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By Yair Ettinger for Haaretz

Shneur Jacobs of Burlington, VT at the Online School for Young Shluchim

Hundreds of children and teachers from all over the world come to this school every morning. After entering the building, they proceed down a long corridor from which girls split into one classroom and boys into another.

A picture of the late Menachem M. Schneerson hangs on the wall and the blackboard is inscribed with the motto “We Want Moshiach Now!”

Haaretz on the Growing Young Shluchim Online School

By Yair Ettinger for Haaretz

Shneur Jacobs of Burlington, VT at the Online School for Young Shluchim

Hundreds of children and teachers from all over the world come to this school every morning. After entering the building, they proceed down a long corridor from which girls split into one classroom and boys into another.

A picture of the late Menachem M. Schneerson hangs on the wall and the blackboard is inscribed with the motto “We Want Moshiach Now!”

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Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
Baby Boy!

Menachem and Rivka (nee Kamnitzer) Rotenberg from East Flatbush had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 663 Lenox Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Kamman (Toronto, Canada) Miriam Prus (Doylestown, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Shmuel Rosenblatt (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Twersky (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Dovid Lifchitz (Boise, Idaho) to Mussie Moscowitz (Bucktown, IL)
New Engagement!

Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
By Nati Toker for Haaretz

New York's Madison Square Garden is used to hosting the home games of the New York Knicks and concerts by performers like Paul McCartney and Bryan Adams. But on a cool night in early March, the hall was filled with thousands of young skullcap-wearing men and ultra-Orthodox women in wigs, who listened and cheered to the strains of Hasidic music.

Starring at the event were singers Mordechai Ben David, Lipa Schmeltzer and Dedi Graucher. The three sang their top hits, based on words from Jewish sources. A similar event was supposed to be held last year before Purim, but a delegation of Israeli Haredi activists turned to the major ultra-Orthodox rabbis and even sent representatives to the homes of rabbis in the United States, to convince them to issue a ban on the performance; the efforts were successful.

The New Black Music – A Look into the Jewish Music

By Nati Toker for Haaretz

New York’s Madison Square Garden is used to hosting the home games of the New York Knicks and concerts by performers like Paul McCartney and Bryan Adams. But on a cool night in early March, the hall was filled with thousands of young skullcap-wearing men and ultra-Orthodox women in wigs, who listened and cheered to the strains of Hasidic music.

Starring at the event were singers Mordechai Ben David, Lipa Schmeltzer and Dedi Graucher. The three sang their top hits, based on words from Jewish sources. A similar event was supposed to be held last year before Purim, but a delegation of Israeli Haredi activists turned to the major ultra-Orthodox rabbis and even sent representatives to the homes of rabbis in the United States, to convince them to issue a ban on the performance; the efforts were successful.

Jewish News

NPR Radio Reporting at Birchas Hachama in Maryland

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GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Over 150 people attended the Birchas Hachama ceremony at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, including a reporter from NPR news. In attendance was Gaithersburg Council Member Ryan Spegal who also took part at the burning the Chometz.

Few More Pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Ben Harris for the JTA
Here the Rebbe is enjoining his flock:
Don’t convince yourself that you can live off the fat of the land and reside in these few blocks. Here you have radio and television, fresh milk every day, you can shower twice a day; there is no shortage of kosher milk and kosher bread, and you can serve God here and remain here. Listen! There is a ‘desolate land,’ which is thus far undeveloped spiritually. There are Jews there who don’t even know that they lack anything. You had the unearned privilege to be brought up with Torah and mitzvahs: ‘How lucky we are, how good is our lot.’ Be there for a day, a week, a month, a year, ten years. You won’t have nice clothes and a comfortable home? The Jews in the places you are going also manage without them. Why should you be better? Perhaps they’re better than you. If you have not used your treasures for this, it must bother you. And if you are not pained, then you are lacking in your love of God.
The quote appears in a lengthy piece in New York magazine that, aside from being a pretty astonishing piece of writing, offers the fullest portrait of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries killed in Mumbai in November, ever committed to print.

The Secret to Chabad Shlichus Success

By Ben Harris for the JTA

Here the Rebbe is enjoining his flock:

Don’t convince yourself that you can live off the fat of the land and reside in these few blocks. Here you have radio and television, fresh milk every day, you can shower twice a day; there is no shortage of kosher milk and kosher bread, and you can serve God here and remain here. Listen! There is a ‘desolate land,’ which is thus far undeveloped spiritually. There are Jews there who don’t even know that they lack anything. You had the unearned privilege to be brought up with Torah and mitzvahs: ‘How lucky we are, how good is our lot.’ Be there for a day, a week, a month, a year, ten years. You won’t have nice clothes and a comfortable home? The Jews in the places you are going also manage without them. Why should you be better? Perhaps they’re better than you. If you have not used your treasures for this, it must bother you. And if you are not pained, then you are lacking in your love of God.

The quote appears in a lengthy piece in New York magazine that, aside from being a pretty astonishing piece of writing, offers the fullest portrait of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries killed in Mumbai in November, ever committed to print.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This thief couldn’t get any dumber. First he breaks into a car on Eastern Parkway in front of three witnesses, then attempted to evade capture by knocking on doors, asking to be let in for a glass of water because he was thirsty.

