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Daily Archives: December 19, 2005

Bais Rivka Buses Vandalized

The broken window and powder covered floor

Over Shabbos two Bais Rivka buses were vandalized. The buses were parked in the Bais Rivka Crown St. parking lot, one of them had a window broken. The fire extinguishers from both buses were opened and emptied completely inside the buses.

Just to note; the parking lot is fenced, tipped with razor wire and the gates were locked, so the only way to get into the parking courtyard is trough the school itself, so the administration believes that the vandals were young children attending a Sheva Brachot on Shabbos that was taking place in the school building, partially because the Tzedakah Pushkas weren’t touched.

CrownHeights.info received word that there is a reward being offered for any information related to this incident, you can call Shomrim at (718) 774-3333 with any information.

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Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
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Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
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Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
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Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
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Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
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Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
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Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
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Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
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Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
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Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)

Today [Sunday] at around 12:30pm a fire broke out in a house on Lincoln Pl. between Kingston & Albany. The fire quickly spread throughout the entire house, making it particularly difficult for FDNY to put it out without much damage.

The house belonging the a non Jewish family is attached to a house owned and occupied by Jews, which sustained damage from the fire and from the fire department, who tore up the walls to make sure that the fire was completely out.

There was an enormous response, over 12 FDNY trucks, ambulance’s and even an ancient “cherry picker” type truck responded. It appeared from the fire crews on scene that the fire initially started due to faulty wiring in an electrical space heater.

This would be a proper time to warn all of our readers to take extra caution with space heaters. Do not to leave any clothes, towels etc.. to dry next to the heater, and It would be wise to turn the heater off when leaving the house.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Fire guts house on Lincoln Place

Today [Sunday] at around 12:30pm a fire broke out in a house on Lincoln Pl. between Kingston & Albany. The fire quickly spread throughout the entire house, making it particularly difficult for FDNY to put it out without much damage.

The house belonging the a non Jewish family is attached to a house owned and occupied by Jews, which sustained damage from the fire and from the fire department, who tore up the walls to make sure that the fire was completely out.

There was an enormous response, over 12 FDNY trucks, ambulance’s and even an ancient “cherry picker” type truck responded. It appeared from the fire crews on scene that the fire initially started due to faulty wiring in an electrical space heater.

This would be a proper time to warn all of our readers to take extra caution with space heaters. Do not to leave any clothes, towels etc.. to dry next to the heater, and It would be wise to turn the heater off when leaving the house.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Something Jewish
From a base out of Florida, Jewish orthodox rapper Jew Da Maccabi is creating a real buzz with the video of one of his tracks Iron Like A Lion.

With a thumping beat, pro-Jewish lyrics and a sharp performance, this 29 year old rapper looks set to do for Jewish rap what Matisyahu has done for Jewish reggae - get it out of just a Jewish niche and get it into the mainstream.

And like Matisyahu, Jew Da Maccabi is a Jew who became frum and wants to get his message out to as many people as possible.

Jew Da Maccabi

Something Jewish

From a base out of Florida, Jewish orthodox rapper Jew Da Maccabi is creating a real buzz with the video of one of his tracks Iron Like A Lion.

With a thumping beat, pro-Jewish lyrics and a sharp performance, this 29 year old rapper looks set to do for Jewish rap what Matisyahu has done for Jewish reggae – get it out of just a Jewish niche and get it into the mainstream.

And like Matisyahu, Jew Da Maccabi is a Jew who became frum and wants to get his message out to as many people as possible.

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CNN
Workers at a pair of private New York bus lines went on strike early Monday -- the first steps in what could be the shutdown of the nation's largest public transportation system.

With no new agreement in place and a 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday strike deadline set by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), another 33,000 transit workers could join the picket lines in less than 24 hours, knocking out all New York City transit lines.

The Web site for TWU Local 100 announced the strike that will impact some 50,000 commuters in Queens and pull more than 700 workers off the job: "Strike Alert: NO BUSES MONDAY: Jamaica Bus and Triboro Coach on Strike."

Limited transit strike under way

CNN

Workers at a pair of private New York bus lines went on strike early Monday — the first steps in what could be the shutdown of the nation’s largest public transportation system.

With no new agreement in place and a 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday strike deadline set by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), another 33,000 transit workers could join the picket lines in less than 24 hours, knocking out all New York City transit lines.

The Web site for TWU Local 100 announced the strike that will impact some 50,000 commuters in Queens and pull more than 700 workers off the job: “Strike Alert: NO BUSES MONDAY: Jamaica Bus and Triboro Coach on Strike.”

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Camp FREE – Gan Israel Pre-Chanukah Concert

Sunday, December 18, 2005, Camp FREE – Gan Israel, a division of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, held its annual reunion with a grand pre-Chanukah concert featuring ‘Music Rabbi’ Chaim Fogelman.

The children enjoyed a fun filled day, with many exciting activities which was held upstate New York. Many Jews of the local community who joined this event in honor of Chanukah were deeply impressed by the large turnout and thanked the organizers at Camp FREE – Gan Israel for coordinating this event.

The program was sponsored by devoted friends and supporters of Camp FREE – Gan Israel, and coordinated by a cooperative effort of dedicated Bochurim, including: Dovid Altein, Yossi Bryski, Dovid Okunov, Leima Teleshevsky and Tzali Stilerman.

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