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Biker dies in plunge off bridge

NY Daily News – Pics by Newsday

Follow up to the article “Motorcycle Accident on Eastern Parkway” and the one from last year where a biker died .

A 38-year-old motorcyclist died last night when he rammed the back of a livery cab and plunged off the Williamsburg Bridge into the East River, police said.

NYPD Aviation and Harbor units found Leonard Beckett’s body after searching the swirling, murky water toward the Manhattan side of the bridge for about 45 minutes.

Witnesses told cops that Beckett, a father of seven from St. Albans, Queens, was coming from Brooklyn with about a half-dozen members of his motorcycle club, the Southside Renegades, about 10:20 p.m. when the accident occurred.

More pictures in the Extended Article

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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
New Engagement!

Dovid Lifchitz (Boise, Idaho) to Mussie Moscowitz (Bucktown, IL)
New Engagement!

Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
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

Chabad Rabbi Represents Jewish Faith in the White House

Lubavitch.com

“America is a nation of prayer. It’s impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray,” said President George Bush today.

The occasion was the White House celebration of the National Day of Prayer. “At decisive moments in our history and in quiet times around family tables, we are a people humbled and strengthened and blessed by prayer.”

Among the religious leaders selected by the White House for to represent their respective faiths, was Chabad’s Rabbi Sholom Ciment of Greater Boynton in Palm Beach County, Florida, offering prayers on behalf of world Jewry.

The National Day of Prayer, which was held in the East Room of the White House and carried live by all national Media outlets, dates back to the first declaration of a day of prayer and fasting by George Washington to President Lincoln’s call for prayer and fasting during the Civil War. President Ronald Reagan signed the current law in 1988, marking the date as the first Thursday in May of each year.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagements

We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov Nadiv Kehaty (New Orleans, LA) upon his engagement to Toby Ezagui (Crown Heights) !!

The L’Chaim will IY”H be on Sunday night in Beis Rivka (Crown St) .

And to Yakov Menaker (Miami, FL) upon his engagement to Raizel Schapiro (Crown Heights) .

The L’Chaim will IY”H be on Sunday night in the Jewish Children’s Museum (downstairs) .


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E.J. Tansky - Lubavitch.com
Students with Chabad's Rabbi Aron Slonim at left, at the end-of-year wine-and-cheese send off.

As American college students swig cans of energy drinks to caffeinate themselves for all-nighter study sessions, their Ontarian counterparts have already turned in their blue books and dragged out their beaten up futons out of the dorm. Summer break has arrived at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, but Chabad representatives Rabbi Mordechai and Nechamie Silberberg are doing anything but taking it easy.

Summer Break: Students Leave, But Ties Remain Strong

E.J. Tansky – Lubavitch.com
Students with Chabad’s Rabbi Aron Slonim at left, at the end-of-year wine-and-cheese send off.

As American college students swig cans of energy drinks to caffeinate themselves for all-nighter study sessions, their Ontarian counterparts have already turned in their blue books and dragged out their beaten up futons out of the dorm. Summer break has arrived at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, but Chabad representatives Rabbi Mordechai and Nechamie Silberberg are doing anything but taking it easy.

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California Shluchim Gather at New Camp

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A Farbrengen is a joyful gathering where people unite in song and spirit. On Sunday, 300 men, women and children — Chabad representatives from the West Coast — came together for a special Farbrengen to discuss future plans for Chabad’s new Kiryas Schneerson mountaintop campus and dedicate a unique Torah scroll at the site.

Enjoying the spectacular setting and clear skies at Kiryas Schneerson in Running Springs, Chabad representatives and their families gathered to fulfill the instructions of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who told his West Coast emissaries to hold an annual Farbrengen on the Hebrew date of Bais Iyar — the birthday of the fourth Chabad Rebbe, the Rebbe Maharash.

