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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — As part of a series of meetings regarding the aftermath of November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Nirupam Sen visited Rabbi Nachman and Freida Holtzberg at their Brooklyn home on Wednesday. The ambassador extended his country’s condolences to the Holtzbergs, whose son and daughter-in-law, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, perished along with four others at the Chabad-Lubavitch center they operated in the city.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Indian Ambassador Visists the Holtzbergs & Chabad Officials

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — As part of a series of meetings regarding the aftermath of November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Nirupam Sen visited Rabbi Nachman and Freida Holtzberg at their Brooklyn home on Wednesday. The ambassador extended his country’s condolences to the Holtzbergs, whose son and daughter-in-law, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, perished along with four others at the Chabad-Lubavitch center they operated in the city.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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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!
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)

ASPEN, CO — A group from the Tzerei Chabad of Israel has arranged a skiing trip for wounded veterans of the IDF in Aspen, Colorado. The group is presently flying from Israel to Aspen as guests of the local Chabad House, which is run by Rabbi Mendel Mintz.

Wounded IDF Veterans Go Skiing

ASPEN, CO — A group from the Tzerei Chabad of Israel has arranged a skiing trip for wounded veterans of the IDF in Aspen, Colorado. The group is presently flying from Israel to Aspen as guests of the local Chabad House, which is run by Rabbi Mendel Mintz.

Shlichus

ALBANY, NY [AP] — Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday ordered layoffs that could total more than 4 percent of state workers after unions refused concessions amid a staggering economic downturn that was projected to push the state's deficit to $16 billion in the next year.

Budget Director Laura Anglin told The Associated Press that the layoffs of nearly 9,000 employees would be the first since the late 1990s after unions refused to even provide counterproposals.

Gov. Paterson Orders Nealy 9000 Layoffs

ALBANY, NY [AP] — Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday ordered layoffs that could total more than 4 percent of state workers after unions refused concessions amid a staggering economic downturn that was projected to push the state’s deficit to $16 billion in the next year.

Budget Director Laura Anglin told The Associated Press that the layoffs of nearly 9,000 employees would be the first since the late 1990s after unions refused to even provide counterproposals.

NYC News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights community activist Devorah Benjamin will be among a group of women being honored this Thursday, March 26 by State Senator Eric Adams as part of Women's History Month.

The event will be held tomorrow, Thursday March 26, at the T-Building Auditorium of Kings County Hospital, 451 Clarkson Avenue, 2nd floor (at New York Ave). The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a reception at which kosher food will be served. The awards presentation will be held at 8:00 p.m.

Devorah Benjamin To Be Honored By Senator Eric Adams

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights community activist Devorah Benjamin will be among a group of women being honored this Thursday, March 26 by State Senator Eric Adams as part of Women’s History Month.

The event will be held tomorrow, Thursday March 26, at the T-Building Auditorium of Kings County Hospital, 451 Clarkson Avenue, 2nd floor (at New York Ave). The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a reception at which kosher food will be served. The awards presentation will be held at 8:00 p.m.

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Rabbi Yossi and his wife Chanie Hecht of Crown Heights, will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Ocala, FL where they will establish Chabad-Lubavitch of Marion County, FL. The new center will serve the Ocala, Crystal River, Inverness, The Villages, Dunnellon, Belleview, Leesburg and outlying Jewish communities.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Florida's Head Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Korf and with close cooperation of Lubavitch-Chabad Alachua County, Rabbi Berl Goldman. The new Shluchim would like to thank Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Rabbi Avrohom Korf and Rabbi Mendel Kotlarsky for their guidance and support and to everyone who helped make this possible.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their new Shlichus!

If anyone has any contacts or know any Jews in the areas being served by the new Shluchim please e-mail: ChabadOcala@gmail.com

New Shluchim to Florida!

Rabbi Yossi and his wife Chanie Hecht of Crown Heights, will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Ocala, FL where they will establish Chabad-Lubavitch of Marion County, FL. The new center will serve the Ocala, Crystal River, Inverness, The Villages, Dunnellon, Belleview, Leesburg and outlying Jewish communities.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Florida’s Head Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Korf and with close cooperation of Lubavitch-Chabad Alachua County, Rabbi Berl Goldman. The new Shluchim would like to thank Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Rabbi Avrohom Korf and Rabbi Mendel Kotlarsky for their guidance and support and to everyone who helped make this possible.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their new Shlichus!

If anyone has any contacts or know any Jews in the areas being served by the new Shluchim please e-mail: ChabadOcala@gmail.com

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Izzy in his small cluttered office, which was the passing ground for hundreds of records. Photo by Sruly Meyer.

Tuesday morning came the sad news of the very untimely passing of Izzy (Itzchak Moshe) Taubenfeld OBM, owner and president of the Jewish music production company ‘Sameach Music’.

