Shul‘s Serving New Nighttime Purposes?

On Motzoai Shabbos at around 4:30am Shomrim received a call for a robbery in progress in the ‘Bais Medrash Bais Binyomin’ Shul on Montgomery St between Kingston and Albany. The first Shomrim member to arrive on scene saw movement thru the windows of the Shul and spotted the back door open and heard voices from inside.

Within moments a number of Shomrim members arrived on scene and began securing the Shul’s perimeter when young kids started exiting the Shul. The kids, 5 boys and 2 girls, all Jewish ages ranging from 15 to 18 were apparently ‘hanging out’ in the Shul’s basement, while claiming to have gone in to ‘use the bathroom’.

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Woman Struck By A Car On Sterling Pl.

At around 6:20pm a yiddishe woman walking home on Kingston and Sterling Pl was struck by a car while crossing the intersection. the woman B”H did not sustain any serious injuries and the driver did not flee the scene.

Hatzalah and Shomrim received the call for this incident but both initially responded to the wrong location. There is Sterling St. and Sterling Pl. one is located between Lefferts Ave. and Empire Blvd. while the other is located between St. Johns Pl. and Park Pl. [please refer to the map in the extended article for a clear picture], in the future people calling Hatzalah or Shomrim please take care and be specific so emergency aid can be provided in a fast and efficient manner.

Bochur Mugged and Assaulted on Crown St.

The knife allegedly used in the assault

At around 12:35 last night a Bochur on his way home from a wedding was attacked by a black male on Crown between Brooklyn and New York. The Bochur, who was intoxicated, and talking on his phone when according to two witnesses, he was attacked by a ‘large built’ black male and after being knocked to the ground had his Cell Phone taken.

One witness stated that he clearly saw the knife while the other said he didn’t see it. The Bochur sustained minor injuries which consisted of scrapes and bruises to his knees was taken by Hatzalah to Kings County Hospital, against the will of the responding police officers.

Katrina The Shadchan

The Jewish Week

A natural disaster creates the perfect climate for a young chasidic couple to meet.

In the chasidic world, matchmakers bring young men and women together.

In the case of Rabbi Mendy and Rachel Traxler, the shadchan was Katrina.

Mendy, 22, part of the Chabad-Lubavitch rescue-and-relief effort in Baton Rouge following the hurricane a year ago, traveled to Houston to join his parents, Chabad emissaries there, for the High Holy Days season. Rachel Kaufmann, also 22, was in Houston with her family, also Chabad shluchim, who left their home in New Orleans for temporary accommodations in Houston.