19 December 2005 Archives

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.

Posted to General on December 19, 2005

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Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!

Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)

Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)

New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level

New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)

Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!

New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)

New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave

Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!

New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM

Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road

New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs

New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)

New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

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

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.

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.

Posted to General on December 19, 2005

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.”

Posted to General on December 19, 2005

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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.