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By Yanky
The scandal is all over the Jewish blogosphere and it’s the word in streets and shops in Jewish neighborhoods throughout the country: the Rubashkin “animal house of horrors” has finally been exposed. After a raid by customs enforcement officials over two weeks ago, allegations and rumors abound about the country’s largest Kosher meat plant, forcing the Jewish community to think captiously about the food they’re eating. Responding to the allegations, certain elements and groups are calling for an outright boycott of all Rubashkin products based on their violation of “American and Torah law.” On ethical grounds these groups claim that we should not eat meat which was produced under unlawful and dangerous conditions- especially because the owners are Orthodox Jews and the meat Kosher, an icon of humaneness and justice.

Op-Ed: Reacting to the Rubashkin Imbroglio

By Yanky

The scandal is all over the Jewish blogosphere and it’s the word in streets and shops in Jewish neighborhoods throughout the country: the Rubashkin “animal house of horrors” has finally been exposed. After a raid by customs enforcement officials over two weeks ago, allegations and rumors abound about the country’s largest Kosher meat plant, forcing the Jewish community to think captiously about the food they’re eating. Responding to the allegations, certain elements and groups are calling for an outright boycott of all Rubashkin products based on their violation of “American and Torah law.” On ethical grounds these groups claim that we should not eat meat which was produced under unlawful and dangerous conditions- especially because the owners are Orthodox Jews and the meat Kosher, an icon of humaneness and justice.

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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)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
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

Israel’s Chief Rabbi Visits Ohel

QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar visited the Ohel this morning. He was there for about an hour and a half and was accompanied by Rabbi Leibel Zeintz from Brazil, Rabbi Avrohom Hecht and a number of Jewish  businessmen, including Mr Jack Avital, one of the foremost leaders of the Syrian Jewish community in North America.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Alon Zak (Toronto, Canada) and Orlie Schuller (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

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

Mazel Tov's
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Lag Ba’Omer Parade in Albany

ALBANY , NY [CHI] — The Parade theme is the Mishna in Eilu-Dvarim, each class did a theme (on hats, banners, signs..) of honoring parents, bringing peace between people, visiting the sick, welcoming guests, helping brides… led by a giant Torah float and the Maimonides Albany Mesivta Marching Band, who trained just for this occasion. The drummers had a lively beat, interspersed with a rendition of Napoleon’s March led by their drumming teacher Mr. Jeff Belding.

More in the Extended Article!

Chabad News
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Itchy and Goldy (nee Shemtov) Grossbaum (Crown Heights) 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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By Tamar Runyan

The children of Rome's Gan Chaya preschool put on a musical performance for special visitor Rabbi Bernard Lander. (Photo: Chabad.it)

ROME, Italy — The children of Rome's Gan Chaya preschool serenaded renowned educator Rabbi Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College.

Touro College Founder Lauds Jewish Preschool in Rome

By Tamar Runyan

The children of Rome’s Gan Chaya preschool put on a musical performance for special visitor Rabbi Bernard Lander. (Photo: Chabad.it)

ROME, Italy — The children of Rome’s Gan Chaya preschool serenaded renowned educator Rabbi Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College.

Shlichus

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuli and Chana (nee Levin) Novack (Shluchim to Jacksonville, FL) on the birth of their son.

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

Mazel Tov's

The International Moshiach Campaign is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative: The Yom Tov Lecture Series. This new program will feature well laid and thought out shiurim that can be given at every Yom Tov. Each of these classes connects the current Yom Tov and its unique connections to Moshiach. The classes are intriguing and thought provoking.

Shluchim: Yom Tov Shiurim Series


The International Moshiach Campaign is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative: The Yom Tov Lecture Series. This new program will feature well laid and thought out shiurim that can be given at every Yom Tov. Each of these classes connects the current Yom Tov and its unique connections to Moshiach. The classes are intriguing and thought provoking.

PSA

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalmy and Dassie (nee Frimerman) Shneur (Crown Heights) 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
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MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — On Wednesday afternoon, Rabbi Leibel Kaplan, Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Montreal distributed prizes to all the Bochurim who had learned Blatt Gemara Baal Peh during the year. Hatomim Yehoshua Heshel Mishulovin was presented with a check for $4,000 in recognition of his competing the entire Mesechtas Bava Basra, including Rashi and Tosfos.

Bochur Awarded $4000 for Gemara Baal Peh

MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — On Wednesday afternoon, Rabbi Leibel Kaplan, Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Montreal distributed prizes to all the Bochurim who had learned Blatt Gemara Baal Peh during the year. Hatomim Yehoshua Heshel Mishulovin was presented with a check for $4,000 in recognition of his competing the entire Mesechtas Bava Basra, including Rashi and Tosfos.

Chabad News
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KSCVK’s Third Annual ‘Ice Cream Social’!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Yesterday, Tuesday evening, Keren Simchas Chosson VeKallah held its third annual ‘Ice Cream Social’. Many women and girls baked cakes that were displayed for all to see, and then the participating audience was able to ‘bid’ on the cakes Chinese auction style. There were over 50 cakes on display.

An extensive gallery of all the beautiful cakes along with a list of the cakes and the amounts they were auctioned off for can be seen in the Extended Article! (Pictures by Mendy Bleier – (718) 953-0023)

Crown Heights News
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Kehos is Not Closing Down

Zelig Abramson – Shturem.net

The facade of the Kehos building during the Hei Teves Sale – Illustration Photo

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Report appeared that the Kehos store on Eastern Pkwy is in danger of closing down is false, misleading and slanted, according to Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg, manager of the store.

Rabbi Holtzberg spoke with Shturem a little while ago and was furious. “It’s a cheap lie,” he said. You can see the whole thing was staged. They sent a photographer to photograph when there were no books on the shelves. The photographer himself could have emptied one of the shelves so he could take a picture of an empty shelve and say the store is closing down.

Crown Heights News
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The following is a beautiful article that was written By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, about the Rebbe's affect on world Jewry and Chabad's work around the world. The article was published in the London Jewish Chronicle February 1, 1980. It's an excerpt from the New Book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” to see more on the book visit: www.inspiringageneration.com

"The Rebbe is a revolutionary. He has enthroned Chasidic philosophy not as one of the limbs, but as the heart of Judaism. He is a systematic and conceptual thinker on the largest scale. And, more than anything, he continually drives together the highest abstract truth and the most specific call for action, spanning the continuum of the whole range of Jewish study.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe is a Revolutionary Man

The following is a beautiful article that was written By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, about the Rebbe’s affect on world Jewry and Chabad’s work around the world. The article was published in the London Jewish Chronicle February 1, 1980. It’s an excerpt from the New Book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” to see more on the book visit: www.inspiringageneration.com

“The Rebbe is a revolutionary. He has enthroned Chasidic philosophy not as one of the limbs, but as the heart of Judaism. He is a systematic and conceptual thinker on the largest scale. And, more than anything, he continually drives together the highest abstract truth and the most specific call for action, spanning the continuum of the whole range of Jewish study.

Something Jewish
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