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ALBANY, NY — Purim is annual celebration that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia. Well, recently students and teachers from a local school recognized this holiday. And while they understand the historical significance, there was also a more lighthearted approach toward some local history as well.

Students Celebrate History

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ALBANY, NY — Purim is annual celebration that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia. Well, recently students and teachers from a local school recognized this holiday. And while they understand the historical significance, there was also a more lighthearted approach toward some local history as well.

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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 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)

YORBA LINDA, CA [CHI] — Hatomim Shalom Bluming Went through the shopping mall on Purim day and read Megillah for many of the shoppers, most Israeli, in middle of a regular business day.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Photos: Megillah Reading at the Mall!

YORBA LINDA, CA [CHI] — Hatomim Shalom Bluming Went through the shopping mall on Purim day and read Megillah for many of the shoppers, most Israeli, in middle of a regular business day.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Roger Bull for Jacksonville News

PONTE VEDEA BEACH, FL — Leah Kurinsky was explaining some basics to the children gathered there for Sunday school.

“The Jewish calendar has many holidays,” she said, “and do you know what the next one is? It's Pesach.”

Matzah Class is Parts Cooking Custom

By Roger Bull for Jacksonville News

PONTE VEDEA BEACH, FL — Leah Kurinsky was explaining some basics to the children gathered there for Sunday school.

“The Jewish calendar has many holidays,” she said, “and do you know what the next one is? It’s Pesach.”

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Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.

During a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a “schwartza” — some say it's equivalent to the “N” word — others say it's just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word “Black.”

Jackie Mason: Obama is a “Schvartza”

TMZ

Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.

During a performance at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a “schwartza” — some say it’s equivalent to the “N” word — others say it’s just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word “Black.”

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By Lona O'Connor for the Palm Beach Post

Congregants at the Chabad of Lake Worth reach out Sunday to touch their new Torah, carried by Velvel Lozynskyy. The procession was accompanied by music and dancing. 'It has something incredibly holy about it,' Leah Rosenfeld says.

GREENACRES, FL — It's a wedding, but the center of attraction is not a new bride, but a new Torah scroll.

Members of the Chabad of Lake Worth congregation celebrated the completion of their new Torah on Sunday with dancing, food and a traditional chupah canopy over the scroll.

Lake Worth Congregation Celebrate New Sacred Contract

By Lona O’Connor for the Palm Beach Post

Congregants at the Chabad of Lake Worth reach out Sunday to touch their new Torah, carried by Velvel Lozynskyy. The procession was accompanied by music and dancing. ‘It has something incredibly holy about it,’ Leah Rosenfeld says.

GREENACRES, FL — It’s a wedding, but the center of attraction is not a new bride, but a new Torah scroll.

Members of the Chabad of Lake Worth congregation celebrated the completion of their new Torah on Sunday with dancing, food and a traditional chupah canopy over the scroll.

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Over 100 Chabad Shluchim from across Canada at a reception on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this past Thursday - March 12, 2009. The Prime Minister's reception was also a tribute to Chabad's slain Shluchim to Mumbai, India, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holzberg. He applauded the immediate arrival of a new Shliach of Mumbai, saying it “Sends a powerful message”. Read the full article.

Video – Canadian Prime Minister Addresses Shluchim

Over 100 Chabad Shluchim from across Canada at a reception on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this past Thursday – March 12, 2009. The Prime Minister’s reception was also a tribute to Chabad’s slain Shluchim to Mumbai, India, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holzberg. He applauded the immediate arrival of a new Shliach of Mumbai, saying it “Sends a powerful message”. Read the full article.

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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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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#

PSA

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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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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