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Photo Gallery: Kids Fair for the First Time on Montgomery St



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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Mazel Tov - 4 Sholom Zochors This Week!

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
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Victim Shot Twice, Once in the Arm, and Once in the Face


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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Eight Haredim Charged, Released After Violent Draft Protest

Israeli police officers confront Ultra Orthodox Jews during a protest against a government proposal to draft them into the military in front of a recruiting office in Jerusalem on May 16, 2013. Photo by Flash90

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. 
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Israeli Police Bar Jews From Har-Habayis

Israeli Border Police stand guard on the Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem as Israeli beefs up security for Friday prayers, 15 March 2013. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem after Palestinian demonstrations.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Yankel and Chaya Mushka Raskin (nee Katzman) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mendel and Nechoma Dina Munitz (nee Fajnland) (Buffalo, NY) on the birth of their daughter.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

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.
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New Engagement!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Dovy Reisner (Pittsburgh, PA) to Chaya Gutnick (Los Angeles, CA) on their new engagement!
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New Engagement!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Leead Vangruber (Dallas, TX) to Miri Lazerescu (Irvine, CA) on their new engagement!
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48th Council District Candidate Chaim Deutsch Raises Eyebrows With Fund-Raising Abilities



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.
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Boston Bombing Suspect Wrote Message In Boat

FILE - Members of the FBI Evidence Recovery Team inspect the boat where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding at 67 Franklin St. in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 20, 2013.  Reuters

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.
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Google's Stock Hits $900 For First Time As Products Dig Deeper Into People's Lives

Larry Page, Google's co-founder and chief executive, speaks during the keynote presentation at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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.
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NYPD Receives Award from State Department



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

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With No Winners, Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $550 Million

 People are seen with a sign for the Powerball lottery in New York, New York, USA, 16 May 2013. The jackpot for the multistate US Powerball lottery rose to 550 million US dollars. It is the second-largest lottery prize in US history, according to the Iowa-based Powerball, a consortium of state government lottery agencies. The giant pot built up after 16 consecutive drawings without a winner. The chances of winning are one in 175 million.  EPA/JUSTIN LANE

So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.
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Photos: Erev Shavuot in Crown Heights



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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Notice: All Are Invited to the 19th Annual Family Day Picnic Sunday, June 2, 2013



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Wisconsin Boy Gets Handwritten Response From Biden

In this photo provided by Downtown Montessori Academy teacher Jenny Aicher, Aicher holds a note, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Milwaukee, written by Vice President Joe Biden to Myles, a 7-year-old second-grader at the school. The school did not release Myles' last name. Myles wrote Biden with an unusual suggestion for making the nation safer: Create guns that shoot chocolate bullets. On Monday, he received Biden's response, which created a buzz at the school. (AP Photo/Jenny Aicher)

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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Notice: Exclusive Identity Theft Prevention Tips Given by the 71st Precint



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Prosecutor Declines AP Request To Return Phone Records

FILE - The screen on the phone console at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau, Monday, May 13, 2013. The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

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.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Boy!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mordy and Nechama Dena Dinerman (nee Loschak) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
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Abe George to Sue Over CBS’ Charles Hynes ‘Infomercial’


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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Extort Plot in Orthodox Jewish Community KOd – it Wasn’t Kosher


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.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Shuly and Soochie Eizicovics (nee Duchman) (Toronto, Ontario) on the birth of their daughter.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Sruly and Dvorah Leah Salek (nee Lieblich) (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Girl!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Moshe and Rivky Gancz (nee Chaikin) (Cleveland, Ohio) on the birth of their daughter.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Boy!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Elchonon and Pnina Komar (nee Abush) (Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their son.
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Russia Detains U.S. Embassy Worker Accused Of Being A CIA Agent

In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle wearing a wig as a disguise, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/FSB Public Relations Center)

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.
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Man Charged With Too Many Bullets In Gun Under New Safe Act

(Keith Srakocic/Associated Press File Photo)

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.
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Mazel Tov - Its a Boy!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Mendel and Shaina Fine (nee Katzen) (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their son.
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