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NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced unprecedented plans today to change the city's term limits law in preparation for third run for office.

Saying he is best prepared to handle the city through these tough economic times and wants to give voters a chance to let him to continue to serve, Bloomberg said he is asking the City Council to draft legislation to extend term limits.

Mayor Announces Bid For Third Term

NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced unprecedented plans today to change the city’s term limits law in preparation for third run for office.

Saying he is best prepared to handle the city through these tough economic times and wants to give voters a chance to let him to continue to serve, Bloomberg said he is asking the City Council to draft legislation to extend term limits.

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Baby Girl!

Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
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!
 
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Torah Businessman” (Volume 53, Episode 212)

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

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

Video of the Day! – Torah Businessman

 

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Torah Businessman” (Volume 53, Episode 212)

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

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

Videos

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We wold like to wish Mazal Tov to Shaul and Sarah (nee Abramoff) Mirviss (Morristown, NJ) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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Sarah Portlock - The Brooklyn Paper

A proposed Jewish ritual bathhouse on 15th Street is still drawing concern from neighbors. The Brooklyn Paper / Kristen Joy Watts

BROOKLYN, NY — A Park Slope building designed to house a Jewish ritual bath — a mikvah — faces revocation of its construction permit after the Buildings Department challenged the sponsor’s plans to have hotel units and a conference center on site.

City May Wash Hands of Slope Bath

Sarah Portlock – The Brooklyn Paper

A proposed Jewish ritual bathhouse on 15th Street is still drawing concern from neighbors. The Brooklyn Paper / Kristen Joy Watts

BROOKLYN, NY — A Park Slope building designed to house a Jewish ritual bath — a mikvah — faces revocation of its construction permit after the Buildings Department challenged the sponsor’s plans to have hotel units and a conference center on site.

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Ben Rubin • The Journal News

Tyler Steinberg, left, and Alex Luscher, both 8, make their own shofars from rams' horns during an after-school Hebrew class at Viola Elementary School in Suffern. The hollowed-out horn is traditionally blown to usher in Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, which began last night. (Vincent DiSalvio/The Journal News)

RAMAPO, NY — In front of an excited group of 22 elementary school children, Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum theatrically revealed a Texas longhorn's horn from a slender cardboard box.

Chabad of Suffern Puts Focus on Fun

Ben Rubin • The Journal News

Tyler Steinberg, left, and Alex Luscher, both 8, make their own shofars from rams’ horns during an after-school Hebrew class at Viola Elementary School in Suffern. The hollowed-out horn is traditionally blown to usher in Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, which began last night. (Vincent DiSalvio/The Journal News)

RAMAPO, NY — In front of an excited group of 22 elementary school children, Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum theatrically revealed a Texas longhorn’s horn from a slender cardboard box.

Shlichus
BROOKLYN, NY [ABC] — The NYPD lieutenant who authorized the fatal use of a taser stun gun on a naked Brooklyn psychiatric patient committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field this morning.

Lt. Michael Pigot reported to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, where he took his life shortly after 6 a.m.

Police: Officer in Taser Death Kills Himself

BROOKLYN, NY [ABC] — The NYPD lieutenant who authorized the fatal use of a taser stun gun on a naked Brooklyn psychiatric patient committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field this morning.

Lt. Michael Pigot reported to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, where he took his life shortly after 6 a.m.

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Anat Shalev - YNet News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Nothing spells family like the holidays, but then again – nothing spells a holiday for many Israelis quite as much as traveling abroad.

Those choosing to spend Rosh Hashana outside Israel, may find themselves welcoming the Jewish New Year in one of the numerous Chabad houses around the world, offering them a little taste of home for the holidays.

Rosh Hashana, Chabad style

Anat Shalev – YNet News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Nothing spells family like the holidays, but then again – nothing spells a holiday for many Israelis quite as much as traveling abroad.

Those choosing to spend Rosh Hashana outside Israel, may find themselves welcoming the Jewish New Year in one of the numerous Chabad houses around the world, offering them a little taste of home for the holidays.

Shlichus

Late Night Joy Ride ends in Disaster on Kingston

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A late night joy ride ended with a collision with a parked car. The incident took place at around 4:00am when the Jewish teen attempted to make a left from Montgomery Street onto Kingston Avenue but failed to recover from the turn and slammed into a parked car, causing significant damage and pushing it up onto the sidewalk.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Somerset Reporter

On Sept. 21, 350 people gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge for the completion of a Torah that a scribe has spent a year writing for the center.

For the last 10 months the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking ridge has been preparing to make history. On Sept. 21, 350 people gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center for a culturally rich historical event.

Celebration Honors Scribe’s Completion of Torah

Somerset Reporter

On Sept. 21, 350 people gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge for the completion of a Torah that a scribe has spent a year writing for the center.

For the last 10 months the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking ridge has been preparing to make history. On Sept. 21, 350 people gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center for a culturally rich historical event.

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levy and Beila (nee Matusof) Edelman (Paris, France) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

Mazel Tov's
Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Wall Street bailouts, iPhones, and stratospheric gas prices are bringing more marginally affiliated Jews to Rosh Hashanah services say rabbis across the United States.

Tough times draw larger crowds to the synagogue on the High Holidays, and Chabad representatives are aiming to attract even more by answering the call of the times and publicizing their prayer services using images ripped straight from the headlines and pop culture.

Smart Publicity and Messages of Empowerment Draw Greater Numbers To Chabad’s Rosh Hashana Services

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Wall Street bailouts, iPhones, and stratospheric gas prices are bringing more marginally affiliated Jews to Rosh Hashanah services say rabbis across the United States.

Tough times draw larger crowds to the synagogue on the High Holidays, and Chabad representatives are aiming to attract even more by answering the call of the times and publicizing their prayer services using images ripped straight from the headlines and pop culture.

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NY Times
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A teenage girl was arrested on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of her 16-year old cousin in her family’s apartment in Crown Heights the day before, the authorities said.

The girl, Tiana Browne, 15, of East 21st Street in Brooklyn, is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of Shannon Braithwaite, the police said.

Shannon’s mother, Marva Braithwaite, discovered her daughter’s body about 4:30 p.m. near the entrance of their apartment on Empire Boulevard near Troy Avenue. When she tried to open the door, the path was blocked by her daughter’s body.

Cousin Is Charged in Brooklyn Death

NY Times

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A teenage girl was arrested on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of her 16-year old cousin in her family’s apartment in Crown Heights the day before, the authorities said.

The girl, Tiana Browne, 15, of East 21st Street in Brooklyn, is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of Shannon Braithwaite, the police said.

Shannon’s mother, Marva Braithwaite, discovered her daughter’s body about 4:30 p.m. near the entrance of their apartment on Empire Boulevard near Troy Avenue. When she tried to open the door, the path was blocked by her daughter’s body.

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Havdala in Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Township, New Jersey, directed by Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Chanie Zaklikovsky.

Pictured (left to right) is Matti (4), Rikki (2), Mendel (7), Mrs. Rivka Zaklikowski, Cantor Hersh Yitzchok Reich, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky and Rabbi Avrohom Zaklikowski.

G'mar Chasima Tova!

Picture of the Night! – First Havdala of 5769!

Havdala in Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Township, New Jersey, directed by Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Chanie Zaklikovsky.

Pictured (left to right) is Matti (4), Rikki (2), Mendel (7), Mrs. Rivka Zaklikowski, Cantor Hersh Yitzchok Reich, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky and Rabbi Avrohom Zaklikowski.

G’mar Chasima Tova!

Picture of the Day
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