Car Bottoms Out from Road Work

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Road repairs on the streets of Crown Heights are still underway, but one intersection has been the site where a number of cars ‘bottomed out’ as result of the uneven street and got severely damaged.

In three separate incidents minivans that passed the intersection of Carroll Street and Schenectady Avenue stuck an elevated sewer opening and scraped the bottom of their car against it, in all incidents the vehicles popped their airbags and spilled engine and transmission oils.

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Lag Ba’Omer BBQ, Bonfire and Kumzits in Monroe

MONROE, NY [CHI] — In celebration of Lag B’omer, a BBQ, Bonfire & Kumzits was hosted by Chabad of Orange County in the home of Rabbi Pesach & Chana Burston in Monroe, NY.

The special evening, for adults and teens, began with a delicious BBQ, (compliments to Gil Goetz of Monroe and Lester Pleeter of Chester who manned the grill!), L’chaim and socializing.

Unity Day Lag BaOmer in South Florida

BOCA RATON, FL [CHI] — Chabad Youth Network of Florida directed by Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick arranged a spectacular unity day rally in honor of Lag B’omer in which over a thousand children from schools in South Florida joined together.

Ex-Policeman Fined for Beheading Wax Hitler

Wax Hitler as it appears in Madame Tussauds in Berlin

BERLIN [JTA] — A former police officer was fined for beheading a wax figure of Hitler last summer. The unnamed perpetrator, who is unemployed, must pay $1,227 for taking off the head at Berlin’s new Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in July.

Israeli, Iranian Children Get Acquainted At World Chess Championship

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THESSALONIKI, GREECE — After the trophies and closing ceremonies at last week’s World School Chess Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Israeli and Iranian teams met with their coaches and local Chabad Rabbi Yoel Kaplan to talk chess and peace.

After Fire, Historic Russian Synagogue Replaced

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Built with government backing, the new stone synagogue rising in Malakhovka, Russia, comes as a replacement for a historic wood structure destroyed four years ago.

MALAKHOVA, Russia — Shlima Gorinova is among those anxiously waiting the completion of a new synagogue and Jewish community center in the Moscow suburb of Malakhovka after its historical place of worship was burned to the ground.

TONIGHT: New Shiur with Rabbi Chaim Miller at Oihel Nosson!

Oihel Nosson and CrownHeghts.info are pleased to announce the launch of a new Shiur series for men with Rabbi Chaim Miller author of the Gutnick Chumush, Hagada, and the Slagar Edition Rambam: 13 Principles of Faith.

The Shuir is titled: “Prophesy – Unraveling the Mystical Experience from the Voices of Above.” Based on the Rabbi’s forthcoming Sefer.

A recording of the Shiur will be later posted here on CrownHeights.info.

Three consecutive Thursdays beginning this week at 8:15 SHARP! At Oihel Nosson (Darchei Mencahem building) 823-25 Eastern Parkway.
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