Adam Douglas, 20, was at his brother Kurtiss’ house in Reno, Nev., on a Saturday morning when the brother came jogging back from synagogue to get him for prayer services.
Dovid Lokshin (Crown Heights) and Doba Komar (Crown Heights)
Zevi Kugel (Manhattan, NY) and Chana Rosenfeld (Bogota, Colombia)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
43 Jewish children enjoyed their summer vacation at Camp Benyamin, a brand new camp run by Beth Loubavitsh of Paris. The campgrounds are located about 250 miles west of Paris in the city of Bournezeau – near the Atlantic coast.
Mayor Bloomberg has demanded that hospitals stop handing out baby formula to persuade more new mothers to breastfeed their babies.
Charles Wells (far right), Director of the American Red Cross’ “Response, NYC” program, collapsed during a news conference with Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano at the scene of a 7-alarm-fire at 665 New York Ave. in Crown Heights last Thursday. Mr. Wells was conscious and alert by the time EMS had transported him to Kings County Hospital for treatment. He apparently collapsed due to heat exhaustion.
Sheya Wieder owned a small old house on a large lot in Borough Park, Brooklyn, until about six years ago, he said, when he decided it was time to knock it down and build an upgrade. He was all set to go when it occurred to him that the big, shady tree, standing tall and proud right where his new stoop would go, might cause a problem. He took a branch to Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where he was told it was a mulberry tree.
An off-duty female police officer crashed her motorcycle into a car on the corner of Rochester Ave. and President St. She sustained near-fatal injuries and was transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition.
Through the glorious grandeur that is the Modern Day Olympiad, and, more specifically so, its Opening Ceremony, the world as a whole recently embarked on what is sure to be a fun-filled and exciting next couple of athletics-viewing weeks.
David Attal (Paris, France) and Chana Mottal (Paris, France)
A 2-year-old girl was among six people shot when a car drove past a playground and sprayed it with bullets, the third time this month that a toddler has become a victim of a summer spate of shootings across New York City.
Leaders of Jewish Organizations in the European Union gathered for their annual meeting. The meetings, which are spread over two full days, are used as an opportunity to discuss issues pertinent to the Jewish Organizations.
Dovber Hecht (Chicago, IL) and Devora Leah Pearson (Philadelphia, PA)
The temple and Jewish school at Chabad of Boca Raton were saved from foreclosure by a mysterious company that bought its loan from Wells Fargo.
The New York City Department of Transportation installed several brand-new stainless-steel benches on Kingston Ave.
After spending much time learning about the ins and outs of Shabbos, campers attending Camp Gan Israel of Simcha Monica were treated to a grand Shabbaton. For some campers, it was their first “real” shabbos!
Nesanel and Efrat (nee Vigler) Schochet (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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