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Reported by John Deutzman for My Fox NY

NEW YORK, NY — A Fox 5 investigation exposes a worldwide ATM scam that swindled $9 million and possibly jeopardized sensitive information from people around the world. Law enforcement sources told Fox 5 it's one of the most frightening well-coordinated heists they've ever seen.

Video – FBI Investigates $9 Million ATM Scam

Reported by John Deutzman for My Fox NY

NEW YORK, NY — A Fox 5 investigation exposes a worldwide ATM scam that swindled $9 million and possibly jeopardized sensitive information from people around the world. Law enforcement sources told Fox 5 it’s one of the most frightening well-coordinated heists they’ve ever seen.

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New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
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

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With the continuing global economic crisis, unfortunately, first and foremost on people's minds these days, with so many of us feeling the pinch. Chabad.org has launched a new section 'Chabad.org - Economy", to help people navigate through these difficult times.

Click here to check out the new section.

Chabad.org Launches New Economy Section

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With the continuing global economic crisis, unfortunately, first and foremost on people’s minds these days, with so many of us feeling the pinch. Chabad.org has launched a new section ‘Chabad.org – Economy”, to help people navigate through these difficult times.

Click here to check out the new section.

Chabad News

Meorot Chabad Volunteer in Israeli Army

JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Last week Meorot Chabad arranged for it’s students a week off to volunteer on an Israeli army base, “Tze’eilim” in the south.

The students all wore uniforms in the week’s experience.

Throughout the week, students had the chance of ‘living the life’ of a non-combat soldier.

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By Chris Mckenna for the Times Herald-Record

Students in Kiryas Joel line up Jan. 27 to get reflective tape to be sewn onto their coats. The tape is being required to reduce the number of children hit by cars in the village.

KIRYAS JOEL, NY — Several thousand Kiryas Joel schoolchildren now wear strips of silver reflective fabric on their coats to make them more visible and reduce the number of kids hit by cars in the village.

The village's Public Safety Department and school district began distributing the strips two weeks ago. They insisted that children have them sewn onto their coats by the start of this week or be barred from getting onto a school bus, according to Public Safety Director Moses Witriol.

Kiryas Joel Program Helps Drivers See Children

By Chris Mckenna for the Times Herald-Record

Students in Kiryas Joel line up Jan. 27 to get reflective tape to be sewn onto their coats. The tape is being required to reduce the number of children hit by cars in the village.

KIRYAS JOEL, NY — Several thousand Kiryas Joel schoolchildren now wear strips of silver reflective fabric on their coats to make them more visible and reduce the number of kids hit by cars in the village.

The village’s Public Safety Department and school district began distributing the strips two weeks ago. They insisted that children have them sewn onto their coats by the start of this week or be barred from getting onto a school bus, according to Public Safety Director Moses Witriol.

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Yud Shvat is the Yahrtzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Amongst other customs, the Rebbe encouraged that on this day one should learn the Mishnayos related to the name of the Rebbe Rayatz. On this occasion Yagdil Torah has compiled a short booklet with the necessary mishnayos to make your learning simple and easy. To download, click here.

Yud Shevat Mishnayos Available

Yud Shvat is the Yahrtzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Amongst other customs, the Rebbe encouraged that on this day one should learn the Mishnayos related to the name of the Rebbe Rayatz. On this occasion Yagdil Torah has compiled a short booklet with the necessary mishnayos to make your learning simple and easy. To download, click here.

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NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — New York City Transit announced last night that it has put its lost and found department on the web.

Riders who have left something behind on a subway or bus can go to MTA.info and then go to “Travel” under the NYC Transit tab. The site features drop-down menus, with options to describe the item, when it was lost, and on which subway or bus line.

Video – MTA’s Lost And Found Unit Goes Online

NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — New York City Transit announced last night that it has put its lost and found department on the web.

Riders who have left something behind on a subway or bus can go to MTA.info and then go to “Travel” under the NYC Transit tab. The site features drop-down menus, with options to describe the item, when it was lost, and on which subway or bus line.

