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CROWN HEIGHTS [WPIX] — A paroled rapist who served 15 years in jail for attacking two 12 year old girls is in police custody at Montefiore Medical Center, arrested and charged in connection with last week's double murder in a Crown Heights bodega.

Police say 50 year old Charles Judd of The Bronx has been charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Reports say he admitted that he was involved in the fatal armed robbery, but did not do the shooting.

Video – Arrest in Utica Ave Bodega Killing

CROWN HEIGHTS [WPIX] — A paroled rapist who served 15 years in jail for attacking two 12 year old girls is in police custody at Montefiore Medical Center, arrested and charged in connection with last week’s double murder in a Crown Heights bodega.

Police say 50 year old Charles Judd of The Bronx has been charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Reports say he admitted that he was involved in the fatal armed robbery, but did not do the shooting.

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Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
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Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
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Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
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Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)

UZHGOROD, Ukraine [FJC] — The Jewish community in the Carpathian Region of Ukraine is celebrating a victory this week, with the completion of construction of the home for the local Chabad Lubavitch emissary, Chief Rabbi of Uzhgorod Menachem Taichman, and his wife Chaya Moussia. Last year, their home was torched by neo-Nazis and they all lost all their possessions. As Chassidim, they decided that when they rebuild it, it would be bigger and better and so they added another story in their building plan.

Carpathian Jewish Life Abounds

UZHGOROD, Ukraine [FJC] — The Jewish community in the Carpathian Region of Ukraine is celebrating a victory this week, with the completion of construction of the home for the local Chabad Lubavitch emissary, Chief Rabbi of Uzhgorod Menachem Taichman, and his wife Chaya Moussia. Last year, their home was torched by neo-Nazis and they all lost all their possessions. As Chassidim, they decided that when they rebuild it, it would be bigger and better and so they added another story in their building plan.

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By Avi Shauly for Globes Israel

A Boymelgreen construction project. Inset on left, CEO Gil Tobul and in set on right Shaya Boymelgreen

TEL AVIV — “The company has not yet published its financial report, but I hope that we'll do so by the end of today,” Boymelgreen Capital Ltd. (TASE:BMGN) CEO Gil Tobul told bondholders today. US real estate developer Shaya Boymelgreen controls the company.

Tobul added, “The company had a plan for the sale of assets in order to meet its commitments. We're dealing with a crisis, which no here has ever experienced, and the sales failed. The offers we received for not solve the problems.”

Boymelgreen CEO: We Lack Resources to Repay Debts

By Avi Shauly for Globes Israel

A Boymelgreen construction project. Inset on left, CEO Gil Tobul and in set on right Shaya Boymelgreen

TEL AVIV — “The company has not yet published its financial report, but I hope that we’ll do so by the end of today,” Boymelgreen Capital Ltd. (TASE:BMGN) CEO Gil Tobul told bondholders today. US real estate developer Shaya Boymelgreen controls the company.

Tobul added, “The company had a plan for the sale of assets in order to meet its commitments. We’re dealing with a crisis, which no here has ever experienced, and the sales failed. The offers we received for not solve the problems.”

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By Ohad Pas for YNetNews

Left, a hate slogan on bathroom wall in Ontario and right another slogan scribbled on truck near Jewish school.
Photos courtesy of B'nai Brith. Photo edit CrownHeights.info.

TORONTO — Anti-Semitism in Canada reached an all-time high last year, despite the government's efforts to combat the phenomenon, B'nai Brith said Tuesday in its annual report, adding that Jews were being used as scapegoats for the ailing economy.

Report: Canada Anti-Semitism at All-Time High

By Ohad Pas for YNetNews

Left, a hate slogan on bathroom wall in Ontario and right another slogan scribbled on truck near Jewish school.
Photos courtesy of B’nai Brith. Photo edit CrownHeights.info.

TORONTO — Anti-Semitism in Canada reached an all-time high last year, despite the government’s efforts to combat the phenomenon, B’nai Brith said Tuesday in its annual report, adding that Jews were being used as scapegoats for the ailing economy.

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By Joan Nathan for the New York Times

WASHINGTON — Patricia Jinich teaches regional Mexican cooking at the Mexican Cultural Institute here. But at the Lubavitch Center recently she showed about 70 Jewish women how to cook for Passover.

She made gefilte fish in a Veracruz sauce of tomatoes, pickled peppers, olives and capers, and spoke of how her Polish grandfather loved to wrap fresh, warm tortillas around gribenes (chicken cracklings with fried onions) with a side of guacamole.

A Taste of Passover, With a Mexican Accent

By Joan Nathan for the New York Times

WASHINGTON — Patricia Jinich teaches regional Mexican cooking at the Mexican Cultural Institute here. But at the Lubavitch Center recently she showed about 70 Jewish women how to cook for Passover.

She made gefilte fish in a Veracruz sauce of tomatoes, pickled peppers, olives and capers, and spoke of how her Polish grandfather loved to wrap fresh, warm tortillas around gribenes (chicken cracklings with fried onions) with a side of guacamole.

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DES MOINES, AI [AP] — Attorneys for the owner and former managers of an embattled northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse are scheduled to appear Wednesday in court in Waterloo to seek a delay in a trial on child labor charges.

