After CrownHeights.info published the story about the IRS seizing the building of Yeshiva Achei Tmimim in Worcester word quickly spread throughout the Jewish community, bringing support from Anash, Shluchim and alumni.
In honor of the upcoming 200th Yohrtziet of the Alter Rebbe the entire Shulchon Aruch and Tanya was divided up between Bochurim who together will be completing its study by Chof Daled Teves. Some 600 Bochurim are participating!
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — 2012 was a year which included big changes in the 71st Precinct, with a new commanding officer brought in and shakeups in the department. Among the changes a severely distorted picture of crime numbers has emerged with a spike in felony crimes and a massive drop in misdemeanors.
Over one billion YouTube ‘views’ have been removed in recent days as the popular video sharing website cracked down on any music videos whose hit counts were deemed to be falsely inflated in an effort to boost their popularity among viewers. A number of popular Jewish music videos were ensnared in this mass purge.
Nochum and Chanie (nee Sanowicz) Schapiro (Miami Beach, FL)
This past Sunday the Rebbeim and English teachers of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway got together to fine tune and hone their educational skills.
Mikey and Baila (nee Shpigelman) Yaron (Los Angelos/Montreal)
A man who took a bullet to the stomach was clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital Tuesday, cops said. He was the seventh person shot since the city rang in the new year.
Last year brought a reprieve for the city’s ticket-weary drivers. Red-light cameras snagged 615,726 motorists blowing through intersections between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of 2012, down from 880,922 in all of 2011.
It wasn’t a gift of a pair of boots, but it was a warm place to stay for the night. After apprehending a man for breaking into a garage, Shomrim discovered that he was homeless and only sought to find a place to stay for the night. Together with police assistance shelter was arranged and most likely saving the man’s life.
This past Shabbos the “Bike 4 Friendship” cross-country team reunited for a Shabboton in Crown Heights, at The Shluchim Office, the central headquarters where the Friendship Circle International offices are located.
Leibel Berktin (Markham, Ontario) and Rena Friedman (Markham, Ontario)
Lechaim Tonight, Monday at 638 Midwood St.
[between Albany and Troy Avenue]
Shmulik and Nechama (nee Itkin) Shur (Crown Heights)
In honor of the 200th Yohrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe on Chof Daled Teves, Kehot published a Maamar, which was compiled by Vaad Hanachos b’Lahak and was given over by the Frierdiker Rebbe on the eve of Chof Daled Teves in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Baltimore before a crowd of around 1,500 in the year 1930. Update: English translation of the Maamar added.
Levi Yitzchok and Leah (nee Labkowski) Stern (Chicago, IL)
Connecticut’s Jewish Journal featured their ‘top 28 Movers and Shakers of 2012’, among them was Shlucha Shaindel Hecht who, together with her husband Shlomo, direct the Chabad at UConn in Storrs Mansfield, CT.
Yeshivas YNS NJ, under the guidance of Rabbi ‘O’, is currently running its annual raffle campaign! This is the opportunity that you have all been waiting for, a chance to support Torah and in return have a chance of winning big!
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