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The following is a Yechidus with the Rebbe that ranking officer in the IDF, Lt. General Ron Pekar, who served in the air force. He transcribed the audience in his private diary. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

"Battle weary and depressed by the constant fighting, the officer expressed his wish that there be no more combat with enemies. Being realistic, however, and acknowledging that it was highly plausible that there would more conflict, he asked the Rebbe's opinion on whether there would be another war, or whether perhaps the Arabs had been so discouraged, during the Yom Kippur War, that they would never muster the confidence to fight again.

But Rebbe “Why Don’t You Move to Israel?”

The following is a Yechidus with the Rebbe that ranking officer in the IDF, Lt. General Ron Pekar, who served in the air force. He transcribed the audience in his private diary. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

“Battle weary and depressed by the constant fighting, the officer expressed his wish that there be no more combat with enemies. Being realistic, however, and acknowledging that it was highly plausible that there would more conflict, he asked the Rebbe’s opinion on whether there would be another war, or whether perhaps the Arabs had been so discouraged, during the Yom Kippur War, that they would never muster the confidence to fight again.

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New Engagement!

Coby Rosenberg (New Jersey/EY) to Rivka Brown (Manchester, UK)
Baby Boy!

Osher and Esti Gutnick from Remsen Village, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Cozocaru (Montreal, Canada) to Miriam Copeliovitch (S. Paulo, Brazil) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Ari Herzog (Encino, CA) to Mushkie Broshevitzky (Doral, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Small Hall
New Engagement!

Moshe Turk (Chicago, IL) to Chani Rav-Noy (Los Angeles, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Caytak (Ottawa, Canada) to Chanchie Lowenthal (Copenhagen, Denmark) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Nov. 4th, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Yossi Jacobs (Cleveland, OH) to Moussia Shmotkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Dovvi Gopin (Hartford, CT) to Rochelle Katzman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, Nov 9th, 7:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Mendel Belhamon (Cretail, France) to Nechami Malka (Kfar Chabad, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at 4 Rechov Baal Hatanya, Kfar Chabad
New Engagement

Shalom Marton (Beitar, EY) to Chavi Weber (Dnipro, Ukraine)
New Engagement!

Moshe Maness (Crown Heights) to Hinda Mendelow (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Aharon Tzvi and Chana (nee Reich) Altman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Levi and Rochel (nee Wolowik) Engel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Baby Girl!

Eli Nochum and Mushky Baron from Bowie, MD had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Yudi and Chana Gerber from Glen Mills, PA had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Motty and Raizy (nee Konikov) Rosenfeld from Vero Beach, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Youval Hezrony (Roosevelt, NJ) to Estie Green (Lancater, PA) L’Chaim: Monday, Oct. 27th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Schneor and Estie (nee Galperin) Greenberg (Shluchim to Commerce Twp., MI) on the birth of their son.

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

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New Jersey Jewish News

Rabbi Shmaya Galperin, with his wife,
Rochi, is the director of the new Chabad
Jewish Center for Brookdale Community
College students.
HOLMDEL, NJ — In keeping with the Chabad movement’s mission — “to create and increase awareness of Jewish heritage and culture, and to pursue wisdom, understanding, and knowledge” — the Chabad-Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County has established an outreach center for students attending Brookdale Community College.

The new Chabad Jewish Center, which opened in early October, is located in the Holmdel residence of Rabbi Shmaya Galperin, the program director. The center also will schedule activities at locations on BCC’s Lincroft campus on an as-needed basis, Galperin said, adding that a celebration planned for the campus in November will mark the official opening of the center.

Lubavitch House Reaches out to Brookdale Students

New Jersey Jewish News

Rabbi Shmaya Galperin, with his wife,
Rochi, is the director of the new Chabad
Jewish Center for Brookdale Community
College students.

HOLMDEL, NJ — In keeping with the Chabad movement’s mission — “to create and increase awareness of Jewish heritage and culture, and to pursue wisdom, understanding, and knowledge” — the Chabad-Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County has established an outreach center for students attending Brookdale Community College.

The new Chabad Jewish Center, which opened in early October, is located in the Holmdel residence of Rabbi Shmaya Galperin, the program director. The center also will schedule activities at locations on BCC’s Lincroft campus on an as-needed basis, Galperin said, adding that a celebration planned for the campus in November will mark the official opening of the center.

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Sukkos at Chabad of Southgate!

SOUTHGATE, UK [CHI] — Sukkos saw the launch of the Kids Kosher Cooking Club, at Chabad of Southgate. The Sukka was full to capacity, with children rolling pizzas, and then making the appropriate brochos. Outside, children let off steam in the bouncy castle, and calmed down with a variety of exciting crafts.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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DesMoinesRegister

A Somali youth rides his bicycle past Jewish men on their way to evening Yom Kippur services in Postville

POSTVILLE, IA — Imagine this is your hometown, population 2,320, in the middle of hilly Iowa farm country.

People of Postville see a Complicated Picture

DesMoinesRegister

A Somali youth rides his bicycle past Jewish men on their way to evening Yom Kippur services in Postville

POSTVILLE, IA — Imagine this is your hometown, population 2,320, in the middle of hilly Iowa farm country.

