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The Rebbe giving out “Lekach” (honey cake), from the door of his Sukkah. On Hoshana Rabba, early 1970's.

Readers are welcome to share any more details about this picture by use of the Comment System!

Special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum.

Picture of the Day! Lekach in the Early 70’s!

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The Rebbe giving out “Lekach” (honey cake), from the door of his Sukkah. On Hoshana Rabba, early 1970’s.

Readers are welcome to share any more details about this picture by use of the Comment System!

Special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum.

Picture of the Day
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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle

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JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
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Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
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Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
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Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
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Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
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Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
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Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
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Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Natasha Robinson - The Australian

Alon Tam (Right) peers through the broken window of Mr. Glicks.

Melbourne, Australia — Melbourne's Jewish community has been rocked by an anti-Semitic attack in which a teenager was bashed with a baseball bat and a restaurant diner punched in the face.

Police are investigating the series of violent incidents, which occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday night in Balaclava, in Melbourne's Jewish heartland.

A 17-year-old boy, an Orthodox Jew, was bashed with a baseball bat by three men who also smashed cars parked outside a Jewish restaurant.

Teenager Bashed in Anti-Semitic Attack

Natasha Robinson – The Australian

Alon Tam (Right) peers through the broken window of Mr. Glicks.

Melbourne, Australia — Melbourne’s Jewish community has been rocked by an anti-Semitic attack in which a teenager was bashed with a baseball bat and a restaurant diner punched in the face.

Police are investigating the series of violent incidents, which occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday night in Balaclava, in Melbourne’s Jewish heartland.

A 17-year-old boy, an Orthodox Jew, was bashed with a baseball bat by three men who also smashed cars parked outside a Jewish restaurant.

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John Sullivan - Times Herald-Record
Highway Guardrail. Illustration Photo.
Just two weeks after its installation, a median guardrail on Route 17 stopped a car from crossing over into oncoming traffic.

“You can say it works, and that it saved a life today,” said state Trooper Jason Grabowski of the new guardrail installed near Exit 130.

According to state police, the driver of a westbound white 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier bounced off the newly installed rail after the driver lost control trying to pass another car on its left. The car then came back onto the highway, flipped and came to rest upside down on the right shoulder of the road, police said.

Guardrail Saved Lives, State Police Say

John Sullivan – Times Herald-Record
Highway Guardrail. Illustration Photo.

Just two weeks after its installation, a median guardrail on Route 17 stopped a car from crossing over into oncoming traffic.

“You can say it works, and that it saved a life today,” said state Trooper Jason Grabowski of the new guardrail installed near Exit 130.

According to state police, the driver of a westbound white 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier bounced off the newly installed rail after the driver lost control trying to pass another car on its left. The car then came back onto the highway, flipped and came to rest upside down on the right shoulder of the road, police said.

Upstate News

Attempted Robbery Erev Shabbos on Brooklyn Ave

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A member of Anash walking home Erev Shabbos at around 7:00pm was accosted by a large group of minors on Brooklyn Avenue and Union Street, the group surrounded him and attempted to take his wallet off his belt, the victim yelled and the group began fleeing.

More in the Extended Article!

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Times of Trenton
Rabbi Kivi Greenbaum inset and the home in the background.

Ewing, NJ — Beginning this week, Rabbi Kivi Greenbaum and his wife Zeesy will open their home to Jewish students at The College of New Jersey as they head the newest branch of the Chabad of Greater Mercer County on the campus here.

Rabbi Opens Home to Jewish Students

Times of Trenton
Rabbi Kivi Greenbaum inset and the home in the background.

Ewing, NJ — Beginning this week, Rabbi Kivi Greenbaum and his wife Zeesy will open their home to Jewish students at The College of New Jersey as they head the newest branch of the Chabad of Greater Mercer County on the campus here.

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shlomo and Chaya (nee Wagshul) Recu (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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Ventura County Star
Courtesy photo by Shelly Guberek Racheli Muchnik, right, and Leah Lang, co-directors of the Chabad Women's Circle of Ventura County, perform during an earlier Chabad women's event.

Oxnard, CA — The Chabad Jewish Women's Circle of Ventura County will host its annual “Spa for the Soul” event Sunday at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard.

The event runs from 9:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the Marriott is at 600 E. Esplanade Drive.

