Painkiller Abuse on the Rise in NYC
NBC
The number of narcotic-related emergency room visits has risen significantly due to an increased abuse of prescription painkillers, according to a New York City Health Department survey.
Daily Archives: August 26, 2011
My Time at a Hasidic Boys’ Camp
The boys and their counselors gather in front of “770” for a memorial service called Gimmel Tammuz: As the Chabad-Lubavitch website puts it: “The anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of righteous memory.
For the better part of July, my wife and I and our two youngest children were at a Hasidic camp for boys. My wife was employed there for the month as a camp nurse, and our oldest boy, aged nine, was there attending camp for the first time at a sleep-away camp. (I did some writing, working on my novel.) It was a good trial to see if he would like it. Actually, we weren’t far from him, but he was still in a bunk with other boys his own age. We were curious and slightly nervous how well he would fit in with the other boys, who were outwardly more religiously observant than our family was.
New York City Plans Shutdown of All Mass Transit
New York City officials say they’re preparing for the total shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system.
HURRICANE IRENE: Assault on East Coast Begins
As Hurricane Irene bears down on the U.S. East Coast, its inital rain bands are already rotating into the Carolinas bringing intense rain squalls complete with gusty winds.
Chabad of Naperville Expands to New Site
Naperville Sun
Rabbi Mendy Goldstein (right) and his wife, Alta Goldstein, lead the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville.
Their hearts are big, their reach is long, and they offer an endless supply of hospitality and welcome. Rabbi Mendy Goldstein and his wife, Alta, leaders of the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville are fulfilling the decree of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as “the Rebbe.”
Yisrael Bennish, 22, of Oak Park, Mich., and Eli Tsvik, 22, of Hillside, N.J., help Dan Farrell of Clearwater prepare to pray at Farrell’s restaurant in Clearwater.
A man at a gas station eagerly came up to Eli Tsvik one recent afternoon and, pointing to his tattoos, said, “I'm a bad Jew.”
Roving Rabbis Roam Pinellas to Help Jews Reconnect
Yisrael Bennish, 22, of Oak Park, Mich., and Eli Tsvik, 22, of Hillside, N.J., help Dan Farrell of Clearwater prepare to pray at Farrell’s restaurant in Clearwater.
A man at a gas station eagerly came up to Eli Tsvik one recent afternoon and, pointing to his tattoos, said, “I’m a bad Jew.”
JEM’s My Encounter team is on the road again! This trip will be to Southern California, and will take place from Sunday Elul 5 – Wednesday Elul 15th (September 4-14th).
Who do you know in California?
JEM’s My Encounter team is on the road again! This trip will be to Southern California, and will take place from Sunday Elul 5 – Wednesday Elul 15th (September 4-14th).
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a photo of the Rebbe at a children’s rally 1957.
Shabbos at Besht: The Art of Eating
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Aron Moss will lead a disscussion on the ‘art of eating’.
CBS, ABC, FOX, WOR and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Video: Day 5 of the Crown Heights Riots
CBS, ABC, FOX, WOR and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York in preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, which may hit New York State this coming weekend.
State of Emergency Declared in New York
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York in preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, which may hit New York State this coming weekend.
Croatian Professor Deepens Jewish Connections at Mayanot
Vukan Marinković examines a Hebrew text at the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies.
It’s hard to imagine that Vukan Marinković went through a good portion of his childhood unaware of his Jewish identity.
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