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Roving rabbis promote unity

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Rabbis Yaakov Raskin and Eli Rapoport. Photo: Chabad.org

Bennington, VT — Two young “roving rabbis” will be visiting town this week, reaching out to the local Jewish community to reinforce pride and enhance education.

Rabbi Eli Rapoport, 20, from London, England, and Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, 19, from Burlington, came here on Friday afternoon. They paid a visit to Rabbi Joshua Boettiger of Bennington’s Congregation Beth El and visited and prayed with a Jewish veteran at the Vermont Veterans Home.

The two men are traveling around Vermont for more than three weeks this summer as part of a program often likened to a “Lubavatcher summer Peace Corps.”

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Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
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)
Chabad.org
A newly minted rabbi in Antwerp, Belgium celebrates with community members.

Antwerpen, Belgium — At a ceremony marking the recent ordination of 10 new rabbis who have studied for the past year at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Antwerp, Belgium, the festivities placed a inadvertent spotlight on the city's business leaders.

Antwerp’s New Rabbis Tutor Diamond Giants

Chabad.org
A newly minted rabbi in Antwerp, Belgium celebrates with community members.

Antwerpen, Belgium — At a ceremony marking the recent ordination of 10 new rabbis who have studied for the past year at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Antwerp, Belgium, the festivities placed a inadvertent spotlight on the city’s business leaders.

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Ron Cassie - The News Post

Hagerstown, MD — As Avraham Levin and Schneur Yecheilov stepped out their rental car in the parking lot of the Roxbury Correctional Institution last Friday morning, suitcases, garment bags — and boxes of food — bulged from the back seats.

Rabbinical Students Visit Jails, Bringing A Message

Ron Cassie – The News Post

Hagerstown, MD — As Avraham Levin and Schneur Yecheilov stepped out their rental car in the parking lot of the Roxbury Correctional Institution last Friday morning, suitcases, garment bags — and boxes of food — bulged from the back seats.

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A gathering, Seudas Mitzva and a Siyum Mishnayos commemorating the shloshim of HaRav Sholom Ber Veshedsky, of blessed memory, will take place this evening [Monday], Rosh Chodesh, Menachem Av, July 16, beginning at 7 PM at Hadar Hatorah, 824 Eastern Parkway. Men and women invited. The gathering will be broadcast over the internet at virtualyeshiva.com/video.html

Shloshim for HaRav Sholom Ber Veshedsky OBM

A gathering, Seudas Mitzva and a Siyum Mishnayos commemorating the shloshim of HaRav Sholom Ber Veshedsky, of blessed memory, will take place this evening [Monday], Rosh Chodesh, Menachem Av, July 16, beginning at 7 PM at Hadar Hatorah, 824 Eastern Parkway. Men and women invited. The gathering will be broadcast over the internet at virtualyeshiva.com/video.html

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Joshua Runyan and Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.edu
State College, PA — In town for the Zeta Beta Tau national convention, more than 100 of the fraternity’s members partnered with the Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania last week to deliver food packages to needy Philadelphians.

According to Noel Johnson, a ZBT brother who hails from New York, the Friday distribution in advance of Shabbat was a huge success. He said that the idea of taking packages of food, grape juice and challah to Russian Jews dove-tailed with the visions of both ZBT and the Chabad on Campus International Foundation.

Fraternity Brothers Reach Out to Less Fortunate

Joshua Runyan and Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.edu

State College, PA — In town for the Zeta Beta Tau national convention, more than 100 of the fraternity’s members partnered with the Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania last week to deliver food packages to needy Philadelphians.

According to Noel Johnson, a ZBT brother who hails from New York, the Friday distribution in advance of Shabbat was a huge success. He said that the idea of taking packages of food, grape juice and challah to Russian Jews dove-tailed with the visions of both ZBT and the Chabad on Campus International Foundation.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Last night at around 3:00am a woman walked into her kitchen and was met by a burglar holding a charity box and rummaging around looking for other valuables. The incident took place on Carroll Street between Kingston and Albany. The burglar told the woman not to yell, and then asked if there were more people in the house to which the woman responded that there were many people in the house.

More in the Extended Article.

Woman Finds Burglar in Her Kitchen at 3AM

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Last night at around 3:00am a woman walked into her kitchen and was met by a burglar holding a charity box and rummaging around looking for other valuables. The incident took place on Carroll Street between Kingston and Albany. The burglar told the woman not to yell, and then asked if there were more people in the house to which the woman responded that there were many people in the house.

More in the Extended Article.

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During the nine days Jews commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temples/Bais Hamikdosh. We mourn the destruction in different ways. We don't celebrate or party, we minimize washing ourselves and our clothing, we don't eat meat etc.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe suggested that during this time of mourning we look for ways to combat the mourning with the permitted joy of Torah learning. Many try to rejoice in Torah every day with the conclusion of a Tractate of Talmud/Siyum.

More than 30 years ago Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht organized Siyumim for the benefit of people who could not make their own by making a Siyum on the radio each night of the nine days.

A complete schedule of the Siyumim that can be heard on air in NYC and Upstate New York can be viewed in the Extended Article.

Siyumim on the Radio

During the nine days Jews commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temples/Bais Hamikdosh. We mourn the destruction in different ways. We don’t celebrate or party, we minimize washing ourselves and our clothing, we don’t eat meat etc.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe suggested that during this time of mourning we look for ways to combat the mourning with the permitted joy of Torah learning. Many try to rejoice in Torah every day with the conclusion of a Tractate of Talmud/Siyum.

