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JLI's Multimedia Department has produced a five-minute video tribute to Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel Holtzberg, HY"D, for JLI affiliates in 300 cities to open their class with and dedicate their studies in their memory.

JLI classes worldwide, attended this semester by close to 15,000 students, will be dedicating this week’s class L’ilui Nishmas the Holtzbergs. This week, Shluchim are teaching the fourth of six classes of Soul Maps series, the largest simultaneous Shiur in Tanya since its publication.

JLI Video Tribute to the Holtzberg’s HY”D

JLI’s Multimedia Department has produced a five-minute video tribute to Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel Holtzberg, HY”D, for JLI affiliates in 300 cities to open their class with and dedicate their studies in their memory.

JLI classes worldwide, attended this semester by close to 15,000 students, will be dedicating this week’s class L’ilui Nishmas the Holtzbergs. This week, Shluchim are teaching the fourth of six classes of Soul Maps series, the largest simultaneous Shiur in Tanya since its publication.

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Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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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)
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Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
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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)
Sarah Portlock - The Brooklyn Paper

Police at the scene of the incident - Photo the Brooklyn Paper / Sarah Portlock

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are investigating a possible bias crime in Brooklyn Heights after a Pineapple Street resident found an anti-Semitic note taped to her front door on Tuesday morning.

The note was written in thick black marker and partially said “kill” and “Jews,” but police did not release the full message to a Brooklyn Paper reporter on the scene.

More Anti-Semitism in Brooklyn Heights

Sarah Portlock – The Brooklyn Paper

Police at the scene of the incident – Photo the Brooklyn Paper / Sarah Portlock

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are investigating a possible bias crime in Brooklyn Heights after a Pineapple Street resident found an anti-Semitic note taped to her front door on Tuesday morning.

The note was written in thick black marker and partially said “kill” and “Jews,” but police did not release the full message to a Brooklyn Paper reporter on the scene.

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A group of video editors have made a video about the Holtzberg and their guests.

The work of love, completed in 48 hours, included many photos and unseen footage of the Holtzbergs, and interviews with both Gabi and Rivkie - including an interview in which she makes a “prophetic” reference about Sandra, the Nanny who ended up saving her son's life.

Part two in the Extended Article.

VIDEO: JEM Produces A Video Tribute to the Holtzbergs

A group of video editors have made a video about the Holtzberg and their guests.

The work of love, completed in 48 hours, included many photos and unseen footage of the Holtzbergs, and interviews with both Gabi and Rivkie – including an interview in which she makes a “prophetic” reference about Sandra, the Nanny who ended up saving her son’s life.

Part two in the Extended Article.

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Op-Ed: Mumbai: Deadly Media Euphemisms

Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman – NY Daily News

The international media have already morphed the horrific slaughter in Mumbai into the murky realm of euphemism and apologetics.

Al Jazeera and The Guardian label the terrorists “gunmen”; CNN calls them “militants.” Some analysts identified the underlying cause as the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Psychological guru Deepak Chopra called it the result of “collateral damage” from the US war on terrorism and the Iraq war.

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Yungerman Hit Crossing Eastern Pkwy

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At about 9 O’Clock this morning a yungerman crossing Eastern Pkwy was hit by a car. The Yungerman was leaving Chovevei Torah on Eastern Pkwy, between Albany and Troy Ave, and crossed in middle of the road. The car was driving westbound and hit the Yungerman in the left turning lane.

More pictures in the Extended Article

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Chabad: Vengeance Through Kindness

Matt Wagner – J Post

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — The message from the funeral at Kfar Chabad on Tuesday was one of revenge – but not through violence. Rather, revenge that answers brutal, pointless Islamic terrorism with the light of loving-kindness.

Full Gallery in the Extended Article (lubavitch.com)

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By Toby Axelrod

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mikvah at the Rohr Chabad Center in Berlin on Nov. 30, 2008. (Toby Axelrod)

BERLIN, Germany [JTA]-- The dedication of a new mikvah at the Chabad center here was tinged with sadness as participants remembered two Chabad emissaries killed last week in the Mumbai terror attacks.

