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DONETSK, Ukraine — In the lead-up to the Day of Catastrophe and Heroism, which is marked in Ukraine in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk hosted a solemn meeting.

Multiple Jewish organizations operating in this industrial region united forces with local authorities to organize this event. Among them were the Jewish community of Donetsk - a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine - the regional Chesed, the 'Ukraine-Israel' Society, the Donetsk City Administration, and the Regional Administration.

Donetsk Citizens Commemorate Holocaust Victims

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DONETSK, Ukraine — In the lead-up to the Day of Catastrophe and Heroism, which is marked in Ukraine in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk hosted a solemn meeting.

Multiple Jewish organizations operating in this industrial region united forces with local authorities to organize this event. Among them were the Jewish community of Donetsk – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – the regional Chesed, the ‘Ukraine-Israel’ Society, the Donetsk City Administration, and the Regional Administration.

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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)
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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
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)

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly Green (S. Diego, CA) and Rebbeca Rosenberg (Ventura, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at the Rosenthal’s, 1346 Carroll St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that Crown Heights store owners will not be making the Mishpacha Magazine available for sale this week, this in response to the attack the magazine published on Chabad in an interview.

The stores participating are Kahan’s, Kol-tuv/Empire Kosher, Post-Mark-It and The Shuk.

Mishpacha Magazine not Available in Crown Hts

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that Crown Heights store owners will not be making the Mishpacha Magazine available for sale this week, this in response to the attack the magazine published on Chabad in an interview.

The stores participating are Kahan’s, Kol-tuv/Empire Kosher, Post-Mark-It and The Shuk.

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Accident Causes SUV Rollover

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A loud crash rang though the intersection of Empire Boulevard and Kingston Avenue at around 12:15am last night. According to witnesses the blue Ford SUV was seen crossing the intersection at a high speed when a white sedan hit the SUV in its rear, spinning it out of control then rolling over and coming to a rest on its roof.

Pictures and Video in the Extended Article

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By Rabbi Zalman Lewis - NewStatesman

Rabbi Zalman Lewis
Walking down Western Road in Central Brighton on a Friday night often attracts surprised looks, as revellers are taken aback by the sight of a bearded rabbi clad in black, usually flanked by a few Kippah-wearing guests. To me, the surprised looks are not unusual. In fact, I often get similar astonishment from residents of my home community in Stamford Hill, when they learn that I live and work in Brighton.

Although Brighton is only 50 odd miles south of ‘home’, Passover in Brighton is worlds apart from the experience I had when I was growing up at home. That’s not to say that the rituals or meaning have been altered, on the contrary, to me things are very much the same, yet altogether different at the same time. At my father’s Seder table, one could not help but notice my father’s passion for education, as he engaged us kids in lengthy conversation about the slavery and exodus. Time stood still at those Seders, and I often find myself wandering down memory lane, as I picture my late Bubba expertly pouring the contents of Elijah’s cup back into the wine decanter. The ritual, accompanied by a moving melody, was often held somewhere between three and four in the morning.

From North London to Brighton via New Zealand

By Rabbi Zalman Lewis – NewStatesman

Rabbi Zalman Lewis

Walking down Western Road in Central Brighton on a Friday night often attracts surprised looks, as revellers are taken aback by the sight of a bearded rabbi clad in black, usually flanked by a few Kippah-wearing guests. To me, the surprised looks are not unusual. In fact, I often get similar astonishment from residents of my home community in Stamford Hill, when they learn that I live and work in Brighton.

Although Brighton is only 50 odd miles south of ‘home’, Passover in Brighton is worlds apart from the experience I had when I was growing up at home. That’s not to say that the rituals or meaning have been altered, on the contrary, to me things are very much the same, yet altogether different at the same time. At my father’s Seder table, one could not help but notice my father’s passion for education, as he engaged us kids in lengthy conversation about the slavery and exodus. Time stood still at those Seders, and I often find myself wandering down memory lane, as I picture my late Bubba expertly pouring the contents of Elijah’s cup back into the wine decanter. The ritual, accompanied by a moving melody, was often held somewhere between three and four in the morning.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Isroel Lubecki (Paris, France) and Bracha (bas R Yitzchok) Gabbay (Paris, France) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at 742 Montgomery St, Apt 5E, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

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By Tamar Runyan

Jewish students at the University of
Georgia sit down for a Tuesday dinner
and Kabbalah class taught by Rabbi
Michoel Refson, co-director of the
campus-based Chabad House.
ATHENS, GA — Most capital campaigns take some time, but when Rabbi Michoel and Chana Refson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch serving the University of Georgia, approached supporters about purchasing a vacated bank as the new home for their three-year-old Chabad House, they raised the money in just six weeks.

With the deal on the building done, thanks in large part to a generous grant from the Rohr Family Foundation arranged by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, chairman of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation and vice chairman of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Refsons have now turned their sights to the necessary renovations. After another round of fundraising for that project, they hope students will be able to use the facility – just a hop, skip and a jump from the Athens, Ga., school's freshman dormitories, football stadium, and track field, and just across the street from the local chapter of Sigma Delta Tau, a Jewish sorority – by September.

