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Alleged Accident Escalates to Road Rage Fueled Fight

The bus driver being treated by Hatzalah.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus driver dropping off children from day camp was involved in an altercation stemming from an escalated road rage incident. The incident took place on Eastern Parkway in the service lane between Kingston and Albany at around 4:00pm where a car that was parked blocking a fire hydrant and obstructing traffic claimed the bus hit his car.

The bus driver stepped off the bus to inspect the ‘damage’ then got back on the bus to turn on his stop signals. The driver of the illegally parked car took that as an attempt of the bus driver to ‘flee’ the scene and a heated argument and scuffling ensued, leaving the driver of the bus with bloody toes.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Engagement!

Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street
New Engagement!

Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Sternberg (New London, CT) to Devora Lea Amar (Seine Et Marne, France) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)
New Engagement!

Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)
New Engagement!

Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)
Baby Girl!

Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
Baby Boy!

Menachem and Rivka (nee Kamnitzer) Rotenberg from East Flatbush had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 663 Lenox Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Kamman (Toronto, Canada) Miriam Prus (Doylestown, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Shmuel Rosenblatt (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Twersky (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Sholoshim Gathering in Memory of Chana (Raskin) Wolvovsky

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Monday night at the Bais Rivka Ballroom there was a special event of commemoration, marking 30 days of Chana (nee Raskin) Wolvovsky’s passing.

In Chana’s memory her friends and family are working on building a brand new bridal suite at the Crown Heights mikvah.

More in the Extended Article!
Click Here to listen to a recording of the entire event. (1:15 mins, 17.6MB)

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Naomi Grossman - Lubavitch.com

KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan — Karaganda, the second largest city in the Kazakhstan republic, will soon benefit from full time Chabad representatives.

Rabbi Chaim Shalom and Chaya Mushka Segal, and their baby, Levi Yitzchok, will be leaving their native Israel after the High Holy Days to serve the local Jewish community in this industrial, Muslim city.

Chabad to Open New Center in Kazakhstan

Naomi Grossman – Lubavitch.com

KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan — Karaganda, the second largest city in the Kazakhstan republic, will soon benefit from full time Chabad representatives.

Rabbi Chaim Shalom and Chaya Mushka Segal, and their baby, Levi Yitzchok, will be leaving their native Israel after the High Holy Days to serve the local Jewish community in this industrial, Muslim city.

Shlichus
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Rabbis bring Jewish resources to Kaua‘i

by The Garden Island

Stock photo – Rabbis Pinchas Taylor and Berel Brafman.

KAUAI, HI — Two Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis will be on Kaua‘i through Aug. 17 as part of a summer-long community outreach training. They will be equipped with books and programming ideas with the intent to reinforce Jewish pride and enhance Jewish education.

Merkos Shlichus
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In Gaithersburg, a Respite From War

The Washington Post

At Camp Gan Israel at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Rivki Biton, 14, above, knocks on the helmet of a Rockville firefighter; Dorin Dahan, 14, below, writes a thank-you letter; and Tahel Asref, 10, left, makes challah with other campers. (Photos By Preston Keres — The Washington Post)

GAITHERSBURG, MD — Children from Sderot, Israel, wrapped up a month-long visit to Montgomery County last week, during which they got to know U.S. host families and attended Camp Gan Israel at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Gaithersburg.

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Sarah Portlock - The Brooklyn Paper

The window of Congregation B’Nai Avraham was smashed again this week, the latest attack on Rabbi Aaron Raskin’s Remsen Street shul. - The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

BROOKLYN NY — A man broke into an often-attacked Remsen Street synagogue early Monday morning — but this time, it was common thievery, not anti-Semitism that appeared to be on the crook’s mind.

Whew! It wasn’t anti-Semitism at shul – just a regular burglary

Sarah Portlock – The Brooklyn Paper

The window of Congregation B’Nai Avraham was smashed again this week, the latest attack on Rabbi Aaron Raskin’s Remsen Street shul. – The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

BROOKLYN NY — A man broke into an often-attacked Remsen Street synagogue early Monday morning — but this time, it was common thievery, not anti-Semitism that appeared to be on the crook’s mind.

Chabad News
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Authors Name Withheld Upon Request
Within the last few weeks, there have been three unfortunate incidents. Two had fatal outcomes. One, miraculously, did not. These episodes, their causes, and the ensuing response (or lack thereof), have prompted me to write this.

On Thursday, the 6th of Av, a daughter of a Crown Heights family died in her sleep. She overdosed on heroin. On Friday, the 7th of Av, a young man from a frum family in Baltimore was killed in a car accident. Both he and the driver were drunk. On Shabbos, the 23rd of Tammuz, a young man crashed into a bungalow colony and, thank G-d, escaped with minor injuries. He was drunk. The two boys were 16; the girl in her 20s.

Each of these incidents could have, and should have, been avoided. But they weren’t. Sadly, incidents like these will happen again, and again, and again. Unless we do something about it.

Op-Ed: In Response to Tragedy, Lifting Up the Dusty Carpet

Authors Name Withheld Upon Request

Within the last few weeks, there have been three unfortunate incidents. Two had fatal outcomes. One, miraculously, did not. These episodes, their causes, and the ensuing response (or lack thereof), have prompted me to write this.

On Thursday, the 6th of Av, a daughter of a Crown Heights family died in her sleep. She overdosed on heroin. On Friday, the 7th of Av, a young man from a frum family in Baltimore was killed in a car accident. Both he and the driver were drunk. On Shabbos, the 23rd of Tammuz, a young man crashed into a bungalow colony and, thank G-d, escaped with minor injuries. He was drunk. The two boys were 16; the girl in her 20s.

Each of these incidents could have, and should have, been avoided. But they weren’t. Sadly, incidents like these will happen again, and again, and again. Unless we do something about it.

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By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

Georgia's capital city Tbilisi saw aerial bombardments over the weekend after a border conflict erupted into war. (File photo: D. Papuashvili)

As war intensified in Georgia Monday, thousands of Jews in the former Soviet republic adjusted to living in a war zone. With his constituents hunkered down in their homes, the country's chief rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Michaelashvili, announced a three-day blood drive to help the injured.

With Their Country at War, Georgia’s Jewish Community Helping Injured

By Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan

Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi saw aerial bombardments over the weekend after a border conflict erupted into war. (File photo: D. Papuashvili)

As war intensified in Georgia Monday, thousands of Jews in the former Soviet republic adjusted to living in a war zone. With his constituents hunkered down in their homes, the country’s chief rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Michaelashvili, announced a three-day blood drive to help the injured.

Chabad News

Marking 30 days to Chana’s passing, a special event of commemoration and inspiration honoring Chana will be taking place on Monday, August 11th at 7:00pm for woman and girls in the Bais Rivka Ballroom at 310 Crown Street.

Full flyer in the Extended Article.

Sholoshim for Chana (Raskin) Wolvovsky

Marking 30 days to Chana’s passing, a special event of commemoration and inspiration honoring Chana will be taking place on Monday, August 11th at 7:00pm for woman and girls in the Bais Rivka Ballroom at 310 Crown Street.

Full flyer in the Extended Article.

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