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Rabbi Dr. Jacob Immanuel Schochet, a Chabad scholar and academic, and a preeminent defender of traditional Jewish belief, passed away on Shabbat, the 20th of Av 5773, July 27th 2013, following a long illness. He was 77.

Immanuel Schochet, A Scholar who Defended Judaism with Passion

Posted to Chabad News, Notices on July 28, 2013

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

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

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Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street

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Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd

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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

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Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!

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Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)

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Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)

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Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)

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Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)

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Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!

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Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)

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Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street

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Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!

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Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)

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Menachem and Rivka (nee Kamnitzer) Rotenberg from East Flatbush had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 663 Lenox Rd

Friday ‘Mivtzoim-Goers’ Thanked

Each Friday afternoon, students of the Rabbinical College of Australia (YG-Melbourne) and Mesivtah take part in Mivtzoim, and this past Sunday, the eve of the 15th of Av – 21 July, over 50 people regularly visited on Mivtzoim gathered to thank their Friday volunteers.

Posted to Mivtzoim, Photo Galleries on July 21, 2013

David N. Dinkins, a Democrat, campaigning in Lower Manhattan in 1989, became New York’s first black mayor.

Former Mayor Dinkins Blames Racism for Re-election Loss

Delivering his most explicit and candid appraisal yet, David N. Dinkins says in a forthcoming memoir that he barely won the New York City mayoral election in 1989 and lost four years later for one reason: because he is black.

Posted to NYC News on July 17, 2013

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A Jewish Museum Opens in Alaska

With the grand opening of the Alaska Jewish Museum recently, the story of Alaska’s role in Operation Magic Carpet finally gets its due. At a July 4 reception, state officials and philanthropists involved in the project enjoyed a preview of the Museum’s permanent exhibit,On the Wings of Eagles: Alaska’s Contribution to Operation Magic Carpet.

Posted to Chabad News, Shlichus on July 17, 2013

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“The Messiah Will Be Tweeted”

On a Sunday evening in early June, thousands of Hasidic men in long coats and black hats braved the heat to attend two outdoor anti-Internet asifas (or gatherings in Yiddish) organized by leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Satmar community of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. Women were forbidden, but the real temptation for the men was already in their laps, where they covertly thumbed their smartphones.

Posted to Jewish News on July 17, 2013

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Rabbi Yossi Eber helps a local resident to don tefillin. (Photo: Melissa Gurdus Meiselman)

Rabbi Inspired by Life in Rural Florida

TRINITY, FL –Rabbi Yossi Eber is a hard person to miss. Walking through the aisles of a neighborhood grocery store with his long beard, velvet kippah (skullcap) and black suit, it’s obvious that he’s not from the area.

Posted to Shlichus on July 2, 2013

by Mindy Rubenstein - Chabad.org

Conejo Chabad Celebrates “The Human Spirit”

Over 500 attended Chabad of the Conejo’s gala dinner earlier this month. Entitled “A Celebration of the Human Spirit: Mind, Heart, Body and Soul” Rabbi Moshe Bryski explained how the Rebbe would never allow us to be satisfied with the status-quo.

Posted to Photo Galleries, Shlichus on June 30, 2013

Shul Destroyed by Fire, Being Rebuilt

Get close enough to the building that used to house the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont and you’ll get a whiff of its burnt-out interior, empty since an Oct. 14 fire ravaged the building.

Posted to Shlichus on June 26, 2013

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Rabbi Dov Greenberg with students at Chabad Stanford

A Transformative Experience for Students at Stanford Chabad

Students biking through Stanford’s White Plaza several weeks ago back-pedaled curiously to check out an unusual scene. Set up at the center of Stanford’s campus was a Google Glass tefillin stand.

Posted to Shlichus on June 19, 2013

by Baila Olidort - Lubavitch.com

Education advocates hope this black and white billboard in Brooklyn will catch the eye of parents in the borough's large Orthodox Jewish community, where more than 84,000 students attend religious schools, many of which do not meet legal minimum requirements for instruction in English, science and math.

Huge Billboard Targets Failings of Orthodox Jewish Schools

Education advocates fed up with a lack of English, math and science in some Jewish parochial schools have taken their frustration to the street — or, more accurately, to a huge billboard overhanging the BQE.

Posted to Communal Matters on June 18, 2013

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This Shabbos at the Besht: Yud Beis Tammuz

This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on Yud Beis – Yud Gimmel Tammuz, and the history of the seven arrests.

Posted to PSA on June 14, 2013

Rabbi Naftali Estulin with a photo of his father, Zalman, who lost a leg from shrapnel at Stalingrad. As religious Jews in the Soviet Union, the family worshiped covertly.

On Victory Day, Rabbi Honors Red Army’s Jewish Veterans

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — When Rabbi Naftali Estulin walked into the synagogue, the men were waiting for him. They had come with canes and walkers and medals. Some wore yarmulkes. Several covered their heads with hats lettered “LA VETERAN ASSN WWII.”

Posted to Shlichus on June 2, 2013

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Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky stands beside the director of the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Shliach Witnessed Largest Gathering of Centenarians

MONROE, NJ — Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky was called upon to be an official ‘witness’ for the Guinness Book of World Records, documenting an historical occasion of the most centenarians in one event (40!) at a Jewish nursing facility in NJ.

Posted to Shlichus on May 24, 2013

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The Rabbi of Realty: Lipa Lieberman

Balancing Religion with Real Estate

Growing up in the Hasidic community of Midwood, Brooklyn, Lipa Lieberman noticed early on that his most successful neighbors owned real estate.

Posted to Crown Heights News on May 8, 2013

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A Day of Jewish Unity for Conejo Valley and Ventura County

Jews from as far as Ventura, California all the way to Los Angeles gathered at the Thousand Oaks high school to participate in the Lag BaOmer festivities.

Posted to Photo Galleries, Shlichus on May 1, 2013

by Chava Tombosky

Tsfatis Vandalize, Destory Bochurs Belongings

As thousands gathered at the Great Parade in Crown Heights, a group of thugs and terrorists had more important business to attend to – breaking into and vandalizing a dormitory room at 1414, completely destroying one students belongings.

Posted to Communal Matters, Crime on April 30, 2013

“Recipes Remembered” was Memorable at Chabad

On a recent spring evening, men and woman from throughout Orange County filled the home Dr. Seth & Nadine Pulver in Highland Mills for “Recipes Remembered” with Author June Hersh, hosted by Chabad of Orange County.

Posted to Chabad News on April 28, 2013

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Huge Billboard Targets Failings of Orthodox Jewish Schools

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Shliach Witnessed Largest Gathering of Centenarians

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