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NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

Synagogue, and ‘Spiritual Starbucks’

NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

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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)
Baby Boy!

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

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This past Friday, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach in Bel Air, CA called in to the Sean Hannity Show and expressed how embarrassed he was that the Jews turned away any political speaker at the upcoming rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ym”s and that now, none of the press with give the protest more than five seconds of attention.

More in the Extended Article!

Shliach Has Strong Words on Hannity Show

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This past Friday, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach in Bel Air, CA called in to the Sean Hannity Show and expressed how embarrassed he was that the Jews turned away any political speaker at the upcoming rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ym”s and that now, none of the press with give the protest more than five seconds of attention.

More in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week Thursday night was the first Precinct Council Meeting since the summer as well as the first one since Crown Heights’s 71st Police Precinct welcomed D.I. Peter Simonetti as the new commanding officer.

More in the Extended Article.

First Precinct Council Meeting with the new C.O.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week Thursday night was the first Precinct Council Meeting since the summer as well as the first one since Crown Heights’s 71st Police Precinct welcomed D.I. Peter Simonetti as the new commanding officer.

More in the Extended Article.

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Duane W. Gang - The Press-Enterprise

RIVERSIDE - After sawing and drilling, dozens of young children huffed and puffed and gave their best effort Sunday at making music from animal horns.

The shofar, a traditional Jewish instrument typically made from a ram's horn, is blown in synagogues during the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Riverside Workshop Teaches Families About Traditional Jewish Instrument

Duane W. Gang – The Press-Enterprise

RIVERSIDE – After sawing and drilling, dozens of young children huffed and puffed and gave their best effort Sunday at making music from animal horns.

The shofar, a traditional Jewish instrument typically made from a ram’s horn, is blown in synagogues during the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

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by Getzy Markowitz
In an imperfect world a famed man can be defamed. A practitioner of benevolence can be terrorized by malevolence. A man of refreshing candor becomes the victim of violent slander. Yet while I knew of the libel against him, I also knew that in good times and not such good times, we Jews inquire of our fellows' welfare. In the most precarious of conditions, we will still be curious of our brethren's well being. Resting my palm upon his arm, and with near sarcastic thoughts, I asked how he was. With his humility, integrity, and sincerity, he responded, “the grace of G-d.” A wholehearted answer from a man who walks wholeheartedly with G-d, and who with relentless goodness makes the world a home for G-dliness.

Faced with horrific aspersion, he maintains propriety with devout assertion. With venomous assaults on his person, he continues to be a kind and different kind of person.

But no good deed goes unpunished, and no act of charity goes unresented.

Op-Ed: Unions United. Brothers Divided.

by Getzy Markowitz

In an imperfect world a famed man can be defamed. A practitioner of benevolence can be terrorized by malevolence. A man of refreshing candor becomes the victim of violent slander. Yet while I knew of the libel against him, I also knew that in good times and not such good times, we Jews inquire of our fellows’ welfare. In the most precarious of conditions, we will still be curious of our brethren’s well being. Resting my palm upon his arm, and with near sarcastic thoughts, I asked how he was. With his humility, integrity, and sincerity, he responded, “the grace of G-d.” A wholehearted answer from a man who walks wholeheartedly with G-d, and who with relentless goodness makes the world a home for G-dliness.

Faced with horrific aspersion, he maintains propriety with devout assertion. With venomous assaults on his person, he continues to be a kind and different kind of person.

But no good deed goes unpunished, and no act of charity goes unresented.

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Man Robbed and Assaulted, Perp Arrested

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] —- Wednesday, at around 5:45pm, a yungerman pushing a stroller was ‘held-up’ in an alleyway. The incident took place in the alleyway between Carroll and Crown, Kingston and Albany, where a Black male approached the yundgerman, stated he had a gun, and demanded money.

The Black male had his hand in a plastic bag and said he had a gun, the yungerman who was stunned did not immediately respond, prompting the mugger to attack him and punch him in face, dropping the bag that was over his hand, revealing that he in fact did not have a gun, the mugger then grabbed the yungerman’s bag, which contained his cellphone, and digital camera then fled down the alleyway.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Following yesterday’s report of the departure of Deputy Inspector Frank Vega, CrownHeights.info has just learned that the incoming Commanding Officer is Captain Peter Simonetti of the 72nd Precinct, which oversees the Sun Set Park area of Brooklyn.

Captain Simonetti a has long history with policing in the borough of Brooklyn, starting with his uncle, Tosano “Tony” Simonetti who was the Brooklyn South Commanding Officer, the position which is now held by Chief Jospeh Fox, and quickly worked his way up the ranks all the way to the ‘number 2’ position in the NYPD, the First Deputy Police Commissioner, which he retired from in 1997 to take a lucrative security position with billionaire Ronald Perelman.

