Bloomberg Supports Plan to Reduce Alternate Side Parking
Mayor Bloomberg signaled support Friday for a City Council plan to reduce alternate-side parking restrictions – but worries too many loopholes could make it difficult to enforce.
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Rabbi Berel Lazar to Council of Europe: Government Intervention Will Prevent Anti-semitism
by R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com
Rabbi Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
Government’s role in promoting intercultural relations is to ensure that “no religious denomination will bring ideas of violence or extremism to the people,” said Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar at an international human rights council that met recently.
Soft Drink Industry Fights Proposed Food Stamp Ban
To Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, it seemed like a sensible way to attack a major public health problem. To the soft drink industry, giant food companies, makers of snacks and candy, supermarkets, and antihunger groups, it seemed like an attack at the grocery checkout counter.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebetzin Miriam Swued from Mexico City this Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim.
She was the wife of Rabbi Chaim Swued A”H, and is survived by her children Rajel Levy (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Rosa Cohen (Montreal), Eliyahu Swued (Mexico City), Naomi Heber (Crown Heights), Shevi Piekarsky (Bogota, Colombia).
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rebbetzin Miriam Swued OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebetzin Miriam Swued from Mexico City this Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim.
She was the wife of Rabbi Chaim Swued A”H, and is survived by her children Rajel Levy (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Rosa Cohen (Montreal), Eliyahu Swued (Mexico City), Naomi Heber (Crown Heights), Shevi Piekarsky (Bogota, Colombia).
Apparently, the black pinched Borssalino, a familiar sight on the heads of Lubavitcher Chassidim in Crown Heights and worldwide, is the latest fashion craze in town.
NY Times Fashion Section Features Lubavitch Hat
Apparently, the black pinched Borssalino, a familiar sight on the heads of Lubavitcher Chassidim in Crown Heights and worldwide, is the latest fashion craze in town.
The Half-Jewish Nazi Who Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Thanks to the late Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Chabad Lubavitch is a well-known and powerful Hasidic movement, with 4,000 emissaries now stationed around the world. But few people know that the rebbe’s predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, owes his life to a half-Jewish Nazi officer acting under the direct order of the head of the Third Reich’s military intelligence agency.
Children’s Torah and Jewish Unity Campaign Turns 30
Thousands celebrate the completion of the first Children’s Torah Scroll at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Three decades ago on his birthday, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, spoke of the special power children have to make the world a better place. All over the globe, their “very breath free of sin,” they could fuel a dramatic demonstration of unity that could change the planet.
by Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
In case you have spent your Passover vacation on another planet, you have not heard that the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine (Kate) Middleton is scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey on Friday.
Op-Ed: Why I Wont Be Watching the Royal Wedding
by Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
In case you have spent your Passover vacation on another planet, you have not heard that the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine (Kate) Middleton is scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey on Friday.
AT&T Starts Selling ‘Cell Tower in a Suitcase’
Daily Mail
Ground control: The AT&T ‘Fly Away’ device, effectively a small cell tower that packs into a suitcase.
A cellphone company has announced it is selling suitcase-sized mobile towers, which will allow customers to generate their own wireless coverage from remote locations.
Albany Uncovers Shocking Amount of Waste in State Government
NY Post
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo
Aides to Gov. Cuomo revealed yesterday that they found massive waste in state government — including 1 million square feet of unused state office space in New York City, nearly 2,000 vendors providing often duplicated products and services, and 425 toll-free phone numbers that haven’t been used in months.
Holier Than Thou – How Religious Is Too Religious?
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
“What you are not allowed, you are not allowed, what you are allowed you need not.”(Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi)
Can you be too religious? Ought one to deprecate a person whose religious observance seems “Over the top?” Are the terms “Ultra-Kosher,” or “Ultra-Orthodox,” really objective?
Single Moms Find Compassion, Support, at Bais Chana
Lubavitch.com
Single mothers captured the spotlight in early March of this year when politicians and pundits weighed in on the subject of unwed Hollywood moms and moms-to-be. Aided by an adoring media, celebrity women project an aura of glamour around having babies without husbands.
Schumer Attacks Hidden E-Z Pass Fees
NEW YORK [AP] — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says many drivers using the high-speed E-Z Pass lanes on New York highways are getting hit with a hidden fee.
NYC To Target Illegal Subdivision
AP
The scene of a house fire that killed three people is seen in the Bronx borough of New York on Monday, April 25, 2011. Photo: AP
City fire and buildings officials will search for new ways to target landlords who unlawfully subdivide their properties, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday in the wake of a fire that killed a family living in illegal housing.
Jewish Communities Mourn Murders at Marrakesh Café
Lubavitch.com
Michal and David Wizman at a Gan Model Seder in Shanghai.
MARRAKESH, Morocco — Jewish communities on two continents are mourning the murders of a young couple killed in the Marrakesh explosion Thursday morning.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present two photos of members of the President of Israel Zalman Shazar’s advisers exchanging words with the Rebbe following the Presidents Yechidus with the Rebbe 1966.
Chabad Israeli Center Hits New Roadblock in Using Rockville House for Services
Maryland Gazette
Rabbi Shlomo Beitsh at a Hacnosas Sefer Torah to his Chabad House in Rockville, Maryland.
The Chabad Israeli Center has hit a new roadblock in its quest to use its Rockville home.
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