Daily Archives: March 10, 2006

Oholei Torah Inaugurates its Young Leadership Committee

As Oholei Torah pledged during their Shnas HaChamishim campaign, many new and special programs are being currently implemented. One of the major initiatives, the forming of an official “Young Leadership Committee” was inaugurated this past Wednesday evening.

Guests were greeted by the Menahel of Oholei Torah, Rabbi Joseph Rosenfeld and Rabbi Nosson Blumes, Program Director. Rabbi Yankel Pinson, long standing member of the Executive Board, gave the young couples an in-depth look into the direction and current goals of the mossad, emphasizing the important role Yungeleit have in the future of the yeshiva. Many of the participants had a chance to meet with Rabbi Shmuel Brook of the Advisory Board, which consists of a group of capable and committed community members, overseeing many integral aspects of the yeshiva.

OT Alumnus Yerachmeal Jacobson was the evening’s guest speaker. He reminisced about his warm memories in Oholei Torah, and of the importance of giving back to the yeshiva which did so much for us.

T&LC Driver Wrecks Havoc On Lefferts & New York

Around 10:45am at the intersection of Lefferts Ave. & New York Ave. a sound of a loud impact echoed throughout the intersection followed by screeches and screams for help. The scene of the accident looked quite bizarre, a 15 passenger van sitting on the sidewalk nearly in a construction site and 100 feet down the street a crumpled up car sat alone. The driver of the van fled the scene on foot, leaving the other car with its passengers injured.

This incident starts a week ago where Police Officers from a special division of the Police Department called the Safety and Traffic Enforcement Division (STED)
Which drive around in unmarked police cars and pick out the most dangerous drivers. Last week the driver of this van was picked out by officers of this division for driving recklessly and endangering other drivers and had his license suspended.

Yesterday an officer from the STED spotted this van which he remembered suspending its driver of his license, so they began to follow him to see if it was really this same driver, when the van noticed it was being followed he immediately began trying to evade police by trying to speed off, that attempted ended soon after. The van attempted to take a red light and collided head on with a smaller car and from the force of the impact the small car was sent back in the direction it came from, spinning wildly across the entire street.

More pictures in the Extended Article.