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Special: Pirsum Rishon Pictures of the Rebbe

Today, Gimmel Tammuz, marks the 16th anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. For many it’s a day of reflection and a day in which remember the Rebbe and, moreover, the tremendous dedication the Rebbe had to Klal Yisroel.

In honor of this special day CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present selective photos that are being released for the very first time, from famed photographer Mr. Gadi Hoz of Toronto Canada.

How did Mr. Hoz capture these stunning photos? What was his background? Below we have included a brief bio, including details of how he found his way to the Rebbe and to 770. To learn more about Mr. Hoz’s work or to order prints Click Here.

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New Engagement!

Shlomo Helfen (Northampton, MA) to Sarah Cohen (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Sunday, Jan. 18th, 8:00pm at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel
Baby Boy!

Pinchos and Chaiky Sudak from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Wagner (Toronto, Canada) to Mussia Glick (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Betsalel Abend (The Valley, CA) to Batsheva Gansburg (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at the Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Levi Shmotkin (Stamford, CT) to Chaya Mushka Sudak (Stanmore, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Meir Twersky (Chicago, IL) to Miriam Lipskeir (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:15pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yisroel Tzvi Kesselman (Los Angeles, CA) to Zeldy Eichorn (Crown Heights)

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Baby Girl!

Yossi and Rivky Shain from Brooklyn, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaki Vogel (London, UK) to Shayna Brod (Stockton, CA) L’Chaim: Sunday, Jan. 11th, 7:30pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Matty Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Fraidy Silver (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Holzman (Crown Heights) to Tammy Goldsobel (London, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, Jan. 11th, 6:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Yisroel Sheiner (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Itta Chutaretzky (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Yehuda Brown (Dallas, TX) to Kaylee Andrusier (Bal Harbour, FL)
New Engagement!

Yisroel Levin (Palo Alto, CA) to Gittel Stein (Southfield, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Itav Estrin (Vancouver, Canada) to Binah Zhornitsky (Vancouver, Canada)
Baby Girl!

Effy and Shayna Mushka Block from Melbourne, Australia had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Rabbi Tuvia and Devorah Kasimov from East Flatbush had a baby boy!
By Mike McLaughlin for the New York Daily News

Crown Heights architect Michael Cetera kneels on Clove Road, where he says historical artifacts from the 1770s should be unearthed.

A revolutionary war is brewing in Crown Heights.

Neighborhood activists hope an archaeological excavation will unearth Revolutionary War artifacts beneath Clove Road, a tiny, crumbling street.

Locals Hope to Unearth Revolutionary War Artifacts on Clove Rd

By Mike McLaughlin for the New York Daily News
Crown Heights architect Michael Cetera kneels on Clove Road, where he says historical artifacts from the 1770s should be unearthed.

A revolutionary war is brewing in Crown Heights.

Neighborhood activists hope an archaeological excavation will unearth Revolutionary War artifacts beneath Clove Road, a tiny, crumbling street.

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Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has effected in our days an achdus and Ahavas Chinom surpassing what we have experienced in prior years. Many events and tehillim groups have been held and continue to be a zechus for our tzaddik, R. Sholom Mordechai. Now we are presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to unite all shidduch- age women in a one time event, for his zechus.

Tonight: Shidduch Workshop for Shidduch Age Girls

Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has effected in our days an achdus and Ahavas Chinom surpassing what we have experienced in prior years. Many events and tehillim groups have been held and continue to be a zechus for our tzaddik, R. Sholom Mordechai. Now we are presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to unite all shidduch- age women in a one time event, for his zechus.

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Op-Ed: Nosson, My Little Brother

by Yosef Katzman

Sitting Shiva at the Deitsch’s.

I’m hurt, I’m shocked; I’m devastated, I have a new hole in my heart

As I’m struggling with my anger and sadness of Nossons tragic passing, I reflect on life’s journey alongside the Deitsches.

It starts with my very youth, in 1963. We moved onto Crown Street, right across the street of the Deitsches. With Reb Sholom and his wife Mirel, and their wonderful six children.

I remember being somewhat envious of the Deitsches. Reb Sholom was a man in his forties, and he had both his parents. Something that we, the first post holocaust generation, were mostly not privileged to have. My father A”h lost both his parents to famine in Samarkand in the early forties, and by the time he was Bar-Mitzvah, he was fully orphaned. I had no paternal grandparents.

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In Letter to Sentencing Judge, Justice Dept. Veterans Claim Rubashkin is Being Treated Akin to First-Degree Murderer

NEW YORK — A former federal judge and a former U.S. attorney have authored a letter to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the recommendation of prosecutors that Rubashkin receive life in prison. The letter describes the government's sentencing recommendation as “draconian” and notes the federal sentencing guidelines equate Rubashkin's suggested punishment to those convicted of first-degree murder.

