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By Carri Geer Thevenot for the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas police detective Steve Riback adjusts his yarmulke Aug. 6 while discussing his lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department to let him wear a beard and the yarmulke.
Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs is scheduled to approve a $350,000 payment next week for Detective Steve Riback, an observant Orthodox Jew who claimed he was experiencing religious discrimination on the job.

Police Settle Orthodox Jew’s Lawsuit Over Yarmulke

By Carri Geer Thevenot for the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas police detective Steve Riback adjusts his yarmulke Aug. 6 while discussing his lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department to let him wear a beard and the yarmulke.
Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs is scheduled to approve a $350,000 payment next week for Detective Steve Riback, an observant Orthodox Jew who claimed he was experiencing religious discrimination on the job.

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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)
By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — The Jewish community united in mourning Tuesday, upon the passing of Rabbi David B. Hollander. Rabbi Hollander, who at his death was the leader of the Hebrew Alliance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also served as rabbi at the Mount Eden Synagogue in the Bronx and was the former president of the Rabbinical Council of America. The 96-year old was the oldest full-time pulpit rabbi in the world.

Oldest Full-Time Pulpit Rabbi Passes Away

By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — The Jewish community united in mourning Tuesday, upon the passing of Rabbi David B. Hollander. Rabbi Hollander, who at his death was the leader of the Hebrew Alliance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also served as rabbi at the Mount Eden Synagogue in the Bronx and was the former president of the Rabbinical Council of America. The 96-year old was the oldest full-time pulpit rabbi in the world.

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The Shluchim Office has recently launched a new sicha project, Taamu Ureu, לעילוי נשמות Rabbi and Mrs. Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg, הי“ד, who were killed עק”ה in Mumbai, India.

New Weekly Publication in Memory of the Holtzberg’s


The Shluchim Office has recently launched a new sicha project, Taamu Ureu, לעילוי נשמות Rabbi and Mrs. Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg, הי“ד, who were killed עק”ה in Mumbai, India.

PSA
By Joshua Runyan

Some two million people filled the Mall between the Washington Memorial and the west front of the U.S. Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday. (Photo: BBC World Service)

WASHINGTON, DC — As an estimated two million people descended on Washington, D.C., for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, offices throughout the Beltway were abuzz with preparations for the incoming administration.

D.C. Jewish Center Busy During Historic Inaugural

By Joshua Runyan

Some two million people filled the Mall between the Washington Memorial and the west front of the U.S. Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday. (Photo: BBC World Service)

WASHINGTON, DC — As an estimated two million people descended on Washington, D.C., for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, offices throughout the Beltway were abuzz with preparations for the incoming administration.

Chabad News

Bnos Menachem Hosts Preschool Hakel Gathering

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday morning, Bnos Menachem hosted a preschool Hakel gathering, joined by Bais Chaya Mushka and Mosdos day care center. In this year of shnas hakel the Crown Heights preschools made a special effort to get together in the spirit of achdus for torah, tefilah and tzedaka. The meidelach also enjoyed a very inspiring puppet show. What better gft can we give the alter Rebbe on chof daled teves? Sitting together with our freinds and neighbors from different schools in our shchuna gave us the true feeling of hakel!

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

Police Search For Suspect In Crown Heights Bank Robbery

CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — Police are looking for the man who held up a bank in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The robbery happened at a Washington Mutual branch on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on the morning of January 5th.

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Hate Crime in the Kingston Avenue Subway Station

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 10:30 this morning, Wednesday, a MTA commuter called Shomrim and alerted them to a number of hate graffiti on the subway platform. The graffiti consisted of a Jewish Star of David being equated to a swastika and the words “long live hamas” underneath it.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
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CHILDREN OF WAR: A video presentation dedicated to Hashem's children. A picture is worth a thousand words. “As a father has compassion on his children, so may our Father in Heaven have Mercy on us” ....How it always seems to be the darkest, right before the light, of the morning sun....

Video of the Day! – Children of War

CHILDREN OF WAR: A video presentation dedicated to Hashem’s children. A picture is worth a thousand words. “As a father has compassion on his children, so may our Father in Heaven have Mercy on us” ….How it always seems to be the darkest, right before the light, of the morning sun….

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By Miriam Davids for Lubavitch.com

Stock picture of Sefer Torah and Rabbi Shmaya Katz inset.

NEW YORK NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.

The first letters in the Torah scroll will be inscribed at a black-tie fundraising drive for the Chabad center, March 16, at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.

Chabad of Wall Street to Launch Fundraiser With New Torah Scroll

By Miriam Davids for Lubavitch.com

Stock picture of Sefer Torah and Rabbi Shmaya Katz inset.

NEW YORK NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.

The first letters in the Torah scroll will be inscribed at a black-tie fundraising drive for the Chabad center, March 16, at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.

Shlichus

Intruder in Bais Rivkah, Police Take 30 Minutes to Respond

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A teacher had her cell phone stolen and her purse rummaged through by an intruder inside of Bais Rivkah high school in Crown Street. The disturbing incident took place at around 12:45pm on Tuesday where a teacher spotted a black man with a light complexion and white hair and a large build who did not work for the school roaming around the hallways on the second floor.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening two cars collided in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, prompting a number of bystanders who witnessed the incident scrambling for their phones and calling Hatzalah.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Two Injured in Evening Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening two cars collided in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, prompting a number of bystanders who witnessed the incident scrambling for their phones and calling Hatzalah.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Accidents
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GOLDEN BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, was tested on hilchos taaruvos this past Thursday. The testers were Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Dayan in Toronto, Canada; Rabbi Y.Y. Yaruslavski, of the Chabad Beis Din of Israel; and Rabbi Yossi Marlow, the Chabad Rav of North Miami Beach. The Rabbonim expressed great satisfaction and were very impressed by their vast knowledge of the halachos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Prominent Rabbonim Visit Golden Beach Yeshiva

GOLDEN BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, was tested on hilchos taaruvos this past Thursday. The testers were Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Dayan in Toronto, Canada; Rabbi Y.Y. Yaruslavski, of the Chabad Beis Din of Israel; and Rabbi Yossi Marlow, the Chabad Rav of North Miami Beach. The Rabbonim expressed great satisfaction and were very impressed by their vast knowledge of the halachos.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Over 200 Jewish communities around the world will gather on Sunday, Jan. 25, to hear a live broadcast of a lecture by the world renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

“This lecture is the first in a series for worldwide Jewry”, explained Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, “as part of the Hakhel initiative launched at the recent Kinus Hashluchim, to foster Jewish unity through Torah as the Rebbe urged during a Hakhel year”.

Hakhel Unity Lecture To Broadcast in over 200 Cities Worldwide

Over 200 Jewish communities around the world will gather on Sunday, Jan. 25, to hear a live broadcast of a lecture by the world renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

“This lecture is the first in a series for worldwide Jewry”, explained Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, “as part of the Hakhel initiative launched at the recent Kinus Hashluchim, to foster Jewish unity through Torah as the Rebbe urged during a Hakhel year”.

Chabad News
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. David Sultan of S. Paul, Minnesota, brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Wednesday evening (1/20/09) - getting up on Sunday morning (1/23/09) at 1488 Carroll Street (Albany/Troy).

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mr. David Sultan OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. David Sultan of S. Paul, Minnesota, brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Wednesday evening (1/20/09) – getting up on Sunday morning (1/23/09) at 1488 Carroll Street (Albany/Troy).

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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