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Ofri Ilani - Haaretz

At the world center of Chabad Hasidism in Brooklyn, New York, the afternoon service is about to begin. Like many other events held at ultra-Orthodox venues these days, someone there photographed the worshipers with his cellular telephone's video camera.

Internet? There’s no such thing

Ofri Ilani – Haaretz

At the world center of Chabad Hasidism in Brooklyn, New York, the afternoon service is about to begin. Like many other events held at ultra-Orthodox venues these days, someone there photographed the worshipers with his cellular telephone’s video camera.

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Mazal Tov's View More
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)
(Left to right) Rabbi Levi Silman and Rabbi Daniel Rabin

Rabbi Daniel and his wife Sara Rabin will be moving to Johannessburg, South Africa on Shlichus along with their 3 month old son sometime within the next few weeks.

They were appointed by Rav David Masinter, Shliach to South Africa.

Also, Rabbi Levi and Leah Silman have begun a new shlichus in Milnerton a suburb Cape Town, South Africa, where he will be rabbi of the local minyan in the Milnerton suburb of Cape Town, the will also be responsible for all Chabad activities in Milnerton.

They were appointed by Rabbi Popack, head shliach to Cape Town.

May The New Shluchim “be successful in all their endeavors”.

Hatzlacha Rabba!!

Two New Shluchim To South Africa

(Left to right) Rabbi Levi Silman and Rabbi Daniel Rabin

Rabbi Daniel and his wife Sara Rabin will be moving to Johannessburg, South Africa on Shlichus along with their 3 month old son sometime within the next few weeks.

They were appointed by Rav David Masinter, Shliach to South Africa.

Also, Rabbi Levi and Leah Silman have begun a new shlichus in Milnerton a suburb Cape Town, South Africa, where he will be rabbi of the local minyan in the Milnerton suburb of Cape Town, the will also be responsible for all Chabad activities in Milnerton.

They were appointed by Rabbi Popack, head shliach to Cape Town.

May The New Shluchim “be successful in all their endeavors”.

Hatzlacha Rabba!!

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The NY Post
Harlem is bleeding - the murder rate doubled there this year.

Slayings spiked at least 100 percent in each of the neighborhood's three police precincts, jumping to 40 this year from a total of 19 last year.

The increase in Harlem - the biggest among any adjoining precincts in the city - fueled this year's 35 percent surge in homicides in Manhattan above 59th Street, police statistics through last Sunday show.

Murders Up City Wide

The NY Post

Harlem is bleeding – the murder rate doubled there this year.

Slayings spiked at least 100 percent in each of the neighborhood’s three police precincts, jumping to 40 this year from a total of 19 last year.

The increase in Harlem – the biggest among any adjoining precincts in the city – fueled this year’s 35 percent surge in homicides in Manhattan above 59th Street, police statistics through last Sunday show.

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Kinus for Talmidim in 770

col.org.il

Hundreds of Bochurim gathered Sunday for a Kinus of Awakening and Strengthening after two weeks had passed since the terrible tragedy that claimed the lives of three Bochurim on their way to do Chanukah Mivtzoim.

The gathering was emceed by R. Kalman Wienfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevai Torah and the featured speaker was R. Yossi Jacobson who spoke about the terrible tragedy and emphasized the point that the Rebbe wanted that Bochurim involve themselves in learning.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Lubavitch.com

Within Chabad-Lubavitch communities internationally, shock and grief over the deaths of three young Chabad students two weeks ago have now given way to a more introspective focus. Many have issued calls for a concerted effort towards greater achdut, or unity among Chabad chasidim, as they reflect on a tragedy that struck deeply, affecting every segment of the community.

In the Wake of Tragedy, A Call for Unity

Lubavitch.com
The scene of the accident. Click here for the original article

Within Chabad-Lubavitch communities internationally, shock and grief over the deaths of three young Chabad students two weeks ago have now given way to a more introspective focus. Many have issued calls for a concerted effort towards greater achdut, or unity among Chabad chasidim, as they reflect on a tragedy that struck deeply, affecting every segment of the community.

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This Sunday concluded a week long overnight camping experience that will never be forgotten. The 8-day winter camp, located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains , was sponsored by Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe ( F.R.E.E.) directed by Rabbis Meir & Hirshel Okunov.