More than 30 years ago Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht organized Siyumim for the benefit of people who could not make their own by making a Siyum on the radio each night of the nine days.

A complete schedule of the Siyumim that can be heard on air in NYC and Upstate New York can be viewed in the Extended Article.

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Dvora Lakein - Chabad.org
Campers learn about the this Holy Temple at the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Brooklyn, NY — In a darkened room, illuminated only by smiling faces, sit 30 young campers and their staff. They've been waiting eagerly for the beginning of a captivating video now being shown at the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y. Finally, the screen lights up to an opening scene featuring charming little Benny Cohen, who is spending an afternoon with his Zaidy.

Temple Exhibit Lets Children See, Hear and Experience

Dvora Lakein – Chabad.org
Campers learn about the this Holy Temple at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Brooklyn, NY — In a darkened room, illuminated only by smiling faces, sit 30 young campers and their staff. They’ve been waiting eagerly for the beginning of a captivating video now being shown at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y. Finally, the screen lights up to an opening scene featuring charming little Benny Cohen, who is spending an afternoon with his Zaidy.

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Lisa Z. Segelman - Daily Record
Shoshana Isenberg, center, of Morristown is
surrounded by, clockwise from left, husband
Moshe and children Miriam, Levi, Tzippy and
Chaya Sara. The couple, both raised Jewish,
met at Yale, became more religious and
embraced a Torah observant life.
Morristown, NJ — Say “born again Christian” and people generally know what you're talking about. They know you're referring to people who, while they might have been born into the Christian faith, have since accepted God into their lives in a way they consider both life-altering and life-affirming.

But is there such a thing as a “born again” Jew? Do Jews step back and carefully consider their Jewish practice, life and values? Do they, like many of their Christian neighbors, take the mental, emotional and practical steps to change their lives in search of a deeper meaning and purpose?

The answer is yes, and the term commonly used to describe such Jews is “Baal Teshuva.”

Born again Jews come later in life to Torah observance

Lisa Z. Segelman – Daily Record
Shoshana Isenberg, center, of Morristown is
surrounded by, clockwise from left, husband
Moshe and children Miriam, Levi, Tzippy and
Chaya Sara. The couple, both raised Jewish,
met at Yale, became more religious and
embraced a Torah observant life.

Morristown, NJ — Say “born again Christian” and people generally know what you’re talking about. They know you’re referring to people who, while they might have been born into the Christian faith, have since accepted God into their lives in a way they consider both life-altering and life-affirming.

But is there such a thing as a “born again” Jew? Do Jews step back and carefully consider their Jewish practice, life and values? Do they, like many of their Christian neighbors, take the mental, emotional and practical steps to change their lives in search of a deeper meaning and purpose?

The answer is yes, and the term commonly used to describe such Jews is “Baal Teshuva.”

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Chabad.org
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical student Getzy Markowitz gives a class in Aiya Napa, Cyprus to a group of tourists.

Each summer the educational arm of the Lubavitch movement, Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch, sends pairs of rabbinic students to small Jewish communities around the globe under its Rabbinical Student Visitation Program, which has become colloquially known as the “Jewish Summer Peace Corp.”

Jewish Sparks in the Land of Stone

Chabad.org
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical student Getzy Markowitz gives a class in Aiya Napa, Cyprus to a group of tourists.

Each summer the educational arm of the Lubavitch movement, Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, sends pairs of rabbinic students to small Jewish communities around the globe under its Rabbinical Student Visitation Program, which has become colloquially known as the “Jewish Summer Peace Corp.”

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Manhole Fire Burns Two Cars

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A large column of black smoke was visible just moments ago on Kingston and Eastern Parkway and a strong stench of acidic smoke filled the intersection. A parked minivan was going up in flames as firefighters battled the blaze.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi and Sarah (nee Dworcan) Schectman (Crown Heights) on the birth or their son.

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

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by Reuven Arazi

The Seniors 'Yiddish Club' in session.

Hallandale Beach, Florida — The Jewish Senior Center recently opened in Hallandale Beach, Florida, making it the twelfth Chabad House to open and operate in South Broward County, Florida.

Situated diagonally across the street from Chabad of South Broward Headquarters on Hallandale Bch Blvd, the Jewish Senior Center is run by Chabad Chayil of Highland Lakes. It is a cultural and social service center geared for South Florida's large senior population.

12th Chabad House Opens in South Broward

by Reuven Arazi

The Seniors ‘Yiddish Club’ in session.

Hallandale Beach, Florida — The Jewish Senior Center recently opened in Hallandale Beach, Florida, making it the twelfth Chabad House to open and operate in South Broward County, Florida.

Situated diagonally across the street from Chabad of South Broward Headquarters on Hallandale Bch Blvd, the Jewish Senior Center is run by Chabad Chayil of Highland Lakes. It is a cultural and social service center geared for South Florida’s large senior population.

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Blood spatter and Brass Knuckles (inset). Illustration Photo.

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Two Bochurim were assaulted at Lefferts Park on Shabbos afternoon. Police, Hatzalah and Shomrim all responded to the call which took place on Lefferts and Albany when the two Bochurim were assaulted by two Male Hispanics using brass knuckles.

More in the Extended Article.

Two Bochurim Assaulted with a Weapon at Lefferts Park

Blood spatter and Brass Knuckles (inset). Illustration Photo.

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Two Bochurim were assaulted at Lefferts Park on Shabbos afternoon. Police, Hatzalah and Shomrim all responded to the call which took place on Lefferts and Albany when the two Bochurim were assaulted by two Male Hispanics using brass knuckles.

More in the Extended Article.

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