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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds of Bochurim and Anash attended the 25th annual Siyum HoRambam HaOlami in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights last night.

More pictures in the Extended Article. (Photos by: Eli Kahan)

Hundreds Attend the Annual Siyum HoRambam HaOlami

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds of Bochurim and Anash attended the 25th annual Siyum HoRambam HaOlami in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights last night.

More pictures in the Extended Article. (Photos by: Eli Kahan)

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New Engagement!

Nathaniel Cohen (Neuilly, France) to Raquel Illouz (Paris, France)
Baby Boy!

Leiby and Mushka Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya (nee Laber) Shepard from Albany, NY had a baby girl!
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)


This weeks Living Torah, titled “Communicating for History” (Volume 40, Episode 157).

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 “Communicating for History” (Volume 40, Episode 157).

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

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This week, the F.R.E.E. Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, in a cooperative effort between the Lechaim Publishing House (Moscow) and the SHAMIR Publishing House (Jerusalem) have issued for the first time the “Selichot” (Prayers of Repentance) with a modern Russian translation, all in a clear new Russian and Hebrew typesetting.

New Selichot With Russian Translation

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This week, the F.R.E.E. Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, in a cooperative effort between the Lechaim Publishing House (Moscow) and the SHAMIR Publishing House (Jerusalem) have issued for the first time the “Selichot” (Prayers of Repentance) with a modern Russian translation, all in a clear new Russian and Hebrew typesetting.

Chabad News
With deep pain sadness and shock we inform you of the terribly tragic passing, of a HaBochur HaTomim Gershon ben R. Mordechai Leib A”H Gorodetsky, at the age of 34, earlier this morning when he was struck by a train in the Kingston Avenue Subway station.

The Levaya will take place Today, Thursday, and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at around 2:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 2:30pm

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

TRAGEDY: Boruch Dayan Haemes – HaBochur Gershy Gorodetsky OBM

With deep pain sadness and shock we inform you of the terribly tragic passing, of a HaBochur HaTomim Gershon ben R. Mordechai Leib A”H Gorodetsky, at the age of 34, earlier this morning when he was struck by a train in the Kingston Avenue Subway station.

The Levaya will take place Today, Thursday, and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at around 2:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 2:30pm

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

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NY1
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The NYPD is taking steps to protect the city's Jewish community from terrorism during the upcoming High Holidays.

Commissioner Ray Kelly said Wednesday that there is no reason to believe an attack is in the works, but they are stepping up police presence to be prepared, as they have in years past.

Police To Step Up Patrols During Jewish High Holidays

NY1

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The NYPD is taking steps to protect the city’s Jewish community from terrorism during the upcoming High Holidays.

Commissioner Ray Kelly said Wednesday that there is no reason to believe an attack is in the works, but they are stepping up police presence to be prepared, as they have in years past.

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The scene this morning at the Kingston Avenue station.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The harrowing message came down the wire early this morning, at around 8:00am, that there was a victim struck by a train and killed L”A in the Kingston Avenue Subway station.

Hatzalah, Shomrim and Chesed Shel Emes all arrived on scene along with NYPD ESU and FDNY EMS and tended to the victim, who was killed instantly.

More in the Extended Article.

TRAGEDY: Bochur Killed in the Subway

The scene this morning at the Kingston Avenue station.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The harrowing message came down the wire early this morning, at around 8:00am, that there was a victim struck by a train and killed L”A in the Kingston Avenue Subway station.

Hatzalah, Shomrim and Chesed Shel Emes all arrived on scene along with NYPD ESU and FDNY EMS and tended to the victim, who was killed instantly.

More in the Extended Article.

Notices
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Chabad.org
In a new Web-based High Holiday greeting, the voice of Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the title character of a Chabad.org cartoon series, appeals to recipients to engage in self-reflection.

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

High Holiday Greeting Utilizes Popular Cartoon Character

Chabad.org
In a new Web-based High Holiday greeting, the voice of Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the title character of a Chabad.org cartoon series, appeals to recipients to engage in self-reflection.

