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Levi Yitzchak and
Rivka (nee Reinitz) Spielman
IYH at 1276 President St. [between
Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Eli and Roche'le
Raskin
IYH at 615
Lefferts Ave. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Shlomo and Chana Rivka
(nee Meyers) Simons
IYH at 770 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy
and Schenectady Ave.]
Levi and Rochel Leah
Greisman
IYH at 701
Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Yitzy and Etty Bogomilsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
 New York - An upcoming New York City exhibition featuring four centuries of sterling silver includes two pieces of flatware that belonged to Adolf Hitler.
Bergen County, NJ - Store-bought materials similar to those used in both the firebombing of a Rutherford rabbi’s home and an attempted arson at a Paramus synagogue were found outside another temple in Bergen County this week, raising the possibility that at least one other attack was planned.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Sendy and Malky Wilschansky (nee Stolik) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Levi Yitzchak and Rivka Spielman (nee Reinitz) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
 Mitt Romney is getting heat for a 2003 veto he cast as governor of Massachusetts to reject $600,000 in additional funds for poor Jewish nursing-home residents to get kosher meals.
 Rabbi Eli Hecht, a Tzedaka
fundraiser from Kfar Chabad, Israel who was arrested in Spain on charges of drug
trafficking, was aqquited of all charges in a Madrid court today. Rabbi Hecht
will return home to his family after the completion of the paperwork
process.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Naftaly Zakon (Crown Heights) and Mussy Krasnianski (New Yourk, NY) on their new engagement!
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Chizkiahu and Deborah Ravel (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on the birth of their daughter.
 Israeli Jews are becoming more
religious, according to a study published Thursday by the Israel Democracy
Institute in conjunction with the Avi Chai Foundation. The survey, entitled “A
Portrait of Israeli Jews: Beliefs, Observance, and Values of Israeli Jews,”
examined levels of religiosity of Israeli Jews in comparison with levels of the
past twenty years.
 A Connecticut judge has ruled the city of Hartford cannot use its zoning rules to
prevent a sect of Orthodox Jews from using a former church as their place of
worship, a case observers say had anti-Semitic overtones.
Jerusalem - It’s a huge question for
observant Jews: How can one still believe in a merciful God after suffering
through the worst genocide in history?
More In The Full Story!
 Palm Beach, FL - Witnessing a bus being blow up in front of him had a life-changing effect on Eli Beer. He was just 5 years old and living in Israel, where he was born, with his American-born parents.
With stunning cinematography, a haunting score and hard-hitting lyrics, a short film by Danny Finkelman offers a glimpse into World War II Krakow seen through a survivor.
The writing of a new sefer Torah is a
joyous occasion that few Jews have the opportunity to witness in their lifetime.
However, Houston is blessed with individuals who help preserve future Jewish
generations by donating new sefer Torahs for Arks that may have been home only
to Torahs on loan.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Levi Raichik (b'en R'Sholom) (Baltimore, MD) and Rishi Eidelman (bas R'Zalman) (Vienna, Austria) on their new engagement!
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mendy and Dina Saacks (nee Sherr) (Flatbush, NY) on the birth of their son.
The Chabad Student Network of Ottawa
(CSN) delivered close to 150 hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches to the
homeless on Wednesday, as part of an initiative co-organized by the Jewish
fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
It’s the hipsters vs. the Hasids in
Crown Heights. Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for
everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing.
On Sunday, 5th of Shevat, friends and
family will join Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk and the Jewish community of
Bozeman, Montana for a once in a lifetime celebration, the inauguration of two
new Torahs to the local Chabad House. One of the Torahs is being dedicated in
memory of the Shliach's mother, and beloved Beis Rivkah teacher, Mrs. Chanchy
Bruk of belssed memory.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Rafi Ress (Cape Town, South Africa) and Sara Kazarnovsky (Johannesburg, South Africe) on their new engagement!
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Rafi Ress (Cape Town, South Africa) and Sara Kazarnovsky (Johannesburg, South Africe) on their new engagement!
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Yaisef and Henny Wolowik (nee Gelerenter) (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
 Mrs. Fania Branover, wife of Professor Herman Branover, passed away in Crown Heights. Levaya: Tonight at 6:30 PM.
Discrimination goes both ways: While the popular New York blogGothamist reports about a Crown Heights landlord who is "sick of the sun-tanning Goyim" who "are TAKING OVER Crown Heights" and "corrupting our youth", Arutz Sheva reports about a Tel-Aviv City council member who tried to inject Lubavitchers into a Tel-Aviv neighborhood filled with Sudanese immigrants and was accused of... racism:
Jerusalem - Opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias for refusing to give priority affordable housing to households where both partners work. “The housing minister’s decision is an insult to those who went out to the streets (to protest),” she said, adding that the measure makes the benefit only accessible to the haredi sector.
Brooklyn, NY - In response to concerns Councilman David G. Greenfield has heard from parents, yeshivas and bus drivers, the NYPD will begin a crackdown on drivers who illegally pass yellow school buses stopped to pick up or drop off children. Over the past few months, Greenfield’s office has seen a spike in complaints of drivers disregarding school buses’ red stop signs and dangerously passing them on local avenues and streets.
A new DVD includes the full Maamar the Rebbe said on Yud Shevat 5732, while a bochur in London translated it to English.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Moishe and Sara Chanowitz (nee Hecht) (St. Maartin) on the birth of their daughter.
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