Hundreds at Orlando Pesach Unity Concert!

Hundreds of people attended Thursday night’s concert dubbed the Orlando Pesach Unity Concert featuring the 8th Day with a guest appearance from Dr. Laz and the Cure. Taking place at the Orlando Sun Resort and Convention Center, the audience was treated to some of the best songs from the 8th day and Dr Laz.

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Decade Long Drop in NYC Crime Slowing Down

AP

New data show the state’s decade-long decline in major crimes slowed last year as rapes, robberies and assaults increased in New York City, burglaries rose elsewhere and murders statewide were up 10 percent to 861.

Group Formed to Battle Orthodox ‘Invasion’ of Secular Neighborhoods

Ha’aretz

A notice on the bulletin board in the old commercial center of Ramat Aviv suggests holding a Passover seder in the local Habad center. Another recommends an “unprecedented” overall ritual Passover cleansing, including the bathroom, kitchen utensils and electric appliances.

Governor Cuomo Welcomes Montreal-NY Travelers

ALBANY, NY [CHI] — Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a proclamation citing Albany’s Maimonides School for serving Northway travelers year round with a minyan, the “Passover Stopover” and the upcoming “87 Northway Traveler’s Torah” for the Albany, Saratoga, Lake George and Adirondack regions.

Guma Hosts Florida Shluchim

In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, philanthropist Guma Aguiar held a cocktail reception in his Ft. Lauderdale home for his home-state’s Shluchim. Mr. Aguiar announced his project of the Chabad Visitor Center to be constructed at the Kotel, and showed videos about the project in his home.

KJ Got the Numbers, Not the Image of the Poorest

New York Times

Kiryas Joel, N.Y., a predominantly Ultra-Orthodox Jewish village, is atop a national poverty list. The median age is under 12.

The poorest place in the United States is not a dusty Texas border town, a hollow in Appalachia, a remote Indian reservation or a blighted urban neighborhood. It has no slums or homeless people. No one who lives there is shabbily dressed or has to go hungry. Crime is virtually nonexistent.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Miriam Seewald OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Miriam bas Chaim Shimon Seewald OBM of New Jersey.

She is survived by her children Zvi Seewald (Crown Heights), Chaim Seewald (Nevada), Sara Verchow (New Jersey).

Move the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn!

by Tom Van Riper – Forbes Magazine

How fitting that the Los Angeles Dodgers are wearing throwback uniforms for today’s home matinee against the Atlanta Braves. Throwbacks that include a “B” on the blue cap instead of the “LA” that all but the crankiest old Brooklyn fans have grow accustomed to.