Daily Archives: May 7, 2006

Burglary In Chovevei Torah

Click here to watch a clip of the burglar in action!

On Friday, at 5:00 am, the above pictured individual slipped into Chovevei Torah behind the cleaning crew. As they were busy sweeping and mopping, he entered the new hall that is soon to be completed and stole a tile cutter / grinder which is valued at a few hundred dollars.

The 77th precinct responded within minutes of the 911 call, and filed a police report and this incident is being investigating as a larceny due to the fact that there were other workers present in the building as well as the fact that there was no forced entry.

The crime was captured on tape by the Yeshiva’s closed circuit camera security system where the suspect was seen walking all around the bulding looking for anything of value. If you spot this person, please call 911 and tell them that you have spotted the person that committed the crime at 885 Eastern Pkwy on Friday May 5th.

Oholei Torah’s Ground Breaking Ceremony And Annual Dinner

The invitations are in the mail, and the dinner office at Oholei Torah has never been busier preparing for this years Annual Dinner.

The gala event will be taking place in Oholei Torah’s magnificent Ballrooms on June 4th, Isru Chag Shavuos. Shaya and Sarah Boymelgreen will be this years Dinner Chairpersons

Plans are underway for a grand Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Mikvah Tahara which will be built in memory of Shaya Boymelgreen’s grandfathers (as reported earlier).

Four murders in 4 weeks

As we CrownHeights.info have been keeping you all informed of what has really been going on in Crown Heights in the last year, Murders, Muggings and Car Break-ins, we now finally have a very small part of it picked up by the NY Daily News. Note: This article is only covering President St.

During a deadly four-week stretch, four men were slain on President St. in Crown Heights – spreading fear in a neighborhood already plagued by a substantial rise in homicides.

“This block is hot,” said Clarence Jones, who lives a short walk from where Randy Long, 24, was shot dead April 26. “They’re dropping like flies on President St.”

Long – a felon from Poughkeepsie who was shot twice in the back at 10:20 a.m. inside 1020 President St. – was the latest to die.

Peace For Lubavitch!

Over shabbos I heard talk about splitting the community once and for all. Each side has become too much of a burden for the other, and the differences are clearly irreconcilable.

This logic is actually supported by the torah. In Sotah we recently learnt that the reason Beis Hilel holds one may divorce his wife if she burnt his food is Ahavas Yisroel. The reasoning goes something like this: Why let the negativity and resentment brew within, leading to much larger grievances, when we can separate them while they are still on good terms? Strange indeed, but a svara nonetheless.

This svara works when applied: As a colony, America hated England. But as an independent state, it built a great relationship with England, which is now America’s number one ally.