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John Sullivan - Times Herald-Record

Chabad’s Chana Burston said she started the women’s circle to create a sense of community among Jewish women.

HIGHLAND MILLS, NY — Women chatted, sipped freshly made vegetable juice from plastic cups and glanced over their schedules in the hallways of the historic Rushmore Estate.

In the Spirit: Women pampered at Chabad ‘spa day’

John Sullivan – Times Herald-Record

Chabad’s Chana Burston said she started the women’s circle to create a sense of community among Jewish women.

HIGHLAND MILLS, NY — Women chatted, sipped freshly made vegetable juice from plastic cups and glanced over their schedules in the hallways of the historic Rushmore Estate.

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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

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shimi and Dalya (nee Lisker) Backer (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

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

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Ed Silverman - NJ Jewish News

Yitzchok Moully, the Andy Warhol of the hasidic community.

Like many young and passionate rabbis, Yitzchok Moully is constantly searching for ways to make Judaism and Jewishness more accessible. The 29-year-old native of Australia, who leads the Chabad Center of Basking Ridge, hit upon an interesting way to do outreach: his own artwork.

The Art of the Pulpit

Ed Silverman – NJ Jewish News

Yitzchok Moully, the Andy Warhol of the hasidic community.

Like many young and passionate rabbis, Yitzchok Moully is constantly searching for ways to make Judaism and Jewishness more accessible. The 29-year-old native of Australia, who leads the Chabad Center of Basking Ridge, hit upon an interesting way to do outreach: his own artwork.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazel Tov to Ari and Batya (nee Shaffer) Kievman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their first born son.

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

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POSTVILLE, IA [KWWL] — An immigration rally has kicked off in Postville with protesters shouting “Si se puede,” translated in English as “yes, we can.”

Hundreds of people marched through the small Iowa town of about 2,200 on Sunday. Busloads of people from Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul and other nearby cities came to protest a federal immigration raid of the Agriprocessors plant in May.

More pictures and a number of videos in the Extended Article!

Rally for Immigration Reform in Postville

POSTVILLE, IA [KWWL] — An immigration rally has kicked off in Postville with protesters shouting “Si se puede,” translated in English as “yes, we can.”

Hundreds of people marched through the small Iowa town of about 2,200 on Sunday. Busloads of people from Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul and other nearby cities came to protest a federal immigration raid of the Agriprocessors plant in May.

More pictures and a number of videos in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A police cruiser slammed into a 15 passenger van at around 9:30 Sunday night. The incident took place in the intersection of Albany Avenue and Carroll Street where a 15 passenger van, driven by a yungerman, heading down Carroll was broadsided by a police cruiser coming down Albany.

Multiple eye witnesses stated that they observed the police car driving with only its lights flashing and no sirens, and when approaching the intersection the police car did not slow down. From police officers on scene the police car did not appear to be responding to an emergency.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Police Cruiser Crashes into Van, Police Refuse Hatzalah Aid

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A police cruiser slammed into a 15 passenger van at around 9:30 Sunday night. The incident took place in the intersection of Albany Avenue and Carroll Street where a 15 passenger van, driven by a yungerman, heading down Carroll was broadsided by a police cruiser coming down Albany.

Multiple eye witnesses stated that they observed the police car driving with only its lights flashing and no sirens, and when approaching the intersection the police car did not slow down. From police officers on scene the police car did not appear to be responding to an emergency.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, Shliach in Long Island, with the note Barack Obama left in the Western Wall.

An Israeli newspaper's disclosure of the note Sen. Barack Obama left at Jerusalem's Western Wall this week is the equivalent of reading someone's diary — a gross violation of privacy — several Long Island rabbis said Friday.

Rabbis Criticize Disclosure of Obama’s Prayer

Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, Shliach in Long Island, with the note Barack Obama left in the Western Wall.

An Israeli newspaper’s disclosure of the note Sen. Barack Obama left at Jerusalem’s Western Wall this week is the equivalent of reading someone’s diary — a gross violation of privacy — several Long Island rabbis said Friday.

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The tuition for girls who want to attend seminary in Israel is an extremely taxing expense for parents. The average cost of a year in seminary is around $15,000.

One parent, a Shliach in the United States, choose an original way to make that protest, wearing a baseball cap with the following: “I can’t afford a Borsalino because I sent my daughter to seminary”.

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Original Protest to the Cost of Seminary Tuition

The tuition for girls who want to attend seminary in Israel is an extremely taxing expense for parents. The average cost of a year in seminary is around $15,000.

