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ALBANY, NY — A state Supreme Court judge has ruled the city of Ogdensburg can acquire cheese making equipment from the financially plagued St. Lawrence Food Corporation an associate of Ahava Food Corp. and Lewis County Dairy Corp.

Judge David Demarest made the ruling in a four page decision signed Monday.

Judge: City Can Seize Equipment from Ahava Cheese Plant

ALBANY, NY — A state Supreme Court judge has ruled the city of Ogdensburg can acquire cheese making equipment from the financially plagued St. Lawrence Food Corporation an associate of Ahava Food Corp. and Lewis County Dairy Corp.

Judge David Demarest made the ruling in a four page decision signed Monday.

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Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

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)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

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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Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Pesach Bezalel Fleishman of Los Angeles is sitting shiva in L.A. until Wednesday morning after the passing of his dear mother Perel bas Naftali Fleishman.

He can be reached at 323-937-6115

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel Pesach Bezalel Fleishman

Pesach Bezalel Fleishman of Los Angeles is sitting shiva in L.A. until Wednesday morning after the passing of his dear mother Perel bas Naftali Fleishman.

He can be reached at 323-937-6115

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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HIGHLAND PARK, IL [CHI] — Recently the Chabad community in Highland Park, Illinois was visited by Mrs. Rose Schrage. Rose is the widow of Rabbi Shmuel Schrage founder of the 'Macabees' the first community patrol in Crown Heights and whose yahrtzeit was Tevet 11. Mrs. Schrage related many inspiring stories and anecdotes of their relationship with the Rebbe.

Wife of Macabees Founder at Chabad House

HIGHLAND PARK, IL [CHI] — Recently the Chabad community in Highland Park, Illinois was visited by Mrs. Rose Schrage. Rose is the widow of Rabbi Shmuel Schrage founder of the ‘Macabees’ the first community patrol in Crown Heights and whose yahrtzeit was Tevet 11. Mrs. Schrage related many inspiring stories and anecdotes of their relationship with the Rebbe.

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By Ron Kampeas for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency

WASHINGTON, DC [JTA] — Barack Obama's pledge to use his presidency to revive the black-Jewish alliance starts on Day (minus) One — the day before he becomes president.

The president-elect's inaugural committee has asked Jewish groups to make black-Jewish dialogue and joint outreach to the poor a focus of Martin Luther King Day commemorations Jan. 19. Renewing the classic civil rights alliance is part of the inauguration's “big picture,” a senior inauguration official told JTA.

Obama Pushes Ahead with Plan to Rejuvenate Black-Jewish Alliance

By Ron Kampeas for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency

WASHINGTON, DC [JTA] — Barack Obama’s pledge to use his presidency to revive the black-Jewish alliance starts on Day (minus) One — the day before he becomes president.

The president-elect’s inaugural committee has asked Jewish groups to make black-Jewish dialogue and joint outreach to the poor a focus of Martin Luther King Day commemorations Jan. 19. Renewing the classic civil rights alliance is part of the inauguration’s “big picture,” a senior inauguration official told JTA.

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By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

An injured is evacuated from Gaza- Illustration Photo

GAZA — The parents of an Israeli soldier injured Tuesday during anti-terror operations in the Gaza Strip is terming as miraculous their son’s relatively moderate injuries following a mine explosion.

Rabbi Yehuda Rubin, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Elon More, says that his son, paratrooper Nechemia Rubin, was clearing a house outside of Gaza City as part of Israel’s 18-day-old offensive against Hamas targets, dubbed Operation Cast Lead. He was standing next to his commander when the mine went off, sending shrapnel everywhere.

Shliach’s Son, a Newlywed is Wounded in Gaza Operation

By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

An injured is evacuated from Gaza- Illustration Photo

GAZA — The parents of an Israeli soldier injured Tuesday during anti-terror operations in the Gaza Strip is terming as miraculous their son’s relatively moderate injuries following a mine explosion.

Rabbi Yehuda Rubin, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Elon More, says that his son, paratrooper Nechemia Rubin, was clearing a house outside of Gaza City as part of Israel’s 18-day-old offensive against Hamas targets, dubbed Operation Cast Lead. He was standing next to his commander when the mine went off, sending shrapnel everywhere.

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ALBANY, NY [NY1] — The New York State Board of Regents is set to vote this week on a proposed Hebrew charter school in Brooklyn. The New York Times says the school would open in the fall if approved.

Under the proposal, the school would start with 150 kindergartners and first graders and be located in District 22 – which encompasses Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, and Mill Basin.

State to Vote on Jewish Hebrew Public School for Brooklyn

ALBANY, NY [NY1] — The New York State Board of Regents is set to vote this week on a proposed Hebrew charter school in Brooklyn. The New York Times says the school would open in the fall if approved.

