish boy was sitting on the steps of the shul waiting for his father, when a group of 6 or 7 Black teens threw a football directly at him; the group then surrounded and assaulted the young boy. According to the victim, he received at least two punches from each of his attackers.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Lubavitch.com

All the Shluchim in Quebec with the Prime Minister

CANADA — Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted Chabad-Lubavitch Canadian representatives Thursday, denouncing anti-Semitism and promising to repudiate it wherever it surfaces.

“Canada will remain an unyielding defender of Jewish religious freedom, a forceful opponent of anti-Semitism in all of its forms and a staunch supporter of a secure and democratic state of Israel," he said.

PM Harper To Chabad: Canada A Defender of Jews, Israel

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All the Shluchim in Quebec with the Prime Minister

CANADA — Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted Chabad-Lubavitch Canadian representatives Thursday, denouncing anti-Semitism and promising to repudiate it wherever it surfaces.

“Canada will remain an unyielding defender of Jewish religious freedom, a forceful opponent of anti-Semitism in all of its forms and a staunch supporter of a secure and democratic state of Israel,” he said.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars on one block were broken into and had their airbags stolen overnight between Motzai Shabbos and Sunday. The incident took place on Crown Street between Albany and Kingston Avenues, and the cars hit were a Honda Pilot and Accord.

More in the Extended Article.

Motzai Shabbos Rash of Airbag Thefts

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars on one block were broken into and had their airbags stolen overnight between Motzai Shabbos and Sunday. The incident took place on Crown Street between Albany and Kingston Avenues, and the cars hit were a Honda Pilot and Accord.

More in the Extended Article.

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By WBNG News

BINGHAMTON, NY — The Chabad House of Binghamton University is using fashion to help fight breast cancer.

25 college aged women put on a fashion show at the Chabad House in Vestal, to help raise money for Sharsheret.

Chabad Using Fashion Show to Fight Cancer

By WBNG News

BINGHAMTON, NY — The Chabad House of Binghamton University is using fashion to help fight breast cancer.

25 college aged women put on a fashion show at the Chabad House in Vestal, to help raise money for Sharsheret.

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TZFAS [CHI] — M’shehnichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha…………the bochurim of the yeshiva were treated to a beautiful Shabbaton at Hotel Kibbutz Lavi. Not knowingly the bochurim made a huge Kiddush Lubavitch at the Friday night Seudas Shabbos! One of the guests of the hotel came over to Rabbi ‘O’rimland thanking him and the bochurim for making the meal so lebedik and beautiful. He told Rabbi ‘O’ that only by Lubavitch can you find such Simcha and feel such warmth. This guest was so inspired that he joined the bochurim Shabbos morning for davening in their minyan! Motzei Shabbos the bochurim were treated to swimming, pizza and a kumsitz where Rabbi ‘O’ told over a number of inspiring stories in which the bochurim were very touched by.

Purim at Rabbi ‘O’s – Yeshivas Nishmat Shlomo

TZFAS [CHI] — M’shehnichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha…………the bochurim of the yeshiva were treated to a beautiful Shabbaton at Hotel Kibbutz Lavi. Not knowingly the bochurim made a huge Kiddush Lubavitch at the Friday night Seudas Shabbos! One of the guests of the hotel came over to Rabbi ‘O’rimland thanking him and the bochurim for making the meal so lebedik and beautiful. He told Rabbi ‘O’ that only by Lubavitch can you find such Simcha and feel such warmth. This guest was so inspired that he joined the bochurim Shabbos morning for davening in their minyan! Motzei Shabbos the bochurim were treated to swimming, pizza and a kumsitz where Rabbi ‘O’ told over a number of inspiring stories in which the bochurim were very touched by.

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By Aviad Glickman for YNet News

Elhanan Buzaglo strikes plea bargain with prosecution, admits to aggravated assault, extortion, intimidation of women deemed 'immodest'

ISRAEL — The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elhanan Buzaglo to four years in prison on Sunday, after finding him guilty of aggravated assault, extortion, aiding an extortion and intimidation. He was also ordered to pay the complainant against him NIS 10,000 (about $2,400) in damages.

Member of ‘Tznius Squad’ Gets 4 Years in Prison

By Aviad Glickman for YNet News

Elhanan Buzaglo strikes plea bargain with prosecution, admits to aggravated assault, extortion, intimidation of women deemed ‘immodest’

ISRAEL — The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elhanan Buzaglo to four years in prison on Sunday, after finding him guilty of aggravated assault, extortion, aiding an extortion and intimidation. He was also ordered to pay the complainant against him NIS 10,000 (about $2,400) in damages.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholem and Mirul (née Baumgarten) Edelman (Shluchim to Pontault Combault, France) 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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At this years dinner benefitting Chabad-Lubavitch of The Main Line, which is under the directorship of Rabbi Shraga Sherman, a unique and funny video was played depicting the “General Wayne Inn” which Chabad acquired back in 2005.

Video: A Mock History Chanel Documentary on Chabad

At this years dinner benefitting Chabad-Lubavitch of The Main Line, which is under the directorship of Rabbi Shraga Sherman, a unique and funny video was played depicting the “General Wayne Inn” which Chabad acquired back in 2005.

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