One parent, a Shliach in the United States, choose an original way to make that protest, wearing a baseball cap with the following: “I can’t afford a Borsalino because I sent my daughter to seminary”.

Share your opinion by using the Comment System!

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Six Cars Vandalized Friday Night

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] -– Shabbos morning the residents of Brooklyn Avenue between East New York and Maple awoke to find their cars vandalized the paint and glass scratched with some kind of tool.

Six cars in total were vandalized, all of them belonging to Jewish residents, and all of them were high end cars including BMW’s and Cadillac’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Vos Iz Neias
SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — Police got a call Saturday afternoon about 3:00pm of a vehicle that rolled over a few times on Route 42 and crashed into a bungalow at Friendship Bungalow Colony on LaVista Drive.

The car that missed a turn-off was driven by a drunk 16-year-old boy, who extracted himself out of the vehicle, and start running away, while Yiddish music was still blasting out of the vehicle. Hatzolah responded and was immediately on the scene.

Police gave chase, caught up with the teenager and arrested him.

Drunk Jewish Teen Crashes into Bungalow Colony on Shabbos

Vos Iz Neias

SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — Police got a call Saturday afternoon about 3:00pm of a vehicle that rolled over a few times on Route 42 and crashed into a bungalow at Friendship Bungalow Colony on LaVista Drive.

The car that missed a turn-off was driven by a drunk 16-year-old boy, who extracted himself out of the vehicle, and start running away, while Yiddish music was still blasting out of the vehicle. Hatzolah responded and was immediately on the scene.

Police gave chase, caught up with the teenager and arrested him.

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Predham Kim - App

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Seven members of the township Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously decided Thursday that a local rabbi is, in fact, running a house of worship out of his home.

“If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it probably is a duck,” zoning board member William Nero said before the board voted. “And without question, this is a duck.”

Zoning Board Finds Rabbi in Violation

Predham Kim – App

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Seven members of the township Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously decided Thursday that a local rabbi is, in fact, running a house of worship out of his home.

“If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it probably is a duck,” zoning board member William Nero said before the board voted. “And without question, this is a duck.”

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mordechai Shraga ben Shmuel Kestenberg, father of Mrs. Leah Miller of Chicago, IL.

Mrs. Miller is sitting Shiva thru Tuesday morning at 6350 Red Cedar Place Unit 401 (Heather Ridge) in Baltimore, MD.

Shachris at 8:00am, Mincha at 8:00pm, Maariv Bizmana

Phone: (410) 764-7817
Email: leahsmiller@yahoo.com

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mr. Felix Kestenberg OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mordechai Shraga ben Shmuel Kestenberg, father of Mrs. Leah Miller of Chicago, IL.

Mrs. Miller is sitting Shiva thru Tuesday morning at 6350 Red Cedar Place Unit 401 (Heather Ridge) in Baltimore, MD.

Shachris at 8:00am, Mincha at 8:00pm, Maariv Bizmana

Phone: (410) 764-7817
Email: leahsmiller@yahoo.com

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By Tamar Runyan

The gourmet food of Dini’s Kosher Restaurant will be available 24 hours, six days a week, when Jewish athletes, fans and journalists descend on Beijing next month.

BEJING, China — Kosher food awaits the Jewish athletes, their families and fans who will descend on Beijing for the 29th Summer Olympics beginning next month.

Kosher Establishments Ready for Beijing’s Incoming Athletes and Fans

By Tamar Runyan

The gourmet food of Dini’s Kosher Restaurant will be available 24 hours, six days a week, when Jewish athletes, fans and journalists descend on Beijing next month.

BEJING, China — Kosher food awaits the Jewish athletes, their families and fans who will descend on Beijing for the 29th Summer Olympics beginning next month.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzali Vishedsky (Kfar Chabad) and Chanie Raskin (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim IYH be Sunday, from 2pm to 6pm, at the Landfield Avenue Shul, 18 Landfield Avenue Monticello, NY 12701.

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Mike Isaacs - Pioneer Local
SKOKIE, IL — The Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie was given the green light Monday for an expansion of its current facility at 4059 Dempster St.

Under a special use permit approved by Village Trustees, the synagogue will be able to expand to the east and occupy a storefront at 4059 Dempster St.

Synagogue gets green light for expansion on Dempster

Mike Isaacs – Pioneer Local

SKOKIE, IL — The Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie was given the green light Monday for an expansion of its current facility at 4059 Dempster St.

Under a special use permit approved by Village Trustees, the synagogue will be able to expand to the east and occupy a storefront at 4059 Dempster St.

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