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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [NY1] — On Tuesday, Brooklyn marked the 17th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, one of its darkest episodes.

The violence was sparked by the death of a seven-year-old black boy, Gavin Cato, who was hit by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew.

When it was over, 29-year-old rabbinical student Yankel Rosenbaum was dead.

Brooklyn Marks Crown Heights Riot Anniversary

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [NY1] — On Tuesday, Brooklyn marked the 17th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, one of its darkest episodes.

The violence was sparked by the death of a seven-year-old black boy, Gavin Cato, who was hit by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew.

When it was over, 29-year-old rabbinical student Yankel Rosenbaum was dead.

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Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
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Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
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Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
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Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
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Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
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Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
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Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
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Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
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Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM

The last two commandments in the Torah are Hakhel and the need to write a Sefer Torah, indicating a connection between the two. For this reason, with regard to the upcoming year of Hakhel, the Children’s Sefer Torah Committee has decided to launch a registration campaign to increase the number of letters purchased in the Sefer Torah.

180,121 letters still remain to be sold before the fifth Sefer Torah is completed. Since the completion of the first Sefer Torah in 5741, around 40,000 children buy letters each year, which is close to 3,500 children per month.

Hakhel and the Children’s Sefer Torah

The last two commandments in the Torah are Hakhel and the need to write a Sefer Torah, indicating a connection between the two. For this reason, with regard to the upcoming year of Hakhel, the Children’s Sefer Torah Committee has decided to launch a registration campaign to increase the number of letters purchased in the Sefer Torah.

180,121 letters still remain to be sold before the fifth Sefer Torah is completed. Since the completion of the first Sefer Torah in 5741, around 40,000 children buy letters each year, which is close to 3,500 children per month.

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by Yanky Nemon

The word is out that Lubavitch Yeshivas will not allow their bochurim to have cell phones beginning this year. The roshei yeshivos have banded together to ensure every bochur “exclusively dedicate(s himself) to spiritual pursuits and distance(s) himself from any and all distraction.” They announced the new ban to be rid of “a piece of equipment what can potentially undermine everything we stand for.”

Just like the bochurim headed off to yeshiva in a few weeks who are surely questioning the smarts of their roshei yeshiva, perhaps it’s important for the general community to ask the roshei yeshivos if they’re sure of the benefits that they allege this will provide. And that they’re prepared for the consequences and eventualities that this will no doubt cause.

Op-Ed: Cell Phones in Yeshiva: a Demand for Accountability

by Yanky Nemon

The word is out that Lubavitch Yeshivas will not allow their bochurim to have cell phones beginning this year. The roshei yeshivos have banded together to ensure every bochur “exclusively dedicate(s himself) to spiritual pursuits and distance(s) himself from any and all distraction.” They announced the new ban to be rid of “a piece of equipment what can potentially undermine everything we stand for.”

Just like the bochurim headed off to yeshiva in a few weeks who are surely questioning the smarts of their roshei yeshiva, perhaps it’s important for the general community to ask the roshei yeshivos if they’re sure of the benefits that they allege this will provide. And that they’re prepared for the consequences and eventualities that this will no doubt cause.

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by Ben Sherman

WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY [CHI] — Rabbis, CEO's and web programmers gathered yesterday in the offices of Invision CA in Redondo Beach for the launch of www.Friendship1000.com.

The site hopes to show families and children with special needs that people care. The Friendship Circle of West Hempstead has been sending volunteers to the homes of and offering many programs to children with special needs, as well as offering parents the much needed respite. The friendship Circle is not about therapy or doctors, it's all about friendship and love.

Chabad of West Hempstead Launches Friendship 1000

by Ben Sherman

WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY [CHI] — Rabbis, CEO’s and web programmers gathered yesterday in the offices of Invision CA in Redondo Beach for the launch of www.Friendship1000.com.

The site hopes to show families and children with special needs that people care. The Friendship Circle of West Hempstead has been sending volunteers to the homes of and offering many programs to children with special needs, as well as offering parents the much needed respite. The friendship Circle is not about therapy or doctors, it’s all about friendship and love.

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Cell Towers added to roof of 706 Eastern Pkwy

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The rooftop of 706 Eastern Parkway has been a mess of cell phone antennas and towers for quite some time hosting as many as three separate companies equipment up there. Today a crane deployed and added another two truckloads of radio equipment to the roof, and residents are up in arms.

Rooftops have been dubbed as the “landlords gold mines” after they began renting the space out to the cell companies to ‘house’ their communication equipment.

More in the Extended Article.

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ORANGE, CT [CHI] — Beth Chana Academy of Orange, Connecticut and Bnos Chomesh Academey of Valley Stream, Long Island announced today a merger of the two high schools, effective 2008-2009 school year. The combined high school will be housed at the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy campus under the directorship of Rabbi Sheya Hecht; Mrs. Dena Gorkin will serve as principal.

The school will retain the 'Beth Chana Academy' name. The Keren Bnos Chomesh' scholarship fund will be established to help eligible students and their families offset tuition costs.

The schools' merger will enable the two institutions to pool their resources, combine complimentary strengths and create a Chabad high school for girls that will offer the best of both worlds – a small school atmosphere with the vitality and amenities of a large school.

Two Chabad Girls High School to Merge

ORANGE, CT [CHI] — Beth Chana Academy of Orange, Connecticut and Bnos Chomesh Academey of Valley Stream, Long Island announced today a merger of the two high schools, effective 2008-2009 school year. The combined high school will be housed at the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy campus under the directorship of Rabbi Sheya Hecht; Mrs. Dena Gorkin will serve as principal.