Annual Event Offers Beauty, Depth, Spirituality’ for Women

Ventura County Star
Courtesy photo by Shelly Guberek Racheli Muchnik, right, and Leah Lang, co-directors of the Chabad Women’s Circle of Ventura County, perform during an earlier Chabad women’s event.

Oxnard, CA — The Chabad Jewish Women’s Circle of Ventura County will host its annual “Spa for the Soul” event Sunday at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard.

The event runs from 9:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the Marriott is at 600 E. Esplanade Drive.

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Ita Yankovich - Jewish Press
Question: Workers in some European countries average as many as five or six weeks of vacation a year. In the U.S., it's two weeks. Are Americans vacation-deprived?


Yes. Americans receive too little vacation time. The longer you work, the more vacation you should accumulate. I think we need four weeks paid vacation like other countries because people come back to work more relaxed, refreshed and eager to work. Productivity would go up if we’d increase our vacation time.

— Ziva Endzweig, makeup artist

Inquiring Photographer Visits Crown Heights

Ita Yankovich – Jewish Press

Question: Workers in some European countries average as many as five or six weeks of vacation a year. In the U.S., it’s two weeks. Are Americans vacation-deprived?

Yes. Americans receive too little vacation time. The longer you work, the more vacation you should accumulate. I think we need four weeks paid vacation like other countries because people come back to work more relaxed, refreshed and eager to work. Productivity would go up if we’d increase our vacation time.

— Ziva Endzweig, makeup artist

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Sara Callender - The Observer
Bassie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, cofounders of the Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield will be awarded the Manhattan Institute's Social Entrepreneurship Award in October in New York.

West Bloomfield, MI — Levi and Bassie Shemtov's names will be on the prestigious Manhattan Institute's Social Entrepreneurship Award.

But it's an honor that thousands can take credit for.

Friendship Circle Earns Praise

Sara Callender – The Observer
Bassie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, cofounders of the Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield will be awarded the Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Award in October in New York.

West Bloomfield, MI — Levi and Bassie Shemtov’s names will be on the prestigious Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Award.

But it’s an honor that thousands can take credit for.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Rivky (nee Galperin) Gansburg (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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FJC.ru
Rostov-On-Don, Russia –- A memorial ceremony took place near Rostov-on-Don to commemorate nearly 30,000 Jews and thousands of other victims murdered here 65 years ago in the biggest single atrocity of the Holocaust in Russia. The event occurred at the 'Zmievskaya Balka' Memorial near the village of Zmievka. Busloads of people made their way here via the same route taken by those who met their death here – the crowd holding the same constituency as those who perished here – young and old, Jews and non-Jews, from all walks of life.

Remembering Russia’s largest Holocaust Massacre

FJC.ru

Rostov-On-Don, Russia –- A memorial ceremony took place near Rostov-on-Don to commemorate nearly 30,000 Jews and thousands of other victims murdered here 65 years ago in the biggest single atrocity of the Holocaust in Russia. The event occurred at the ‘Zmievskaya Balka’ Memorial near the village of Zmievka. Busloads of people made their way here via the same route taken by those who met their death here – the crowd holding the same constituency as those who perished here – young and old, Jews and non-Jews, from all walks of life.

Shlichus
Andrew Shaw - Greenwich Time
New York Mets pitcher Scott Schoeneweis visits with children at Camp Gan Israel.

Greenwich, CT, Aug 8th '07 — Stamford's Ephraim Zucker stepped into the batter's box yesterday against New York Mets lefty pitcher Scott Schoeneweis.

With a mighty swing of a plastic bat, the 8-year-old smacked a single. After a teammate's hit, Ephraim raced past third base to try to score, but he couldn't elude the tag by Schoeneweis.

Mets Pitcher Offers CGI Campers Some Tips

Andrew Shaw – Greenwich Time
New York Mets pitcher Scott Schoeneweis visits with children at Camp Gan Israel.

Greenwich, CT, Aug 8th ’07 — Stamford’s Ephraim Zucker stepped into the batter’s box yesterday against New York Mets lefty pitcher Scott Schoeneweis.

With a mighty swing of a plastic bat, the 8-year-old smacked a single. After a teammate’s hit, Ephraim raced past third base to try to score, but he couldn’t elude the tag by Schoeneweis.

Shlichus
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