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By Vanessa Weber for The Saratogian

Saratoga Springs, NY — Despite the small boy on his shoulders, the young girl in his arms and two other small chil­dren Hutching his shirt, Rabbi Abba Rubin of the downtown Saratoga Springs Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue managed to pause and chat with vendors, musicians and those who came to Congress Park for the fourth- annual Shalom Festival Sunday,

More in the Extended Article!

Saratoga Chabad says ‘Shalom’ in Congress Park

By Vanessa Weber for The Saratogian

Saratoga Springs, NY — Despite the small boy on his shoulders, the young girl in his arms and two other small chil­dren Hutching his shirt, Rabbi Abba Rubin of the downtown Saratoga Springs Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue managed to pause and chat with vendors, musicians and those who came to Congress Park for the fourth- annual Shalom Festival Sunday,

More in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
CBS2

Slaotsburg, NY — Every summer there's an interesting sight on the New York State Thruway: dozens of men gathering to pray on public property in Sloatsburg.

Which leads some to wonder, Is there more than meets the eye? And why are state officials concerned?

Prayer Gathering On Thruway Concerns Officials

CBS2

Slaotsburg, NY — Every summer there’s an interesting sight on the New York State Thruway: dozens of men gathering to pray on public property in Sloatsburg.

Which leads some to wonder, Is there more than meets the eye? And why are state officials concerned?

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Kris Hilgedick - News Tribune
Young rabbis Moishe Raksin, left, and Shneur Pruss, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., are spending the week visiting Jewish inmates in Missouri prisons. The two rabbis are affiliated with the Aleph Institute. (Kelley McCall/News Tribune photo)

Jefferson City, MO — Two newly ordained rabbis from Brooklyn, N.Y., traversed Missouri this week, seeking to make contact with every Jewish person in the state's prison system.

Young rabbis visiting Jews in Midwest prisons

Kris Hilgedick – News Tribune
Young rabbis Moishe Raksin, left, and Shneur Pruss, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., are spending the week visiting Jewish inmates in Missouri prisons. The two rabbis are affiliated with the Aleph Institute. (Kelley McCall/News Tribune photo)

Jefferson City, MO — Two newly ordained rabbis from Brooklyn, N.Y., traversed Missouri this week, seeking to make contact with every Jewish person in the state’s prison system.

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by Raanan Geberer - The Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn, NY — Back in the early 1980s, this reporter worked as a housing assistant, or management assistant, on the “Brooklyn Team” of the New York City Housing Authority’s Section 8 program, a federally sponsored program in which the authority pays part of the rent for low-income tenants in private housing.

In those days, the place was hopping — tenants and prospective tenants came in every day, check after check was sent to landlords, new staff were added constantly out of necessity. Our tenant base had many immigrants, especially from Russia; many minority groups, especially Caribbean and Hispanic; and many, many seniors. Among the “big” Section 8 areas were Flatbush, Bed-Stuy, Coney Island, East New York, Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach.

Section 8 Program Gets a New Lease on Life

by Raanan Geberer – The Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn, NY — Back in the early 1980s, this reporter worked as a housing assistant, or management assistant, on the “Brooklyn Team” of the New York City Housing Authority’s Section 8 program, a federally sponsored program in which the authority pays part of the rent for low-income tenants in private housing.

In those days, the place was hopping — tenants and prospective tenants came in every day, check after check was sent to landlords, new staff were added constantly out of necessity. Our tenant base had many immigrants, especially from Russia; many minority groups, especially Caribbean and Hispanic; and many, many seniors. Among the “big” Section 8 areas were Flatbush, Bed-Stuy, Coney Island, East New York, Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach.

NYC News

On Sunday, July 8th, seven Northern New Jersey Chabad Shluchim and Shluchos, along with their 25 children Ka'h gathered for a BBQ at the home of Rabbi Shalom Lubin in Parsippany, NJ.

Pictured from Left to Right is Rabbi Yisroel Rosenblum of Livingston, Rabbi Mordechai Baumgarten of Rockaway, Rabbi Yossi Spalter of Montville, Rabbi Shalom Lubin of Parsippany, Rabbi Mendel Bendet of The Poconos, Rabbi Shmuel Lewis of Sparta, and Rabbi Yaakov Shusterman of Flanders.

Picture of the Day! NJ Shluchim enjoying a Summer BBQ!

On Sunday, July 8th, seven Northern New Jersey Chabad Shluchim and Shluchos, along with their 25 children Ka’h gathered for a BBQ at the home of Rabbi Shalom Lubin in Parsippany, NJ.

