Daily Archives: June 5, 2006

Mom takes bullet meant for her son

A 55-year-old Brooklyn mom nearly paid with her life yesterday when she stepped between a gunman and her son, just yards from a school playground full of children.

Police said Mary Pough intervened in a fight involving her 22-year-old son outside her building on Park Place. A bullet that police say was intended for him hit her in the back.

Chabad and The UJC: Partners in Rebuilding

If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take to raise a community?

Ask the Jewish community of New Orleans, and they’ll probably say that it takes tremendous patience, goodwill and achdut Yisrael, or cooperation. They know. They’ve been at it for nearly a year now, trying to rebuild what Katrina destroyed.

Oholei Torah’s Ground Breaking Ceremony And Annual Dinner

Crown Heights has seen many events, dinners and gatherings, but Oholei Torah’s Gala Banquet and Ground Breaking ceremony this past Sunday was truly something unique and it carried a true sense of community pride and joy.

Beginning with a cocktail program the hundreds of guests had a chance to see first hand the plans for the New Mikvah, and meet with the designer of the Mikvah. Following that program, they crowd gathered in a large tent erected for the Awards ceremony and Ground Breaking.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

At The Jewish Learning Center of Miami Beach

The Sun Definitely Revolves Around The Earth

On Shavuot night, at midnight, the crowd at the Jewish Learning Center of Miami Beach FL was treated to a lecture by Yisroel Krasnianski, one of the graduating rabbis of the Miami Smicha Program, headed by Rabbi Yisorel Frankforter. The topic of the lecture was Geocentricism vs. Heliocentric. The lecture took the crowd back in time to the famous dispute recorded in the Talmud between the Sages of Israel and the Gentile astronomers about whether the Earth stands still and the Sun revolves around it or vice versa. From the Talmud it continued on to the Rabbeinu Chanannel, Shita Mekubetzes, the Rambam, Copernicus, Plato, Aristotle, Albert Einstein, Hans Reichenbach and finally to the view of The Lubavitcher Rebbe.

The lecture, which lasted from 12 to 1am, ended with the subjects relevance to Shavuot based on the teachings of Chassidus. It was enjoyed by all and sparked much discussion and thought afterwards amongst the listeners. The JLC is headed by Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Gordon.

Principal under fire

Bus-crush kid suspension probed

School investigators are probing whether a Brooklyn principal gave an illegal in-home suspension to an 8-year-old boy – setting off a chain reaction that led to the death of little Amber Sadiq.

Officials are also investigating whether Principal Deborah Barrett failed to report discipline matters to make Public School 161 in Crown Heights seem safer than it was, said Department of Education spokesman David Cantor.

The investigation comes after Albert James, the father of the first-grade boy, told the Daily News his son was repeatedly suspended and sent home from school.