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Auschwitz documents touted as a sensational find by a German newspaper have been known to historians for years, an expert told JTA.

Historian Robert Jan van Pelt, an expert on Auschwitz, said he had checked the “so-called ‘new’ material” on the Web site of Bild, a high-circulation daily, and found that “the drawings that are on their site are all old material, perfectly known” and published by himself and others in the 1990s.

Auschwitz Documents not New, Experts Say

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Auschwitz documents touted as a sensational find by a German newspaper have been known to historians for years, an expert told JTA.

Historian Robert Jan van Pelt, an expert on Auschwitz, said he had checked the “so-called ‘new’ material” on the Web site of Bild, a high-circulation daily, and found that “the drawings that are on their site are all old material, perfectly known” and published by himself and others in the 1990s.

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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
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)
Rabbi Mendel Silberstein - Larchmont Gazette

LARCHMONT, NY — Teens for the Community, a volunteer group for Larchmont and Mamaroneck teens, has more than doubled in size. Begun last year with only fifteen teens, it now has 40 who attend weekly meetings.

Teens For the Community Doubles Its Reach

Rabbi Mendel Silberstein – Larchmont Gazette

LARCHMONT, NY — Teens for the Community, a volunteer group for Larchmont and Mamaroneck teens, has more than doubled in size. Begun last year with only fifteen teens, it now has 40 who attend weekly meetings.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nosson and Nechama Dina (nee Levine) Shusterman (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their daughter Devorah Leah.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


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Sam Roberts - The New York Times

Residents formed a long line at Public School 375 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to cast votes in the election on Tuesday.

NEW YORK, NY — More New York City residents voted for Barack Obama on Tuesday than for John Kerry in 2004 and for Al Gore in 2000. But an analysis suggests that overall turnout increased only slightly from four years ago.

History and Buzz Aside, Voter Turnout in City Barely Topped 2004 Figure

Sam Roberts – The New York Times

Residents formed a long line at Public School 375 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to cast votes in the election on Tuesday.

NEW YORK, NY — More New York City residents voted for Barack Obama on Tuesday than for John Kerry in 2004 and for Al Gore in 2000. But an analysis suggests that overall turnout increased only slightly from four years ago.

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Chabad on Campus Shabbaton’s Melava Malka

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After a Shabbos jam-packed with Farbrengen’s and inspiration the students were treated to a Melava Malka with a live and lively performance by ‘YOOD Power Rock Trio’ kept everyone on their feet and danced into the night to hyper charged Nigunim and Jewish music.

Many more pictures and a video in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Meir Chaikin (Cleveland, OH) and Mushka (bas R Mendy) Rosenfeld (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

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NEW BALTIMORE, NY [CHI] — A Jewish bus service from New York to Montreal was involved in a serious accident early Sunday morning on the New York State Thruway. The incident happened in Greene County at mile marker 127.5 in the town of New Baltimore.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Heimans Bus Involved in a Serious Early Morning Accident

NEW BALTIMORE, NY [CHI] — A Jewish bus service from New York to Montreal was involved in a serious accident early Sunday morning on the New York State Thruway. The incident happened in Greene County at mile marker 127.5 in the town of New Baltimore.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Germany Marks 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

In this June 19, 1938 file picture, the word Jude (jew) is smeared to the windows of a shop in Berlin run by Jews. On Nov. 9, 1938 Nazi-incited mass riots left more than 91 jews dead, damaged more than 1,000 synagogues and left some 7,500 Jewish businesses ransacked and looted.

BERLIN, Germany [AP] — Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand together against racism and anti-Semitism as the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom known as “Kristallnacht” or “Night of Broken Glass.”

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Reuters

One of the barracks and a watch tower are seen in the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, poland, January 12, 2007.

BERLIN, Germany — The original construction plans believed used for a major expansion of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1941 have been found in a Berlin flat, Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

The daily printed three architect's drawings on yellowing paper from the batch of 28 pages of blueprints it obtained. One has an 11.66 meter by 11.20 meter room marked “Gaskammer” (gas chamber) that was part of a “delousing facility.”

Blueprints for Auschwitz camp found in Germany

Reuters

One of the barracks and a watch tower are seen in the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, poland, January 12, 2007.

BERLIN, Germany — The original construction plans believed used for a major expansion of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1941 have been found in a Berlin flat, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

The daily printed three architect’s drawings on yellowing paper from the batch of 28 pages of blueprints it obtained. One has an 11.66 meter by 11.20 meter room marked “Gaskammer” (gas chamber) that was part of a “delousing facility.”

General
Dave Schwab - La Jolla Light

LA JOLLA, CA — In the spirit of this year's Jewish High Holy Days that were September, a 10-day period in which Jews repent their sins and ask forgiveness, a pair of brothers at Chabad of La Jolla went one step further: They offered to donate a Torah to a needy community.

Chabad Members to Donate Torah

Dave Schwab – La Jolla Light

LA JOLLA, CA — In the spirit of this year’s Jewish High Holy Days that were September, a 10-day period in which Jews repent their sins and ask forgiveness, a pair of brothers at Chabad of La Jolla went one step further: They offered to donate a Torah to a needy community.

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By Chanee Grossbaum, Chabad.edu

BROOKLYN, NY — It doesn’t happen every day, but students attest that its effects can last a lifetime.

This weekend, more than 800 Jewish college students and recent alumni from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom will gather in Crown Heights, N.Y., for a unique cultural immersion that has become the highlight of social calendars at scores of campuses. A mix between inspirational discussions, spiritual explorations and good, old-fashioned Shabbat foods like gefilte fish, this year’s seventh annual Chabad on Campus International Shabbaton & Conference will draw delegations from more than 100 universities.

Jewish Weekend in New York Kicks Off for Hundreds of Students From Around the World

By Chanee Grossbaum, Chabad.edu

BROOKLYN, NY — It doesn’t happen every day, but students attest that its effects can last a lifetime.

This weekend, more than 800 Jewish college students and recent alumni from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom will gather in Crown Heights, N.Y., for a unique cultural immersion that has become the highlight of social calendars at scores of campuses. A mix between inspirational discussions, spiritual explorations and good, old-fashioned Shabbat foods like gefilte fish, this year’s seventh annual Chabad on Campus International Shabbaton & Conference will draw delegations from more than 100 universities.

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