On a Friday after sunset, you may see students walking up Roosevelt Drive. They pass Stimson and Keller College then continue up the hill until they reach building ‘A’ of West Apartments. They look left and see a tree with Christmas lights wrapped around its trunk. That’s where they enter the woods. They follow a path lined with lights that leads to the front yard of a house.
Occupy Wall Street has become a powerful movement that is spreading around the globe. Its adherents claim they are outraged & feel hopelessly trapped by a cabal of bankers & corporations. This movement has been developing its own brand of philosophy & ethics.
New research into human perceptions has discovered that revealing more skin can significantly change the way we think – about both men and women.
It appears very unlikely that wine will be sold in New York grocery stores next year. That word comes from State Senator Tom O’Mara following Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s comment last week that he does not support that move.
An urgent town hall meeting was held by the Herzliya PTA, attended by Mayor Yael German, permitting participants to express their concerns surrounding the alarming trend, an increasing number of the city’s teens are returning to the fold, beginning to observe Torah and Mitzvos. Also present was the deputy mayor, Tova Rafael. The event was not well attended according to a Kikar Shabbat report.
Seventy two years have elapsed since the German invasion of Poland and as time progresses, the number of people who can recount the stories of the atrocities that occurred during the darkest period in our history continues to grow smaller and smaller. As the voices of those who survived World War II weaken with age, those who deny the Holocaust are becoming more and more vocal as they spread their malicious lies worldwide.
Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive today, Sunday, November 13 (16 Cheshvan) from 2:00pm to 9:00pm at the Ahavas Chesed Center, 271 Kingston Ave [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.].
On November 9th, five Congressmen ventured into otherwise uncharted territory by traditional diplomatic delegations to Israel. A strong affinity to Israel and genuine frustration with the repetitive and fatal failures of peace plans and processes drove these American leaders to take a fresh look and Israel’s heartland.
A new, simple way to detect Down syndrome in a fetus means the condition will be virtually extinct—but not without a great deal of controversy, experts say.
Shlomie Ascher (Crown Heights) and Devorah Bard-Wigdor (Crown Heights)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Levi Gross (Los Angeles, CA) and Bassi Krasnianski (Five Towns, NY)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
The Goldshmid family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Goldshmid OBM, at 608 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shachris: 7:30, 8:00
Mincha: 1:45, 4:15
Maariv: 5:20, 7:00
Please send memories and condolences to: igoldshmid@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Yediot Achronot correspondent Akiva Novik recorded a conversation with Meir Baranes, who was informed the conversation was recorded and consented. He told Novik that in 45 days, on 19 Kislev, the Chag HaGeula for Chabadnikim, he or a messenger of his would murder Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita. Baranes is currently incarcerated in a psychiatric institution pending evaluation.
A reader sent us this photo of a strange anomaly on Kingston Avenue. Can you make any sense of it?
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