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

General
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AP
NEW YORK, NY — The New York Police Department has short-circuited a civilian oversight panel formed in the early 1990s by being blatantly dismissive of the panel's investigations of wayward officers, according to a new study.

An analysis of the Civilian Complaint Review Board's performance in recent years “allows for no other conclusion than this: The city's civilian oversight system has failed,'' the report says. ”It has been subverted and co-opted by the police department.''

Both police and CCRB officials called the findings released Wednesday by the New York Civil Liberties Union unfair and too reliant on outdated statistics.

Civil Rights Advocates: NYPD Undermines Review Board

AP

NEW YORK, NY — The New York Police Department has short-circuited a civilian oversight panel formed in the early 1990s by being blatantly dismissive of the panel’s investigations of wayward officers, according to a new study.

An analysis of the Civilian Complaint Review Board’s performance in recent years “allows for no other conclusion than this: The city’s civilian oversight system has failed,” the report says. ”It has been subverted and co-opted by the police department.”

Both police and CCRB officials called the findings released Wednesday by the New York Civil Liberties Union unfair and too reliant on outdated statistics.

NYC News
JTA.org

PENZA, Russia — In the big picture of Russian Jewry, Penza is but a blip, a small industrial city located on the banks of the Sura River some 400 miles southeast of Moscow.

But the recent switch by the community’s leadership from one Jewish denomination to another — amid allegations of dirty tactics and possible illegal political activity — has thrust Penza into the center of the factional war that has weighed heavily on Jewish life in Russia over the last decade.

Chabad Making More Inroads in Russia

JTA.org

PENZA, Russia — In the big picture of Russian Jewry, Penza is but a blip, a small industrial city located on the banks of the Sura River some 400 miles southeast of Moscow.

But the recent switch by the community’s leadership from one Jewish denomination to another — amid allegations of dirty tactics and possible illegal political activity — has thrust Penza into the center of the factional war that has weighed heavily on Jewish life in Russia over the last decade.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Yesterday, Tuesday at around 3:30 PM a girl purchasing a MetroCard at a vending machine in the Kingston Avenue subway station was robbed by a pair of Black males.

The incident began when the girl took $20 out of her wallet to purchase a MetroCard while two Black males, around 16 years old, whom she originally spotted when first entering the station came up behind her and one distracted her by pointing at the screen and the other grabbed her purse.

More in the Extended Article!

Girl Robbed in the Kingson Ave Subway Station

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Yesterday, Tuesday at around 3:30 PM a girl purchasing a MetroCard at a vending machine in the Kingston Avenue subway station was robbed by a pair of Black males.

The incident began when the girl took $20 out of her wallet to purchase a MetroCard while two Black males, around 16 years old, whom she originally spotted when first entering the station came up behind her and one distracted her by pointing at the screen and the other grabbed her purse.

More in the Extended Article!

Crime
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Chabad.org
Chabad.org sent an e-mail to its readers reminding them of the upcoming High Holidays.

With only a few days left before the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, many Jews still have no plans to attend synagogue services.

There ís a High Holiday Service for You, Wherever You Are

Chabad.org
Chabad.org sent an e-mail to its readers reminding them of the upcoming High Holidays.

With only a few days left before the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, many Jews still have no plans to attend synagogue services.

Shlichus

No English Classes for Bais Rivka Students – Until Further Notice

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A recorded message on the Bais Rivka, Campus Chomesh call line informed parents that ‘due to technical difficulties Pre-1a through 8th grade will only have Hebrew classes 12:00pm starting Wednesday Chof Bais Elul until further notice’.

CrownHeights.info received dozens of emails from fuming parents saying things such as ‘will Bais Rivka reimburse the parents for the babysitters, along with loss of work to have to rearrange for someone to be home to pick up the kids?’ along with statements such as ‘How can they do this?’.

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