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Haaretz.com
Israel is on the list of nations whose citizens may be able to visit the United States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa in advance.

While reviewing legislative border security measures last week, Congress approved a bill that actually lowers the bar in the U.S. Visa Waiver program.

Bill Could Mean Israelis don’t need Visas to Visit U.S.

Haaretz.com

Israel is on the list of nations whose citizens may be able to visit the United States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa in advance.

While reviewing legislative border security measures last week, Congress approved a bill that actually lowers the bar in the U.S. Visa Waiver program.

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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!

This weeks Living Torah, titled “L’Chaim for New Institutions” (Volume 38, Episode 152).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “L’Chaim for New Institutions” (Volume 38, Episode 152).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Videos

A Weekend of Discovery

Chabad.com
A spectacular sunset is a great way to finish a day of learning and fellowship at the West Coast Chabad Jewish Retreats. (Photo: Chabad.com)

Running Springs, CA — This coming Labor Day weekend, people from all over the West Coast will gather together for a special weekend of learning and fellowship as Chabad’s Running Springs campus hosts the inaugural West Coast Chabad Jewish Retreat. Against the backdrop of the picturesque S. Bernardino Mountains, Retreat participants will get the chance to spend a unique long weekend with friends, old and new, as they explore and celebrate their common heritage.

Shlichus
Annie Karni - The New York Sun
New York, NY — Carl Redding, a chef who owns the Harlem soul food restaurant Amy Ruth's, has a routine that takes him out of the kitchen one afternoon every week. Mr. Redding, who works on the side as a freelance photojournalist, makes a trip to Midtown to stock up on a few hundred dollars' worth of photography supplies at B &H Photo, the large photo and video store on Manhattan's West Side.

“They have the best prices, and whatever I'm looking for is almost guaranteed to be in stock,” Mr. Redding said.

B&H Photo Emerges as a NY Institution

Annie Karni – The New York Sun

New York, NY — Carl Redding, a chef who owns the Harlem soul food restaurant Amy Ruth’s, has a routine that takes him out of the kitchen one afternoon every week. Mr. Redding, who works on the side as a freelance photojournalist, makes a trip to Midtown to stock up on a few hundred dollars’ worth of photography supplies at B &H Photo, the large photo and video store on Manhattan’s West Side.

“They have the best prices, and whatever I’m looking for is almost guaranteed to be in stock,” Mr. Redding said.

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by Mimi Notik - Chabad.edu

Queens College president James Muyskens greets students at the opening at the new Chabad-Lubavitch center at Queens College, N.Y. Photo: Yocheved Sidof

Chabad of Queens College celebrated the opening of its new home on Sunday with a sushi-and-salad buffet and charity auction.

Queens College president James Muyskens addressed the gathering of 75 students with words of praise for Chabad-Lubavitch’s three-year involvement on the campus. Pointing to Chabad House directors Rabbi Shaul Wertheimer and his wife Tzipah, he said, “My message here tonight is ‘Thank you.’”

Queens College Toasts Chabad House’s New Home

by Mimi Notik – Chabad.edu

Queens College president James Muyskens greets students at the opening at the new Chabad-Lubavitch center at Queens College, N.Y. Photo: Yocheved Sidof

Chabad of Queens College celebrated the opening of its new home on Sunday with a sushi-and-salad buffet and charity auction.

Queens College president James Muyskens addressed the gathering of 75 students with words of praise for Chabad-Lubavitch’s three-year involvement on the campus. Pointing to Chabad House directors Rabbi Shaul Wertheimer and his wife Tzipah, he said, “My message here tonight is ‘Thank you.’”

Shlichus
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Rabbi Levi and Hadassah Backman
Bellingham, WA — Chabad of Bellingham just signed a lease, Thursday, July 19, which expanded the Chabad House, the center for Jewish Life for our ever fast growing Chabad Jewish Community and Student Organization.

That means more community activities, more campus events, more adult education, more Jewish Pride, and awareness, more Yiddishkeit and mitzvos. More love for G-d, the Torah, Israel, and all humanity!

Chabad of Bellingham has Expanded

Rabbi Levi and Hadassah Backman

Bellingham, WA — Chabad of Bellingham just signed a lease, Thursday, July 19, which expanded the Chabad House, the center for Jewish Life for our ever fast growing Chabad Jewish Community and Student Organization.

That means more community activities, more campus events, more adult education, more Jewish Pride, and awareness, more Yiddishkeit and mitzvos. More love for G-d, the Torah, Israel, and all humanity!

Shlichus

Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive today, Wed Aug 1st the 17th of Menachem Av. At 2 PM to 9 PM.

At Lubavitch Youth Library, 305 Kingston Ave, [between Eastern Pkwy and Union St].

Separate Section for Women. Free Meal Voucher for Donors.

Fore information call Ahavas Chesed at (718) 953-3025

Today – Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive

Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive today, Wed Aug 1st the 17th of Menachem Av. At 2 PM to 9 PM.

At Lubavitch Youth Library, 305 Kingston Ave, [between Eastern Pkwy and Union St].

Separate Section for Women. Free Meal Voucher for Donors.

Fore information call Ahavas Chesed at (718) 953-3025

PSA
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Keren (nee Johnson) Gescheit (Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

Mazel Tov's
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Rabbi Levi Shemtov
Rabbi Levi and Mrs Bassie Shemtov of West Bloomfield, MI and the founders the Friendship Circle, one of Chabad-Lubavitch's most popular programs, have been chosen as one of this year's recipients of the Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

The Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship honors non-profit leaders who have found innovative, private solutions for America's most pressing social problems.

Shemtovs to receive Award for Social Entrepreneurship

Rabbi Levi Shemtov

Rabbi Levi and Mrs Bassie Shemtov of West Bloomfield, MI and the founders the Friendship Circle, one of Chabad-Lubavitch’s most popular programs, have been chosen as one of this year’s recipients of the Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

The Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship honors non-profit leaders who have found innovative, private solutions for America’s most pressing social problems.

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yaakov Yoel and Nechama (nee Hyams) Spielman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.

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

Mazel Tov's
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Yuko Narushima - The Sydney Morning Herald
Rabbi Eli Feldman, right, and friend Greg Nathan at the Rabbi's Bondi house with an anonymous package containing Japanese yen (inset).

Bondi, Australia — A Bondi rabbi may be the latest beneficiary of an anonymous money-donating craze sweeping Japan.

Eli Feldman arrived home to a strange package on Friday night, after leading the prayers at Young Adult Chabad synagogue.

Donor With a Yen for Giving

Yuko Narushima – The Sydney Morning Herald
Rabbi Eli Feldman, right, and friend Greg Nathan at the Rabbi’s Bondi house with an anonymous package containing Japanese yen (inset).

Bondi, Australia — A Bondi rabbi may be the latest beneficiary of an anonymous money-donating craze sweeping Japan.

Eli Feldman arrived home to a strange package on Friday night, after leading the prayers at Young Adult Chabad synagogue.

Chabad News
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