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By Magdalene Perez for the Stamford Advocate

STAMFORD, CT — Twelve-year-old Hannah Zucker didn't hesitate to thrust her hands into the warm, sticky mess.

Her mixture of flour, water, sugar, egg, oil, salt and yeast had just the right consistency, and it was time to knead. So she happily pressed the dough until it was a fluffy, white ball.

Stamford Chabad Women Host Challah Bake

By Magdalene Perez for the Stamford Advocate

STAMFORD, CT — Twelve-year-old Hannah Zucker didn’t hesitate to thrust her hands into the warm, sticky mess.

Her mixture of flour, water, sugar, egg, oil, salt and yeast had just the right consistency, and it was time to knead. So she happily pressed the dough until it was a fluffy, white ball.

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New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
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!

As the IDF is conducting Operation Cast Lead, aimed at destroying the Hamas terror infrastructure. We would like ask that everybody say Tehilim chapters 20, 22, 69 and 150, as per the Rebbe's directive.

Click on the Extended Article to say Tehilim!

Please say Tehilim for Our Soldiers in Gaza…

As the IDF is conducting Operation Cast Lead, aimed at destroying the Hamas terror infrastructure. We would like ask that everybody say Tehilim chapters 20, 22, 69 and 150, as per the Rebbe’s directive.

Click on the Extended Article to say Tehilim!

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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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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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