Daily Archives: February 3, 2006

Gun Shot Into Bais Rivkah

This morning when workers at Campus Chomesh – Bais Rivkah on Lefferts Ave. were opening the building for the school day one of them found a shattered window in a hallway on the forth floor, near the window they immediately noticed a shell laying on the floor and called the police. The window is comprised of a reinforced safety glass and the bullet punched a hole about a quarter inch in the window.

The police came and collected the spent slug which has been identified as a 9mm bullet, and took a police report, CrownHeights.info has learned that the police don’t believe this incident is related to the incident that took place the same night with police officers getting shot at.

Police Officers Get Shot At in Crown Heights

Last night at around 3:00am police officers were shot at while attempting to pull over a van that appeared to be stolen and had invalid plates and was speeding. The drama began unfolding on Sterling Street where the van was speeding and made a sharp turn onto Brooklyn Ave. then making another sharp turn onto Lefferts Ave. then 2 black men stopped the van on Balfour Pl. and began running. This is when the single shot rang out and the officers in pursuit called in for backup.

Instantly there were over 20 police cars on scene, followed by ESU, Crime Scene Units, Highway Patrol and K9 Units. The suspects were both armed with handguns, and are currently still at large, though police believe they will have them in custody very soon. Stay tuned as we will bring you all the latest updates on this event

Animals Dressed Up As Humans!

Video: Excessive Israeli Police Brutality Caught on Tape

Video Clip 1 (Very Violent, viewer discretion is advised)
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Police crossed the boundaries of reasonable force, and entered into full-scale, unprovoked violence as they began beating resistors sitting non-violently with arms-crossed inside an Amona home.

The protestors are seen sitting peacefully on the floor of one of the nine Amona buildings slated for destruction, with their arms locked together. According to the eye-witness testimony of the photographer Avi Fishman from Kedumim, no one in the room did anything but, as depicted in the footage, sit in.

The police are seen storming the room, and mercilessly beating those sitting in the home with the handles of their night sticks.

More on the subject in the Extended Article.

Local rabbi also serves as sheriff’s chaplain

When Poway sheriff’s deputies reach for a snack these days, they’re often presented with a choice: Donuts or potato latkes?

More than just a nod to the modern, multicultural workplace, it’s a calling card of sorts for Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who became the Sheriff Department’s Jewish chaplain in October.

As chaplain, he looks after the spiritual needs of Jewish deputies, and works to educate non-Jews on the force about his faith.

February is Kabbalah Month

For Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, Kabbalah is not about selling red strings and Kabbalah water or celebrity sightings.

It is about finding deeper meaning in Judaism.

“Jewish mysticism has so much to say about the purpose of life and meaningful living,” explained Rabbi Wolvovsky, executive director of Chabad: East of the River, located in Glastonbury.

To shed more light on the mystical Jewish practice of Kabbalah, February has been branded “Kabbalah Month” all around Connecticut.