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Crown Heights, Brooklyn –- A Couple woke up last night to the sound of crashing glass in their living room, the incident took place at around 2:30am, at first they though it may be a burglar and they immediately called Shomrim. Patrolling member arrived on scene within moments of the call and began searching the area.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Glass Bottle Thrown into Apartment Window

Crown Heights, Brooklyn –- A Couple woke up last night to the sound of crashing glass in their living room, the incident took place at around 2:30am, at first they though it may be a burglar and they immediately called Shomrim. Patrolling member arrived on scene within moments of the call and began searching the area.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
New Engagement!

Moishy Goldberg (Georgetown, NY) to Batsheva Gansburg (Coconut Creek, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
Baby Girl!

Moshe Yisroel Dovid and Estie Wolf from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Enagagement!

Shmouel Nadjar (Charenton le pont S.Maurice, France) to Shirel Chaya Partouche (Creteil, France)
New Engagement!

Avremel Turen (Chicago, IL) to Brochie Reinetz (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Thursday, Oct. 15th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Enagagement!

Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Baby Girl!

Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Shmuly and Geula (nee Katzman) Gniwisch from Houston, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Memke Goldshmid (Valley Stream, NY) to Mushky Gancz (West Palm Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Mendel Minkowics (Crown Heights) to Sara Fajnland (Herndon, VA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Sender Gurewitz (Lyon, France) to Malki Lipskier (S. Petersburg, Russia)

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New Engagement!

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

Preparing for the ULY Ocean Pkwy Chinese Auction!

The Women’s Auxiliary of the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva and Mesivta of Ocean Parkway proudly presents this years Chinese Auction titled “We are all Connected”. Organizers and volunteers were up throughout the night preparing the show and arranged the prizes which will be available for viewing through out the day today.

The event is taking place Today at Bais Rivka ‘Campus Chomesh. The auction viewing hours will be; Women, 1:30 – 5 PM (Free $10 ticket to each attendee till 3 PM). Men, 5 – 6 PM. Women, 6 – 9 PM. The program will begin at 7:30 PM and the auction drawing at 9:00 PM.

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Chabad Synagogue Celebrates its Torah

The Miami Herald
Members of Chabad of NE Hollywood/Dania (also known as the Shul of the Lakes), rabbis and friends joyously accompany a procession down 14th Avenue in Hollywood in celebration of the Chabad’s first Torah.

A new Torah was dedicated, to the joy of a Chabad’s Orthodox members, who paraded down a Hollywood street to celebrate.

Hollywood, FL — Yardwork stopped for a few moments late Sunday afternoon as homeowners stood on their front lawns to watch the procession walking down the street in their Hollywood Lakes neighborhood.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Motzoi Shabbos, at around 9 PM, Shomrim received a call from a resident of a building that witnessed a Black Male off steal two baby strollers belonging to neighbors in the building on the corner of Lamont Court and Empire Blvd and that he was following the suspect.

More in the Extended Article.

Shomrim Assist in Recovery of Stolen Strollers

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Motzoi Shabbos, at around 9 PM, Shomrim received a call from a resident of a building that witnessed a Black Male off steal two baby strollers belonging to neighbors in the building on the corner of Lamont Court and Empire Blvd and that he was following the suspect.

More in the Extended Article.

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The St. Petersburg Times
Rabbi Yossi Eber
A Trinity couple's home becomes a place where Jews can study, celebrate and grow.

New Port Richey, FL — This synagogue without walls is hoping to draw people to an oasis of Judaism.

“Our center utilizes various locations while developing plans for a facility of its own,” said 31-year-old Rabbi Yossi Eber.

The Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco was established in 2006 by Eber and his wife, 27-year-old Dina. They purchased a one-way ticket from Brooklyn and moved to the West Pasco community of Trinity and opened the doors to their hearts and home to the Jewish populace.

Open Doors and Hearts

The St. Petersburg Times
Rabbi Yossi Eber

A Trinity couple’s home becomes a place where Jews can study, celebrate and grow.

New Port Richey, FL — This synagogue without walls is hoping to draw people to an oasis of Judaism.

“Our center utilizes various locations while developing plans for a facility of its own,” said 31-year-old Rabbi Yossi Eber.

The Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco was established in 2006 by Eber and his wife, 27-year-old Dina. They purchased a one-way ticket from Brooklyn and moved to the West Pasco community of Trinity and opened the doors to their hearts and home to the Jewish populace.

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Sun Sentinel
Cooper City, FL — For more than two years, congregants from the Chabad of Nova have been unsuccessfully petitioning Cooper City officials for a permanent home on Griffin Road. On Friday, they sued the city, claiming discrimination.

