CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights’ oldest food service joint was shut down yesterday by the NYC Health Department. Crown Hot Bagels, know as the bagel shop near 770, had notices posted on its front door ordering its closure.
A reader sent in the following photos of a Jewish owned minivan with Quebec license plates blocking a buildings multi car garage. The car was parked the night before and remained parked there throughout the Tuesday, blocking access to the 23 parking spaces underneath the building.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — History repeats itself, Yisroel Shemtov who has been organizing and running Simchas Beis Hashuaiva for 28 years, has been forced out once again from the show, courtesy of the new Vaad.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Due to the suffering economy, many schools have found it difficult to pay their staff. Despite the financial squeeze, the Hanhala of Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel made it their chief concern to pay teachers their dues before the new school year began.
BS”D. 13th of Elul, Chodesh of Rachamim, 5769.
To Anash residing in Crown Heights - Kan Tziva Hashem es Habrocho - and to Anash worldwide who cherish the Rebbe's Shcchuna. Hashem bless you all.
As a follow up to my letter of Rosh Chodesh Elul, I am pleased to notify Anash in Crown Heights and worldwide that, with Hashem's help, we have successfully reached an agreement for a Din Torah to deal with all the topics related to the disagreements in our shechuna over the past years. Since Torah was given to bring peace in the world we are assured that through a Din Torah peace will reign in our shechuna.
As it seems from a letter that was distributed to homes in Crown Heights this week, Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba has taken the first step to ending the madness and infighting in the Crown Heights Beis Din. The following is a translation of the letter.
BS”D. 13th of Elul, Chodesh of Rachamim, 5769.
To Anash residing in Crown Heights – Kan Tziva Hashem es Habrocho – and to Anash worldwide who cherish the Rebbe’s Shcchuna. Hashem bless you all.
As a follow up to my letter of Rosh Chodesh Elul, I am pleased to notify Anash in Crown Heights and worldwide that, with Hashem’s help, we have successfully reached an agreement for a Din Torah to deal with all the topics related to the disagreements in our shechuna over the past years. Since Torah was given to bring peace in the world we are assured that through a Din Torah peace will reign in our shechuna.
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) is inviting residents to come out for a “town hall meeting” in the Jewish Childrens Museum this coming Monday evening to discuss the Healthcare Reform bill titled “H.R. 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act”, and to learn what is in it for us and how it will affect our families.
Will major media attention help?
Mom says daughter taunted, attacked on Crown Heights playground
An 11-year-old Jewish girl was attacked at a Crown Heights playground by a band of black youths who slammed her into a metal slide, kicked her repeatedly – and pelted her with anti-Semitic invective, the girl’s mom said Wednesday.
Could you imagine how much worse it would become to drive up Kingston Avenue? Or how many more tickets would be issued on a regular basis? Well, don’t worry the above picture didn’t happen yet. But it can! Just like Empire Boulevard was revamped almost overnight.
Much money, time, and effort went into a war over the cornerstone which the Rebbe laid for the construction of the new part of 770. This morning workers were seen installing a new headstone, under the watchful eye of two police officers, over the cornerstone in place where much controversy has brewed.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A 1-1/2-Year-Old girl slipped away from her father at around 11:00 this morning, wandering out of 770 and taking a stroll down Eastern Parkway. A Lubavitcher woman on her way to work saw the little girl walking alone and called Shomrim.
The following photos were send in by the same reader.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A “Kol Koreh” recently began circulating among Anash condemning the members of the ‘new vaad’ calling them “Malshinim and Mossrim” over the actions they took against a community Gemach, local businesses, and residents by subpoenaing them and dragging them into their fight with the ‘old vaad’.
Unusually harsh words were used and the flyer was signed by many prominent Mashpim and Askonim including Rabbis Pinyeh Korf, Simcha Piekarsky, Sholom Dovber Futerfas, Avrohom Gerlitzky, Chaim Shaul Brook, Michoel Seligson Sholom Dovber Levin, Chaim Dovid Laine, Pinchos Zev Wolff among some more.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A slew of Moisdos, Businesses, and members of Anash in Crown Heights were the recipients of subpoenas ordering them to appear in State Supreme Court by the demand of the ‘new Vaad’.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Leaders of local Jewish communities and institutions met Monday afternoon in Crown Heights with representatives of the Department of Homeland Security to discuss the department’s readiness and responsiveness to the Jewish communities needs.
The following pictures were sent in a by a reader.
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NY [CHI] — The Flu has spread to multiple sleep-away camps and bungalow colonies in upstate New York. Being that today, June 12th, is visiting day for many camps, certain precautions have been taken.
“We have isolated the remaining flu cases in our infirmary,” said the nurse at Camp Emunah, a Jewish sleep-away camp for girls. “We suggest that flu patients take Tamiflu, but that only shortens the duration of the flu. We are not distributing it to the entire camp… There is no preventative [measure to be taken].”
The family of Chaya Gottlieb OBM would like to invite the entire community to an evening of commemoration and inspiration honoring the Shloshom of their beloved daughter and sister, Chaya, who passed away at the young age of 24.
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