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By Levi Stein for the Home Town Life

Correspondent Levi Stein getting a ride in a tuk tuk.

It isn't often a person from West Bloomfield shares Passover Seder in Thailand with someone from Sydney, Australia, but that's exactly what I did this year.

Australian Rebbecca Saidman was married a few days before and looked up the nearest Chabad House during her travels in the city of Chiang Mei.

Cultures Collide Wonderfully for Unusual Seder in Thailand

By Levi Stein for the Home Town Life

Correspondent Levi Stein getting a ride in a tuk tuk.

It isn’t often a person from West Bloomfield shares Passover Seder in Thailand with someone from Sydney, Australia, but that’s exactly what I did this year.

Australian Rebbecca Saidman was married a few days before and looked up the nearest Chabad House during her travels in the city of Chiang Mei.

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New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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!

NEW DELHI [CNN] — An Indian court — trying the lone surviving suspect in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks — Friday ordered an inquiry into his age, prompted by his claim that he is a juvenile.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab will undergo dental and bone tests, defense attorney Abbas Kazmi told CNN.

Mumbai Terrorist Claims he is a Juvenile

NEW DELHI [CNN] — An Indian court — trying the lone surviving suspect in last year’s Mumbai terrorist attacks — Friday ordered an inquiry into his age, prompted by his claim that he is a juvenile.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab will undergo dental and bone tests, defense attorney Abbas Kazmi told CNN.

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Mazal Tov! – it’s A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel and Chanie Chaikin (Shluchim to downtown Toronto) on the birth of their daughter, Rochel.

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

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By Tami Kamin-Meyer for Chabad.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor Richard Herman, left, and Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of the Chabad-Lubavitch Center for Jewish Student Life speak at a Chanukah menorah lighting at the university’s student union building in 2007. Herman will address the Chabad House’s fifth-anniversary dinner this Sunday night.

When Steven Cohn’s son Ari and the rest of his freshman class embarked on their collegiate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003, they weren’t the only newcomers to campus. Meeting them were Rabbi Dovid and Goldie Tiechtel, who had just arrived to open the Chabad-Lubavitch Center for Jewish Student Life.

Parents and Alumni Organize Salute of Campus Center’s Fifth Year Celebration

By Tami Kamin-Meyer for Chabad.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor Richard Herman, left, and Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of the Chabad-Lubavitch Center for Jewish Student Life speak at a Chanukah menorah lighting at the university’s student union building in 2007. Herman will address the Chabad House’s fifth-anniversary dinner this Sunday night.

When Steven Cohn’s son Ari and the rest of his freshman class embarked on their collegiate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003, they weren’t the only newcomers to campus. Meeting them were Rabbi Dovid and Goldie Tiechtel, who had just arrived to open the Chabad-Lubavitch Center for Jewish Student Life.

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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel Sholom and Faige Rivka (nee Borenstein) Serebryanski (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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Easy Access?

Even when William Congreve coined the phrase “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”, he could not have envisioned the utter lack of courtesy and decency with which I and many other residents of this community are confronted on a daily basis.

I am referring to what I like to call the “Baby on Board Syndrome”, where many mothers feel as though they are the queens of their domain, and that the rest of the world must either make their motherly lives easier or get out of their way.

The most common example of such lack of courtesy takes place when a person sees a woman with a stroller who needs to enter a store. Naturally, most bystanders quickly react by opening the door and holding it open for the mother with the stroller.

Op-Ed: Stroller Controller – on Inconsiderate Stroller Operators

Easy Access?

Even when William Congreve coined the phrase “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”, he could not have envisioned the utter lack of courtesy and decency with which I and many other residents of this community are confronted on a daily basis.

I am referring to what I like to call the “Baby on Board Syndrome”, where many mothers feel as though they are the queens of their domain, and that the rest of the world must either make their motherly lives easier or get out of their way.

The most common example of such lack of courtesy takes place when a person sees a woman with a stroller who needs to enter a store. Naturally, most bystanders quickly react by opening the door and holding it open for the mother with the stroller.

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By Curtis Wackerle for the Aspen Daily News Staff

Rabbi Mendel Mintz, left, director of the Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen, shows Aspen City Council members and others where the sanctuary would be if the Jewish Community Center were to obtain approvals to take over the Silver Lining Ranch.

ASPEN, CO — Aspen City Council is set to decide an application on Monday that would see the Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen make its new home at the Silver Lining Ranch in east Aspen.

The application would add a 700-square-foot accessory dwelling unit residence, improve driveway and circulation access and add 10 parking spaces to the property at the end of Ute Avenue, which from 1999 through 2007 served as a getaway for children with cancer and other serious illness.

