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Sarah Portlock - The Brooklyn Paper

The window of Congregation B’Nai Avraham was smashed again this week, the latest attack on Rabbi Aaron Raskin’s Remsen Street shul. - The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

BROOKLYN NY — A man broke into an often-attacked Remsen Street synagogue early Monday morning — but this time, it was common thievery, not anti-Semitism that appeared to be on the crook’s mind.

Whew! It wasn’t anti-Semitism at shul – just a regular burglary

Sarah Portlock – The Brooklyn Paper

The window of Congregation B’Nai Avraham was smashed again this week, the latest attack on Rabbi Aaron Raskin’s Remsen Street shul. – The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

BROOKLYN NY — A man broke into an often-attacked Remsen Street synagogue early Monday morning — but this time, it was common thievery, not anti-Semitism that appeared to be on the crook’s mind.

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Mendel Fischer (Montreal, Canada) to Chaya Esther Hildeshaim (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s 1439 President Street
New Engagement!

Binyamin Vishetsky (Kiev, Ukraine) to Mushka Bruk (North Ridge, CA) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 13th, 8:30pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Michel Blotner (Arizona) to Goldie Rosenberg (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 8:00pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
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!
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Within the last few weeks, there have been three unfortunate incidents. Two had fatal outcomes. One, miraculously, did not. These episodes, their causes, and the ensuing response (or lack thereof), have prompted me to write this.

On Thursday, the 6th of Av, a daughter of a Crown Heights family died in her sleep. She overdosed on heroin. On Friday, the 7th of Av, a young man from a frum family in Baltimore was killed in a car accident. Both he and the driver were drunk. On Shabbos, the 23rd of Tammuz, a young man crashed into a bungalow colony and, thank G-d, escaped with minor injuries. He was drunk. The two boys were 16; the girl in her 20s.

Each of these incidents could have, and should have, been avoided. But they weren’t. Sadly, incidents like these will happen again, and again, and again. Unless we do something about it.

Op-Ed: In Response to Tragedy, Lifting Up the Dusty Carpet

Authors Name Withheld Upon Request

Within the last few weeks, there have been three unfortunate incidents. Two had fatal outcomes. One, miraculously, did not. These episodes, their causes, and the ensuing response (or lack thereof), have prompted me to write this.

On Thursday, the 6th of Av, a daughter of a Crown Heights family died in her sleep. She overdosed on heroin. On Friday, the 7th of Av, a young man from a frum family in Baltimore was killed in a car accident. Both he and the driver were drunk. On Shabbos, the 23rd of Tammuz, a young man crashed into a bungalow colony and, thank G-d, escaped with minor injuries. He was drunk. The two boys were 16; the girl in her 20s.

Each of these incidents could have, and should have, been avoided. But they weren’t. Sadly, incidents like these will happen again, and again, and again. Unless we do something about it.

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By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

Georgia's capital city Tbilisi saw aerial bombardments over the weekend after a border conflict erupted into war. (File photo: D. Papuashvili)

As war intensified in Georgia Monday, thousands of Jews in the former Soviet republic adjusted to living in a war zone. With his constituents hunkered down in their homes, the country's chief rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Michaelashvili, announced a three-day blood drive to help the injured.

With Their Country at War, Georgia’s Jewish Community Helping Injured

By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi saw aerial bombardments over the weekend after a border conflict erupted into war. (File photo: D. Papuashvili)

As war intensified in Georgia Monday, thousands of Jews in the former Soviet republic adjusted to living in a war zone. With his constituents hunkered down in their homes, the country’s chief rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Michaelashvili, announced a three-day blood drive to help the injured.

Chabad News

Marking 30 days to Chana’s passing, a special event of commemoration and inspiration honoring Chana will be taking place on Monday, August 11th at 7:00pm for woman and girls in the Bais Rivka Ballroom at 310 Crown Street.

Full flyer in the Extended Article.

Sholoshim for Chana (Raskin) Wolvovsky

Marking 30 days to Chana’s passing, a special event of commemoration and inspiration honoring Chana will be taking place on Monday, August 11th at 7:00pm for woman and girls in the Bais Rivka Ballroom at 310 Crown Street.

Full flyer in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yoel and Chaya (nee Wilhelm) Gancz (Shluchim to West Palm Beach, FL) 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 YORK, NY [AP] — The nation's largest mass transit system can boast a new distinction: A survey shows New York has cooler buses in summer than many U.S. cities.

NYC Transit workers recently took buses' temperature 2,200 times, in the agency's largest such effort to date. Less than 5 percent were considered unacceptably hot — more than 78 degrees.

Riding NYC Buses is ‘Cool’

NEW YORK, NY [AP] — The nation’s largest mass transit system can boast a new distinction: A survey shows New York has cooler buses in summer than many U.S. cities.

NYC Transit workers recently took buses’ temperature 2,200 times, in the agency’s largest such effort to date. Less than 5 percent were considered unacceptably hot — more than 78 degrees.

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Verizon Reaches Deal With Labor Unions, Averts Possible Strike

Verizon workers picketing Friday outside the Verizon switching station on Carroll Street.

NEW YORK, NY [DJ] — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reached an agreement on a new contract covering 65,000 workers Sunday, averting a potentially crippling strike.

The New York telecommunications provider and the Communications Workers of America union, which represents 50,000 workers, struck an agreement after negotiating intensely over the last few weeks, according to a statement from the union. The new contract extends coverage to MCI workers at Verizon Business and converts temporary jobs to permanent ones.

More in the Extended Article.

NYC News

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzchok and Deena (nee Rapoport) Dubov (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Rivka Miriam.

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


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Why We Mourn on Tisha B’Av

Naftali Silberberg – Chabad.org

The fast of Tisha b’Av, the saddest date on the Jewish calendar, is the day which saw the destruction of both Holy Temples, as well as many other tragic events throughout our nation’s tear-soaked galut (exile). A mournful mood is carefully created. We read Jeremiah’s Book of Lamentations and a lengthy collection of elegies which vividly describe all these tragedies, and throughout the day we follow many mourning practices.

Live feed from the Kotel in the Extended Article!

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