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This weeks Living Torah, titled “A Month to Prepare” (Volume 53, Episode 209)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day! – A Month to Prepare

This weeks Living Torah, titled “A Month to Prepare” (Volume 53, Episode 209)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.

Videos
Premium Post
A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle

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New Engagement!

Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Schneur Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Mussie Wolf (Lincolnwood, IL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Levi Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Bryna Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs

Dear Readers of the Sun:

This morning I write to you about the future of The New York Sun, which is in circumstances that may require us to cease publication at the end of September unless we succeed in our efforts to find additional financial backing. The managing editor, Ira Stoll, who is one of the founding partners in the paper, and I have shared this news with our colleagues, and we would like our readers as well to be aware of the situation.

Sun May Set for the New York Sun

Dear Readers of the Sun:

This morning I write to you about the future of The New York Sun, which is in circumstances that may require us to cease publication at the end of September unless we succeed in our efforts to find additional financial backing. The managing editor, Ira Stoll, who is one of the founding partners in the paper, and I have shared this news with our colleagues, and we would like our readers as well to be aware of the situation.

NYC News
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — 5 Mezuzahs were torn from apartment doors inside of 1690 Union Street, a relatively small building with 31 residential units, most of whom aren’t Jewish, located between Schenectady and Utica Avenues.

The vandalism was discovered at around 6:30pm on Wednesday. Police along with Shomrim were called and immediately responded to the scene. Police quickly deemed the incident a bias crime and brought down a Crime Scene Unit to dust for fingerprints. Additionally detectives from the Bias Crime Squad responded and began investigating the incident.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Five Mezuzahs Torn from Apt. Doorposts

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — 5 Mezuzahs were torn from apartment doors inside of 1690 Union Street, a relatively small building with 31 residential units, most of whom aren’t Jewish, located between Schenectady and Utica Avenues.

The vandalism was discovered at around 6:30pm on Wednesday. Police along with Shomrim were called and immediately responded to the scene. Police quickly deemed the incident a bias crime and brought down a Crime Scene Unit to dust for fingerprints. Additionally detectives from the Bias Crime Squad responded and began investigating the incident.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Crime
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that JEM is now in the finishing stages of preparing a new version of Davening with The Rebbe, one of JEM’s all time best sellers. With its release JEM will have accomplished another first. The new release on DVD, entitled Climbing the Rungs of Prayer, will feature both adult and children’s narrations in four languages: English, Hebrew, Russian and French.

New DVD coming from JEM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that JEM is now in the finishing stages of preparing a new version of Davening with The Rebbe, one of JEM’s all time best sellers. With its release JEM will have accomplished another first. The new release on DVD, entitled Climbing the Rungs of Prayer, will feature both adult and children’s narrations in four languages: English, Hebrew, Russian and French.

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! Twins!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Berel and Ziporah (nee Lerner) Cohen (Shluchim to Blue Ash, Ohio) on the birth of their twin daughters.

May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel!


Mazel Tov's

JAMBEROO, NSW, Australia [CHI] — Two hundred women from all over Australia gathered in Jamberoo this weekend for Chabad of Australia's N'shei uBnos Chabad convention. The annual convention, which alternates between Melbourne and Sydney is the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It takes place in many countries throughout the world. This 13th Australian Convention was convened by Gavriella Aber, Hudi Braun, Elka Feldman and Tamar Rosenthal under the guidance of Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman, head of N’shei Chabad in Sydney and major sponsor of the weekend.

13th Annual N’shei uBnos Chabad Convention

JAMBEROO, NSW, Australia [CHI] — Two hundred women from all over Australia gathered in Jamberoo this weekend for Chabad of Australia’s N’shei uBnos Chabad convention. The annual convention, which alternates between Melbourne and Sydney is the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It takes place in many countries throughout the world. This 13th Australian Convention was convened by Gavriella Aber, Hudi Braun, Elka Feldman and Tamar Rosenthal under the guidance of Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman, head of N’shei Chabad in Sydney and major sponsor of the weekend.