Jewish Community Center Sees New Chabad House in Ranch

By Curtis Wackerle for the Aspen Daily News Staff

Rabbi Mendel Mintz, left, director of the Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen, shows Aspen City Council members and others where the sanctuary would be if the Jewish Community Center were to obtain approvals to take over the Silver Lining Ranch.

ASPEN, CO — Aspen City Council is set to decide an application on Monday that would see the Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen make its new home at the Silver Lining Ranch in east Aspen.

The application would add a 700-square-foot accessory dwelling unit residence, improve driveway and circulation access and add 10 parking spaces to the property at the end of Ute Avenue, which from 1999 through 2007 served as a getaway for children with cancer and other serious illness.

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With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Chaim (ben Reb Eliyahu OBM) Swued OBM of Mexico City, Mexico after a lengthy illness.

He is survived by his wife Miriyam, and children, Rochel Levy (Shlucha to Buenos Aires, Argentina), Rosa Cohen (Shlucha to Montreal, Canada), Eliyahu Swued (Shliach to Barranquilla, Colombia), Nomi Heber (Crown Heights), Shevy Piekarski (Shlucha to Bogota, Colombia).

The Levaya will take palce tomorrow, Sunday and will be leavening from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapels at 12:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 12:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Baruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Chaim Swued OBM

With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Chaim (ben Reb Eliyahu OBM) Swued OBM of Mexico City, Mexico after a lengthy illness.

He is survived by his wife Miriyam, and children, Rochel Levy (Shlucha to Buenos Aires, Argentina), Rosa Cohen (Shlucha to Montreal, Canada), Eliyahu Swued (Shliach to Barranquilla, Colombia), Nomi Heber (Crown Heights), Shevy Piekarski (Shlucha to Bogota, Colombia).

The Levaya will take palce tomorrow, Sunday and will be leavening from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapels at 12:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 12:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

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By John Marzulli for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn animal rights activist arrested after complaining about parking tickets being given to volunteers at an animal adoption fair is suing the city.

Laurie Bleier claims the NYPD traffic enforcement agent who arrested her falsely accused her of punching him. Bleier says their run-in came after she complained the summonses being given to people dropping off homeless pets were hurting the non-profit Brooklyn Animal Foster Network.

Traffic Agent Lying to Justify Tickets?

By John Marzulli for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn animal rights activist arrested after complaining about parking tickets being given to volunteers at an animal adoption fair is suing the city.

Laurie Bleier claims the NYPD traffic enforcement agent who arrested her falsely accused her of punching him. Bleier says their run-in came after she complained the summonses being given to people dropping off homeless pets were hurting the non-profit Brooklyn Animal Foster Network.

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By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.edu

Rabbi Eitan Webb, director of Chabad on Campus at Princeton University, leads a Sinai Scholars class.

In an event hailed by participants as groundbreaking, undergraduate students, noted professors and distinguished Torah scholars from around the world will come together for the first Students-and-Scholars Academic Symposium.

First-Ever Sinai Scholars Conference Brings Students and Professors Together

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.edu

Rabbi Eitan Webb, director of Chabad on Campus at Princeton University, leads a Sinai Scholars class.

In an event hailed by participants as groundbreaking, undergraduate students, noted professors and distinguished Torah scholars from around the world will come together for the first Students-and-Scholars Academic Symposium.

Shlichus

On Sunday, Chol Hamoed Pesach, Chabad-Lubavitch Torah Learning Center, in Kansas City, Kansas, held its annual Kinus Torah.

The Kinus Torah is a forum in which local yeshiva students, who are home for Pesach, present Torah essays to the community.

Kinus Torah in Kansas City

On Sunday, Chol Hamoed Pesach, Chabad-Lubavitch Torah Learning Center, in Kansas City, Kansas, held its annual Kinus Torah.

The Kinus Torah is a forum in which local yeshiva students, who are home for Pesach, present Torah essays to the community.

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NEW YORK [AP] — At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have swine flu, but health officials say they don't know whether they have the same strain of the virus that has killed people in Mexico.

New York Gov. David Paterson has directed the state Department of Health to monitor and respond to the cases.

8 Likely with Swine Flu in NYC

Stock Photo

NEW YORK [AP] — At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have swine flu, but health officials say they don’t know whether they have the same strain of the virus that has killed people in Mexico.

New York Gov. David Paterson has directed the state Department of Health to monitor and respond to the cases.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avremi Aizenman (Myrtle Beach, SC) and Lea New (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday, from 3pm to 7pm at 1373 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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Scotland’s Rabbi Jacobs Speaks in Parliament

Rabbi Jacobs presents MP Ken Mackintosh with with a Scottish Jewish Tartan skullcap made from 100% pure Scottish wool.

Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, Scotland’s only Scottish Rabbi and Minsiter of Synagogue -Shul In The Park, who is also Chabad emissary, visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this week to lead the Time For Reflection for the Parliament.

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