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The Crown Heights Shomrim urgently advises all community parents and educators of the following:

We have received reports that a man is trying to pick up young children by posing as a “police officer” from a Cleveland. He is said to have approached children showing them a badge and asking them to “show him directions” to different local streets or avenues.

Description; white male, with a small beard and a silver tooth, wearing a blue and black cap, blue jeans, and a white T-shirt with a picture on it. (Be advised that while this is the clothing he was wearing when he was first spotted and it is thus worth nothing, he could easily change into other clothing – a different hat, a jacket covering his shirt, etc.). He was seen driving a dark-colored (dark blue, black, dark green, etc.) an SUV type vehicle.

COMMUNITY ALERT

The Crown Heights Shomrim urgently advises all community parents and educators of the following:

We have received reports that a man is trying to pick up young children by posing as a “police officer” from a Cleveland. He is said to have approached children showing them a badge and asking them to “show him directions” to different local streets or avenues.

Description; white male, with a small beard and a silver tooth, wearing a blue and black cap, blue jeans, and a white T-shirt with a picture on it. (Be advised that while this is the clothing he was wearing when he was first spotted and it is thus worth nothing, he could easily change into other clothing – a different hat, a jacket covering his shirt, etc.). He was seen driving a dark-colored (dark blue, black, dark green, etc.) an SUV type vehicle.

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This past Monday at around 5:00 in the afternoon a woman was walking home pushing a stroller with her child in it, when a car pulled up next to her and demanded her stroller. This bizarre incident took place at the intersection of Union St and Albany Ave, the car which had 2 occupants a male driver and a female passenger, while the woman was waiting for the light to change the car pulled up alongside her and made the demand she pick up her child and leave the stroller, at which point the woman began to write down the cars license plate number. Upon noticing this the would be muggers began to speed off, during which they swerved in the direction of the woman who had to jump out of the way to avoid getting hit by the car.

After this bizarre incident the woman got home, which was just a few blocks away, and called 911 to file a complaint and fill out a police report regarding this attempted stroller mugging, the officers that responded listened to the woman’s story and concluded that they cannot file a report since this incident “was to far in the past” and the “she should be happy with the way it ended”. It’s important for you to know that the police must file a report for every and any incident that had taken place, due to the fact that if you do not file the report it’s as if the crime never happened.

Attempted Mugging Of A Stroller – Where Will It End?

This past Monday at around 5:00 in the afternoon a woman was walking home pushing a stroller with her child in it, when a car pulled up next to her and demanded her stroller. This bizarre incident took place at the intersection of Union St and Albany Ave, the car which had 2 occupants a male driver and a female passenger, while the woman was waiting for the light to change the car pulled up alongside her and made the demand she pick up her child and leave the stroller, at which point the woman began to write down the cars license plate number. Upon noticing this the would be muggers began to speed off, during which they swerved in the direction of the woman who had to jump out of the way to avoid getting hit by the car.

After this bizarre incident the woman got home, which was just a few blocks away, and called 911 to file a complaint and fill out a police report regarding this attempted stroller mugging, the officers that responded listened to the woman’s story and concluded that they cannot file a report since this incident “was to far in the past” and the “she should be happy with the way it ended”. It’s important for you to know that the police must file a report for every and any incident that had taken place, due to the fact that if you do not file the report it’s as if the crime never happened.

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Mazal Tov! Sisters Give Birth Hours Apart!

After we reported about 2 neighbors both having baby boys just hours apart of each other, we received word of 2 sisters giving birth just hours apart!

And the Mazal Tov goes to Lipi and Devorah Leah Kosofsky (nee Blau) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter!

And to Mendy and Sternie Mellul (nee Blau) (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their son!

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Down Under – Kinus of Talmidim Hashluchim

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Throughout the world of Lubavitcher Yeshivas there exists a very special group of bochurim. The Talmidim Hashluchim are older bochurim who’s time and energy is dedicated to helping younger students in their journey through yeshiva years. From as close as Pittsburgh and New Haven to as far as Israel, Russia and Singapore. These bochurim work wonders with inspiring the younger student in their charge.

