Yeshivos and Vaad to Host Bochurim for Tishrei

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Significant changes are afoot for Bochurim traveling to Crown Heights for the upcoming month of the high holidays. A number of Yeshivos in Israel got together and are putting together a proper program for Hachnosas Orchim along with studies together with the Vaad Talmidai Hatmimim.

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More Insensitive Ticketing in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Welcome back from your summer vacation, welcome to Crown Heights for Tishrei, now pay $115 for double parking. That’s the message tens of motorists got this afternoon and a squadron of Police ticket agents set out and ticketed cars for double parking just seconds after 1:30pm.

Menorah Firefighter Nominated for Medal for Saving Girl

NY Post

Firefighter Desmond Walsh (inset), and the scene of the Dec. 16 ’09 blaze that was set off by a Menorah.

It was a firefighter’s worst nightmare — blinding black smoke, a wall of fire and a toddler trapped in the inferno.

Tell Them Change Has Come To Crown Heights

Summer’s over and here comes the rush. Soon we’ll be seeing excited children in shiny new shoes and highschoolers in perfect uniform (for once!). Maybe it’s only because I know to look for them, but I also see the girls — the ones who are just as I was — dragging themselves around, dreading the start of another school year. There is only frustration and fear.

Apple Bank Robbed at Gunpoint – Shots Fired

Police on the scene in Brooklyn where a failed bank robber was nabbed in a wild chase.

BOROUGH PARK [CHI] — An Apple Bank was just robbed at gun point in Boro Park. The branch, located on 13th Avenue and 46th Street, was robbed by two perpetrators, and one may be in custody.

Apple Signs an Exclusive Deal with the Torah!

By Robert Pass For Jewish iPhone

There is a story about King David mentioned by Talmud in Tractat Shabbat (30b): ”the Angel of Death stood before him but could not prevail against him, because learning did not cease from his mouth.”

Free Hotdogs at Game 3 of the Softball League!

Tomorrow the Red Heifers will step up and face the the Skullcaps in game 3 of the Crown Heights Softball League, which is sponsored by Spotlight Design, and the outcome of this game will determine who is the leagues champions, and the first 150 fans that show up will get a free hotdog, sponsored by House of Glatt!

1 in 6 Americans Receive Government Aid

USA Today

Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance, nearly four times the number from 2007. Benefits have been extended by Congress eight times beyond the basic 26-week program.

Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.