A memorial service for Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg is planned here for Dec. 2, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the director of the Rohr Chabad Center, said on Sunday.

Celebration, Sadness at Opening of Berlin Mikvah

By Toby Axelrod

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mikvah at the Rohr Chabad Center in Berlin on Nov. 30, 2008. (Toby Axelrod)

BERLIN, Germany [JTA]– The dedication of a new mikvah at the Chabad center here was tinged with sadness as participants remembered two Chabad emissaries killed last week in the Mumbai terror attacks.

A memorial service for Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg is planned here for Dec. 2, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the director of the Rohr Chabad Center, said on Sunday.

Shlichus
In light of the recent tragic events. We invite you to partake in a live video conference given jointly by Rabbi Mannis Friedman, world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, with Dr. Norman Blumenthal, a renown child psychologist and a director of Chai Lifeline.

Topic: “How to talk to your children about tragic events”

The live broadcast will take place tonight, Tuesday at 8:30pm EST Questions and Answers to follow.

To join this live video broadcast, please Click Here

Live Conference: “How to Talk to your Children About Tragic Events”

In light of the recent tragic events. We invite you to partake in a live video conference given jointly by Rabbi Mannis Friedman, world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, with Dr. Norman Blumenthal, a renown child psychologist and a director of Chai Lifeline.

Topic: “How to talk to your children about tragic events”

The live broadcast will take place tonight, Tuesday at 8:30pm EST Questions and Answers to follow.

To join this live video broadcast, please Click Here

PSA
by Dennis Prager - Town Hall

Dennis Prager, inset right, and the Chabad House (Shturem).

It was obvious to observers around the world that one of the designated targets of the Pakistani Islamist terrorists was the Mumbai Chabad House, the one Jewish center in Mumbai. The 10 Islamic terrorists who came from Pakistan to India chose their targets with great care.

If one assumes that the terrorists primary goals were to destabilize India, weaken growing Indian-Pakistani cooperation in fighting terrorism, and greatly increase Indian-Pakistani tension, hopefully to the point of military war between the two countries, every one of the targets made strategic sense. Slaughtering as many people as possible in Indias major economic center, including as many foreign tourists as possible at Mumbais finest hotels, also made sense.

Op-Ed: The Rabbi and the Terrorists

by Dennis Prager – Town Hall

Dennis Prager, inset right, and the Chabad House (Shturem).

It was obvious to observers around the world that one of the designated targets of the Pakistani Islamist terrorists was the Mumbai Chabad House, the one Jewish center in Mumbai. The 10 Islamic terrorists who came from Pakistan to India chose their targets with great care.

If one assumes that the terrorists primary goals were to destabilize India, weaken growing Indian-Pakistani cooperation in fighting terrorism, and greatly increase Indian-Pakistani tension, hopefully to the point of military war between the two countries, every one of the targets made strategic sense. Slaughtering as many people as possible in Indias major economic center, including as many foreign tourists as possible at Mumbais finest hotels, also made sense.

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Haaretz
KFAR CHABAD, Israel — “They killed three people, not two,” said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, during her funeral, indicating that she had been pregnant, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

Rivka and her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg were both killed during a terror attack at the Chabad house in Mumbai last week.

Father of Mumbai Victim: Rivka was Five Months Pregnant

Haaretz

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — “They killed three people, not two,” said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, during her funeral, indicating that she had been pregnant, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

Rivka and her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg were both killed during a terror attack at the Chabad house in Mumbai last week.

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Dave DeWitte - The Gazette

NEW YORK, NY — An emergency advance from a St. Louis bank that foreclosed on Agriprocessors will allow the company to resume operations this week in Postville, according to a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee.

Judge Okays Agriprocessors Restart

Dave DeWitte – The Gazette

NEW YORK, NY — An emergency advance from a St. Louis bank that foreclosed on Agriprocessors will allow the company to resume operations this week in Postville, according to a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee.

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