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“Going Kosher In 30 Days!”
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Rabbi Zalman Goldstein, author of the Jewish Learning Group’s new title “Going Kosher In 30 Days!”, has been named one of three finalists in the prestigious Publishers Marketing Association 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards in the Religion category. This award recognizes excellence in independent publishing and highlights the best in all major publishing categories.

The 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award winners will be announced during a ceremony on Thursday, May 29, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. The well-attended award ceremony kicks of the 2008 “BEA Expo” (Book Expo America) in Los Angeles, which combines the largest selection of English language titles in the world, with special industry and author events, and unparalleled educational content to create a dynamic environment for networking, sourcing and relationship-building.

Lubavitcher Nominated as One of Three Finalists of Prestigious 2008 Book Award

“Going Kosher In 30 Days!”

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Rabbi Zalman Goldstein, author of the Jewish Learning Group’s new title “Going Kosher In 30 Days!”, has been named one of three finalists in the prestigious Publishers Marketing Association 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards in the Religion category. This award recognizes excellence in independent publishing and highlights the best in all major publishing categories.

The 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award winners will be announced during a ceremony on Thursday, May 29, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. The well-attended award ceremony kicks of the 2008 “BEA Expo” (Book Expo America) in Los Angeles, which combines the largest selection of English language titles in the world, with special industry and author events, and unparalleled educational content to create a dynamic environment for networking, sourcing and relationship-building.

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Memke Goldshmid (Valley Stream, NY) to Mushky Gancz (West Palm Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM Upper Level
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Mendel Minkowics (Crown Heights) to Sara Fajnland (Herndon, VA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
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Sender Gurewitz (Lyon, France) to Malki Lipskier (S. Petersburg, Russia)

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Shalom Assouline (Paris, France) to Bracha Labi (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 9:00pm at 1185 Lincoln Pl
Baby Girl!

Yossi and Mushky (nee Parnes) Teleshevsky from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Mendel and Esther (nee Fajnland) Scharf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Aharon and Rivka (nee Felberman) Simon from Dallas, TX had a baby boy!
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Chaim and Chaya Pape from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Levi and Miri Tenenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Yisroel and Chanie Mogilevsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Moshe and Sarah Spalter from Lake Forest, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Itshak Cohen (Versailles, France) to Hanni Sitruk (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Meir Yabra (Crown Heights) to Chaya Spritzer (Monroe Township, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

David and Elka (nee Boymelgreen) New from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Mechy and Dini (nee Riechman) Weiss from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Srulik Perlman (Canadensis, PA) to Shoshi Wertheimer (Queens, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
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Mendel Kopf (Nice, France) to Haya Touitou (Yerres,France)

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just moments ago a press conference, which appeared to have been called by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, in which there were calls of “No Justice, No Peace” and “We will tear down the white wall of silence” and even “we will march through these streets, even seven times until we break down that wall” these statements coming from Mr. Taharka Robinson, who is acting as spokesperson for the family and is the representative of Sharpton’s National Action Network.

This comes after the incident where Shmira beat up an black man on the corner of Albany and Carroll Street. A number of news stations attended the conference including CBS2, NBC4, FOX5 and NEWS12, which took place on Albany Avenue between President and Carroll where the beating took place.

Calls for Marches in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just moments ago a press conference, which appeared to have been called by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, in which there were calls of “No Justice, No Peace” and “We will tear down the white wall of silence” and even “we will march through these streets, even seven times until we break down that wall” these statements coming from Mr. Taharka Robinson, who is acting as spokesperson for the family and is the representative of Sharpton’s National Action Network.

This comes after the incident where Shmira beat up an black man on the corner of Albany and Carroll Street. A number of news stations attended the conference including CBS2, NBC4, FOX5 and NEWS12, which took place on Albany Avenue between President and Carroll where the beating took place.

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NY Daily News
The Brooklyn district attorney will seat an investigative grand jury to probe the beating of an unarmed black man by two Jewish men in Crown Heights, the Daily News has learned.

The victim - a 20-year-old college student and the son of a cop - has met with prosecutor Charles Hynes about the April14 attack in a neighborhood with a long history of racial tension.

“He's an excellent young man, and I met with him personally to assure him that I would do everything in my power to bring to justice those who humiliated him,” Hynes said Wednesday.

Grand jury to investigate attack on black man by Jews in Crown Heights

NY Daily News

The Brooklyn district attorney will seat an investigative grand jury to probe the beating of an unarmed black man by two Jewish men in Crown Heights, the Daily News has learned.

The victim – a 20-year-old college student and the son of a cop – has met with prosecutor Charles Hynes about the April14 attack in a neighborhood with a long history of racial tension.

