New Engagement!
Aaron Bulko (Aguora Hills, CA) and Rochel Leah Perl (Long Beach, NY)
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Shutdown Looms for Chabad Day School in Sydney
The Sydney Lubavitch community has this week been preparing for the possible closure of Yeshiva College in Bondi, while dean Rabbi Pinchus Feldman struggles to keep it afloat.
Most Crown Heights Schools to Stay Closed Monday
CrownHeights.info has complied the following list of Crown Heights schools which will not be open tomorrow, Monday, due to severe weather conditions.
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Notice: Monday Kid Safety Program Cancled
The Safety Kid program scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, at Beis Rivkah has been cancelled due to the Hurricane. All parents are requested to attend the Oholei Toarh program tonight, Sunday, at 8:00pm.
Sandy’s Winds Topple Tree onto Children’s Play Area
As Hurricane Sandy inches its way closer, a Crown Heights family awoke this morning to find that the damage had already begun. Strong winds during the night had toppled a tree on to the children’s play area, while they were safely sleeping inside.
MTA to Shut Down Public Transport at 7:00pm
Transit officials in New York are preparing for a total shutdown of subway, bus and train service as Hurricane Sandy continues to bear down on the metropolitan region. All service will be suspended at 7:00pm today, Sunday.
YG-Melbourne Welcomes New Shluchim
The Rabbinical College of Australia & NZ (YG-Melbourne) welcomed its newest group of student Shluchim, who will spend two years studying and mentoring the younger students in the Yeshiva.
Baby Boy!
Dovid and Yaakova Babinet (Crown Heights)
Jewish Groups Walk for Kids with Special Needs
Members of Drexel Hillel and Chabad at Drexel, two active Jewish life student groups, attended the “Philly Friendship Circle Walk 2012” to help raise funds and awareness for the Friendship Circle organization. The event was held Oct. 21 at the Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia.
Did ‘Rally Rabbi’ Help Giants Get to World Series?
By the time you read this, the World Series will be under way, and the San Francisco Giants’ unbelievable run through the first two rounds of the baseball playoffs — winning all six games in which they faced elimination — will be yesterday’s news.
Storm Heading Our Way Could Be Worst in 100 Years
Hurricane Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials.
Baby Girl!
Yechiel and Miriam (nee Sirota) Goldstein (Crown Heights)
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Officials Demand Apology for “Black Hats” Remark
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg crowed quite contentedly in an interview with The Atlantic about pushing back against those who opposed his measure to regulate metzitzah b’peh. “I think it’s fair to say that nobody else would take that on. I mean, come on! Forget about the fact that—“They do what!?”—Who wants to have 10,000 guys in black hats outside your office screaming?” the Mayor was quoted as saying.
3 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Menachem Yitschak and Esthy (nee Epelbaum) Lasker
561 Albany Ave. [between Maple and Midwood St.]
Dov and Mushka (nee Krinsky) Barber
506 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yehuda and Miri (nee Rubinson) Shaffer
711 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
When it's three doctors against one rabbi, who would you believe?
Weekly Living Torah Video: Prognosis – Positive
When it’s three doctors against one rabbi, who would you believe?
Energy Healer Enthralls Nightlife Audience
Nightlife’s third event of the 5773 academic year went off without a hitch this past Monday evening, October 22, 2012. Mendel Morosow, known for his special ability to heal and guide through seeing energy with his mind’s eye, spoke to a packed crowd of enthralled young women. Morosow spoke about his work and inherent talent, and patiently and thoughtfully answered attendees’ various questions.
