Accidents
Blogs
Camp News
Chabad News
Chanukah
Comics
Communal Matters
Crime
Crown Heights News
Farbrengens
Fires
General
Israel
Jewish News
Kinus Hashluchim
Letter and Spirit
Mazal Tov!
Merkos Shlichus
Mivtzoim
Monsey News
Notices
NYC News
Op-Ed
Photo Galleries
Picture of the Day
PSA
Real Estate
Rockland County News
Satire
Shlichus
Simcha Galleries
Something Jewish
Upstate News
Videos
Weekly Voice

Daily Archives: February 8, 2010

Chabad of the Conejo Starts Construction of New Campus

AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — Construction for Chabad of the Conejo’s new community campus began this past Monday. The project will consist of two phases. The first phase will be the construction of the new Center for Jewish Life which will house the Conejo Jewish Academy, the Friendship Circle, the Sunshine Club, the Chai Teen and Youth Program as well as the administration offices of Chabad of the Conejo. Phase II will be the construction of the new Chabad of Agoura Hills Sanctuary and Lecture Hall.

Posted to Shlichus on
1
Mazal Tov's View More
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
By Ron Friedman for the Jerusalem Post

ISRAEL — Better Place, the company that proposes to revolutionize the global auto market with its electrically powered car and grid system, opened a state-of-the-art visitor center near Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Israel Gearing-Up to Inaugurate Electric Car Grid by Next Year

By Ron Friedman for the Jerusalem Post

ISRAEL — Better Place, the company that proposes to revolutionize the global auto market with its electrically powered car and grid system, opened a state-of-the-art visitor center near Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Posted to Videos on
1
by Dovid Efune, The Algemeiner

They say that when a politician says “Yes” they mean maybe, when they say “Maybe” they mean no, and if they say no, then they aren’t a politician.

Walking this narrow line is sometimes a necessity for a politician trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but from the viewpoint of the electorate, it is of utmost importance to cut away the political facade and make estimated calculations on where exactly they stand.

Algemeiner Op-Ed: Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me

by Dovid Efune, The Algemeiner

They say that when a politician says “Yes” they mean maybe, when they say “Maybe” they mean no, and if they say no, then they aren’t a politician.

Walking this narrow line is sometimes a necessity for a politician trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but from the viewpoint of the electorate, it is of utmost importance to cut away the political facade and make estimated calculations on where exactly they stand.

Posted to Op-Ed on
18

2,500 Shluchos at the Kinus Gala Banquet in Manhattan

Shluchos wave the flag of the Country they are on Shlichus in during the Roll-Call.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Few could argue that moving to Cambodia with your husband and child is no small feat, yet in a talk to over 2,500 shluchos at last night’s gala banquet, Mrs. Mashi Butman said, “As I set out tomorrow for a 20 hour flight to Cambodia, no quantity of Jews is too small, and no corner is too far to reach!”

Posted to Photo Galleries on
24

When the Dor Yeshorim organization was set up in New York and Israel in 1983, Tay-Sachs disease was rife in the Jewish community. Rabbi Joseph Ekstein, its founder, lost four children to the condition. The mutated gene that causes the disorder, which usually kills children before the age of 8, is ten times more common among Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent) than in most other ethnic groups. Jewish marriage customs made it highly likely that two carriers would start a family together, with a one in four risk that every child would be affected.

How a Community Stamped out Tay-Sachs with Screening

When the Dor Yeshorim organization was set up in New York and Israel in 1983, Tay-Sachs disease was rife in the Jewish community. Rabbi Joseph Ekstein, its founder, lost four children to the condition. The mutated gene that causes the disorder, which usually kills children before the age of 8, is ten times more common among Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent) than in most other ethnic groups. Jewish marriage customs made it highly likely that two carriers would start a family together, with a one in four risk that every child would be affected.

Posted to Jewish News on

NEW YORK — In a study conducted by Consumers Union about 40% of packaged “prewashed” or “triple-washed” bagged salads, sold in New York have unacceptable levels of bacteria associated with fecal contamination.

‘Pre-Washed’ Bagged Lettuce Aren’t As Clean As You Think

NEW YORK — In a study conducted by Consumers Union about 40% of packaged “prewashed” or “triple-washed” bagged salads, sold in New York have unacceptable levels of bacteria associated with fecal contamination.

Posted to NYC News on
7

Chabad’s Kids In Action Youth-Zone Records Audio Books for Visually Impaired

Duvy Burston, 7, of Monroe, Bryant Berkowitz, 7, of Warwick and Aaron Shapiro, 7, of Goshen “having a ball” at Chabad’s Youth-Zone event

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Chabad’s kids In Action Youth-Zone recently met at Colonial Lanes to record Jewish children’s storybooks for visually impaired children. Each participant, together with a partner, chose a story to practice reading in an animated manner. Children then recorded their stories with a microphone on computer, which were then edited by Chabad’s youth leader Chaya Goldman, and sent on CD’s to Jewish children who are visually impaired.

Posted to Shlichus on
1

Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York Harbor. The plan is to consolidate Marine Safety And Security Teams from five cities, and then transfer them to Boston as a cost-cutting measure.

Obama Plans to Pull Elite Coast Guard Unit from New York

Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York Harbor. The plan is to consolidate Marine Safety And Security Teams from five cities, and then transfer them to Boston as a cost-cutting measure.

Posted to NYC News on
The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show.

Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a “stealth tax” — launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.

The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

New York’s Phantom Taxes

The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show.

Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a “stealth tax” — launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.

The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

Posted to NYC News on
5