Daily Archives: July 23, 2006

Ditto and Lee Are Off The Streets!

CrownHeights.info has learned that the two ‘Officers’ that were assigned to car 1474, Ditto and Lee, known as the APL car [or otherwise knows as the car that gives out all the seatbelt and cell phone tickets], were removed from street duty! This news comes after they have harassed Crown Heights residents, and according to most residents, they were biased and have harassed both Shomrim and Hatzalah Members in the past.

Motorists still remember the first two ‘Officers’ Kennedy and Muintz who were removed from their duties for various violations. The most serious being; they struck a pedestrian on Purim during the ticket blitz then left the scene, telling the pedestrian “nothing happened”, and another incident where they made a motorist get out of her vehicle to collect her drivers license and ticket.

After the removal of these two ‘Officers’, Lee and Ditto were assigned to the APL car. There are numerous rumors flying about as to the circumstances of their removal, one of them being; after an investigation of hundreds of complaints to the CCRB [Civil Complaint Review Board] against the duo. The CCRB opened the camera that is located on the windshield of the car [placed there to prevent departmental irregularities] and the investigators came across a harrowing incident where the ‘Officers’ chased a motorcycle out of the jurisdiction of the 71st precinct, during which the cyclist was involved in a fatal accident and upon this happening the two ‘Officers’ ‘fled’ the scene.

Keeping the Jewish spark burning

Four months ago, Rabbi Dovie and Chaya Shapiro came to Flagstaff from Brooklyn, via Miami Beach, to start a special Jewish center in town.

The couple was brought to town by Rabbi Zalman Levertov, regional director of Chabad of Arizona, centered in Phoenix, to establish a Chabad Jewish Center in Flagstaff.

Their goal was to reach out to Jews in the Flagstaff area, help make them more aware of their Jewishness and bring them closer to their Jewish roots.

What happens when 200 friends come for a haircut

Chaim Newman’s long blonde hair reached down to his waist. But it all disappeared at his third birthday party where he had his very first haircut.

His mother, Yehudis Newman, cut the first piece of hair from his forehead. Then his father, Rabbi Mordechai Newman, lopped off a section in the back that was in a ponytail, His grandparents followed, each taking a snip. His father then invited the 200 guests attending the July 10th party at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Alexandria, to take turns cutting as well.

More in the Extended Article!

Brooklyn congressional race heats up

Click Here for a newscast of this story (middle of the page, right hand side)

It was a seat once held by Shirley Chisholm in a district that was redrawn to help increase the amount of African American representatives in Congress.

Now, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn the question being asked is “Should a white man represent a primarily black district?”

This part of Brooklyn has always had an African American representing them in Washington. It all dates back to the days of Chisholm, the Voting Rights Act and a lot of politicians like Al Sharpton say the district’s historic black representation should continue.

Rabbinical emissaries visit Saginaw Valley Jews

Walking around Saginaw wearing black suits, white shirts, black ties, black hats and full beards brings curious stares to Rabbi Gershon Akerman and Rabbi Isser New.

The recent rabbinical school graduates often are asked whether they’re Amish.

“That happens here more than other places,” New said. “We explain to them that we’re Hasidic Jews, and this is our unofficial uniform.”

Shootings Kill 2 in Queens and Crown Heights

Two men were killed yesterday in unrelated shootings in Queens and Brooklyn, the police said.

In the Queens shooting, which occurred about 1 a.m. on 108th Street near Forest Park, Michael Rogers, 20, was fatally shot after he exchanged words with a man whom the authorities did not identify. Mr. Rogers, who lived in Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at the scene, the police said.