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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — I'm a big believer in people — generally prone to see the best and the possible instead of the worst. But even I was surprised by the depth of generosity I witnessed today.

Hershey Fellig, an orthodox Jew from Los Angeles, desperately needed a kidney. Marisa Hester, a Christian mother-of-two from Alabama, gave one to him. The two were complete strangers. Marisa had never even met a Jewish person before. She read about Hershey online and made the selfless decision to help.

Seeing The Best In Society

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — I’m a big believer in people — generally prone to see the best and the possible instead of the worst. But even I was surprised by the depth of generosity I witnessed today.

Hershey Fellig, an orthodox Jew from Los Angeles, desperately needed a kidney. Marisa Hester, a Christian mother-of-two from Alabama, gave one to him. The two were complete strangers. Marisa had never even met a Jewish person before. She read about Hershey online and made the selfless decision to help.

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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)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Paris prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin confirmed the anti-Semitic character of the aggression." Anti-Semitic insults – like “dirty Jew” - were shouted during the aggression, he said.

PARIS, France [EJP] — Five youths detained after a Jewish teenager was beaten into a coma by a gang in Paris have been released without charge, AFP reported Wednesday quoting judicial officials.

The minors, aged 14 to 17, were held for questioning as witnesses following Saturday's attack in the multi-ethnic 19th district of the capital.

Five Youths Released Over Beating of Jewish Teen in Paris

Paris prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin confirmed the anti-Semitic character of the aggression.” Anti-Semitic insults – like “dirty Jew” – were shouted during the aggression, he said.

PARIS, France [EJP] — Five youths detained after a Jewish teenager was beaten into a coma by a gang in Paris have been released without charge, AFP reported Wednesday quoting judicial officials.

The minors, aged 14 to 17, were held for questioning as witnesses following Saturday’s attack in the multi-ethnic 19th district of the capital.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Wednesday Night L’Chaims!

Sholom Eichler (Crown Heights) and Rivka Piamenta (Kfar Chabad) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

Bentzy Geisinsky (Crown Heights) and Mussia Arnov (Paris, France) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Levi Bonnardel (Aventura, FL) and Esti Hershkowitz (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].

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YARDLEY, PA [CHI] — Rabbi Yehuda Shemtov of Yardley, PA recently held a Shabbaton for his community in which over 100 people attended.

The title of the Shabbaton was “Wine, Dine, Touch the Divine”. He brought down a fellow Shliach who has an interesting and very informative wine presentation that combines wine and spirituality.

Shabbaton Entitled “Wine, Dine, Touch the Divine”

YARDLEY, PA [CHI] — Rabbi Yehuda Shemtov of Yardley, PA recently held a Shabbaton for his community in which over 100 people attended.

The title of the Shabbaton was “Wine, Dine, Touch the Divine”. He brought down a fellow Shliach who has an interesting and very informative wine presentation that combines wine and spirituality.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Bentzy Geisinsky (Crown Heights) and Mussia Arnov (Paris, France) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

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Chabad of Thousand Oaks, California was honored to receive a Torah, generously donated by Rabbi Mordechai and Ethel Bryski in memory of their parents (great-grandparents of Rabbi Chaim Bryski, Rabbi of Chabad of Thousand Oaks), survivors of the Holocaust.

This scroll was rescued from the Holocaust as well, and was painstakingly restored before coming to its permanent home at the Thousand Oaks Jewish Center.

Video of the Day! – Dedication of a new Torah!

Chabad of Thousand Oaks, California was honored to receive a Torah, generously donated by Rabbi Mordechai and Ethel Bryski in memory of their parents (great-grandparents of Rabbi Chaim Bryski, Rabbi of Chabad of Thousand Oaks), survivors of the Holocaust.

This scroll was rescued from the Holocaust as well, and was painstakingly restored before coming to its permanent home at the Thousand Oaks Jewish Center.

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200 Attorneys and Judges attend Chabad’s 2nd Annual Jewish Law Symposium

L. to R. Rabbi Shalom Lubin, Executive Director Chabad of SE Morris County, Hon. Barry T. Albin, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Hon. Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ [CHI] — On Tuesday, June 17th, an overflow crowd of 200 attorneys and judges packed The Madison Hotel in Morris Township to attend Chabad of SE Morris County’s 2nd Annual Jewish Law Symposium.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photo By Tom Verniero)

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Bonnardel (Aventura, FL) and Esti Hershkowitz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

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


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Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah Announces this Year’s Talmidim HaShluchim

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This year Chovevei Torah has selected 16 Bochurim who will be dispatched to Yeshivos around the world as Talmidim HaShluchim and will provide more personal attention in the learning environment as well as assist in the Mivtzoim Programs.

