Jewish group’s big loss in theft

VITAL RECORDS TAKEN ALONG WITH EQUIPMENT

The person who broke into a Sunnyvale synagogue office sometime over the weekend and stole computers, phones and software made off with not just equipment, but the recorded heart of a community.

Since Chabad of Sunnyvale opened three years ago, it has offered services for Jewish families that now number more than 500. No financial information about any of them was stolen, but hundreds of kids waiting to go to summer camp will have to register all over again. And Rabbi Yisroel Hecht must somehow re-create years’ worth of historical data about programs and people.

Oholei Torah’s Ground Breaking Event And Gala Banquet This Isru Chag Shavuos

As Oholei Torah prepares for its upcoming Annual Dinner together with a Ground Breaking Ceremony, we recall the special attention given to this affair in earlier years by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Then, as now, putting together a dinner to raise funds for the institution was no small feat. Rabbi Dovid Deitsch, who was known as the “Tatteh of Oholei Torah,” would seek out friends and acquaintances from the business world to participate in the festive evening to benefit the yeshiva. Once, R’ Deitsch suggested to the Rebbe that instead of investing so much time and effort into the dinner, he would volunteer to raise the funds from his friends by telephone. “I am prepared to collect the same sum of money without the effort,” he told the Rebbe. The Rebbe replied in the negative: “Ah dinner Darf Men Hoben – A dinner we must have,” he said.

Each year the organizers of the dinner look to bring new vitality and energy to the occasion. This year we honor Mr. and Mrs. Yeshaya and Sarah Boymelgreen, whose abundant generosity and constant support has made this dinner a reality.

The scroll that binds them

Families line room to kiss Torah as it arrives at Chabad house

Munster, IN — On a day when many Americans reflected in sorrow on lives lost, one group took a day to celebrate.

Music and singing could be heard for blocks along Ridge Road on Monday as the Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Indiana welcomed its new Torah scroll. The ceremony began with a procession from Grove Park to the Chabad house on Ridge Road in Munster.

Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of the festivities was the spirit behind the smiling faces of participants young and old. Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov said the Torah is significant not only as the first the Chabad owns, but also for the community the Chabad house represents.

Crown Heights: 1927 to 2006

1927:

An amazing view into what Crown Heights looked like then and now. Intersection of Empire Blvd. and Kingston Ave. Photo from the Sholom Ber Goldstien Archives, Photo by E.E. Rutter courtesy: www.brooklynpix.com.

2006:

Another Elevator Mugging on Empire Blvd.

At around 4:00 this afternoon a woman was held up in an elevator, the incident took place inside 441 Empire Blvd. The woman who hardly speaks English, was in the elevator with a stroller and four children, along with a black male. The black male demanded that the woman give him her money, threatening that if not he will hurt her children. The woman looked at him not understanding what he wanted. The mugger then getting frustrated just stuck his hands into her purse and grabbed stuff including money and ran.

Police were called, but bystanders who know the woman called Shomrim to come and help the woman with the report. Shomrim members then canvassed the area in search for the Mugger, but couldn’t locate him. The woman was then taken to the Precinct to look at mug shots to see if she can identify the mugger.

It’s important that residents should know that this is a problem riddled building with numerous incidents related to it, starting with the stone that was thrown at a car, to the member of Anash that was walking past pushing a stroller with his child when a stone came out one of the windows and B”H had just missed him, and this isn’t the first time such an incident had taken place in an elevator Click Here for that story.

U-Turn On Empire Blvd Causes Accident And 2 Injuries

At around 12:15 this afternoon, a Jewish woman attempted to make a U-Turn on Empire Blvd between Albany Ave and Troy Ave, didn’t notice an oncoming car and struck it. The woman didn’t sustain any injuries but 2 passengers of the other car, a non-jewish woman and a 6 year old child, both complained of pains and were taken by EMS to Kings County Hospital where they were listed in stable condition.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

As Popularity of Mikvah Use Grows, So Do Standards

Of the 200 mikvahs in the United States, 90 exist under the auspices of Chabad Lubavitch centers. With another ten Chabad mikvahs to break ground within the next twelve months, Chabad’s stake in maintaining the ritual central to Jewish family life, already monumental, is growing. In response, the Central Committee of Chabad Lubavitch Rabbis created a Mikvah Board to supervise mikvah construction and maintenance.

Man shot and dragged by car

At 2pm Sunday afternoon shots rang out on Sterling Place and Brooklyn Ave. Witnesses saw 24 year old black male being shot at least 3 times, with one bullet striking his leg, he then dove out of the way and underneath a moving car which dragged him a half a block to St. Johns place and Brooklyn Ave. FDNY and NYPD responded, extracted him from underneath the vehicle and transported him to Kings County Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

Bochur Struck by Car

On Thursday afternoon a bochur was struck by a car while on the way home from Prospect Park riding his bike. The car, which was driving on Eastern Parkway made a right turn into Franklin Ave striking the bochur and sending him flying off his bike. Bystander’s who witnessed the incident called 911, who responded immediately with EMS and took him to Kings County Hospital.

The bochur sustained injuries to his face, head and bruises all over his body, the doctors had him stay at the hospital for observation for extended period of time.

Rabbi Lider of Ahavas Chesed was present at the hospital when the bochur arrived, and made preparations for his stay, which included getting a place ready for Shabbos.

CrownHeights.info has learned that the bochur was to be released Sunday, and is expected to make a full recovery.

Chabad couple is busy ‘repackaging’ Judaism

Fights here, Fights there, Fights everywhere!

Monroe, NY — They aren’t asking people to become Orthodox Jews like themselves. For that matter, they don’t like separating members of a common faith into the usual Orthodox, Conservative and Reform camps.

Pesach and Chana Burston just want to produce better Jews.

The Burstons arrived in Orange County two years ago as emissaries of a Hasidic movement known as Chabad-Lubavitch, based in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

Part Of a Tree Collapses Over Shabbos

Sometime during Shabbos a large part of a tree came crashing down on Carroll St. between Brooklyn and Kingston, the part of the tree blocked off the sidewalk and B”H didn’t injure anyone and did not cause any damage to parked cars. Apparently this collapse was due to the rain we had over Shabbos.