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The Love That Shines Through

The New York Times

BAR MITZVAH BOY Jarrett Rattner, held by his father, right, clapping along on his big day.

CHAPPAQUA, NY — In the beginning, Brian and Jaclyn Rattner were focused on what their oldest child, Jarrett, could not do.

He could not talk, could not walk, did not play with toys, did not take to toilet training, missed most developmental milestones. Hoping for a diagnosis and cure, they took him to research centers at Harvard and Yale. Thinking it might be some rare genetic disorder like Tay-Sachs, which disproportionately affects Ashkenazi Jews, they had his blood shipped to Israel for analysis, and flew to England to meet with more specialists.

More in the Extended Article!

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The Rebbe says goodbye to the all the visitors that came to spend the month of Tishrei with him. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

Picture of the Day! – Rebbe Says Goodbye!

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The Rebbe says goodbye to the all the visitors that came to spend the month of Tishrei with him. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

Picture of the Day
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Mazal Tov! – 5 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Eli Bryski (Los Angeles, CA) and Tova Sebbag (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Yossi Witkes (Crown Heights) and Chaya Lever (Sydney, Austrailia) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Noach Merenfeld (North Miami Beach, FL) and Rochel Moskowitz (Sherman Oaks, CA) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Dov Ber Dukes (Coral Springs, FL) and Tzippy Jaffe (S. Paul, MN)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Yoel Nachman Asman (Kiev, Ukraine) and Cheyena Volkov (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 1421 Carroll St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!

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The Crown Heights JCC has once again arranged with the Forestry division of the NYC Parks Dept. to have all the S’chach picked up starting Monday, October 27th until the end of the week.

The Parks Dept. vehicles will be going down every block in the community to pick up the S’chach put out in front of your house along the curbside. The vehicles will be going through the community only one time on a route that has not yet been determined. Therefore we do not know which street will be first and which street second, etc.

PSA: Crown Heights S’Chach Pickup

The Crown Heights JCC has once again arranged with the Forestry division of the NYC Parks Dept. to have all the S’chach picked up starting Monday, October 27th until the end of the week.

The Parks Dept. vehicles will be going down every block in the community to pick up the S’chach put out in front of your house along the curbside. The vehicles will be going through the community only one time on a route that has not yet been determined. Therefore we do not know which street will be first and which street second, etc.

PSA
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By Chana Kroll

An American soldier makes a blessing on the Four Species in a sukkah set up with the help of the Aleph Institute at a base in the Middle East.

Stationed along the Syrian border in a remote region of Iraq, U.S. Marine officer Etan Anthony looked forward each day to those few precious minutes when he could don tefillin and pray the Shema and other parts of the morning service. It gave him a sense of security, of being protected, and affirmed his connection with fellow Jews as he stood guard in hostile territory.

Special Shipments Bring Holiday Cheer to Jewish Soldiers Stationed Abroad

By Chana Kroll

An American soldier makes a blessing on the Four Species in a sukkah set up with the help of the Aleph Institute at a base in the Middle East.

Stationed along the Syrian border in a remote region of Iraq, U.S. Marine officer Etan Anthony looked forward each day to those few precious minutes when he could don tefillin and pray the Shema and other parts of the morning service. It gave him a sense of security, of being protected, and affirmed his connection with fellow Jews as he stood guard in hostile territory.

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Mrs. Aviva Ducat is sitting shiva for her dear father, Califa Shalom Ederi OBM from now through Tuesday morning (8 AM) 10/28/08.

Her address is 1650 President St, Apt 1D, [between Schenectady and Utica Ave], on the right side of the building.

Phone in your condolences to 718-773-3021

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel Mrs. Ducat

Mrs. Aviva Ducat is sitting shiva for her dear father, Califa Shalom Ederi OBM from now through Tuesday morning (8 AM) 10/28/08.

Her address is 1650 President St, Apt 1D, [between Schenectady and Utica Ave], on the right side of the building.

Phone in your condolences to 718-773-3021

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices
NY Post

The 71st Precinct. Illustration Photo.

BROOKLYN, NY — A gang of rogue cops clobbered a Brooklyn man they saw smoking a joint, then violated him with a walkie-talkie antenna during a broad-daylight attack in a subway station, law-enforcement sources and the victim's lawyer said yesterday.

The alleged attack, reminiscent of the 1997 police assault on Abner Louima, put Michael Mineo, 24, in Brookdale Hospital for four days.

71st Precinct Rookies Accused of ‘Violating’ Suspect

NY Post

The 71st Precinct. Illustration Photo.

BROOKLYN, NY — A gang of rogue cops clobbered a Brooklyn man they saw smoking a joint, then violated him with a walkie-talkie antenna during a broad-daylight attack in a subway station, law-enforcement sources and the victim’s lawyer said yesterday.

The alleged attack, reminiscent of the 1997 police assault on Abner Louima, put Michael Mineo, 24, in Brookdale Hospital for four days.

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