Yesterday the Menahel Ruchny R. Kalmen Wienfeld took the list of Bochurim to the Ohel and the Rebbes Room, followed by a meeting with R. Dovid Raskin, Menahel of the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva, who pointed out the Rebbe’s terms for Bochurim going out on Shlichus.

To view the full list of Bochurim click the Extended Article!

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Pat Gee - Star Bulletin

Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson (at right), a visiting emissary for the Chabad Lubavitch in New York, has just wrapped a black leather strap called the “tefillin” around the arm of a man (at left with his son) at the recent Israeli Day Festival. A special prayer, handwritten on parchment, is placed within the tefillin, which Orthodox Jewish men put on every day.

HONOLULU, HI — A young rabbi visiting Hawaii has seen the world’s remote corners as he seeks out Jews. When Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson takes his Torah on the road, there's no place he won't go to minister to Jews.

Have Torah, Will Travel

Pat Gee – Star Bulletin

Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson (at right), a visiting emissary for the Chabad Lubavitch in New York, has just wrapped a black leather strap called the “tefillin” around the arm of a man (at left with his son) at the recent Israeli Day Festival. A special prayer, handwritten on parchment, is placed within the tefillin, which Orthodox Jewish men put on every day.

HONOLULU, HI — A young rabbi visiting Hawaii has seen the world’s remote corners as he seeks out Jews. When Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson takes his Torah on the road, there’s no place he won’t go to minister to Jews.

Merkos Shlichus
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In connection with Gimmel Tammuz ,the following is a beautiful article that was written about the Rebbe in the Jewish Forum titled “Heir to a Noble Tradition” written By Charles Haddock-May, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit www.inspiringageneration.com

"The Chasidic Coronation of young Schneerson, seventh in line of the Chabad dynasty, marks the first event of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

We wish the Rebbe The best in Everything

In connection with Gimmel Tammuz ,the following is a beautiful article that was written about the Rebbe in the Jewish Forum titled “Heir to a Noble Tradition” written By Charles Haddock-May, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit www.inspiringageneration.com

“The Chasidic Coronation of young Schneerson, seventh in line of the Chabad dynasty, marks the first event of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

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By Tamar Runyan

Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger, right, counsels recovering addicts at Montreal's Chabad Project Pride-Centre Lifeline.

MONTREAL , Canada — It's hard for Avraham to speak about his battle with chemical dependency without choking up.

The 26-year-old said that before he came to the Chabad Project Pride-Centre Lifeline in Montreal four months ago, he had almost lost everything. Avraham ñ like all of the recovering addicts interviewed for this article, he preferred that his real name not be used ñ was convinced that his drug addiction had made him incapable of being helped.

Recovering Addicts Tell Stories of Despair and Renewed Hope

By Tamar Runyan

Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger, right, counsels recovering addicts at Montreal’s Chabad Project Pride-Centre Lifeline.

MONTREAL , Canada — It’s hard for Avraham to speak about his battle with chemical dependency without choking up.

The 26-year-old said that before he came to the Chabad Project Pride-Centre Lifeline in Montreal four months ago, he had almost lost everything. Avraham ñ like all of the recovering addicts interviewed for this article, he preferred that his real name not be used ñ was convinced that his drug addiction had made him incapable of being helped.

Shlichus
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FJC.ru
OMSK, Russia — In western Siberia, the Jewish community of Omsk has concluded a summer camp for children in the first through fifth grades at the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School and other state-run schools in the city. This retreat certainly gave the youngsters the opportunity to become better acquainted with Jewish traditions and lifestyle.

Jewish Summer Camp Concludes in West Siberia

FJC.ru

OMSK, Russia — In western Siberia, the Jewish community of Omsk has concluded a summer camp for children in the first through fifth grades at the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School and other state-run schools in the city. This retreat certainly gave the youngsters the opportunity to become better acquainted with Jewish traditions and lifestyle.

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