City’s New Water Meters Overcharge Massively
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Some New York City homeowners are drowning under their water bills. They claim they are being inflated by newly installed automatic water meters.
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New Engagement!
Eli Olidort (Crown Heights) and Shaina Bukiet (Lexington, MA)
L’chaim will be Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Police Searching for Jewish Boy Missing Since 1979
FBI and NYPD law enforcement officials search a SoHo basement at the corner of Wooster and Prince streets for the possible remains of missing child Etan Patz on Thursday. Inset: Etan in 1978.
A team of police officers and FBI agents began digging up a basement in New York City on Thursday as part of a decades-old investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case made a generation of parents afraid to send their children out alone.
Cabo S. Lucas sits at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Once a small fishing town, it's been reborn in the last decade as a tourist hotspot.
Blog: Reflections on Passover in Cabo S. Lucas
Cabo S. Lucas sits at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Once a small fishing town, it’s been reborn in the last decade as a tourist hotspot.
Last night, a 7-year-old Jewish girl playing outside in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Kensington was confronted by a middle aged man, who grabbed her by the hand and asked her to get into a double parked car, according to a few witnesses.
Video: Attempted Kidnapping of 7-Year-Old Jewish Girl
Last night, a 7-year-old Jewish girl playing outside in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Kensington was confronted by a middle aged man, who grabbed her by the hand and asked her to get into a double parked car, according to a few witnesses.
Report: Kiev Hate Victim Sees Significant Improvement
With Hashem’s help, significant improvement is being reported in the condition of Aaron Alexander Gorshonov from Kiev, who was beaten almost to death by anti-Semites in Kiev and airlifted to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where he continues to convalesce.
Picture of the Day: London Mayor Goes Chassidish
London mayor Boris Johnson, currently in the midst of his re-election campaign, appears in this photograph with Rabbis Leivi and Zalman Sudak, Chabad Shluchim in Edgware, sporting the Lubavitcher headgear.
TV Sit-Com Mocks Rebbe’s Name
A newly released promo for Fox’s sit-com ‘New Girl’ has some eyebrows raised. The Rebbe’s name is mentioned, but not in the context you might have anticipated. Listen for yourself..
Shluchim Treated to Respite Getaway
South Florida recently welcomed 22 shluchim and shluchos for an all-expense paid retreat courtesy of Merkos Suite 302’s Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe, an organization dedicated to providing for the needs of shluchim with children with special needs.
The Crown Heights Softball League has released the team rosters for the upcoming 2012 season, which begins tomorrow, Thursday at the St. Johns Baseball field. Five teams: the Tribe, the Mad Hatters, the Kloppers, the Hebrew Hammers and the Red Heifers will face off all summer long, in good spirits and sportsmanship, vying for the 2012 championship title.
Crown Heights Softball League Teams Announced
The Crown Heights Softball League has released the team rosters for the upcoming 2012 season, which begins tomorrow, Thursday at the St. Johns Baseball field. Five teams: the Tribe, the Mad Hatters, the Kloppers, the Hebrew Hammers and the Red Heifers will face off all summer long, in good spirits and sportsmanship, vying for the 2012 championship title.
New Engagement!
Mendy Tzfasman (Crown Heights) and Mimi (bas R’ Avraham) Simpson (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Following “Miraculous” Recovery, Boy Uses Music to Inspire Others
All of 13, Yisroel Amar of Florida has released his debut album.
As the son of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries, Yisroel Amar has grown up always on the lookout for ways to reach and inspire ever more people. All of 13, he’s seized upon the gift of an angelic voice as his preferred medium for channeling Jewish teachings and uplifting audiences in his corner of South Florida and beyond.
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks.
Republicans Propose Food Stamp Cuts to Trim Deficit
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks.
Picture of the Day: Jew Exchange?
A reader sent us this photo he snapped of a retail outlet on Coney Island Ave. and Kings Highway. Is it merely a technical malfunction or a deliberate case of anti-Semitic vandalism? You decide.
Crown Heights Girl Recanted Testimony that Kept Man in Prison for Almost a Year
The four men implicated in the crime.
A Brooklyn man spent nearly a year behind bars on charges he abused an Orthodox Jewish woman — even though she recanted her accusation a day after making it.
Blog: Pesach in Mumbai
by Esti Karniel
Photo: Shturem
Busy roads, choking air and thousands of people wandering the streets, tired after a tedious day at work. Children and homeless toddlers are scattered between sidewalks and begging mothers. Sunset brings with it the advent of Pesach, the Holiday of Freedom. I arrive at Bombay’s elegant Trident hotel in the heart of the prevailing stench outside.
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