Recently, Izzy suffered from Yenem Machalah, which today claimed his life at the young age of 55 leaving behind a family, hundreds of friends and tens of thousands that he inspirited and made happy through the music he produced and promoted. Izzy was described as a man who stopped at nothing to help others and make sure they were happy, and a bright smile never left his face.

Jewish Music World Mourns Passing of Izzy Taubenfeld OBM

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Izzy in his small cluttered office, which was the passing ground for hundreds of records. Photo by Sruly Meyer.

Tuesday morning came the sad news of the very untimely passing of Izzy (Itzchak Moshe) Taubenfeld OBM, owner and president of the Jewish music production company ‘Sameach Music’.

Recently, Izzy suffered from Yenem Machalah, which today claimed his life at the young age of 55 leaving behind a family, hundreds of friends and tens of thousands that he inspirited and made happy through the music he produced and promoted. Izzy was described as a man who stopped at nothing to help others and make sure they were happy, and a bright smile never left his face.

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Captain John Cappello (L) with Captain Jose Frias the current XO's in the 71st Precinct.

The 71st Precinct recently added an additional Executive Officer to its ranks. Captain John E. Cappello transferred from the 60th Precinct in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn and has 12 years on the force.

Welcome Captain Cappello, 71st’s new Executive Officer

Captain John Cappello (L) with Captain Jose Frias the current XO’s in the 71st Precinct.

The 71st Precinct recently added an additional Executive Officer to its ranks. Captain John E. Cappello transferred from the 60th Precinct in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn and has 12 years on the force.

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MOSCOW, Russia [INTERFAX] — The Stavropol Territory Court has upheld the verdict by a Stavropol district court, ordering the administrative expulsion of the Stavropol chief rabbi, Canadian citizen Tzvi Hershkowitz, from Russia.

The territory court has thus rejected the rabbi's appeal against the Stavropol district court ruling. The judgment was issued on March 24.

The local FSB (Federal Security Service) branch accused Hershkowitz of “breaching the residence registration regulations” by failing to notify the migration authorities of his new residence address within three days, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) told Interfax-Religion on Wednesday.

FJCR outraged by Stavropol court ruling expelling Rabbi

MOSCOW, Russia [INTERFAX] — The Stavropol Territory Court has upheld the verdict by a Stavropol district court, ordering the administrative expulsion of the Stavropol chief rabbi, Canadian citizen Tzvi Hershkowitz, from Russia.

The territory court has thus rejected the rabbi’s appeal against the Stavropol district court ruling. The judgment was issued on March 24.

The local FSB (Federal Security Service) branch accused Hershkowitz of “breaching the residence registration regulations” by failing to notify the migration authorities of his new residence address within three days, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) told Interfax-Religion on Wednesday.

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By Rebecca Dube for the Forward

CROWN HEIGHTS — Walk through the unmarked black doors of a nondescript brick building in Brooklyn, and you stumble onto a time machine.

Here, at one of the half-dozen or so shmura matzo factories remaining in New York, a bustling team of bakers keeps alive the art of making matzo the old-fashioned way.

Old World Flavor – Visiting Crown Heights Matzah Bakery

By Rebecca Dube for the Forward

CROWN HEIGHTS — Walk through the unmarked black doors of a nondescript brick building in Brooklyn, and you stumble onto a time machine.

Here, at one of the half-dozen or so shmura matzo factories remaining in New York, a bustling team of bakers keeps alive the art of making matzo the old-fashioned way.

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By Grant Schulte for the Desmoines Register

POSTVILLE IA — Attempts to sell machinery, land and other property from Postville’s debt-riddled kosher meat plant collapsed Tuesday after potential buyers failed to make an offer that satisfied the plant’s two largest creditors.

Agriprocessors Auction Falls Apart

By Grant Schulte for the Desmoines Register

POSTVILLE IA — Attempts to sell machinery, land and other property from Postville’s debt-riddled kosher meat plant collapsed Tuesday after potential buyers failed to make an offer that satisfied the plant’s two largest creditors.

Jewish News

Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Meir and Yocheved (nee rosenberger) Perlman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

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WASHINGTON [JTA] — Then-candidate Barack Obama and his campaign team spent months debunking smears that he was a closeted Islamic radical. Now his critics, including GOP lawmakers, have given life to an already debunked rumor that the president signed an executive order allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees “with ties to Hamas” to resettle in the United States.

Lawmakers Fall for Debunked Anti-Obama Rumor

WASHINGTON [JTA] — Then-candidate Barack Obama and his campaign team spent months debunking smears that he was a closeted Islamic radical. Now his critics, including GOP lawmakers, have given life to an already debunked rumor that the president signed an executive order allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees “with ties to Hamas” to resettle in the United States.

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