Like his uncle, Captain Simonetti shares the same tough attitude and strong approach to the job.

Captain Peter Simonetti – New CO of the 71st Pct.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Following yesterday’s report of the departure of Deputy Inspector Frank Vega, CrownHeights.info has just learned that the incoming Commanding Officer is Captain Peter Simonetti of the 72nd Precinct, which oversees the Sun Set Park area of Brooklyn.

Captain Simonetti a has long history with policing in the borough of Brooklyn, starting with his uncle, Tosano “Tony” Simonetti who was the Brooklyn South Commanding Officer, the position which is now held by Chief Jospeh Fox, and quickly worked his way up the ranks all the way to the ‘number 2’ position in the NYPD, the First Deputy Police Commissioner, which he retired from in 1997 to take a lucrative security position with billionaire Ronald Perelman.

Like his uncle, Captain Simonetti shares the same tough attitude and strong approach to the job.

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Beis Rivka’s Eighth Grade Graduation Trip

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — Students in Beis Rivka’s eighth grade class celebrated their graduation recently with a whirlwind tour of the nation’s capital, but before they enjoyed the typical Washington, DC sightseeing they took time to stop and remember the 6,000,000 Jews who perished in the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Museum.

The girls had studied the Holocaust this year, but still felt chills seeing the railcar, the bunker transported from Aushwitz, and other displays at the museum.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Broward Teacher to Receive National Honor

Hannah Sampson- Miami Herald

David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland.

MIAMI, FL — Longtime educator David Lazerson, who has dedicated his career to teaching students with disabilities — and whose efforts to quell racial violence in Brooklyn in the 1990s were featured in a TV movie — will be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

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By Joyce Shelby New York Daily News

Bakers at D&T Shmura bakery in Crown Heights fashion matzoh in the most traditional way. It's round, not square, the way it was made in ancient times.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Passover will have yet more meaning this year for Shirley Levy, who came from Caracas, Venezuela, to Crown Heights to learn about Judaism.

By the time the holiday begins at sundown Saturday, Levy, 25, will have learned how to properly remove all yeast products from her home and how hand matzoh is correctly made within 18 minutes so there is no chance for it to rise.

Whole Religion in One Matzoh

By Joyce Shelby New York Daily News

Bakers at D&T Shmura bakery in Crown Heights fashion matzoh in the most traditional way. It’s round, not square, the way it was made in ancient times.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Passover will have yet more meaning this year for Shirley Levy, who came from Caracas, Venezuela, to Crown Heights to learn about Judaism.

By the time the holiday begins at sundown Saturday, Levy, 25, will have learned how to properly remove all yeast products from her home and how hand matzoh is correctly made within 18 minutes so there is no chance for it to rise.

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Over 700 Turn Out in Support of CSSY!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — What can we expect from an organization that its name is long and not very comprehendible (Chevra Simchas Shabos VeYomtov), that is making a dinner for the first time in its history, its benefactors are not known or registered, and whos founder chanted “…people people, open your wallets, take out a dollar and give me the rest!”.

Turns out quite a bit!

More pictures and a video clip in the Extended Article!

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Multi-Cultural Dinner Party Celebrates the Jewish Children’s Museum’s Third Anniversary

by Mimi Notik

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 500 guests comprised of community leaders, supporters and friends gathered last night at the Jewish Children’s Museum to celebrate its third anniversary with an international food walk-through and awards ceremony.

“Tonight’s theme reflects our mission of uniting various cultures. Through foods spanning the globe, we celebrate each other’s diversity in a fun and engaging way,” said Mendy Spalter, the Museum’s Director of Development.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (117 Pictures)

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Released Time Melava Malka

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In preparation for Yud Shevat, NCFJE’s Released Time Program of greater New York had a Melave Malka for all their instructors and outreach workers. The gathering was meant to strengthen their Hiskashrus/connection to the Rebbe and to rededicate their efforts to teaching public school children one hour of Torah a week.

Over one hundred of the 150 Released Time instructors attended this Melave Malka, which was a great success.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)

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Night Long Search Ends – Missing B”H Found

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn [CHI] — At 11:00pm last night the Williamsburg’s Shomrim Hotline received a call for a person that had been missing since 10:00am. The missing, 61 year old Berel Lerner, who has a mental history, didn’t show up to the Petach Tikvah Yeshiva.

Williamsburg Shomrim members began canvassing the area and later called the Crown Heights Shomrim Division for more manpower and together they searched into the night.

More in the Extended Article!

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Teens Struggle to Survive After Being hit by car in Hallandale

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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HALLANDALE, FL — A teenaged girl severely injured in a car accident on Sunday is showing signs of improvements, but another girl also involved in the accident remains in a drug-induced coma, a friend said on Friday.

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