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Illustration picture - Rabbi Rabbi YY Jacobson Farbregning

Tonight, Tuesday, February 3, 2009, the night of Yud Shevat, at 8:30pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson and cantor Berel Zucker with Chassidic choir will present a live-streamed webcast of melodies and inspiration.

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

Webcast Schedule in the Extended Article

Tonight! – Live Global Yud Shevat Fabrengen!

Illustration picture – Rabbi Rabbi YY Jacobson Farbregning

Tonight, Tuesday, February 3, 2009, the night of Yud Shevat, at 8:30pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson and cantor Berel Zucker with Chassidic choir will present a live-streamed webcast of melodies and inspiration.

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

Webcast Schedule in the Extended Article

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Chabad Youth Zone Makes Puppets for Victims of Terror in Israel

Andrea Pincus, of Washingtonville, admires the puppets made at Chabad Youth Zone by her two sons Chaim, 8 (left) and Jered, 5 (right).

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Using socks, googly eyes, felt and other creative materials, twenty-five children recently gathered to make puppets to be sent to victims of terror in Israel. Chabad’s Youth Zone Club, “Kids In Action For Israel”, carried out this unique project. The club, geared for children ages 5-12, meets monthly to do a good deed for others, and simultaneously has a special activity for their own enjoyment. This year, the children are gearing the charity projects to various causes in Israel. The hand-made puppets will be sent to a Chabad representative in Israel who will deliver the gifts to children who have been seriously injured through terrorist acts.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A man fell to his death this evening from a 4th story window of the apartment he resided at. The incident took place at around 10:00pm on Union Street and Schenectady Avenue and the man who was reported to be black and in his mid-20’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Young Man Falls to his Death on Union and Schenectady

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A man fell to his death this evening from a 4th story window of the apartment he resided at. The incident took place at around 10:00pm on Union Street and Schenectady Avenue and the man who was reported to be black and in his mid-20’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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By Myriam Schottestein

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay during the Super Bowl festivities and Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski in inset.

TAMPA BAY, FL — As halftime descended on the nail-biter of a game that was Super Bowl XLIII, Farley Weiss, an attorney who had traveled across the country to watch his beloved Arizona Cardinals face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, took position outside of Section 236 at Tampa Bay, Fla.’s Raymond James Stadium with one thing in mind: It was time for the evening prayer service.

Visitors Came for the Super Bowl, Stayed for Shabbat

By Myriam Schottestein

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay during the Super Bowl festivities and Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski in inset.

TAMPA BAY, FL — As halftime descended on the nail-biter of a game that was Super Bowl XLIII, Farley Weiss, an attorney who had traveled across the country to watch his beloved Arizona Cardinals face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, took position outside of Section 236 at Tampa Bay, Fla.’s Raymond James Stadium with one thing in mind: It was time for the evening prayer service.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

I would like to wish Mazal Tov to my good friend Moishe Orimland (Tzfas, Israel) on his engagement to Saraleh Naparstek (Crown Heights) .

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].


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The Avner Institute is pleased to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe, taken when the mayor of New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. came to visit. This photo, released courtesy of the Rebbe Archive and myencounter.com. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.inspiringageneration.org

Rebbe Picture! – 1960’s Mayor of NYC Yechidus!

The Avner Institute is pleased to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe, taken when the mayor of New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. came to visit. This photo, released courtesy of the Rebbe Archive and myencounter.com. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.inspiringageneration.org

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By Leigh Ann Dewey for the North County Times
CARLSBAD, CA — Big changes are under way at the Chabad La Costa synagogue.

Last March, after years of renting the site, the Orthodox Jewish congregation purchased its half-acre parcel and building at 1980 La Costa Ave. Plans are now in the works to tear down the 1,600-square-foot structure and replace it with a worship center to better serve the congregation's needs.

Chabad of La Costa Plans New Center

By Leigh Ann Dewey for the North County Times

CARLSBAD, CA — Big changes are under way at the Chabad La Costa synagogue.

Last March, after years of renting the site, the Orthodox Jewish congregation purchased its half-acre parcel and building at 1980 La Costa Ave. Plans are now in the works to tear down the 1,600-square-foot structure and replace it with a worship center to better serve the congregation’s needs.

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