Pictured from Left to Right is Rabbi Yisroel Rosenblum of Livingston, Rabbi Mordechai Baumgarten of Rockaway, Rabbi Yossi Spalter of Montville, Rabbi Shalom Lubin of Parsippany, Rabbi Mendel Bendet of The Poconos, Rabbi Shmuel Lewis of Sparta, and Rabbi Yaakov Shusterman of Flanders.

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KLEW CBS 3
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Rabbis Yitzchok Steiner and Levi Slonim are making their way through Idaho.

Lewiston, ID — A couple of travelers are reaching out to Northern Idaho 's Jewish community.

They're calling it Judaism in a suitcase. Two Chabad Labavitch rabbis are roaming northern Idaho , an area that doesn't usually see many men of their faith.

Video report in the Extended Article

On A Mission

KLEW CBS 3
<%image(20070806-Rabbis.jpg|350|233|Rabbis Yitzchok Steiner and Levi Slonim are making their way through Idaho.)%>

Rabbis Yitzchok Steiner and Levi Slonim are making their way through Idaho.

Lewiston, ID — A couple of travelers are reaching out to Northern Idaho ‘s Jewish community.

They’re calling it Judaism in a suitcase. Two Chabad Labavitch rabbis are roaming northern Idaho , an area that doesn’t usually see many men of their faith.

Video report in the Extended Article

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avremi and Menucha (nee Kalmenson) Schochet (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.

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Click HERE to watch a video taken by PETA at Kaparos in 2006.

PETA and other humane organizations receive many complaints from local community members about the treatment of animals and the unsanitary conditions during kapporos. We are attempting to work with regulatory and enforcement agencies to ensure that those organizing kapporos events in 2007 are in compliance with all relevant health and animal cruelty laws.

PETA Documents Cruelty To Chickens At Kaparos

Click HERE to watch a video taken by PETA at Kaparos in 2006.

PETA and other humane organizations receive many complaints from local community members about the treatment of animals and the unsanitary conditions during kapporos. We are attempting to work with regulatory and enforcement agencies to ensure that those organizing kapporos events in 2007 are in compliance with all relevant health and animal cruelty laws.

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Director Rabbinical College of Quebec Rabbi Chaim Langsam and Mr. Benny Shabtai.

A well-known US business mogul and philanthropist Mr. Benny Shabtai, president of the Raymond Weil Company received a personal tour of the Rabbinical College of Quebec newest building and its state of the art facilities.

Best Return on my Investment

Director Rabbinical College of Quebec Rabbi Chaim Langsam and Mr. Benny Shabtai.

A well-known US business mogul and philanthropist Mr. Benny Shabtai, president of the Raymond Weil Company received a personal tour of the Rabbinical College of Quebec newest building and its state of the art facilities.

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Merle English - Newsday
Stock Photo - The Friendship Circle

Floral Park, NY — On Monday afternoons when her school day ends, playtime begins for teenager Nicole Yehezkel, but it's playtime with a purpose.

Nicole, 15, walks 10 blocks from her home in Floral Park to the home of Betsy and David Mandel. There, looking out the window, Nicole's playmate, Emma Mandel, 11, smiles when she sees Nicole approaching.

Program Provides Fun, Friendship for Kids in Need

Merle English – Newsday
Stock Photo – The Friendship Circle

Floral Park, NY — On Monday afternoons when her school day ends, playtime begins for teenager Nicole Yehezkel, but it’s playtime with a purpose.

Nicole, 15, walks 10 blocks from her home in Floral Park to the home of Betsy and David Mandel. There, looking out the window, Nicole’s playmate, Emma Mandel, 11, smiles when she sees Nicole approaching.

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Jessica Seminelli - The Journal News
Rabbinical students Asher Schochet of Toronto, left, and Adam Epstein of Houston meet with Seth Gopin at his Nyack shop, Gallery of Metal and Stone Friday. The students, with the Chabad Educational Branch called “Roving Rabbis,” were talking to Jews in the community as part of their outreach program.

Nyack, NY — Two rabbinical students have been in the Nyack area for the past two weeks as part of the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which aims to educate and unite Jews in all communities.

Rabbinical students visit Nyack on educational journey

Jessica Seminelli – The Journal News
Rabbinical students Asher Schochet of Toronto, left, and Adam Epstein of Houston meet with Seth Gopin at his Nyack shop, Gallery of Metal and Stone Friday. The students, with the Chabad Educational Branch called “Roving Rabbis,” were talking to Jews in the community as part of their outreach program.

Nyack, NY — Two rabbinical students have been in the Nyack area for the past two weeks as part of the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which aims to educate and unite Jews in all communities.

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