The suit, filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, claims Cooper City's zoning laws are illegally designed to protect the city's tax base by banning all tax-exempt houses of worship from commercial districts.

Chabad Sues City Over Zoning Restrictions

Sun Sentinel

Cooper City, FL — For more than two years, congregants from the Chabad of Nova have been unsuccessfully petitioning Cooper City officials for a permanent home on Griffin Road. On Friday, they sued the city, claiming discrimination.

The suit, filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, claims Cooper City’s zoning laws are illegally designed to protect the city’s tax base by banning all tax-exempt houses of worship from commercial districts.

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Dallas Morning News

Plano, TX — With each stroke of his quill pen, Rabbi Menachem Block came one step closer to completing the third and final Torah at the Chabad of Plano.

For certain Jewish holidays, some synagogues prefer to have three Torahs to read from different sections. Until the Torah dedication May 20, the Chabad of Plano had only two Torahs and had to borrow a third from neighboring synagogues.

Plano Synagogue Acquires Third Torah

Dallas Morning News

Plano, TX — With each stroke of his quill pen, Rabbi Menachem Block came one step closer to completing the third and final Torah at the Chabad of Plano.

For certain Jewish holidays, some synagogues prefer to have three Torahs to read from different sections. Until the Torah dedication May 20, the Chabad of Plano had only two Torahs and had to borrow a third from neighboring synagogues.

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Washington Post
Chabad Rabbis' Modern Outreach Methods Are Controversial but Forge Ties

With ice cream sundaes, iPod giveaways, spa days and yoga classes, a group of Orthodox rabbis in the Washington area is employing decidedly unorthodox methods to address a growing problem: the fading involvement of Jews in local Jewish life.

Although the region has one of the largest and youngest Jewish communities in the country, recent studies have found that a shrinking proportion of Jews-- as elsewhere in the country — is joining synagogues, community centers, Jewish schools and other centers of Jewish life.

The Offbeat Is Helping Some Jews Reconnect

Washington Post

Chabad Rabbis’ Modern Outreach Methods Are Controversial but Forge Ties

With ice cream sundaes, iPod giveaways, spa days and yoga classes, a group of Orthodox rabbis in the Washington area is employing decidedly unorthodox methods to address a growing problem: the fading involvement of Jews in local Jewish life.

Although the region has one of the largest and youngest Jewish communities in the country, recent studies have found that a shrinking proportion of Jews– as elsewhere in the country — is joining synagogues, community centers, Jewish schools and other centers of Jewish life.

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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday

Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28 for holiday observance. Because Memorial Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Erev Shabbos at around 2:45 in the afternoon a woman opened her car door and was struck by a passing transport van on Albany Ave between Eastern Parkway and Union Street.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Car Loses Door in Minor Accident

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Erev Shabbos at around 2:45 in the afternoon a woman opened her car door and was struck by a passing transport van on Albany Ave between Eastern Parkway and Union Street.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Accidents

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Zvi and Chaya’le (nee Silver) Ehrenreich (Chestnut Ridge, NY) on the birth of a baby girl.

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

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Rabbi Sholom Ciment speaking at this years Kinus Hatmimim Hashluchim in Florida.

Rabbi Sholom Ciment, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Beach in an interview to James D. Davis of the Florida Sun Sentinel.

Q. A distinctive feature of the Chabad approach?
A. Our unquestioning acceptance of each and every Jew, and our abhorrence for the labels that are placed on Jews. Labels are for shirts, not Jewish souls. You cannot dilute a Jew's Jewishness. The entire spectrum of Judaism is represented in our synagogue, from people who have been educated as Jews from childhood to those who have had no exposure to Judaism.

‘Labels are for shirts, not Jewish souls.’

Rabbi Sholom Ciment speaking at this years Kinus Hatmimim Hashluchim in Florida.

Rabbi Sholom Ciment, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Beach in an interview to James D. Davis of the Florida Sun Sentinel.

Q. A distinctive feature of the Chabad approach?
A. Our unquestioning acceptance of each and every Jew, and our abhorrence for the labels that are placed on Jews. Labels are for shirts, not Jewish souls. You cannot dilute a Jew’s Jewishness. The entire spectrum of Judaism is represented in our synagogue, from people who have been educated as Jews from childhood to those who have had no exposure to Judaism.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalman Goldberg (Toronto, Canada) and Sheina Weiss (Charlotte, NC) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].

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This weeks living Torah video is titled 'How to choose a Mentor' (Volume 36, Episode 142).

Living Torah is a member supported project, become a member today LivingTorah.org

Also available with Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks living Torah video is titled ‘How to choose a Mentor’ (Volume 36, Episode 142).

Living Torah is a member supported project, become a member today LivingTorah.org

Also available with Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

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