Other issues expected to be argued during the hearing involving Agriprocessors Inc. of Postville and its former leaders include motions to dismiss and motions for change of venue.

Hearing set in Agriprocessors Child Labor Case

DES MOINES, AI [AP] — Attorneys for the owner and former managers of an embattled northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse are scheduled to appear Wednesday in court in Waterloo to seek a delay in a trial on child labor charges.

Other issues expected to be argued during the hearing involving Agriprocessors Inc. of Postville and its former leaders include motions to dismiss and motions for change of venue.

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CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt. Also on this weeks Living Torah (Volume 60, Episode 238): Today’s Front: Outreach, Nigun “Zol Shoin Zein Di Geulah” and See No Evil.

Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish subtitles.

Weekly Living Torah Rebbe Video! – For Your Birthday!

CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt. Also on this weeks Living Torah (Volume 60, Episode 238): Today’s Front: Outreach, Nigun “Zol Shoin Zein Di Geulah” and See No Evil.

Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish subtitles.

Videos
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By Tamar Runyan

The sun rises over Kharkov, Ukraine. (Photo: Dmitry Baranovskiy)

KHARKOV, Ukraine — Excitement is building in Jewish communities throughout Ukraine in anticipation of the first Blessing of the Sun since the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Blessing the Sun Where Iron Curtain Once Obscured the Light

By Tamar Runyan

The sun rises over Kharkov, Ukraine. (Photo: Dmitry Baranovskiy)

KHARKOV, Ukraine — Excitement is building in Jewish communities throughout Ukraine in anticipation of the first Blessing of the Sun since the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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The original as it appeared on the home page of the Daily News

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn developer who federal prosecutors say took condo buyers and banks for more than $18 million in an elaborate mortgage scam was indicted Wednesday on bank fraud charges.

The case against Eliyahu Ezagui, 48, who feds say preyed on his fellow Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights, stems from a Daily News investigation last year. Ezagui enticed scores of families into buying the homes but never turned over the deeds, according to the indictment and The News' probe.

Developer Eli Ezagui Indicted in $18M Mortgage Fraud

NY Daily News

The original as it appeared on the home page of the Daily News

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn developer who federal prosecutors say took condo buyers and banks for more than $18 million in an elaborate mortgage scam was indicted Wednesday on bank fraud charges.

The case against Eliyahu Ezagui, 48, who feds say preyed on his fellow Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights, stems from a Daily News investigation last year. Ezagui enticed scores of families into buying the homes but never turned over the deeds, according to the indictment and The News’ probe.

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By Sandee Brawarsky for the Jewish Week

When Laura Manischewitz Alpern moved to New York from Cincinnati in 1959, she was taken aback that strangers recognized her name. Her great-grandfather Dov Behr Manischewitz started baking matzahs in 1888, as a young immigrant in Cincinnati — and ultimately revolutionized the matzah business, producing square matzahs by machine. Her book, “Manishewitz: The Matzo Family” (Ktav), is a family history and the story of the iconic company, sold to a conglomerate in 1990. Alpern was recently visiting Manhattan, from her home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Growing Up Manischewitz – Some Manischewitz History

By Sandee Brawarsky for the Jewish Week

When Laura Manischewitz Alpern moved to New York from Cincinnati in 1959, she was taken aback that strangers recognized her name. Her great-grandfather Dov Behr Manischewitz started baking matzahs in 1888, as a young immigrant in Cincinnati — and ultimately revolutionized the matzah business, producing square matzahs by machine. Her book, “Manishewitz: The Matzo Family” (Ktav), is a family history and the story of the iconic company, sold to a conglomerate in 1990. Alpern was recently visiting Manhattan, from her home in Geneva, Switzerland.

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From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Ches)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

Something Jewish

Photo Gallery: Tanks Getting Ready for Parade 59

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this afternoon, Wednesday, bochurim were seen getting Mitzvah tanks ready for the parade tomorrow. The parade is in honor of the Rebbe’s upcoming 107th Birthday on Sunday, the 11th of Nissan. The parade will include a total of 59 Mitzvah tanks, commemorating the 59 years since the Rebbe assumed the position of the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Linda Lombroso for LoHud

NEW SQUARE, NY — When a carp started speaking Hebrew six years ago at the New Square Fish Market, the story made headlines around the world.

The fish have since kept their mouths shut.

They’re Not Talking, but Everyone Else Is

By Linda Lombroso for LoHud

NEW SQUARE, NY — When a carp started speaking Hebrew six years ago at the New Square Fish Market, the story made headlines around the world.

The fish have since kept their mouths shut.

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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

LOS ANGELES, CA — The refrigerator truck is winding its way north along the six-hour route from Los Angeles to Berkeley. Inside are 250 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of meat, and 60 pounds of turkey. Flanking that are 18 cases of wine and another six of grape juice. A crunchy 70 pounds of matzah are making the trip as well.

Pesach is coming to the University of California at Berkeley.

Behind the Scenes With Chabad on Campus

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

LOS ANGELES, CA — The refrigerator truck is winding its way north along the six-hour route from Los Angeles to Berkeley. Inside are 250 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of meat, and 60 pounds of turkey. Flanking that are 18 cases of wine and another six of grape juice. A crunchy 70 pounds of matzah are making the trip as well.

Pesach is coming to the University of California at Berkeley.

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