Hudson River Crossing Tolls to Rise 25 Percent
NY Post
Crossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices.
Daily Archives: June 10, 2011
Letter Questions Whether Chabad is Jewish
In response to a full page ad taken out in the ‘Jewish Week’ by an unrecognized organization calling themselves “Kabbolas Hamalchus,” a reader – after first complimenting Chabad’s outreach efforts – goes on to attack the entire movement, comparing them to Jews for Jesus, and questioning whether they are Jewish altogether.
Forward March for the Rubashkins
“We’re not afraid of hard work.” Getzel and Meir Simcha Rubashkin acclimate to new venues in New York.
Over the past few years, images of the Rubashkin family have been freeze-framed in our consciousness: The meat plant. The raid. The living room. The courtroom scenes. The rallies…These scenes have been seared on our collective memory. The Rubashkins, though, have chosen to move forward. They’ve relocated and recalculated, adjusting the rhythm and routine of daily life to meet new challenges.
Photos: Class Rewarded for a Good Year
Students in Rabbi Goldman’s fifth grade in Oholei Torah were rewarded for a year of a good behavior and diligent learning. The entire class went to Q-cumber Café on Kingston and enjoyed pizza, fries and soda – all donated by the owner, who is also a parent of one of the kids.
Op-Ed: Why I Didn’t Attend the Police Family Picnic
Mayor Mike Bloomberg at the 71st Precincts Family Day Picnic in 2008. Archive Photo.
I knew it was happening, I even heard the drumming, but I did not attend the annual 71st Precinct Family Day Picnic.
I don’t like the police, I think they are just a tool used to fill the city’s coffers.
Crown Heights FC Girl Volunteers Appreciated
Photos by Rivka Kashanian
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — More than 250 Friendship Circle volunteers enjoyed an evening of appreciation marking the end of year of tremendous success.
Photos: Flowers, Bugs and Birds
Summer is here and local photographer Chaim Perl and his brother Avrohom took a trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to take photos in honor of Shavuot.
Oak Park Rabbi with a Mission
OakPark.com
Faith in the future: Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein with his mother-in-law and his youngest of 10 children, as they prepare to celebrate Passover in April at the family’s home in Oak Park.
Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein insists he is not a missionary, but he is definitely a man with a mission: “To give every Jew the ability to celebrate Judaism.”
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