In an unusual twist, New York City is actually trying to return money to motorists who were issued illegal $165 parking summonses.
During a two-week period several years ago, Matthew Devlin felt hopeless. The 18-year-old came to rest his head one night on a table in a Manhattan Starbucks. Waking up from a deep sleep, he met a Chabad teen who told him that there was a place called “770,” where he could find some help. At the time, Devlin, who has a Jewish mother and a Catholic father, didn’t know that he was a Jew. But figuring he had nothing to lose, he used his last Metrocard swipe to travel south to Brooklyn.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier, director of The Beis Medrash of Crown Heights, will lead a discussion on the topic – how’s that supposed to make me feel?
Related the Rebbe Maharash: “In general, it is recommended to go to sleep lying on one’s left side and wake up on the right side. While most people can simply turn over in bed, it is extremely painful for me to do so. Instead, I wash negel vasser, get up, walk to the other side of the bed, and lie down again.”
Mendel and Chaya (nee Alperin) Raskin (London, UK)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe davening Maariv, circa early 1960s.
Three Additional Juveniles, a 12-year old and two 14-year-old’s, were arrested Thursday evening in connection with the arson burning of a Jewish owned school bus in Crown Heights.
Now that we have begun the month of Iyar – which stands for “Ani Hashem rof’echo” – we present a letter of the Rebbe on the subject of health. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Chabad of Hunterdon County’s Teen Network (CTeen) hosted a well-attended gathering to promote and create awareness for diversity and acceptance.
Shmuly (ben Gavriel) Schapiro (Crown Heights) and Golda (bas Shaya) Segal (Johannesburg, South Africa)
New York State Senator Simcha Felder and Assemblyman Michael Cusick are seeking to overturn the NY City Council’s recent passage of a plastic bag tax. Felder, Cusick and many of their colleagues held a press conference today asking New Yorkers to sign an on-line petition and encourage their elected officials in Albany to support the Felder-Cusick’s bill (S.7336) to protect New Yorkers from taxes or fees on the use of carryout bags.
Weekly deliveries of freshly-baked Challah to Facebook Headquarters by Mrs. Ella Potash, co-Chabad of Redwood City, CA, inspired the creation of Bots for Messanger, a revolutionary new communication medium.
Yossi (ben Menachem) Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Rosie Deitsch (Columbus, OH)
Police have announced the arrest of a second 11-year-old boy in connection with the arson of a school bus outside a Jewish school in Crown Heights earlier this week.
A thief entered the driveway of Crown Heights home and stole a package that had been left there by delivery personnel. The thief then placed the package in an expensive garbage bin and walked off the property in broad daylight.
Dr. Yaakov Hanoka (1936-2011) was a specialist in solar energy who held 57 patents in the field. He was the founder of Evergreen Solar Inc. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Brooklyn, New York, in March of 2008.
Over 100 prominent individuals have signed on a letter accusing prosecutors of misconduct in the Rubashkin trial and calling on U.S. Attorney Kevin Techau to correct the “miscarriage of justice” that occurred during the Rubashkin proceedings.
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