“He’s an excellent young man, and I met with him personally to assure him that I would do everything in my power to bring to justice those who humiliated him,” Hynes said Wednesday.

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By Tamar Runyan

Jewish residents and tourists in Northern Cyprus enjoy a community meal organized by Rabbi Chaim Hillel and Devorah Leah Azimov.

KYRENIA, North Cyprus — Passover celebrations in Northern Cyprus coordinated by the republic's new Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries went off without a hitch as some 45 people congregated in a local hotel Saturday night for a grand Seder supplied with kosher food cooked on the premises. The hotel's kitchen was specially koshered for the occasion.

New Chabad House Brings Passover to Northern Cyprus

By Tamar Runyan

Jewish residents and tourists in Northern Cyprus enjoy a community meal organized by Rabbi Chaim Hillel and Devorah Leah Azimov.

KYRENIA, North Cyprus — Passover celebrations in Northern Cyprus coordinated by the republic’s new Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries went off without a hitch as some 45 people congregated in a local hotel Saturday night for a grand Seder supplied with kosher food cooked on the premises. The hotel’s kitchen was specially koshered for the occasion.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aaron Dovid and Symie (nee Lipkind) Rosenberger (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.

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


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Sun Sentinel

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, asked FBI director Robert Mueller today to investigate as hate crimes fires that damaged two South Florida synagogues. (As Reported Here).

Wasserman Schultz Asks FBI Chief to Investigate Fires at Chabad House as Hate Crimes

Sun Sentinel

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, asked FBI director Robert Mueller today to investigate as hate crimes fires that damaged two South Florida synagogues. (As Reported Here).

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Errol Lewis - Email
Nearly 17 years after riots tore Crown Heights apart, the recent beating of a black college student by Jewish assailants has exposed rising tensions between blacks and Jews in my neighborhood.

Cops and city officials have quietly gone on high alert, worried that another riot could be in the works.

The troubles began on April 14, when Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old sophomore at Kingsborough Community College, says he and a friend encountered a pair of young Jewish men while walking down Albany Ave. about 6 p.m.

“One was on bike, one was on foot. They were staring at us, staring us down,” Charles told me. “We stared back. They approached us and asked if we had a problem.”

NY Daily News Op-Ed: ‘Tribal’ tension in Crown Heights keeps neighborhood from moving beyond hate

Errol Lewis – Email

Nearly 17 years after riots tore Crown Heights apart, the recent beating of a black college student by Jewish assailants has exposed rising tensions between blacks and Jews in my neighborhood.

Cops and city officials have quietly gone on high alert, worried that another riot could be in the works.

The troubles began on April 14, when Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old sophomore at Kingsborough Community College, says he and a friend encountered a pair of young Jewish men while walking down Albany Ave. about 6 p.m.

“One was on bike, one was on foot. They were staring at us, staring us down,” Charles told me. “We stared back. They approached us and asked if we had a problem.”

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CH Hatzalah Gets a New Ambulance!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of Hatzalah were busy outside the garage on Schenectady Avenue last night switching over the equipment from the old CH-3 to the new CH-3.

A Hatzalah Coordinator told CrownHeights.info that the typical amount of time an ambulance is kept in service is five years, and CH-3’s five years just came up.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Chanie (nee Donin) Lasker (Crown Heights) on the birth of a their firstborn daughter.

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


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NEW YORK (AP) — Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief.

Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row — this time closing above $117 a barrel — after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East rattled investors.

Retail Gas Hits Record $3.50 A Gallon

NEW YORK (AP) — Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief.

Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row — this time closing above $117 a barrel — after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East rattled investors.

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The New York Times

Former Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.

Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery.

“The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me,” said Mr. Koch, who represented the East Side in the City Council and in Congress before being elected to the first of three terms as mayor in 1977.

Koch, Resolved to Spend Eternity in Manhattan, Buys a Cemetery Plot

The New York Times

Former Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.

Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery.

“The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me,” said Mr. Koch, who represented the East Side in the City Council and in Congress before being elected to the first of three terms as mayor in 1977.

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SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

Invocation and Mivtza Pesach in Illinois State Capital

SPRINGFIELD, IL [CHI] — In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan and Pesach, the Head Shliach of Illinois, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, was invited to give the invocation in the Senate of Illinois. Rabbi Moscowitz was introduced by the Senate President Senator Emil Jones and State Senator Ira Silverstein.

After his remarks, he and his son, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, met with all the Jewish legislators in the state capital and gave them beautiful packages of Shmurah Matzah and literature about Pesach.

Pictures in the Extended Article!

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Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Broward Teacher to Receive National Honor

Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chanoch and Shaina (nee Itkin) Rosenfeld (Shluchim To Hamilton, ON, Canada) 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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