The camp, headed by Rabbi Mendel Okunov and Rabbi Dan Dashevsky, was specifically geared for public-school boys from Russian immigrant families, with little or no religious background.

UPDATE: More pictures in the Extended Article!

Camp FREE Winter Experience – Yet Another Amazing Camp Season

This Sunday concluded a week long overnight camping experience that will never be forgotten. The 8-day winter camp, located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains , was sponsored by Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe ( F.R.E.E.) directed by Rabbis Meir & Hirshel Okunov.

The camp, headed by Rabbi Mendel Okunov and Rabbi Dan Dashevsky, was specifically geared for public-school boys from Russian immigrant families, with little or no religious background.

UPDATE: More pictures in the Extended Article!

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! 3 New Engagements!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov Shaya Rubinstein (Crown Heights) and Maaryasha Werdiger (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement!

And we would like to wish Mazal Tov Isaac Lieberman (Flatbush/ Manhattan) to Esti Balkany (Boro Park, NY) on their engagement!

And we would like to wish Mazal Tov Moshe Sobol (Long Island, NY) to Sima Grove (West Hartford, CT) on their engagement!

Mazel Tov's
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Reminder: Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Saturday, December 30 through Monday, January 1

Alternate side parking regulations are suspended on Saturday, December 30 through Monday, January 1 for holiday observance. Parking meter regulations are in effect on Saturday, December 30 but are suspended on Sunday, December 31. Because New Year’s Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended on Monday, January 1. 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”).

PSA
The crowd at last years event. Inset: MBD.

5th Annual concert fundraiser to benefit Crown Heights children with special needs will be held on February 24, 2007.

Crown Heights, NY, December 31, 2006: Mordechai Ben David, the legendary Chassidic singer, will be the star performer at the annual concert fundraiser to take place on February 24, 2007, at the George Wingate Auditorium, 600 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY at 8:30 P.M.

MBD will be in concert for the first time in Crown Heights. The Neshoma orchestra, under the musical direction of the incomparable Yaron Gershovsky, will provide the perfect accompaniment for this wonderful event.

Chasdei Zahavi Announces that Mordechai Ben David To Headline Soul II Soul 5767!

The crowd at last years event. Inset: MBD.

5th Annual concert fundraiser to benefit Crown Heights children with special needs will be held on February 24, 2007.

Crown Heights, NY, December 31, 2006: Mordechai Ben David, the legendary Chassidic singer, will be the star performer at the annual concert fundraiser to take place on February 24, 2007, at the George Wingate Auditorium, 600 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY at 8:30 P.M.

MBD will be in concert for the first time in Crown Heights. The Neshoma orchestra, under the musical direction of the incomparable Yaron Gershovsky, will provide the perfect accompaniment for this wonderful event.

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Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday L’Chaims!

Mendy Levertov (Crown Heights) and Vivi Kendall (Montreal, Canada) .
IY“H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. [Corner Albany Ave].

Chaim Kessler (Morristown, NJ) and Chaia Wainer (Burlington, VT/Baltimore, MD)
IY”H at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St. [Entrance on Albany].

Mazel Tov's
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The NY Daily News
An NYPD sergeant charged with pummeling a suspected car thief in Brooklyn while off-duty defended himself yesterday, telling the Daily News the assault charges against him are baseless.

“The truth will come out,” Sgt. Greg Abrahams said after being held for 15 hours in the alleged beating of an ex-con who police say was trying to steal the sergeant's Ford Mustang. “This is so bogus. It's really just being blown out of proportion.”

Abrahams was agitated outside his Nassau County home yesterday as he removed parts of the dashboard, allegedly damaged by Gaspar Alcalde, 48.

Cop Denies Beating Thug After Car Theft Try

The NY Daily News

An NYPD sergeant charged with pummeling a suspected car thief in Brooklyn while off-duty defended himself yesterday, telling the Daily News the assault charges against him are baseless.

“The truth will come out,” Sgt. Greg Abrahams said after being held for 15 hours in the alleged beating of an ex-con who police say was trying to steal the sergeant’s Ford Mustang. “This is so bogus. It’s really just being blown out of proportion.”

Abrahams was agitated outside his Nassau County home yesterday as he removed parts of the dashboard, allegedly damaged by Gaspar Alcalde, 48.

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