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NEW YORK, NY — Drivers in the New York area wasted nearly 380 million hours stuck in rush-hour traffic in 2007 – second only to those in Los Angeles – according to a traffic study released Wednesday.
The average motorist in the New York area lost 44 hours in 2007 because of rush-hour traffic congestion, according to the Urban Mobility Report conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute.
ISRAEL — The extended hours at Be’er Sheva bars and restaurants have brought the proprietors an additional expense: paying kashrut supervisors. So the city’s chief rabbi, Yehuda Deri, proposed a solution: placing cameras in restaurant kitchens in order to send video feeds straight to the supervisors of Jewish dietary law.
Deri, the brother of former Shas leader Aryeh Deri, believes the idea will save businesses money while improving kashrut supervision.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is pleased to present a series of pictures from a historical Yechidus that took place in the winter of 1963, with the Mayor of New York, Robert F. Wagner. We have included a transcript of the opening and closing moments of the meeting. Special thanks to The Rebbe Archive and to Rabbis Shmuel and Pinny Lew.
Police arrested a 21-year-old Brooklyn man last night after three Crown Heights women identified him as the serial slapper terrorizing the tight-knit neighborhood, cops said.
Frankie Hatton of Saratoga Ave., who sources said has confessed to five incidents and has a history of mental illness, was charged with forcible touching and […] abuse.
A dozen women in the area have been slapped on the buttocks since June 19, police said. The slapper last attacked Tuesday.
ATLANTA, GA [CHI] — Three Gan Yisroels in the Metro Atlanta area united this week for a special gathering in honor of Shnas Hakhel. The rally was hosted by and took place at Gan Yisroel of Chabad of Georgia in Sandy Springs and was joined by CGI of Intown Atlanta and Alpharetta.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Detectives from the Special Victims Unit recently identified 21-year-old Frankie Hatton, as the serial groper who has been terrorizing Crown Heightsers for the past two weeks, and have had him in custody since Tuesday night.
The Fast begins at 3:47am and ends at 9:01pm (NYC Times)
The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day, which is devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day, and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from “daybreak” (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day’s services.
Campers in Beis Rivka’s Day Camp were treated to a concert by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman.
As CrownHeights.info reported, the Chabad Terror Victims Project took a group of injured soldiers from recent Israeli battles to Australia for a special vacation. The past week they have been touring with Rabbi Yossi Swerdlov of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project who is accompanying them on the trip. In the Extended Article he recounts their experiences so far.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a vacant apartment on the 4th floor of an apartment building on Rochester Avenue and President Street.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Brazil, Minnesota and California.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police arrested a Lubavitcher woman late last night after a brief vehicle pursuit. The circumstances for the chase and arrest were not clear, and community activists were working on having her released.
A source told CrownHeights.info that the woman was being chased by police after she was spotted driving and talking on her cell phone, the officers wanted to pull the woman over only she sped off and drove into her garage and closed the gate on the officers.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — The highest office-bearer in the land, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, paid a visit to The Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW Headquarters on Thursday the 2nd of July – 10th of Tammuz.
CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives from the Special Victims Unit managed to identify a person of interest in the case of the sicko that has been plaguing Crown Heights women for the past two weeks.
His most recent attack was today, Tuesday afternoon at around 5:00pm when he attacked a Jewish girl on Union Street and Albany Avenue as she was entering her apartment.
Stay tuned as we receive more updates on this story.
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