Toronto Bochurim Go Ice Fishing on Frozen Lake
This week, the Mesivta bochurim of Yeshivas Lubavitch-Toronto were rewarded with an ice fishing trip for participating in a special Mivtza on Davening, which has been ongoing since before Yud Shvat.
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Photos: Drawing the Winners of Aleph Chinese Auction
This past Motzai Shabbos, The Aleph Institute held a drawing for their 12th Annual Chinese Auction benefiting their important Shlichus with United States military personnel and prison inmates.
New Engagement!
Mendel (ben R’ Chaim) Goldberg (Toronto, Canada) and Etty Winner (Melbourne, Austarlia)
PSA: List of School Closures Due to Snow
With several inches of snow already on the ground and expected accumulations of up to a foot, some local schools have announced that they will remain closed for the day, while other remain open. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list of school closures, which can be viewed in the extended article.
Moment of Kindness Captured in Crown Heights
A shutterbug captured this photo of a gentleman cop helping an elderly woman across the street in Brooklyn.
NY Daily News
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Until Next Tuesday
Alternate side parking rules will be suspended for the rest of the week to facilitate storm response and snow removal. They will be suspended Monday as well for Presidents Day. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City (except on Sunday).
Harsh Winter Brings Potholes to New York City
The barrage of snowstorms this winter has peppered potholes all over the region, derailing drivers, challenging road crews and spurring a boom in business for auto-repair shops.
Wall Street Journal
From Days Gone By: 1946 Wedding
Several Chasidim sit around the table of a wedding in New York, c. 1946. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Graco Recalling Nearly 3.8 Million Car Seats
Graco is recalling nearly 3.8 million car safety seats because children can get trapped by buckles that may not unlatch.
AP
1 Dead, 4 Injured in NYC Bus-Truck Crash
A city bus and a box truck believed to have been stolen collided at Manhattan intersection early Wednesday, sending both vehicles onto the sidewalk and into scaffolding, killing the bus driver and injuring at least four other people, authorities said.
AP
Baby Boy!
Dovid and Chana Keila (nee Krasnjanski) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1532 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Thursday: Rally at the Ohel
This Thursday, the 13th of Adar I (February 13), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses will leave 770 at 5:00pm and return at 7:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Paula Abdul Helps Celebrate Mitzvah of Mikvah
For popular entertainer Paula Abdul, there could be no more fitting celebration of her personal “sense of rebirth” that comes from her connection to Jewish tradition than to be together with more than 750 women on the evening of Feb. 6, honoring the mitzvah of mikvah, and the laws and practice of Jewish family purity.
Montreal Yeshiva Students Welcome Adar with Dancing
On Thursday night, the students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Montreal gathered for an evening of joyous dancing and live music to celebrate the onset of the month of Adar, during which which it is customary to increase in happiness.
Illustration photo
City Braces for Yet Another Winter Storm
As much as a foot of snow could hit New York City and the surrounding area tonight, as the storm that has gridlocked the Southeast is coming north.
NY Daily News
Ami Editor Inspired at Kinus Hashluchos
The editor-in-chief of the Ami Magazine, Rechy Frankfurter, published the following editorial in this week’s edition of the publication describing her experience attending the Kinus Hashluchos in New York last month.
Jewish Women’s Circle Gala Rooted in Laughter
Laughter was the reaction at The Jewish Women’s Circle gala at The Chesterfield banquet hall in Palm Beach, Florida. And it was only fitting.
Palm Beach Daily News
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