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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A motorist is lucky to be alive today after he attempted to get out of his car as a city bus was passing him. The incident took place at around 3:15pm on New York Avenue in front of the 71st Precinct, the car was double parked and the driver opened his door after more than half the bus had already passed him and got damaged by the bus's rear tires.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Driver Loses Car Door to City Bus

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A motorist is lucky to be alive today after he attempted to get out of his car as a city bus was passing him. The incident took place at around 3:15pm on New York Avenue in front of the 71st Precinct, the car was double parked and the driver opened his door after more than half the bus had already passed him and got damaged by the bus’s rear tires.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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)

In the English Colel Chabad Calendar there is a mistake with regards to when we start saying “Vten Tal U'Matar”.

On page 56 it incorrectly states that we begin saying “ותן טל ומטר” on Sunday night the 4th of Kislev, when it should be Thursday night the 8th of Kislev.

PSA: Correction in the Colel Chabad Calendar

In the English Colel Chabad Calendar there is a mistake with regards to when we start saying “Vten Tal U’Matar”.

On page 56 it incorrectly states that we begin saying “ותן טל ומטר” on Sunday night the 4th of Kislev, when it should be Thursday night the 8th of Kislev.

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Banquet DVD Available Less than 12 Hours after!

(L-R) Yanky Achser, Elkana Shmotkin and Yanky Teitelbaum editing footage of the Banquet.

Shluchim who were still Farbrenging in 770 at 6:00am, were shocked when JEM staff walked in the with banquet video fully produced on DVD. Last night’s historic banquet was shocker enough. The fact that the entire event was available on DVD only hours after it concluded was an even bigger shock.

The DVD runtime is 2:42 and contains the entire banquet, including the full speeches of Ambassador Yehuda Avner, Rabbi Moshe Bryski, the roll call, dancing and Tzeirei Hashluchim presentation.

Pictures of the JEM crew at work in the Extended Article!

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Neta Sela - Y Net

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The Czech capital of Prague, once a center of thriving Jewish life, still boasts numerous synagogues, many of which now serve as museums commemorating a Jewish community that has largely disappeared.

But a new institute recently opened in Prague seeks to become a focal point for Jewish life and culture in the city. The Maharal Institute, named after the great Talmudic scholar Judah Loew ben Bezalel, serves as a yeshiva for male students and offers Torah lessons for members of the local Jewish community, including women.

Prague’s Jewish Revival

Neta Sela – Y Net

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The Czech capital of Prague, once a center of thriving Jewish life, still boasts numerous synagogues, many of which now serve as museums commemorating a Jewish community that has largely disappeared.

But a new institute recently opened in Prague seeks to become a focal point for Jewish life and culture in the city. The Maharal Institute, named after the great Talmudic scholar Judah Loew ben Bezalel, serves as a yeshiva for male students and offers Torah lessons for members of the local Jewish community, including women.

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Zalmy Pinson ‘Techie’ (L) and Binyomin Lifshitz ‘Webby’.

Up to the minute reports, amazing photo galleries, full coverage, meet ‘Webby’ and ‘Techie’. As the Kinus banquet concluded Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum took Webbys camera and snapped a shot of the duo as they were leaving.

Picture of the Night! The Crew that Makes CHI Happen!

Zalmy Pinson ‘Techie’ (L) and Binyomin Lifshitz ‘Webby’.

Up to the minute reports, amazing photo galleries, full coverage, meet ‘Webby’ and ‘Techie’. As the Kinus banquet concluded Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum took Webbys camera and snapped a shot of the duo as they were leaving.

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By Dovid Zaklikowski

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries crowd a session dedicated to the economy at their annual conference in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo: Israel Bardugo)

BROOKLYN, NY — With an eye on the growing financial crisis, Jewish centers operated by Chabad-Lubavitch are refusing to cut programming, all while doing everything possible to trim budgets and rely on an expanded team of local volunteers and donors. But even with the economy in a tailspin, new centers continue to sprout around the globe.

Jewish Leaders Refuse to Let Up in Face of Worsening Economy

By Dovid Zaklikowski

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries crowd a session dedicated to the economy at their annual conference in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo: Israel Bardugo)

BROOKLYN, NY — With an eye on the growing financial crisis, Jewish centers operated by Chabad-Lubavitch are refusing to cut programming, all while doing everything possible to trim budgets and rely on an expanded team of local volunteers and donors. But even with the economy in a tailspin, new centers continue to sprout around the globe.

Chabad News

Photo Gallery #1 of Kinus HaShluchim Banquet!

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Below is the first of the photo galleries from the Kinus HaShluchim Banquet. The affair was held at Pier 94, a hangar uniquely decorated for the event. A short distance from where the Frierdiker Rebbe first set foot onto American soil, the hangar is one of the only spaces large enough to seat the thousands of Shluchim and their guests. More to come. ENJOY!

Photo Gallery continued in the Extended Article!

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Colin Moynihan - The New York Times

NEW YORK, NY — The New York City comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., said on Sunday that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s gaping budget deficits could be diminished by increasing automobile registration fees in 12 counties served by the authority’s trains and buses.

At a press conference outside Grand Central Terminal, Mr. Thompson said that drivers now pay $30 every two years to register a vehicle in New York City, though they also pay additional state fees.

Comptroller Offers Fare Hike Alternative, Proposes to Raise Car Fees

Colin Moynihan – The New York Times

NEW YORK, NY — The New York City comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., said on Sunday that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s gaping budget deficits could be diminished by increasing automobile registration fees in 12 counties served by the authority’s trains and buses.

At a press conference outside Grand Central Terminal, Mr. Thompson said that drivers now pay $30 every two years to register a vehicle in New York City, though they also pay additional state fees.

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