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BREAKING: Judge Grants Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin Bail

DesMoinesRegister

Sholom Rubashkin, left, during a farbrengen in Postville. – Stock Photo.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Sholom Rubashkin, the former top executive at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, should be released from custody on $500,000 bond while he awaits trial on multiple federal counts of bank fraud and of helping illegal immigrants obtain false documents, a judge ruled this morning

Rubashkin has been in federal custody since Nov. 14. Prosecutors had contended he might flee if let out of jail.

Rubashkin is expected to be released from jail Thursday morning.

Chabad News
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The Tanya Revolution! Bring The Tanya Into Your Home

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New Engagement!

Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
New Engagement!

Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Mussie Rapaport from Hyde Park, IL had a baby boy.
New Engagement!

Zalman Stein (Northbrook, IL) to Nechama Dina Whitt (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Nosson Kuperman (Crown Heights) to Sheina Crespim (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
New Engagement!

Mendel Richter (Howard Beach, NY) to Shalhevet Teitelbaum (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

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New Engagement!

Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yechiel Schmerling (Zurich, Switzerland) and Dina Lozenik (Miami Beach, FL) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

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By Tony Leys for the Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — An Israeli food company has offered $40 million for the bankrupt Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville and a smaller, subsidiary plant in Nebraska.

The Postville plant was the largest kosher-meat producer in the country before last May, when it was the site of an immigration raid that sparked a spiral into bankruptcy.

Israeli Company Offers $40 Million for Agriprocessors

By Tony Leys for the Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — An Israeli food company has offered $40 million for the bankrupt Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville and a smaller, subsidiary plant in Nebraska.

The Postville plant was the largest kosher-meat producer in the country before last May, when it was the site of an immigration raid that sparked a spiral into bankruptcy.

Jewish News
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A Chazara Shiur on family Halachos for Men is slated to begin next week. The Shiurim will take place on Tuesdays from Parshas Bo to Parshas Mishpatim; 2,9,16, and 23 of Shvat, the 27th of January, 3,10,17, of February. Maariv is at 9:00 with the shiur following at 9:10pm. The shiurim will be delivered by Rabbi Shmuel Bluming in English at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenue.

Full flyer in the Extended Article

Study Practical Family Halachos in New 4 Week Course

A Chazara Shiur on family Halachos for Men is slated to begin next week. The Shiurim will take place on Tuesdays from Parshas Bo to Parshas Mishpatim; 2,9,16, and 23 of Shvat, the 27th of January, 3,10,17, of February. Maariv is at 9:00 with the shiur following at 9:10pm. The shiurim will be delivered by Rabbi Shmuel Bluming in English at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenue.

Full flyer in the Extended Article

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By Bill Sanderson for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — Con Ed charges its 2.4 million residential customers the highest prices of any major utility company in the 48 contiguous states, new federal data show.

On average, Con Ed charged 21.58 cents for a kilowatt-hour of electricity in 2007 - more than twice the national average of 9.13 cents.

CON ED PRICE SHOCK – TOP ‘CHARGER’ IN US

By Bill Sanderson for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — Con Ed charges its 2.4 million residential customers the highest prices of any major utility company in the 48 contiguous states, new federal data show.

On average, Con Ed charged 21.58 cents for a kilowatt-hour of electricity in 2007 – more than twice the national average of 9.13 cents.

NYC News
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Sefer Torah was stolen out of a parked car last night. The incident took place in front of 1723 Union Street which is between Schenectady and Utica Avenues, after was the car was parked, which was around 11:00pm, and was discovered at around 10:45 this morning.

Shomrim received the call from the driver of the car informing them of the theft and asked for their help with what to do. After arriving on scene Shomrim called 911 and had police respond to the location to take a report and gather evidence in hopes of recovering the Torah, which has a stated value of $40,000.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Sefer Torah Stolen from Car Overnight

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Sefer Torah was stolen out of a parked car last night. The incident took place in front of 1723 Union Street which is between Schenectady and Utica Avenues, after was the car was parked, which was around 11:00pm, and was discovered at around 10:45 this morning.

