
After
a long Yom Tov, dozens of Crown Heights families gathered for a day of
fun on Montgomery Street where The Twins From France performed their
show attracting everybody's attention.
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Moty & Rivkah Torenheim (nee Kulik) (Crown Heights)
IYH at Aishel Center, 272 Kingston Avenue
Shalom Zachor Yankel and Pessa Rochel Lipsidge (nee Katz) (Crown Heights)
IYH at 1276 President St (Bet. Brooklyn & New York)
Zalmy & Yehudis Futerfas (Crown Heights)
IYH at 1395 Carroll St.
Mordy & Nechama Dena Dinerman (Crown Heights)
IYH at 555 Crown Street Apt. #1D
CROWN HEIGHTS Brooklyn, [CHN] - Today Friday, May 17th, at approximately 8:50 AM one male was shot twice in front of 947
Montgomery. The male was shot in the arm and face and was removed to
Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
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A court in Jerusalem released on bail conditions, seven adults and
one youth after they were arrested following the large haredi protest on
Thursday against the government’s intention to draft haredi men into
the army.

Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from
entering a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem after Palestinian
demonstrations.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Yankel and Chaya Mushka Raskin (nee Katzman) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mendel and Nechoma Dina Munitz (nee Fajnland) (Buffalo, NY) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to to Laima and Mushkie Barber (nee Lipskar) (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Dovy Reisner (Pittsburgh, PA) to Chaya Gutnick (Los Angeles, CA) on their new engagement!
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Leead Vangruber (Dallas, TX) to Miri Lazerescu (Irvine, CA) on their new engagement!

After not even registering with the Campaign Finance Board until
after the first filing deadline, Democratic candidate for Councilman in
the 48th District, Chaim Deutsch, has raised eyebrows by topping the
fund-raising money list during the second filing period.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found
hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message
describing the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in Muslim countries,
CBS News reported on Thursday.

For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. “Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the
things that make them happiest in life,” Page told a crowd of 6,000
software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco
Wednesday for the opening day of Google’s annual showcase for its latest
breakthroughs.

The NYPD is being recognized for its role in providing police training assistance in Haiti.

So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.

Last preparation Erev Shavuot in Crown Heights on Kingston Avenue of people getting haircuts and shopping for their Yom Tov needs.
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It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president
or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal
response.
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole declined on Tuesday to return
to the Associated Press seized telephone records that U.S. prosecutors
obtained while investigating a national security leak in 2012.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mordy and Nechama Dena Dinerman (nee Loschak) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
Former prosecutor Abe George is running for Brooklyn District Attorney. He’s upset by a CBS reality show on rival Charles Hynes.
A candidate in
the heated Brooklyn District Attorney race will sue Monday to block CBS
from airing a reality show starring DA Charles Hynes.
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Elimelech
Horowitz's extortion of a wealthy Hasidic family was exposed by defense
lawyer George Farkas. Horowitz vowed to repay $35,000 to the Herzog
clan, and they opted not to press charges.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Shuly and Soochie Eizicovics (nee Duchman) (Toronto, Ontario) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Sruly and Dvorah Leah Salek (nee Lieblich) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Moshe and Rivky Gancz (nee Chaikin) (Cleveland, Ohio) on the birth of their daughter.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Elchonon and Pnina Komar (nee Abush) (Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their son.

Russia says it will expel a U.S. diplomat who it claims was caught
disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in
Moscow.

State police have charged a 31-year-old Hudson Valley driver with a
misdemeanor after he was pulled over and found with two more bullets in
his handgun magazine than allowed under New York’s new gun control law.
We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mendel and Shaina Fine (nee Katzen) (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their son.