New Jersey Town Issuing $85 Fines for ‘Text Walking’
Fox News
A New Jersey town took to ticketing pedestrians caught texting while walking after a rise in jaywalking incidents.
Daily Archives: May 13, 2012
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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a group of children with former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Can you identify any of the children in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article
Jews in Sports: The Tragedy
by Yossi Goldstein
It’s your worst nightmare. It forces sleepless nights upon you. It’s called: “The Concussion.” While its prevalent nature varies with each sport, this so-called “epidemic” is endemic in many athletic activities.
Photos: Young Shliach Says Goodbye to His Curls
Contra Costa Times
Rabbi Raleigh Resnick has his 3-year old son recite the Shema prayer.
Yankele Resnick, 3, of Pleasanton, California, took part in his Upshernish, an ancient Jewish tradition where a boy’s hair is cut for the first time on his third birthday, on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Fire Burns Two Houses on Maple Street
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Firefighters rushed to the scene of a blaze on Maple Street that was quickly engulfing an entire house and began extending into the attached home next door. Swift action prevented serious fire damage to the second home, but the first one sustained heavy damage.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A car traveling up Kingston Avenue suddenly swerved and smashed into a parked car. The driver then calmly collected all his paperwork, got out of the car and fled. A quick call to the Shomrim hotline resulted in his arrest.
Shomrim Apprehend Fleeing Hit-and-Run Driver
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A car traveling up Kingston Avenue suddenly swerved and smashed into a parked car. The driver then calmly collected all his paperwork, got out of the car and fled. A quick call to the Shomrim hotline resulted in his arrest.
Children Find Six Stolen Torah Scrolls in Cave
Shturem
The six Torah scrolls that were recently stolen from the Tzemach Tzedek shul in the old city of Tzfas were found today by three children in an abandoned cave in the city.
“Yiddish-kites” were created and flown at the spectacular Lag Baomer festivities, sponsored by Chabad of Western Monmouth County, NJ, coordinated by Rabbi Avrohom Bernstein, the Chabad Program Director.
Manalapan Residents Enjoy Lag Ba’omer Festivities
“Yiddish-kites” were created and flown at the spectacular Lag Baomer festivities, sponsored by Chabad of Western Monmouth County, NJ, coordinated by Rabbi Avrohom Bernstein, the Chabad Program Director.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Rav of Yekatrinoslav
In this 30th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how a leading member of the secular Zionist movement was so impressed with Reb Levik after he had addressed his questions, that he quit the movement due to their opposition to Reb Levik’s candidacy for Rav of Yekatrinoslav.
Cornerstone Laid for New 770 in Queens
On Lag Ba’omer, members and supporters of Chabad of Flushing, Queens – under the leadership of Rabbi Shraga Feivish Zalmanov – gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Chabad House, which will be built to replicate the 770 building on Eastern Parkway.
Photos: YG’s Lag Ba’omer Bonfire, BBQ and Kumzitz
This past Wednesday, Bochurim of the Yeshivah Gedolah of Melbourne celebrated Lag B’Omer at the Chabad House of Bentleigh, which is directed by Rabbi Mendel Raskin. The Bochurim were served a barbecue dinner, which was followed by dancing and a Chassidishe Kumzits around the bonfire.
When the Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim department of the Shluchim Office began discussing the Online Parade, they never imagined how real it would be.
Students of Online School Don’t Miss Out on Parade
When the Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim department of the Shluchim Office began discussing the Online Parade, they never imagined how real it would be.
10 Schools Join Together for Lag Ba’omer Unity Event
Chabad Youth Network of Florida organized a phenomenal unity event. The event was held at Dezer Car Museum in North Miami, where ten schools and over 1500 students from south Florida joined together in unity.
Cambria Heights Prepares for Ohel Visitors
Queens Chronicle
Signs will be places on lawns to ensure that homeowners don’t have to deal with blocked driveways.
It may be more than a month away, but the Cambria Heights community has already begun preparing for the arrival of some 20,000 Lubavitch pilgrims who will come to visit the grave of the sect’s beloved leader on June 23.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Rabbi Akiva Greenberg, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing, on Shabbos, of Rabbi Akiva Greenberg of Crown Heights. Rabbi Greenberg was a professor of Speech and sociology in Touro College for several decades, and was much beloved by his many students. He merited personal attention from the Rebbe and other Gedolei Yisrael of the previous generation.
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