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Miami Herald
COOPER CITY, FL — A federal judge decided this week that parts of a religious discrimination lawsuit that an Orthodox Jewish synagogue filed against Cooper City can move forward.

Chabad of Nova, an outreach center now operating in Davie, filed the lawsuit in May, saying city zoning laws forced the congregation out of the city by unfairly limiting where the center could operate. Until October 2006, houses of worship were generally limited to the agriculturally zoned areas in western Cooper City. And they are still banned from most shopping districts and from most residential neighborhoods.

Bias Lawsuit Against Cooper City can Proceed in part

Miami Herald

COOPER CITY, FL — A federal judge decided this week that parts of a religious discrimination lawsuit that an Orthodox Jewish synagogue filed against Cooper City can move forward.

Chabad of Nova, an outreach center now operating in Davie, filed the lawsuit in May, saying city zoning laws forced the congregation out of the city by unfairly limiting where the center could operate. Until October 2006, houses of worship were generally limited to the agriculturally zoned areas in western Cooper City. And they are still banned from most shopping districts and from most residential neighborhoods.

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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
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)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

Finding Meaning Closer to Home

Gary Soulsman – The News Journal

At the Chabad Center of Delaware, Rabbi Chuni Vogel (center) reads from the Torah during morning prayers, assisted by Jay Kogon (left) and Shmuel Yosef.

WILMINGTON, DE — At sunrise, men drift into the Chabad Center of Delaware and welcome the day, like Abraham, with prayers of joy and gratitude.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young woman on her way to work this morning was accosted by a large Black male who tried to steal her phone. The incident took place at around 8:30am on President Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenues, where the perpetrator approached her, blocked her path and demanded her phone.

She immediately began calling for help and fled, the perp did not follow. The perp was described to be in his early 20’s and heavyset. Following the incident the woman called 911 to file a police report and after waiting for an extended period of time she left the scene without filing a police report.

Attempted Mugging on President Street

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young woman on her way to work this morning was accosted by a large Black male who tried to steal her phone. The incident took place at around 8:30am on President Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenues, where the perpetrator approached her, blocked her path and demanded her phone.

She immediately began calling for help and fled, the perp did not follow. The perp was described to be in his early 20’s and heavyset. Following the incident the woman called 911 to file a police report and after waiting for an extended period of time she left the scene without filing a police report.

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In this photo, left to right, Rabbis, Shalom White (Perth), Chanoch Sufrin (Brisbane), Eli Feldman (Young Adult, Sydney), Pinchas Feldman (Head Shliach of Sydney), Nochum Schapiro (North Shore, Sydney), Ben-Tzion Malecki (South Head Synagogue, Sydney), Yanky Berger (Double Bay, Sydney), Shmuel Kopel (Shliach Torah, North Shore, Sydney),and Shmuel Feldman (Yeshiva Centre, Sydney).

SYDNEY, Australia — Unveiling JLI as the largest adult education network in Australia. For the first time, the Australian JLI affiliates gathered for a regional conference to launch the new JLI semester for 5768. Unveiling JLI as the largest Australian network for adult education, the program was held at the Chabad House of the North Shore in Sydney, where its director, Rabbi Nochum Shapiro is the Chairman of JLI in Australia.

Shluchim from 8 Australian Affiliates Gather to Launch JLI in Australia

In this photo, left to right, Rabbis, Shalom White (Perth), Chanoch Sufrin (Brisbane), Eli Feldman (Young Adult, Sydney), Pinchas Feldman (Head Shliach of Sydney), Nochum Schapiro (North Shore, Sydney), Ben-Tzion Malecki (South Head Synagogue, Sydney), Yanky Berger (Double Bay, Sydney), Shmuel Kopel (Shliach Torah, North Shore, Sydney),and Shmuel Feldman (Yeshiva Centre, Sydney).

