Chabad: Rattling the Cage

Evidently, it was anti-disengagement saboteurs from the messianic wing of Chabad who scattered nails and oil on the highway into Jerusalem last week, says Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra.

On the same day the highway was boobytrapped, some young Israeli rabble who’d taken over a Palestinian house in Gaza stoned a Palestinian teenager under an IDF soldier’s care. The house, which was spraypainted with Kahanist slogans and the warning “Sharon, we’ll murder you, too,” had messianic Chabad flags flying from the roof and Chabad posters pasted to the walls.

Special on Gaza Disengagement: Balagan

Balagan is a slangy Hebrew word, derived from Russian, used by the Israel Defense Forces to describe what is happening with Sharon’s Gaza disengagement strategy: “chaos; a screw up!”

It is less than 60 days before the 8000 residents of more than 20 villages that make up Gush Katif in the coastal Gaza district are to be moved to Netzarin, an oceanside setting in the northern Negev. The Sharon government has plied the Gaza settlers with the carrot of millions of shekels and the stick of preventive detention for their children should they balk at leaving under duress of military supervision.

Israeli Pilot Saves Woman In New York

Former IAF helicopter pilot crashes chopper into New York City’s East River and saves drowning passenger; receives praise from Mayor Bloomberg

An Israeli man who saved a British woman from drowning after the tourist helicopter he was piloting crashed in New York City’s East River was praised by Israel and by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday.

Yossi Ben-Bassat, 51, said the sightseeing chopper he had flown over Manhattan on Tuesday plunged into the water after he lost control of it. One of the six passengers, British tourist, Karen Butler fell into the water and was later found to have sustained a serious head injury.

Rabbi Groner to Sharon: You Are the Cause of Murder

Rabbi Leibel Groner, who was the personal assistant to the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson – the last Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Chassidic sect, and someone acknowledged as a world-wide Jewish leader – shouted at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a meeting with Chabad rabbis at the beginning of the week. The explosion at the meeting was reported by the Sha’ah Tovah weekly, read among the Haredi public.

According to the report, Rabbi Groner shouted, “You are causing the murder of Jews…. How can you expect us to sit quietly by and not protest? Out of a sense of self-sacrifice, we will go and protest and we will do everything to prevent the Disengagement Plan.”

At that, the prime minister’s advisor for Haredi affairs intervened and quieted Rabbi Groner.

Our Dirty Laundry Goes Out Into The Public AGAIN

Just as I had predicted, here is the first article I found

Lubavitch’s Open Wound At 770

Destroyed plaque honoring rebbe points to new round in battle over messianism and control of movement.

Pro-messianist forces are believed to have destroyed plaque honoring Lubavitcher rebbe early Tuesday morning. Michael Datikash

If ever an architectural feature of a building’s exterior stood as a symbol for the life within, then the defaced plaque honoring the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson at Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heigh ts is it.

Like the jagged fault line that eventually brings down the mansion in the famous Edgar Allan Poe story “Fall of the House of Usher,” the cornerstone — which has been vandalized many times over the past few months and was violently ripped out this week — has come to represent a movement bitterly split by those who believe Rabbi Schneerson is the messiah and those who do not.

Bochur Fell From The Roof Of 1414 Dorm

An Israeli Bochur is in critical condition Wednesday afternoon following a 4-story fall from the world famous dormitory of Tomchei Tmimim @ 1414 President St. in Crown Heights.

The incident happened shortly after 2:00am Wednesday morning.

According to one witness the Bochur had offered to help some friends who were locked out of their room on the 4th floor of the dorm. Some rope was tied together and the Bochur was being lowered down slowly from the roof to the window of the room when one of the ropes broke loose and the Bochur fell.

Hatzolah raced to the scene and rushed the Bochur to nearby Kings County hospital where he remains in ICU.

Everyone is asked to please say Tehillim & give Tzedaka for a Refua Shleima for Avrohom ben Penina Perel.

Tommrows Parking Regulations

Tommrow some of the wight has been lifted only 2 blocks are we not aloud to park on. Carroll St. and Brooklyn Ave.

If there is any more streets that I missed please email me and ill correct it. webmaster@crownheights.info

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.