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For Upcoming Concert Barclays Offering Separate Seating
The home of the Brooklyn Nets is courting a new crowd. In what is believed to be a first for a major sports and entertainment venue, Barclays Center is offering gender-divided seating for ultra-Orthodox Jews at a public event.
Photos: Beis Rivka Girls Have pre-Purim Fair
The students in Morah Newfield and Mrs. Elishevitz’s 2nd grade class enjoyed a pre-purim fair. There was a moon bounce, popcorn machine, and treats. The girls made hamantaschen, decorated graggers, and packed shalach manos for seniors.
Thought to be Stolen, Family Torah is Found in Montreal
A family Sefer Torah loaned to the Lubavitch shul in Montreal, Canada, thought to be stolen was found. “I sent out a plea a week before my late father’s birthday,” says Mrs. Surie Glassner, the daughter of Mordechai Chaiton, who had the Torah written 40 years ago, “and the Torah was returned on his birthday.”
Routine Car Stop Turns into Chaos, Ends with Arrest
What should have been a routine car stop quickly turned into chaos. Police officers attempted to pull over a car they suspected was stolen. The driver fled, making a turn against traffic and crashed. One police officer was injured.
Photos: Darchai Menachems Talent Show
On Sunday, smiling parents and proud rebbeim gathered at Darchai Menachem to watch the school’s very first talent show. Practice had started weeks before, as ten boys threw themselves into the hobbies they loved, excited and nervous to show their friends and family what they were capable of doing.
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Wedding: New – Pinson
Photos from the wedding of Doodz New (Montreal, Canada) and Mushky Pinson (Crown Heights) which took place Tuesday night in Oholei Torah.
Video: A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Tetzaveh and Purim, titled ‘Your Darkness is Glowing!’.
Credit and Debit Cards Compromised, Traced to ‘the Marketplace’
ALERT: Dozens of Crown Heights consumers are reporting that their credit cards have been fraudulently charged as recent as this week and going back over a month ago. One common denominator is that they all shopped with their cards at ‘The Marketplace’.
Man Shot and Killed on President Street
Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed one man and wounded a woman in Crown Heights late Wednesday night.
Wedding: Kanelsky – Bronstien
Pictures from the wedding of Yudi Kanelsky (Hillside, NJ) and Chani Bronstein (Andover, MA), which took place in Andover, Massachusetts.
Torah Gemach Helps Shluchim
The Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach (BYTG), in conjunction with Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch’s Suite 302, announced another long term Torah placement in Marion County of Ocala, Florida. After years of scrambling and borrowing Sifrei Torah for use at its weekly minyan of 30 strong, the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of Marion County is thrilled to have procured a worry-free temporary solution.
Baby Girl!
Yitzy and Chomi (nee Grossbaum) Schreiber (Melbourne, Australia)
Chabad Auction to Benefit Matthew Harms
On a cold Sunday afternoon in January of 2012, Rebekah and Walter Harms’ life would change forever. Walter noticed a small lump on the right side of their 9-year-old son Matthew’s neck. After days of doctor visits, x-ray, and tests, the doctors at St. Peter’s University Hospital notified the Harms family that the lump they had originally noticed on Matthew’s neck was malignant.
A Bid To Help Schools Turns into a ‘Scandal’
Crown Heights dad Nechemia Newman found a very clever, but labor-intensive, way to help his community — discarded box top coupons. “We’re talking truckloads, literally. Each bag holds hundreds and we’re talking about 75,000 of them. It was real work over time,” Newman said.