Under the proposal, the school would start with 150 kindergartners and first graders and be located in District 22 – which encompasses Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, and Mill Basin.

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Shliach Rabbi Mendel Belinow and other people were inside the synagogue when the fire broke out, but no one was injured, inset. Background: The Centre Communautaire Ohr Menahem in Saint-Denis, a northern Paris suburb.

PARIS, France [AFP] — French politicians and religious leaders on Monday condemned a petrol bomb attack on a synagogue, the latest incident in a spate of anti-Semitic violence since the start of Israel's Gaza offensive.

Vandals hurled nine firebombs at the Ohr Menahem community centre and synagogue in the ethnically mixed Paris suburb of Saint-Denis late Sunday, sparking a fire in the next-door kosher restaurant, local police said.

Chabad House in France Fire Bombed

Shliach Rabbi Mendel Belinow and other people were inside the synagogue when the fire broke out, but no one was injured, inset. Background: The Centre Communautaire Ohr Menahem in Saint-Denis, a northern Paris suburb.

PARIS, France [AFP] — French politicians and religious leaders on Monday condemned a petrol bomb attack on a synagogue, the latest incident in a spate of anti-Semitic violence since the start of Israel’s Gaza offensive.

Vandals hurled nine firebombs at the Ohr Menahem community centre and synagogue in the ethnically mixed Paris suburb of Saint-Denis late Sunday, sparking a fire in the next-door kosher restaurant, local police said.

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By Fernanda Santos for the New York Times

A car pulled over on Kingston Ave. - Illustration photo.

NEW YORK, NY — Several City Council members announced on Sunday that a bill had been introduced that would create a five-minute grace period before drivers are issued summonses for parking violations like expired meters and alternate-side parking rules.

The bill addresses a longstanding pet peeve among many city lawmakers, whose constituents often complain of feeling victimized by unforgiving traffic agents.

City Council Seeks Grace Period for Parking Violations

By Fernanda Santos for the New York Times

A car pulled over on Kingston Ave. – Illustration photo.

NEW YORK, NY — Several City Council members announced on Sunday that a bill had been introduced that would create a five-minute grace period before drivers are issued summonses for parking violations like expired meters and alternate-side parking rules.

The bill addresses a longstanding pet peeve among many city lawmakers, whose constituents often complain of feeling victimized by unforgiving traffic agents.

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JemNationBlog.com

Last week Yechiel Cagen sat down for a My Encounter with the Rebbe interview with Dr. Elliot Udell, who served as the Rebbe’s podiatrist in the late 80’s and early 90’s. From the JemNationBlog.com.

A ground invasion in an urban area is tricky business. Things can get hairy real fast. But as has been demonstrated whenever Israel takes the correct attitude in defending itself, the casualties are miraculously low. Bli ayin horah, and may it ever remain so. The guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Video – Dr. Elliot Udell – Praying for Israel in 1991

JemNationBlog.com

Last week Yechiel Cagen sat down for a My Encounter with the Rebbe interview with Dr. Elliot Udell, who served as the Rebbe’s podiatrist in the late 80’s and early 90’s. From the JemNationBlog.com.

A ground invasion in an urban area is tricky business. Things can get hairy real fast. But as has been demonstrated whenever Israel takes the correct attitude in defending itself, the casualties are miraculously low. Bli ayin horah, and may it ever remain so. The guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

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DUBUQUE, IA [KCRG]-- About a dozen rabbis from New York and across the country are asking for the release of former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin.

Rubashkin is being held without bail in the Dubuque County Jail, on charges stemming from an immigration raid at the meat packing plant back in May.

Video – Rabbis Speak out for Sholom Rubashkin

DUBUQUE, IA [KCRG]– About a dozen rabbis from New York and across the country are asking for the release of former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin.

Rubashkin is being held without bail in the Dubuque County Jail, on charges stemming from an immigration raid at the meat packing plant back in May.

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By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

A haredi man gets his luggage checked by security personnel at Ben Gurion Airport, inset. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski. Background: El Al Plane in the skies.

TEL AVIV, Israel — In another example of how market forces serve religious faith, El Al is in advanced negotiations with representatives of the haredi community to provide super kosher or “Mehadrin” flights.

If the deal between the sides is sealed, the flights, which would begin this Pessah season, would adhere to strict gender separation, Glatt kosher food and no secular on-flight movies.

Ultra-Orthodox Negotiate Mehadrin El Al Flights

By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

A haredi man gets his luggage checked by security personnel at Ben Gurion Airport, inset. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski. Background: El Al Plane in the skies.

TEL AVIV, Israel — In another example of how market forces serve religious faith, El Al is in advanced negotiations with representatives of the haredi community to provide super kosher or “Mehadrin” flights.

If the deal between the sides is sealed, the flights, which would begin this Pessah season, would adhere to strict gender separation, Glatt kosher food and no secular on-flight movies.

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