CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Erev Shabbos, on Brooklyn between Montgomery St and Empire Blvd, a resident came home to find his apartment broken into and ransacked. A neighbor called Shomrim, who made sure the apartment was secure, then advised the resident to call police and file a report, which he resisted due to the fact that Shabbos was in less than 30 minutes.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This morning at around 11:00am, a car accident left a few people injured, including two children. The incident took place at the intersection of President Street and New York Avenue where according to witnesses a Toyota Sedan took a red light and collided with a minivan.
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With profound sadness and pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Rabbi Aryeh Grifkin of S. Diego, CA.
The Levaya will be tomorrow, Monday, passing 770 at 11:00am, and then will continue to Montefiore Cemetery.
Rabbi Aryeh Grifkin is survived by his wife and children YLT; Yael Rosenberger (New York), Michal Korer (Brewster, NY), Devorah Leah Sandhaus (New York), Shneur Zalman, Menachem Mendel, Chana, Esther and Nessia.
They will be sitting Shiva a 1232 Carroll St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave]..
Condolences can be emailed to devralagrif@yahoo.com
Baruch Dayan HoEmes
PARIS, France — After four decades of outreach in France’s capital city, Chabad-Lubavitch of Paris is turning its sites to expanding its programming for the region’s many university students.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, February 18, for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Wednesday February 6, Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yonah Metsger joined the children of the Preschool of Arts and Supporters of the Chabad Center for Jewish Discovery on West 19th St, with the initial writing of a new torah scroll called the New York Torah. The Torah is being sponsored by the Tessler family of South Africa/New York in loving memory of Asaf Tessler OBM.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A short hour after Shabbos the residents in a home on Balfore Place called 911 after strong stench of gas filled the house. Firefighters responded and began investigating the odor.
After nearly a half an hour they managed to trace the odor to an electrical malfunction in the boiler of the house.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
The Fox 5 investigative team caught the city red-handed writing parking tickets before they are supposed to. There seems to be a snafu in the system that could be responsible for tons of improper tickets being issued and literally had one neighborhood running in fear.
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