Chabad News
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1st Annual Released Time Conference: A Success

NAPONACH, NY [CHI] — Statistic after staggering statistic. 2,444,000 1,428,000… 712,000 out of 1,084,000 Jewish Children in the USA do not receive a Jewish education. “We are going to change it all, this is our goal. We are waging an uphill battle, and we will succeed” is the way Rabbi Sadya Engel of the NCFJE opened his speech at the first Annual NCFJE Released Time Conference earlier this week.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Chabad News
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The International Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, has just launched an exciting and innovative tool to teach the world about Moshiach: M-Cast.

M-Cast is a weekly podcast produced with quality content, music and is hosted by Yerachmiel Galinsky, an experienced podaster. Shluchim are able to post M-cast on their website through Mychabad.org and the general public is able to listen and subscribe to it through the iTunes music store by typing M-cat in the search box of iTunes.

M-Cast: The New Moshiach Campaign Podcast!

The International Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, has just launched an exciting and innovative tool to teach the world about Moshiach: M-Cast.

M-Cast is a weekly podcast produced with quality content, music and is hosted by Yerachmiel Galinsky, an experienced podaster. Shluchim are able to post M-cast on their website through Mychabad.org and the general public is able to listen and subscribe to it through the iTunes music store by typing M-cat in the search box of iTunes.

Chabad News
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by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org

Fences collapsed in residential communities throughout the New Orleans area after Hurricane Gustav came ashore, but the damage was a far cry from the destruction suffered three years ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo: Colby Jordan)

Though anticipating damage similar to three years ago, residents of greater New Orleans were largely spared devastation from Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore west of the city on Monday. Joining highly organized columns of evacuees, Jewish residents across the Gulf Coast headed to points inland. The five families of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving New Orleans relocated to the Birmingham headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Alabama.

Forced to Run Once More, Jewish Residents Return to Storm-Tossed New Orleans

by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org

Fences collapsed in residential communities throughout the New Orleans area after Hurricane Gustav came ashore, but the damage was a far cry from the destruction suffered three years ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (Photo: Colby Jordan)

Though anticipating damage similar to three years ago, residents of greater New Orleans were largely spared devastation from Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore west of the city on Monday. Joining highly organized columns of evacuees, Jewish residents across the Gulf Coast headed to points inland. The five families of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving New Orleans relocated to the Birmingham headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Alabama.

General
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FAIR LAWN, NJ [CHI] — The idea of creating a Jewish day camp came slowly to the rabbis at Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn, but they knew they wanted to fill a void. Many local children were not getting a Jewish education throughout the school year and their goal became to provide these children with a fun summer experience that also gave them a background in Jewish traditions and customs. The Fair Lawn Jewish Day Camp was born! The initial registration was overwhelming, as the only Jewish day camp in Fair Lawn, NJ attracted children from all walks of life within the community.

150 Children Attend Inaugural Summer

FAIR LAWN, NJ [CHI] — The idea of creating a Jewish day camp came slowly to the rabbis at Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn, but they knew they wanted to fill a void. Many local children were not getting a Jewish education throughout the school year and their goal became to provide these children with a fun summer experience that also gave them a background in Jewish traditions and customs. The Fair Lawn Jewish Day Camp was born! The initial registration was overwhelming, as the only Jewish day camp in Fair Lawn, NJ attracted children from all walks of life within the community.

Shlichus
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Fallsburg Man Charged with Arson, Hate Crimes

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FALLSBURG, NY — A Fallsburg man was charged with felony arson and hate crimes on Tuesday in connection with a bungalow fire and spray-painted slurs in his Sullivan county town.

Town of Fallsburg Police said Edward Smith, 44, allegedly started a fire at Skopps Bungalows on Seldon Road and also spray painted slurs and threats.

Upstate News
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Its design based on Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., the new Jewish community center in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, is built on the site of a synagogue once shuttered by Communist authorities.

For Jewish residents of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, a long-awaited event is soon to occur: the opening of the city’s very own community center.

New Ukraine Synagogue a Replica of New York Jewish Landmark

Its design based on Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., the new Jewish community center in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, is built on the site of a synagogue once shuttered by Communist authorities.

For Jewish residents of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine, a long-awaited event is soon to occur: the opening of the city’s very own community center.

Chabad News