Former Federal Judge Calls Life Sentence Recommendation ‘Draconian’

In Letter to Sentencing Judge, Justice Dept. Veterans Claim Rubashkin is Being Treated Akin to First-Degree Murderer

NEW YORK — A former federal judge and a former U.S. attorney have authored a letter to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the recommendation of prosecutors that Rubashkin receive life in prison. The letter describes the government’s sentencing recommendation as “draconian” and notes the federal sentencing guidelines equate Rubashkin’s suggested punishment to those convicted of first-degree murder.

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This past friday Devorah and FBI Director Robert Meuller in at FBI HQ in Washington DC

The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director's Community Leadership Award.

On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam's 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son's murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.

FBI Awards Devorah Halberstam

This past friday Devorah and FBI Director Robert Meuller in at FBI HQ in Washington DC

The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director’s Community Leadership Award.

On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam’s 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son’s murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.

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Ari Halberstam HYD
On March 1, 1994, a gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Hasidic students as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, critically wounding two young men and injuring two others.

The lone gunman, driving a blue Chevrolet Caprice equipped with a submachine gun, two 9mm guns, and a “street sweeper” shotgun, pursued the van full of terrified students across the bridge.

He fired in three separate bursts, spraying both sides of the van. He then disappeared into traffic as the van came to a stop at the Brooklyn end of the bridge.

The injured Yeshiva students were among dozens who were returning from a Manhattan hospital where the spiritual leader of the Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, had undergone minor surgery.

Today: Yohrtzeit of Ari Halberstam HYD

Ari Halberstam HYD

On March 1, 1994, a gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Hasidic students as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, critically wounding two young men and injuring two others.

The lone gunman, driving a blue Chevrolet Caprice equipped with a submachine gun, two 9mm guns, and a “street sweeper” shotgun, pursued the van full of terrified students across the bridge.

He fired in three separate bursts, spraying both sides of the van. He then disappeared into traffic as the van came to a stop at the Brooklyn end of the bridge.

The injured Yeshiva students were among dozens who were returning from a Manhattan hospital where the spiritual leader of the Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, had undergone minor surgery.

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The New York Times

Taking care at Quality Health Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Joel Friedman receives a measles-mumps-rubella, or M.M.R., shot from Dov Landra, a physician assistant.

PODs are the sleeper cells of public health, assuming a different shape and observing different local mores each time a crisis emerges. When hepatitis A was diagnosed in a bartender at the Manhattan nightclub Socialista two years ago, POD people were on hand to vaccinate patrons, including some guests at Ashton Kutcher’s birthday party. In the case of a bioterrorism attack, they might turn up in your neighborhood dispensing anthrax antidote. On Feb. 18, they were in Anshe Sfard Hall in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, rolling up the sleeves of Hasidic Jews. That’s a long way from Ashton Kutcher.

Seeing POD People? It’s No Sci-Fi Film

The New York Times

Taking care at Quality Health Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Joel Friedman receives a measles-mumps-rubella, or M.M.R., shot from Dov Landra, a physician assistant.

PODs are the sleeper cells of public health, assuming a different shape and observing different local mores each time a crisis emerges. When hepatitis A was diagnosed in a bartender at the Manhattan nightclub Socialista two years ago, POD people were on hand to vaccinate patrons, including some guests at Ashton Kutcher’s birthday party. In the case of a bioterrorism attack, they might turn up in your neighborhood dispensing anthrax antidote. On Feb. 18, they were in Anshe Sfard Hall in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, rolling up the sleeves of Hasidic Jews. That’s a long way from Ashton Kutcher.

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by Elki Rosenfeld - Jewish Press

My brother, Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld, a”h, was born in Brooklyn on Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan and passed away on Yud-Daled Shevat, 5768.

Blessed with a keen mind and zitzfleisch (attention span) he excelled in Gemara but also appreciated history and literature.

Rabbi Izzy Rosenfeld OBM: Brother To The World

by Elki Rosenfeld – Jewish Press

My brother, Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld, a”h, was born in Brooklyn on Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan and passed away on Yud-Daled Shevat, 5768.

Blessed with a keen mind and zitzfleisch (attention span) he excelled in Gemara but also appreciated history and literature.

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by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

The Rapid Fall From Grace

His tragic saga was all too familiar; His mesmerizing talent rapidly captured the world’s attention. His impeccable image of integrity gained him the respect and affection of multitudes. His solid control of the media and other intruding forces was deeply remarkable. His balanced composure along with his unequivocal success became the silent envy of his countless admirers.

Op-Ed: The Tiger Woods Saga… And Its Jewish Lesson

by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

The Rapid Fall From Grace

His tragic saga was all too familiar; His mesmerizing talent rapidly captured the world’s attention. His impeccable image of integrity gained him the respect and affection of multitudes. His solid control of the media and other intruding forces was deeply remarkable. His balanced composure along with his unequivocal success became the silent envy of his countless admirers.

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