Vandalism In The Name Of The Rebbe Continues

And the story with the stone continues, this morning some the stone has been vandalized but they did not attempt to put in a new one, only destroy the existing one.

Apparently some of these vandals chased the guard away and ripped the protective case (which has been torched twice in the past) away and then proceeded to destroy the actual marble monument.

This comes after a relatively short period of quite for “that” side. This case is still in litigation in the New York State court’s system.

This story is bound to bring more Chilul Hashem out into the open just as it has in the past made it into the major local news papers. Stay tuned I will post each article this would appear in.

30 Days To The Passing Of Dovid Reiber OB”M

This Thursday will be 30 days since the untimely passing of Dovid Rieber OB”M, there will be a Farbrengen in memory of Dovid in which they will begin writing a Sefer Torah in his memory and complete the Mishnoyos that was learned in his memory.

This will take place on the third floor Shul in Oholei Torah at 7:00 in the evening.

749 – Still Lights Out – 770 Becomes Dormitory

As we reported earlier on last week About 749 Eastern Pkwy. Dorm loosing their electricity, it seems the Bocurim that were staying there have found a solution.

Apparently the Yeshiva Hanholo failed to pay the electricity bill which has amounted to about 20 Thousand Dollars so the electric company shut off the electric.

Now the Bocurim started a new “Outpost” called outpost 749, they brought their mattresses and went to sleep right in Shul, they even put up a sign requesting that people should be quite so that the Bocurim can sleep, and anyone willing to help with the electric problem please go to the Hanholo.

Crown Heights Road Work Update

As it stands now, we have Union St. and Carroll St. completely scraped, from what i was told by the D.O.T. (Department of Transportation) is that tomorrow (Tuesday) would be the last increment of this road work, where they would be putting down the new top layer of asphalt.

Parking Regulations

Tuesday; no parking on Union St. and Carroll St. from 6am to 6pm and alternate side parking regulations are in effect.

Update; No parking on Brooklyn Ave and on Albany Ave. as well.

Update; Brooklyn Ave. as well as Albany Ave. and Troy Ave. have been scraped as well, and as it seems this will not be the of our trafic mayhem, I will try to keep you all posted with the parking regulations, stay tuned.

PARKING ADVISORY: Road Work In Crown Heights

For all those of you that prefer driving over walking, you may have noticed that Union St. between Kingston Ave. and Troy Ave. is blocked off, this is do to road work.

The city decided to scrape off the top layer of the road and repave it, so do take this into consideration and preplan your “trip”.

And starting tomorrow (Friday) they will be repaving the rest of Union St. between Nostrand Ave. and Kingston Ave.

You will not be aloud to park on these streets so find a parking place well in advance of Shabbos, because it will be very hard to find a place.

Pataki Embraces Anti-Semitism Fight

Pataki Calls for ‘raised voices’ here and abroad on heels of Cordoba conference some saw as too broad.

Lori Strouch Kolinsky, right, director of UJA-Federation’s Hands On program, views a Jewish Museum exhibit with participants in new Connections project. From left are Betty Hankin, Lindsay Cahn and Reuben Ingber, all from the Samuel Field Y.

On his return from a European conference on intolerance, Gov. George Pataki last week called on Jewish leaders to keep him involved in their efforts to combat anti-Semitism.

“It’s too important to the future of our country and the world to just say we had a successful conference and it’s over and now we can go back to our lives,” said Pataki, a Republican who was asked by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lead the U.S. delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s conference on anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance in Cordoba, Spain.

Economists Gather at Waldorf Astoria in Support of Chabad

Affluent Businessmen and economists, Jews and non Jews of Manhattan’s high society, participated in a salutation evening for Chabad in the center of Manhattan. The shliach, Rabbi Yehoshua Metsger and his wife held their annual dinner in the prestigious Waldorf Astoria hotel.

The central address was delivered by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Merkoz L’inyonei Chinuch, the organization responsible for sending shluchim all over the world. Rabbi Kotlarsky told the crowd about the great achievements of the Shlichus project, which is an unprecedented phenomenon in the entire Jewish history. Rabbi Berel Lazaar, chief Rabbi of Russia, another speaker at this event, spoke about the revival of the Jewish communities in Russia, where the Jewish spark had been kept intact by the ‘mesirus nefesh’ of Chabadniks who bravely spread yiddishkeit despite the oppression of the Soviet regime. The world famous singer, Reb Mordechai Ben Dovid entertained the crowd with inspiring songs accompanied by a band and orchestra.

Construction in full swing on new Shul & Mikva in Crown Heights

After a long period of quiet and problems obtaining the necessary permits, construction of a new Shul & Mivka is now in full swing.

The new Shul, to carry the name of Rabbi Lazer Levy OBM & Mikva that will carry the name of R’ Meir Rabkin OBM is being built on the exact location on Kingston Avenue between Crown & Montgomery where the old Skvere Shul & Mikva was located.

