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A Growing Enterprise on Kingston, Lulav Rings!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — No less than every street corner on Kingston Avenue has a group of children selling pre-made rings for Lulavim, part of what is apparently becoming a budding enterprise.

TSA to Permit Lulavim and Etrogim During Airplane Travel

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Today, the national Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declared a special travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The travel period will begin approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and end on approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. This policy will allow observant Jewish travelers to carry their Lulavim and Etrogim in airports and through security checkpoints. (During the Sukkot holiday, Jews utilize four species of plants as part of their daily prayer service. See Leviticus 23:40.)

10 NYC Bridges in Dire Need of Fixing

FAILING OVERPASSES: Contractors yesterday
display images of frightening damage to bridges.
(Photo: Matthew McDermott)

New York bridges falling down, falling down…

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

The Jewish Infiltration of Korea

KOREA [CHI] — Korea, a peninsula fraught with the devastation of war, occupation, and tension; a people divided into two nations who envision a hope for a reunification. As this hope may be a dream for now, the south of the peninsula is alive and well. Since the Korean War, the south has transformed itself from a third-world country into a first world powerhouse of the technological industry. Over the past four decades, a small number of Jews have called Korea home.

New Feature! The Weekly Voice – An Interview Series

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The Weekly Voice is an exciting new feature on CrownHeights.info. Each Webisode is part of a weekly series of interviews with Lubavitchers from around the globe.

And for our very first Webisode, we bring you Rabbi Hirshel Shifrin and Rabbi Levi Zarchi of Shifrin and Zarchi Quality Esrogim located on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. In this interview conducted during the days leading up to Sukkos, the rabbis speak about what makes an esrog kosher and what qualities do we look for in an esrog.

Op-Ed: On Public Display

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As a young girl I was always fascinated by the beauty and mystery of the Mikvah experience. We were constantly told about the purity and holiness that the ritual brings to the individual, the marriage, the family and the home. I couldn’t wait to become a kallah and be able to finally participate in this exclusive and mystical experience.

Lawsuit Update In Chabad of Litchfield Action

By Douglas P Clement for the Lichfeield County Times

LITCHFIELD, CT — In actions last week and earlier this week, the plaintiffs in a Jewish group’s lawsuit claiming an anti-Hasidic bias in Litchfield filed an amended complaint to add a defendant and the town of Litchfield filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit-at least with regard to the municipality.

Ukraine Jewish Community Unveils Memorial

By S. Fridman for Lubavitch

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — The Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk unveiled Tuesday, a memorial complex established on the site of a former Jewish cemetery, slated for a shopping mall in 2008.

Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, joined the city’s Mayor Ivan Kulichenko, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk and the Dnepropetrovsk region Shmuel Kaminezki, and Mr. Gennady Bogolubov—Chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish community, at the well-attended ceremony Tuesday night.