SYDNEY, Australia — Unveiling JLI as the largest adult education network in Australia. For the first time, the Australian JLI affiliates gathered for a regional conference to launch the new JLI semester for 5768. Unveiling JLI as the largest Australian network for adult education, the program was held at the Chabad House of the North Shore in Sydney, where its director, Rabbi Nochum Shapiro is the Chairman of JLI in Australia.

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Washington Post
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, center, at the Feast of the Tabernacles event at the Capitol. (Ron Sachs, CNS)

WASHINGTON, DC — Maybe he gained a lot of chutzpah when he lost 100 pounds. Whatever the case, even those who have seen firsthand the incredible transformation of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) from 338 pounds to somewhere just upwards of 200 may still be surprised to learn that he can scale high walls like a pole vaulter.

Congressman Nadler, Closet Superhero?

Washington Post
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, center, at the Feast of the Tabernacles event at the Capitol. (Ron Sachs, CNS)

WASHINGTON, DC — Maybe he gained a lot of chutzpah when he lost 100 pounds. Whatever the case, even those who have seen firsthand the incredible transformation of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) from 338 pounds to somewhere just upwards of 200 may still be surprised to learn that he can scale high walls like a pole vaulter.

Chabad News
News Transcript

FREEHOLD, NJ — The Township Committee recently adopted changes to the municipality's land use code to modify the words “church” and “churches” and the phrase “places of worship” to read houses of worship."

The change stems from an ongoing legal case involving Rabbi Avraham Bernstein, a member of Chabad Lubavitch, a worldwide Jewish organization headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has lived on Stillwells Corner Road directly across from the municipal building since 1998.

Town Modifies Definition for Houses of Worship

News Transcript

FREEHOLD, NJ — The Township Committee recently adopted changes to the municipality’s land use code to modify the words “church” and “churches” and the phrase “places of worship” to read houses of worship.”

The change stems from an ongoing legal case involving Rabbi Avraham Bernstein, a member of Chabad Lubavitch, a worldwide Jewish organization headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has lived on Stillwells Corner Road directly across from the municipal building since 1998.

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R.C Berman - Lubavitch.com

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Next month’s meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will turn international media attention to Annapolis. But one Jewish community in the city is enjoying a different focus.

Chabad Boosts Jewish Activity in Small Suburbs

R.C Berman – Lubavitch.com

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Next month’s meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will turn international media attention to Annapolis. But one Jewish community in the city is enjoying a different focus.

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Miami Herald
Gov. Charlie Crist and Rabbi Schneur Oirechman, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle, affix a Mezuzah scroll on the door leading into the governor's office on Monday.

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Saying it is ''fundamental'' to freedom to be able to display ''religious symbols,'' Gov. Charlie Crist has quietly placed a boxed Jewish scroll on the door leading into his formal Capitol office.

A Jewish Scroll Opens the Door to Debate

Miami Herald
Gov. Charlie Crist and Rabbi Schneur Oirechman, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle, affix a Mezuzah scroll on the door leading into the governor’s office on Monday.

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Saying it is ”fundamental” to freedom to be able to display ”religious symbols,” Gov. Charlie Crist has quietly placed a boxed Jewish scroll on the door leading into his formal Capitol office.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Rochel (nee Hyams) Brashevitzky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby boy!

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

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Please Say Tehillim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Rechama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba. She was rushed back to the hospital with a high fever and has some sort of infection.

Mindle bas Machla. She is going into surgery on Thursday.

Shayna Leah Yehudis bas Mindel Chana.

Dovid ben Chaya Sarah.

Moshe Michel ben Rachel.

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FJC.ru

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine -– Almost immediately after learning about the explosion that destroyed most of a large multi-level residential apartment complex in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, the Jewish community began to render what support it can to those who have suffered from this incident.

Jewish Community Provides Aid Following Dnepropetrovsk Explosion

FJC.ru

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine -– Almost immediately after learning about the explosion that destroyed most of a large multi-level residential apartment complex in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, the Jewish community began to render what support it can to those who have suffered from this incident.