According to sources knowledgeable with the building plans, when completed, the Mikva with 2 sets of stairways and large enough to accommodate 15 people at one time, will be the most modern and up to date in Crown Heights. In addition there will be 16 showers and a very spacious dressing room.

OK Kashrus is sponsoring the Shul while the Rabkin family is sponsoring the Mikva.

Crown Heights resident Yanky Sufrin’s YHS Construction Corporation whose successful projects include the beautiful Bais Binyomin on Montgomery Street, the gorgeous Mei Menachem Mikva in Brooklyn Heights and the brand new condos on Brooklyn Ave., is handling the project.

25 Crown Heights Shuls to prepare for Gimmel Tammuz on Shabbos Parshas Shlach

SNS has learned that this coming Shabbos Parshas Shlach, for the first time ever as a joint effort, 25 Shuls in the Crown Heights community will host a Shiur in the Rebbe’s Sichos in preparation for Gimmel Tamuz.

These Shiurim were arranged by a group of devoted Kolel members inspired to bring about a deeper level of Hiskashrus in an atmosphere of unity throughout the community for the weeks leading up to Gimmel Tamuz.

All community members are invited to attend the Shiur in their respective shuls. The Shiurim are to take place (in most Shuls) between Mincha and Marriv Shabbos afternoon.

Word has it that this is only the first of several programs for the CH community. May the preparations alone suffice to hasten the long awaited Geulah Shleima, now!

Yankel’s Brother: It’s Not Over

Hospital settlement won’t end Norman Rosenbaum’s quest for justice in ’91 Crown Heights slaying.

Nearly 14 years after the death of Yankel Rosenbaum at the outset of the Crown Heights riots, his brother says he will continue fighting for action, even after a settlement last week over faulty medical treatment at Kings County Hospital seemed to signal the final chapter in the saga.

“This does not close the book,” Norman Rosenbaum, an Australian lawyer, said Monday. “We are exploring what options exist.”

Those options, he said, might include legal recourse against the doctors who cared for his brother.

MAZAL TOV OSHER LITZMAN!!!

NEW ENGAGEMENT

With great joy and happiness we extend a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to our dear friend, HaBochur, HaTomim, Osek Betzorchay Tzibbur vechulu, phtographer for COL.ORG.IL, Osher Litzman – Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel on the occasion of his engagement to Mussy Halperin – Kfar Chabad

May the Chosson & Kalla merit all the Rebbe’s Brochos!

E-MAZAL TOV

Avraham Freid At Yehuda Reichman’s Bar Mitzvah

Avraham Freid attended Yehudas Bar mitzvah, and sang some of his world famous songs and Yehuda joind in and the duo sang together.

Dell Home – $750 off a purchase of $1500 or more

Dell Home is having a major sale, configure one of the systems in this link to anything over $1500 and get $750 off bringing it down to $750 for a good new laptop.

And since its Dell Home, you will not pay much tax (no more then $10 if you ship to NY) and as far as I know there is no shipping charge.

So good luck and enjoy.

Lights Out In 749 Eastern Pkwy.

The beginning of this week the building that houses part of the dorm of Bochurim that come from Israel to learn in 770, has lost electricity.

According to COL, the electric bill hasn’t been paid in “many months” and the electric company has shut the electricity till the bill is satisfied, which has accumulated to a hefty sum. Furthermore it remains unclear as to who is responsible for the bill and who will now pay it.

New Shluchim to Aventura Florida

Rabbi & Mrs. Mendel Rosenfeld are moving on Shlichus to Aventura, Florida, to expand the existing Aventura Chabad programs, work with the needs of this growing community and to open a strong Chabad presence on the other side of town.

The Rosenfelds were appointed by Rabbi Laivi Forta of Aventura Chabad.

Good Luck!

The Rosenfelds can be reached via e-mail @ Mendelr@msn.com

Bizarre Robbery Attempt Yesterday

Yesterday at the construction site of a new building next door to The Shuk on E. New York Ave. an unidentified man walked into the building while the construction workers were installing major appliances and attempted to steal a STOVE!!!

This happened yesterday when apparently there wasn’t anyone in the building at around 2:30 in the afternoon.

Shomrim responded to the call and held the man till the police arrived and took him into custody. The fate of the stove is unknown.

Major Accident On Empire & Troy

Motzoai Shabbos at 2:30AM there was a major crash involving 3 cars.

Apparently a commercial delivery van was coming up Troy Ave. and hit a car going down Empire Blvd. and spun him around then tried to flee the scene and in the process he hit a livery cab head on and was stopped short, then got out of his van and fled the scene on foot.

B”H no Jew’s were involved in the incident and Shomrim were there to verify that, allegedly the Fire Departments (FDNY) response time exceeded 7 minutes and the police took more then 20 minutes to arrive at the scene.

2 of the victims were transported to a nearby hospital and listen in stable condition and the rest were treated at the scene.

More pictures in the extended article.