Shomrim received the call from the driver of the car informing them of the theft and asked for their help with what to do. After arriving on scene Shomrim called 911 and had police respond to the location to take a report and gather evidence in hopes of recovering the Torah, which has a stated value of $40,000.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
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By Baila Olidort for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — For all the blessings of the internet age—and they are enormous—this generation may spell the end of certain social conditions vital to the existential experience.

Tethered as we are to every hi-tech gizmo designed to keep us “in touch” with everyone everywhere at all times, we are rarely alone with ourselves, even when we are without another in the same space. At the very least, we have diminished aptitudes for genuine solitude and the introspection it breeds.

Torah Study, Then and Now

By Baila Olidort for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — For all the blessings of the internet age—and they are enormous—this generation may spell the end of certain social conditions vital to the existential experience.

Tethered as we are to every hi-tech gizmo designed to keep us “in touch” with everyone everywhere at all times, we are rarely alone with ourselves, even when we are without another in the same space. At the very least, we have diminished aptitudes for genuine solitude and the introspection it breeds.

Shlichus

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This Sunday a Siyom Sefer Torah took place in Memory of Rabbi Chaim (Reb Chaim Tashkenter) and Chava Hurwitz A"H. The Torah was completed at the home of Rabbi Sholom Ber Hurwitz in Flatbush and then a procession was led down Ocean Parkway all the way to United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway where all the Talmidim greeted the Torah, which proceeded with 'Atah Horaisah' and Hakofos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah in Memory of Reb Chaim Tashkent

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This Sunday a Siyom Sefer Torah took place in Memory of Rabbi Chaim (Reb Chaim Tashkenter) and Chava Hurwitz A”H. The Torah was completed at the home of Rabbi Sholom Ber Hurwitz in Flatbush and then a procession was led down Ocean Parkway all the way to United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway where all the Talmidim greeted the Torah, which proceeded with ‘Atah Horaisah’ and Hakofos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

General
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Cedar Rapids, IA [KCRG] — A former executive at Postville's Agriprocessors plant will need to wait until at least Tuesday to find out if he can leave jail.

Sholom Rubashkin faces charges of harboring illegal immigrants, document fraud, bank fraud and identity theft. The 58-year-old man was ordered jailed pending his federal trial because of fears he might flee the country.

Rubashkin Still Awaiting Federal Bail Decision

Cedar Rapids, IA [KCRG] — A former executive at Postville’s Agriprocessors plant will need to wait until at least Tuesday to find out if he can leave jail.

Sholom Rubashkin faces charges of harboring illegal immigrants, document fraud, bank fraud and identity theft. The 58-year-old man was ordered jailed pending his federal trial because of fears he might flee the country.

Communal Matters
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By Debbie Schlussel of DebbieSchlussel.com

The attacks on Jews--especially Orthodox Chassidic Jews--don't just take place in Mumbai, India, or during a late-night anonymous act of vandalism on a synagogue in North Carolina.

The attacks on Jews have spread to ABC daytime talk shows, watched by millions of mindless, easily propagandized women.

More in the Extended Article.

‘The View’ takes an Ugly Rip at Chabad

By Debbie Schlussel of DebbieSchlussel.com

The attacks on Jews–especially Orthodox Chassidic Jews–don’t just take place in Mumbai, India, or during a late-night anonymous act of vandalism on a synagogue in North Carolina.

The attacks on Jews have spread to ABC daytime talk shows, watched by millions of mindless, easily propagandized women.

More in the Extended Article.

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Tonight, Monday, January 26, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 45-minute live-streamed Parsha class: On the Definition of Freedom — Let freedom ring, but in the Jewish view, liberty requires intense work. The class will have an accompanying curriculum.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.Net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Tonight! Live-Streamed Webcast with Rabbi YY Jacobson

Tonight, Monday, January 26, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 45-minute live-streamed Parsha class: On the Definition of Freedom — Let freedom ring, but in the Jewish view, liberty requires intense work. The class will have an accompanying curriculum.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.Net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

PSA

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Tuesday, January 27 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.

For updated information, visit the DOT Web site at nyc.gov/dot or call 311.

Click here for the new, 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

Alternate Side Parking Rules Are Suspended on Tuesday

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Tuesday, January 27 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.

For updated information, visit the DOT Web site at nyc.gov/dot or call 311.

Click here for the new, 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

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