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Going Holy Hog: Hasidic Bikers Spread the Word

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NY Post
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Left: Three of the Rebbe's Riders (from front), Moshe Reitman, Yossi Wolfson and Eli Zissman, help fellow biking Jews who might have strayed from the righteous road. Right: Rebbe's Riders logo.

A tough-looking, leather-clad gang of Hasidic bikers who call themselves “Rebbe's Riders” are cruising the tri-state area, bringing God's word to other motorcycle-riding Jews they meet on the road.

New Engagement!

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Levi Shusterman (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Gansburg (Crown Heights)

L'Chaim Tonight Tuesday at the Jewish Children's Museum792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]

2 Cops Shot, 3 Others Shot Dead at Labor Day Parade

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NY Daily News
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Dozens of shell casings lie at the feet of investigators on corner of Franklin Ave and Park Place.

Two cops were wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left four people dead on Monday - one a bystander - and marred Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade.

Total Labor Day Weekend Tally: 48 Shot, 8 Dead

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NY Daily News
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Dozens of shell casings lie at the feet of investigators on corner of Franklin Ave and Park Place.

Two cops were wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left four people dead on Monday - one a bystander - and marred Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade.

New Engagement!

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Yoel Lipszyc (Simferopol, Crimea) and Miriam Leaf (Oak Park, MI)

Lechaim Tuesday at 706 East 7th St
Kensington, Brooklyn [between Ditmas and 18th Ave]

Baby Girl!

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Elisha and Tanya (nee Landa) Rogalsky (Crown Heights)

New Engagement!

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Shimi (ben Simcha) Piekarski (Crown Heights) and Esther (bas Shmuel Chaim) Bluming (Crown Heights)

BREAKING: Hostage Situation at 840 Mongomery St., Corner of Troy. UPDATE: Suspect Apprehended

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Crown Heights [CHI] — Reports are flooding in about an ongoing hostage situation on the corner of Montgomery St. and Troy Ave., where a stabbing occured. It appears the suspect fled into the corner building - 840 Montgomery - and holed himself up in one of the apartments.

While Mayor Marched, Shots Fired at the Parade

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NY Post
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Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn — not far from where Mayor Bloomberg was marching — as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.

By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said.

Wisconsin Shul Dedicates Torah 3 Years After Break-In

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The Aug. 28 celebration brought almost 100 people to Chabad of Kenosha, where they danced with the new Torah scroll dedicated in honor of Rabbi Tzali Wilschanski’s late grandfather, Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Kotlarsky.

Visitors from around Wisconsin joined out-of-state guests at the Chabad-Lubavitch center in Kenosha to celebrate the dedication of a new Torah scroll commissioned after the theft of the center’s previous two scrolls.

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