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By Jamie Schram - New York Post
TRAFFIC AGENTS WROTE FAKE VIOLATIONS

CHI Ed: The most hated city employees give reason to hate even more


New York, NY — Four NYPD traffic agents were busted yesterday after they were caught writing bogus summonses in Manhattan, police said.

Davey Griffin, 30, Raheem King, 26, Julian Fisher, 24, and Gregory Baird, 56, were slapped with a slew of charges, including forgery, official misconduct, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument, police said.

NYC BOGUS TICKET BUST

By Jamie Schram – New York Post
TRAFFIC AGENTS WROTE FAKE VIOLATIONS

CHI Ed: The most hated city employees give reason to hate even more

New York, NY — Four NYPD traffic agents were busted yesterday after they were caught writing bogus summonses in Manhattan, police said.

Davey Griffin, 30, Raheem King, 26, Julian Fisher, 24, and Gregory Baird, 56, were slapped with a slew of charges, including forgery, official misconduct, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument, police said.

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
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!

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Kfar Chabad, Israel – Bochurim from the Yeshivas Kayitz – Tzeirai HaShluchim, under the directorship of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, pose for a group picture in front of 770 in Kfar Chabad.

Photo by: Israel Bardugo

Picture of the Day! Yeshivas Kayitz Tzeirai Hashluchim!

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Kfar Chabad, Israel – Bochurim from the Yeshivas Kayitz – Tzeirai HaShluchim, under the directorship of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, pose for a group picture in front of 770 in Kfar Chabad.

Photo by: Israel Bardugo

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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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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.

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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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