The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations Citywide for Friday, February 16, 2007 and Saturday, February 17, 2007. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
Tucson, AZ — Shabbos Parshas Yisro was a very special one for the students of the Yeshiva High School of Tucson, Rabbi Yaakov Orimland Affectionately known as Rabbi “O” Rosh Yeshiva of YNS in Tzfas Ir Hakodesh and director of the ever successful Camp Hamidbar spent an awe inspiring weekend together with the Bochurim and Shluchim of the YHST.
Rabbi “O” well known for his humor and dedicated attitude towards Bochurim did not disappoint.
Friday afternoon he spent time schmoozing with the Shluchim and got a feel for the yeshiva.
More pictures and a video clip in the Extended Article!
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Thursday night the 60th birthday of R. Shlomo Zarchi, Mashpia in the Central Tomchei Temimim, was marked by a Farbrengen in the Shul at 770 Montgomery St with the attendance of tens of residents and Bochurim.
Heading the Farbrengen was the ‘Chozer’ Reb Yoel Kahan along with R. Dovid Feldman, R. Moshe Kotlarsky, R. Hilel Dovid Krinsky, R. Yisroel Shimon Kalmenson, R. Chaim Shaul Brook and many more.
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Kiev, Ukraine — The man who entered a Kiev synagogue last year with a large knife and declared that he meant to kill the country’s chief rabbi has been released from custody, according to a February 13, 2007.
Georgi Dobryansky was never charged with a hate crime, despite his confession that he blamed Jews for “genocide” against Ukrainians, and ultimately served his one year sentence, which expired this month. Shortly after leaving prison, he allegedly called the offices of a Ukrainian Jewish newspaper (Evreysky Obozrevatel) and threatened violence. Vadim Rabinovich, head of the Ukrainian Jewish Congress, was quoted in the report saying that the Congress has asked for help from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He added that if Mr. Dobryansky commits another hate crime, “responsibility will rest upon those who set him free.”
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Yesterday at about midnight a car driven by a Jewish woman was rear ended by a shuttle van on Albany Ave, between Crown and Montgomery St. The woman was driving a Mercury Sable down Albany Ave, when a Lincoln Town car made a short stop when somebody suddenly opened the door of a parked car. The woman tried slowing down, but a Shuttle van rear ended her and sent her skidding into the Town car.
Baruch Hashem there was no serious injuries. The Jewish woman was taken to the hospital by Hatzala as a precaution.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Shalom Yosef Ben Esther Gittel
Outside, on the streets of Squirrel Hill, giggling, scarf-swathed children were slogging by, dragging wooden sleds, plastic saucers or inflatable tubes on their way to slide down the hills of Schenley Park.
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