For several years the Vaad Hatmimim of New York has organized regional kinusim for these shluchim. Here they gather for a Shabbos of inspiration to share experiences, farbreng, and prepare to go back to their respective yeshivas with added enthusiasm.

This week the first of the kinusim took place; in Sydney, Australia. The Melbourne shluchim flew into Sydney on Wednesday afternoon and spent three days filled with specially prepared programming.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The 10,000 people who experienced “Exodus” at the Jewish Children’s Museum during March and early April will certainly not be surprised: owing to huge public enthusiasm, Exodus has agreed to add a full month of encore performances!

Judging from the past shows, Exodus has all the ingredients of a real blockbuster: time travel, water turning to blood, frogs dropping from the ceiling, a splitting sea and matza baking; what’s not to love?

Even though the Exodus organizers added tens of extra shows, after Exodus closed, they were still being inundated by requests for more.

Exodus at the JCM Back by Popular Demand!

The 10,000 people who experienced “Exodus” at the Jewish Children’s Museum during March and early April will certainly not be surprised: owing to huge public enthusiasm, Exodus has agreed to add a full month of encore performances!

Judging from the past shows, Exodus has all the ingredients of a real blockbuster: time travel, water turning to blood, frogs dropping from the ceiling, a splitting sea and matza baking; what’s not to love?

Even though the Exodus organizers added tens of extra shows, after Exodus closed, they were still being inundated by requests for more.

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The Shluchim office is proud to announce the launch of a new, hi-tech, multi- purpose, online placement system. This new technology will enhance and expedite the existing job placement service. It will match couples, Bochurim and young women, with Shluchim around the world, to advance and assist in their extensive Shlichus efforts.

For many years, The Shluchim Office has been successful in filling both short and long term positions on Shlichus. From assisting with holiday programs and camps, to full year or permanent positions, The Placement Department at The Shluchim Office has recorded hundreds of successful matches!

New Bochurim and Girls Shlichus Placement System

The Shluchim office is proud to announce the launch of a new, hi-tech, multi- purpose, online placement system. This new technology will enhance and expedite the existing job placement service. It will match couples, Bochurim and young women, with Shluchim around the world, to advance and assist in their extensive Shlichus efforts.

For many years, The Shluchim Office has been successful in filling both short and long term positions on Shlichus. From assisting with holiday programs and camps, to full year or permanent positions, The Placement Department at The Shluchim Office has recorded hundreds of successful matches!

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Ukraine School Gets Murals on Biblical Theme

Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine – Students of the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School adorned the walls of their school with wonderful pictures made with the assistance of a professional artist as part of a special school project. During the school year, the pupils studied everything related to the coming of the days of the Messiah of a world filled with peace and absence of illness and hatred, and then drew it on the wall of the school building.

These pictures feature the city of Jerusalem as it looks today and the way it will look in the epoch of the Redemption.

The Ohr Avner Chabad School of Dneprodzerzhinsk was inaugurated five years ago through the efforts Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Stambler and his wife Dina. In the first year of operation, the school counted 40 pupils. Today it enrolls more than 120 students.

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Reward Increased For Information Regarding Efraim Klein’s Murder

The NYPD distributed new reward posters for information regarding the murder of Efraim Klein HY”D. Currently the NYPD is offering $10,000 and Crime Stoppers is offering $2,000 now Mayor Bloomberg added an additional $10,000, this is besides the $10,000 Being offered by the CHJCC and the $15,000 in donations from local businesses.

It’s important to note that the NYPD have not a single clue as to what had really happened that night.

Full poster in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagements

We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Chaim Bronstein (Crown Heights) upon his engagement to Sara Rudolph (Johannesburg, South Africa) !

And to Yisroel Dovid Osdoba (Crown Heights) to Malky (bas R. Mendel) Reizes (Crown Heights) !

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