Students Rave About New Center Coming to University of Georgia

By Tamar Runyan

Jewish students at the University of
Georgia sit down for a Tuesday dinner
and Kabbalah class taught by Rabbi
Michoel Refson, co-director of the
campus-based Chabad House.

ATHENS, GA — Most capital campaigns take some time, but when Rabbi Michoel and Chana Refson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch serving the University of Georgia, approached supporters about purchasing a vacated bank as the new home for their three-year-old Chabad House, they raised the money in just six weeks.

With the deal on the building done, thanks in large part to a generous grant from the Rohr Family Foundation arranged by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, chairman of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation and vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Refsons have now turned their sights to the necessary renovations. After another round of fundraising for that project, they hope students will be able to use the facility – just a hop, skip and a jump from the Athens, Ga., school’s freshman dormitories, football stadium, and track field, and just across the street from the local chapter of Sigma Delta Tau, a Jewish sorority – by September.

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Mazal Tov! – Its Twins Boys!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Schneur and Shternie (nee Solomon) Mockin (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their twin baby boys!

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

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Tania Valdemoro - Miami Herald

Karl and Harriet Kritz of Miami Beach help Torah scribe Rabbi Yochanon Klein write the first letters of a new scroll at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center on Sunday. The new Torah will replace the one lost after a fire at the Chabad Shul in Miami Beach.

Scores of people gathered Sunday to collect money for a new Torah for Miami Beach's Chabad Shul, which was damaged in a suspicious fire last month. Its Torah was apparently stolen.

MIAMI BEACH, FL — With a goose quill in his hand and a black ink pot at his side, a young New York rabbi Sunday began writing the words of the Hebrew Bible on parchment, the first step in a long rehabilitation for Orthodox Jews whose synagogue burned down last month in a suspicious fire.

Miami Beach Synagogue’s Lost Torah to be Replaced

Tania Valdemoro – Miami Herald

Karl and Harriet Kritz of Miami Beach help Torah scribe Rabbi Yochanon Klein write the first letters of a new scroll at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center on Sunday. The new Torah will replace the one lost after a fire at the Chabad Shul in Miami Beach.

Scores of people gathered Sunday to collect money for a new Torah for Miami Beach’s Chabad Shul, which was damaged in a suspicious fire last month. Its Torah was apparently stolen.

MIAMI BEACH, FL — With a goose quill in his hand and a black ink pot at his side, a young New York rabbi Sunday began writing the words of the Hebrew Bible on parchment, the first step in a long rehabilitation for Orthodox Jews whose synagogue burned down last month in a suspicious fire.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nechemia and Rivky (nee Roitblat) Tenenbaum (Crown Heights) 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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Rav Yisroel Belsky (inset), on the background of Mishpacha magazines on sale in a Crown Heights store.

In an article entitled “Rav Miller, Rav Heinemann and Rav Belsky on the Burning Issues in the Charaeidi Community” which was published last week, the author of the article, M. Yaffe presented a very biased and slanted question to the Rabbis, each of which responded in their own way, yet Rav Belsky chose to use the opportunity to viciously attack Chabad.

It is interesting to note that this Rav Belsky actively fought against Tanya Shiurim in his yeshiva, Torah Vodaath while other noted Roshai Yeshivas in the Litvish world, such as Rav Pam, supported it. Comments such as these, filled with so much Sinas Yisroel, bring into question Rav Belskys authority as a Posek and “Rav Hamchsir” for such a largh kashrus organization, such as the OU.

Read the question and the Rabbis answer in the Extended Article.

Mishpacha Magazine Publishes Attack on Chabad from Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath & Senior Posek for the OU’s Kashrus Division, Rav Yisroel Belsky

Rav Yisroel Belsky (inset), on the background of Mishpacha magazines on sale in a Crown Heights store.

In an article entitled “Rav Miller, Rav Heinemann and Rav Belsky on the Burning Issues in the Charaeidi Community” which was published last week, the author of the article, M. Yaffe presented a very biased and slanted question to the Rabbis, each of which responded in their own way, yet Rav Belsky chose to use the opportunity to viciously attack Chabad.

It is interesting to note that this Rav Belsky actively fought against Tanya Shiurim in his yeshiva, Torah Vodaath while other noted Roshai Yeshivas in the Litvish world, such as Rav Pam, supported it. Comments such as these, filled with so much Sinas Yisroel, bring into question Rav Belskys authority as a Posek and “Rav Hamchsir” for such a largh kashrus organization, such as the OU.

Read the question and the Rabbis answer in the Extended Article.

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Not sure what tonight’s Sfiras Haomer is? In keeping with their long history of being at the cutting edge of technology, Chabad.org launched a new free service that reminds you of what tonight’s Sfiras Haomer is via text message.

It’s real simple and easy!

Instructions in the Extended Article!

Not Sure What Tonight’s Sfiras Haomer Is? Now it’s a TXT MSG Away!

Not sure what tonight’s Sfiras Haomer is? In keeping with their long history of being at the cutting edge of technology, Chabad.org launched a new free service that reminds you of what tonight’s Sfiras Haomer is via text message.

It’s real simple and easy!

Instructions in the Extended Article!

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