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Crown Heights – a Haven for Car Part Thieves

A car stripped of most of its interior. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Over Shabbos a number of cars were broken into and their airbags were taken, an occurrence which unfortunately, in our neighborhood, barely raises an eyebrow. But an alarming new trend, thief’s ‘shopping’ for parts at night, should have car owners really worried.

Eve of Kinus Hashluchim Banquet Shluchim Run Marathon

by Yonit Tanenbaum

(L-R) Rabbi Zev Winberg, Rabbi Adam Haston, and Rabbi Yossi Harlig.

NEW YORK CITY [CHI] — It may have been the cool gusts of wind, or the fact that he was running a marathon, which caused his tzitzis to be swept into the air as his feet pounded down Bedford Avenue that day. The knowledge that his entire community was supporting him kept the Shliach running. This day, which he had previously looked forward to every year, took on a new meaning.

In The Darkest Places Pure Light Shines

BANGALORE, India [CHI] — Chanukah parties in the Chabad House in Bangalore was celebrated throughout the eight nights with a wide variety of people in attendance, including businessmen, students as well as families and children. But the special story of finding a lone Jew, who has been in India for more than 40 years, particularly brightened the local Shluchims Chanukah.

The Rapidly Expanding World of Kosher Food

BusinessWeek

The throng inside the Meadowlands Exposition Center — Israeli women in long skirts, Hasidim in floor-length coats, Wal-Mart buyers in Dockers — might have struck some as the casting call for a Mel Brooks movie. However, the crowd had come to Secaucus, N.J., in late October for the annual extravaganza known as Kosherfest, a two-day trade show connecting kosher food buyers and sellers from across the globe.