The thief, a Black male in his 30’s, approached a white sedan parked in the service lane on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue at approximately 9:30pm. He smashed the drivers window of the car, reached in a took a bag, a GPS navigation unit and other assorted items. He then casually walked away, towards Albany Avenue.

More in the Extended Article.

Dumb Thief Nabbed after Robbing Car on Eastern Parkway

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This thief couldn’t get any dumber. First he breaks into a car on Eastern Parkway in front of three witnesses, then attempted to evade capture by knocking on doors, asking to be let in for a glass of water because he was thirsty.

The thief, a Black male in his 30’s, approached a white sedan parked in the service lane on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue at approximately 9:30pm. He smashed the drivers window of the car, reached in a took a bag, a GPS navigation unit and other assorted items. He then casually walked away, towards Albany Avenue.

More in the Extended Article.

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Chol Hamoed Pesach Shiurim

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This past Sunday afternoon there were special shiurim in Kolel Menachem. Rabbi Leibel Altein and Rabbi Shlomo Segal spoke about Pesach subjects in Niglah and Chassidus. On Monday evening the Shiurim continued with Rabbi Osdoba and Rabbi Blooming beginning with Minchah and ending with Maariv at 8:00 pm.

There will be a Shiur today, Tuesday at 12:00pm at Kolel Menachem, 1483 Union St [corner Kingston Ave] with Rabbi Berel Levine. All men are welcome to attend.

Few More Pictures in Extended Article!

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By Chana Kroll and Joshua Runyan

Tires burn on a central Bangkok street Monday.

BANGKOK — Jewish travelers in Thailand this Passover season found themselves navigating between Thai New Year’s celebrations and the far more serious – and at times violent – anti-government protests taking place just blocks away.

Thousands of Pesach Celebrants Ride Out Thai Protests

By Chana Kroll and Joshua Runyan

Tires burn on a central Bangkok street Monday.

BANGKOK — Jewish travelers in Thailand this Passover season found themselves navigating between Thai New Year’s celebrations and the far more serious – and at times violent – anti-government protests taking place just blocks away.

Jewish News
By Bill Sanderson and Amber Sutherland for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — You can't hang up on the taxman.

Eleven federal, state and city levies add as much as 33 percent to the cost of New Yorkers' cellphones, a Post analysis found.

Insane Government Cell Phone Tax Grab in New York

By Bill Sanderson and Amber Sutherland for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — You can’t hang up on the taxman.

Eleven federal, state and city levies add as much as 33 percent to the cost of New Yorkers’ cellphones, a Post analysis found.

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UKRAINE — Almost 20 years after the collapse of Communism, numerous bakeries have sprung up all across the former Soviet Union, where Jewish communities collectively hand bake the traditional unleavened Passover bread known as matzah.

Students Make Their Own Matzah in Ukraine

UKRAINE — Almost 20 years after the collapse of Communism, numerous bakeries have sprung up all across the former Soviet Union, where Jewish communities collectively hand bake the traditional unleavened Passover bread known as matzah.

Shlichus
By Andy Soltis for the New York Post

WASHINGTON — President Obama's science adviser said yesterday the United States is considering extreme measures to defeat global warming — such as shooting pollutants miles above the Earth to block the sun's rays.

John Holdren said the bizarre step — described by fellow scientists as creating an artificial volcano in the sky — would be used only as a last resort.

Obama Adviser: I Want to Block Sun

By Andy Soltis for the New York Post

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s science adviser said yesterday the United States is considering extreme measures to defeat global warming — such as shooting pollutants miles above the Earth to block the sun’s rays.

John Holdren said the bizarre step — described by fellow scientists as creating an artificial volcano in the sky — would be used only as a last resort.

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NEW YORK [AP] — New York state is making it simpler to get transportation information. Commuters and other travelers can dial 511 for updates in their area. They also can visit www.511ny.org.

The 511 service ties together information from numerous agencies. Topics include commuter and subway service, road conditions, buses, ferries, carpools and vanpools.

New Yorkers Can Now Call 511 For Travel Info

NEW YORK [AP] — New York state is making it simpler to get transportation information. Commuters and other travelers can dial 511 for updates in their area. They also can visit www.511ny.org.

The 511 service ties together information from numerous agencies. Topics include commuter and subway service, road conditions, buses, ferries, carpools and vanpools.

NYC News

Illustration Photo - Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus preparing for a Seder

TASHKENT [FJC] — This year, the Jewish community of Tashkent hosted what turned out to be the largest Passover (Pesach) Seder in the CIS this year. More than 650 Jews participated in the event, which was organized by Rabbi Avraham Dovid Kolton, a Chabad Lubavitch emissary serving in the region, and his wife Chana Kolton. Another 500 Jews took part in a number of separate Seders, held in various cities across Uzbekistan.

Over 650 Jews Attend Chabad Seder in the FSU

Illustration Photo – Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus preparing for a Seder

TASHKENT [FJC] — This year, the Jewish community of Tashkent hosted what turned out to be the largest Passover (Pesach) Seder in the CIS this year. More than 650 Jews participated in the event, which was organized by Rabbi Avraham Dovid Kolton, a Chabad Lubavitch emissary serving in the region, and his wife Chana Kolton. Another 500 Jews took part in a number of separate Seders, held in various cities across Uzbekistan.

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