The school will retain the ‘Beth Chana Academy’ name. The Keren Bnos Chomesh’ scholarship fund will be established to help eligible students and their families offset tuition costs.

The schools’ merger will enable the two institutions to pool their resources, combine complimentary strengths and create a Chabad high school for girls that will offer the best of both worlds – a small school atmosphere with the vitality and amenities of a large school.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Gila (nee Calef) Kaplan (Passaic, NJ) on the birth of their daughter.

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

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WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn — A 5-year-old Brooklyn boy trying to escape a stuck elevator plunged 10 stories to his death this morning in a Brooklyn housing project, police said.

The boy, Jacob Neuman, and his 8-year-old brother Israel were heading to school when the tragedy occurred just before 9 a.m. in the building, where residents complained of constant problems with the elevators.

More in the Extended Article.

R”L: 5-year-old Brooklyn Boy Dead in Elevator Shaft Plunge

NY Daily News

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn — A 5-year-old Brooklyn boy trying to escape a stuck elevator plunged 10 stories to his death this morning in a Brooklyn housing project, police said.

The boy, Jacob Neuman, and his 8-year-old brother Israel were heading to school when the tragedy occurred just before 9 a.m. in the building, where residents complained of constant problems with the elevators.

More in the Extended Article.

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by M. Phillips - Lubavitch.com

TBILISI, Georgia — Within Georgia's Jewish community, many have fled to Tbilisi, others got aboard planes evacuating Jews to Israel, and still others, on vacation in other parts of Georgia when the fighting erupted, cannot get back to Tbilisi.

Tbilisi’s Jews Anxious But Hopeful

by M. Phillips – Lubavitch.com

TBILISI, Georgia — Within Georgia’s Jewish community, many have fled to Tbilisi, others got aboard planes evacuating Jews to Israel, and still others, on vacation in other parts of Georgia when the fighting erupted, cannot get back to Tbilisi.

Jewish News

PALM BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Mikvahs for the physically challenged are nearing completion, and interest is not only being expressed by residents of Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties , but also from women as far away as Georgia and Texas.

Since construction began, we have heard from cancer patients, women with multiple sclerosis, and other forms of paralysis, who are overwhelmed with our vision, and who have refrained from using a Mikvah in the past, due to the lack of a proper facility that enables them to perform this Mitzvah with the dignity and the privacy that they require. Only a handful of such Mikvahs exist today in the United States.

Mikvahs for the Physically Challenged

PALM BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Mikvahs for the physically challenged are nearing completion, and interest is not only being expressed by residents of Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties , but also from women as far away as Georgia and Texas.

Since construction began, we have heard from cancer patients, women with multiple sclerosis, and other forms of paralysis, who are overwhelmed with our vision, and who have refrained from using a Mikvah in the past, due to the lack of a proper facility that enables them to perform this Mitzvah with the dignity and the privacy that they require. Only a handful of such Mikvahs exist today in the United States.

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By Tal Dvir, Haaretz Correspondent

BEIJING, China — There is one man at the Beijing Olympic village who is not officially classified as an athlete, but runs as many kilometers as the competitors. He too began preparing for the Olympics many years ago and he too has put forth a lot of effort. He's running a “relay race” which he has not yet completed. “It was more than worth it,” the man who was appointed “Beijing's Olympic rabbi” told Haaretz on Monday.

Olympic Rabbi runs a Spiritual Marathon at Beijing Games

By Tal Dvir, Haaretz Correspondent

BEIJING, China — There is one man at the Beijing Olympic village who is not officially classified as an athlete, but runs as many kilometers as the competitors. He too began preparing for the Olympics many years ago and he too has put forth a lot of effort. He’s running a “relay race” which he has not yet completed. “It was more than worth it,” the man who was appointed “Beijing’s Olympic rabbi” told Haaretz on Monday.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [NYDN] — Cops released video on Monday capturing a cruel punk's attack on an 85-year-old Brooklyn woman — and she's not his only victim.

The surveillance video shows the robber following Lilian France into the elevator of a Crown Heights building, stalking her into a hallway and then choking her from behind.

France waved her arms, desperately trying to throw off her attacker.

Thug Caught on Camera Beating 85-year-old Brklyn Woman

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [NYDN] — Cops released video on Monday capturing a cruel punk’s attack on an 85-year-old Brooklyn woman — and she’s not his only victim.

The surveillance video shows the robber following Lilian France into the elevator of a Crown Heights building, stalking her into a hallway and then choking her from behind.

France waved her arms, desperately trying to throw off her attacker.

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New EDP ‘Blackmails’ A Kingston Avenue Store

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A bizarre call came into the Shomrim hotline this morning, Monday. A person walked into Judaica World and refused to leave the store unless he was ‘paid’ to do so. A number of Shomrim members responded and after searching for him briefly, they found him in front of the store.

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Denesha Whyte - Antigua SUN

ST JOHNS, Antigua — Two Rabbis; Yosef Chaim Laima Barber and Moshe Katz are visiting Antigua and Barbuda under an annual Jewish outreach programme.

The programme falls under the umbrella of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which is geared at bringing Jews closer to their heritage.

Rabbis Hold Outreach in Antigua

Denesha Whyte – Antigua SUN

ST JOHNS, Antigua — Two Rabbis; Yosef Chaim Laima Barber and Moshe Katz are visiting Antigua and Barbuda under an annual Jewish outreach programme.

The programme falls under the umbrella of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which is geared at bringing Jews closer to their heritage.

Merkos Shlichus
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