Levi Leviev Sells Famous Manhattan Skyscaper
Metropolitan Life Tower, New York City.
One of New York City’s most recognizable buildings has been sold by Chabad magnate Levi Leviev’s Africa Israel Investments for $165 million.
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Gas May Go Up to $5 Per Gallon This Summer
LA Times
Maybe you’ll want to start salting away money for 2012 fuel costs now. Get ready to see $4-a-gallon gasoline in various parts of the U.S. sometime this spring, according to one prediction. Another prediction says that some of the nation’s biggest cities — such as Chicago, Los Angeles and New York — will see record Memorial Day averages of $4.55 to $4.95 for a gallon of regular gasoline.
7 Israelis Rescued After Cruise Ship Sinks
Jerusalem Post
Seven Israelis were on board the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, that ran aground Friday night and sank into the sea like a scene from the Titanic.
Ford recalling 450,000 minivans, SUVs
CNN
Ford 2004/5 Freestar Minivan
Ford announced a recall Wednesday of 450,000 older model minivans and SUVs for risks from fire and loss of power.
Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Anti-Sharia Law
David Yerushalmi, Esq.
A federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional an Oklahoma anti-Sharia law, which was authored by David Yerushalmi, a Lubavitcher from Phoenix, Arizona. [Update: correction issued in extended article].
Target Praised for Using Down Syndrome Boy in Ad
NY Daily News
Ryan (far left), a six-year-old boy with Down syndrome, in a recent clothing ad for Target.
Target is raking in praise over a recent ad featuring a 6-year-old boy with Down syndrome.
Fox News
Mitt Romney (right) and Rick Santorum (left).
The Republican presidential candidates propelled out of the Iowa caucuses Wednesday with the race looking dramatically different than it did just one week ago. Mitt Romney won the night, but only by one of the slimmest margins in Iowa election history.
Mitt Romney Wins Iowa Caucuses by Just 8 Votes
Fox News
Mitt Romney (right) and Rick Santorum (left).
The Republican presidential candidates propelled out of the Iowa caucuses Wednesday with the race looking dramatically different than it did just one week ago. Mitt Romney won the night, but only by one of the slimmest margins in Iowa election history.
Telegraph
Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council, said young people’s reading and conversational skills were being put at risk by overexposure to modern technology.
Report: Children Becoming ‘Addicted’ to Computers
Telegraph
Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council, said young people’s reading and conversational skills were being put at risk by overexposure to modern technology.
New Zealand Calm Shaken by Another Earthquake
After sustaining severe damage in a February earthquake, the former home of the Chabad House in Christchurch, New Zealand, lay in ruins day before another swarm of tremors struck the city.
Just when rebuilding efforts were starting to show encouraging progress in Christchurch, New Zealand, city dwellers got a rude awakening Friday afternoon when the ground starting shaking yet again.
One Third of Americans Are Arrested by Age of 23
Daily Mail
Almost one in three teenagers and young adults have been arrested by the age of 23 for anything from underage drinking to violent crime.
North Korean Communist Dictator is Dead
AP
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.
Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who - he was surprised to find out - is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a 'Karkafta,' and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.
Picture of the Day: ‘Tis the Season for Mivtzoim
Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who – he was surprised to find out – is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a ‘Karkafta,’ and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.
Iraq War Draws to a Close
NY Times
Almost nine years after the first American tanks began massing on the Iraq border, the Pentagon declared an official end to its mission here, closing a troubled conflict that helped reshape American politics and left a bitter legacy of anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world.
Picture of the Day: Comptroller Awards Rabbi Wiener
New York City Comptroller, John C. Liu awarded Rabbi Moshe Wiener of Crown Heights at the Jewish Heritage & Culture celebration, Tuesday, December 6, 2011.
Another Gunman Loose at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech goes into lock down.
Richmond, VA [CHI] – Reports are emerging from Virginia Tech University that a police officer has been shot; a possible second victim has been reported at a parking lot near the campus. The entire university is in Lock down mode, with security officials warning everyone to remain behind securely locked doors until the gunman is apprehended.
Artwork by Zalman Kleinman
Today, the 10th of Kislev is marked by Chabad Chassidim all over the world in celebration of the release of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch from the Czar's prison in 1826. Fifty six years later, in 1882, an anti-religious newspaper called 'Hamelitz,' published by the Haskalah/Zionist movement, “described” how the Chassidim in the Lithuanian town of Shvintzan conducted themselves throughout the Yud Kislev celebrations.
Flashback: Yud Kislev Adventures in 1882
Artwork by Zalman Kleinman
Today, the 10th of Kislev is marked by Chabad Chassidim all over the world in celebration of the release of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch from the Czar’s prison in 1826. Fifty six years later, in 1882, an anti-religious newspaper called ‘Hamelitz,’ published by the Haskalah/Zionist movement, “described” how the Chassidim in the Lithuanian town of Shvintzan conducted themselves throughout the Yud Kislev celebrations.
CNN
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemen’s president became the fourth Arab leader forced from power this year when he signed a deal Wednesday aimed at ending his country’s months-long political crisis.
Four Down: Yemen’s President Transfers Power
CNN
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemen’s president became the fourth Arab leader forced from power this year when he signed a deal Wednesday aimed at ending his country’s months-long political crisis.
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