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Chabad.com
Mrs. Dasha Spira Lewin accepts a plaque from Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin praising her kindness and generosity as Mrs. Miriam Cunin looks on. (Photo: Michael G. Levin)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Mrs. Dasha Spira Lewin, a proud Holocaust survivor who became a top executive with the Neutrogena Corporation and a generous friend of Chabad, will be honored at a memorial service held at the Bais Sonya Gutte campus on Schneerson Square at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17. Mrs. Lewin passed away on September 11, and was laid to rest beside her husband, Maury, in Prague's Jewish Cemetery.

Chabad Mourns the Passing of Mrs. Dasha Lewin

Chabad.com
Mrs. Dasha Spira Lewin accepts a plaque from Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin praising her kindness and generosity as Mrs. Miriam Cunin looks on. (Photo: Michael G. Levin)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Mrs. Dasha Spira Lewin, a proud Holocaust survivor who became a top executive with the Neutrogena Corporation and a generous friend of Chabad, will be honored at a memorial service held at the Bais Sonya Gutte campus on Schneerson Square at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17. Mrs. Lewin passed away on September 11, and was laid to rest beside her husband, Maury, in Prague’s Jewish Cemetery.

Chabad News

Rabbi Avraham Levitansky OBM with a group of students on the west coast in the mid-1960’s. Illustration photo.

“..However here in the United States we have a different audience and a youth which radically differs from the type whom Rabbi Hirsch had addressed originally...” -The Rebbe

The following is a very unique letter of the Rebbe. From the year 1962 to a Professor at Yeshiva University, in which the Rebbe explains the nature of today's American Jewish youth and why they can't relate to Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch's (“The Father of Modern German Orthodoxy”) approach to Judaism of “Torah v'Derech Eretz” .

To see more on this Subject Click Here

"I must touch upon another, and even more delicate, matter concerning the teachings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch whom you mentioned in your letter. There has been a tendency lately to apply his approach in totality, here and now In U.S. America While it is understandable that the direct descendents of Rabbi Hirsch or those who were brought up in that philosophy should want to disseminate his teachings.

The Rebbe, “The Nature of American Jewish Students”

Rabbi Avraham Levitansky OBM with a group of students on the west coast in the mid-1960’s. Illustration photo.

“..However here in the United States we have a different audience and a youth which radically differs from the type whom Rabbi Hirsch had addressed originally…” -The Rebbe

The following is a very unique letter of the Rebbe. From the year 1962 to a Professor at Yeshiva University, in which the Rebbe explains the nature of today’s American Jewish youth and why they can’t relate to Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch’s (“The Father of Modern German Orthodoxy”) approach to Judaism of “Torah v’Derech Eretz” .

To see more on this Subject Click Here

“I must touch upon another, and even more delicate, matter concerning the teachings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch whom you mentioned in your letter. There has been a tendency lately to apply his approach in totality, here and now In U.S. America While it is understandable that the direct descendents of Rabbi Hirsch or those who were brought up in that philosophy should want to disseminate his teachings.

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by Bill Glauber - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nathan Stern (left) works the grill as Rabbi Shais Taub (right) leads Orthodox Jews in morning prayers Sunday near Green Bay's Lambeau Field. (Photo/Mark Hoffman)

GREEN BAY, WI — If you're going to have a kosher tailgate at Lambeau Field, you might as well go all the way.

That means you light up the coals of the kosher grill and bring out the kosher hot dogs, beef, chicken and brats.

Have Prayers and Packers, too

by Bill Glauber – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nathan Stern (left) works the grill as Rabbi Shais Taub (right) leads Orthodox Jews in morning prayers Sunday near Green Bay’s Lambeau Field. (Photo/Mark Hoffman)

GREEN BAY, WI — If you’re going to have a kosher tailgate at Lambeau Field, you might as well go all the way.

That means you light up the coals of the kosher grill and bring out the kosher hot dogs, beef, chicken and brats.

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