Five NYC Hospitals Rated Worst in the Country

A bombshell new survey has found that five metropolitan-area hospitals are among the most dangerous in the nation. Of the 1,045 hospitals surveyed nationwide, Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx was listed as the worst when it came to patient safety.

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Overturned Taxi Pins Pedestrian Under Roof

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It was an unlucky morning for one person walking on Carroll Street: two cars – a taxi and a car service – collided, causing the taxi to rollover and trap him under its roof. Bystanders who rushed to give aid saved the man’s life.

PSA: Minyanim for Women to Hear Parshas Zachor

There will be a Minyan for women to hear the reading of Parshas Zachor this Shabbos in the following locations:

Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.] at 9:00am.

Khal Chasidim
1612 Carroll St. [corner Schenectady Ave.] at 9:00am.

5 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Chaim and Chaya Pape
361 New York Ave. [between President and Carroll St.]

Shmuel and Chana (nee Vilenkin) Kuperman
1441 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]

Schneur and Liba Nejar
1225 St. Johns Place [between Albany and Troy Ave.]

Shmuli and Chana (nee Krinsky) Newman
536 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]

Duddy and Racheli (nee Fried) Shagalov

Rabbi Berel Lazar: Most Jews Will Vote for Putin

Haaretz

Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Most of Russia’s Jews will likely vote for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Sunday’s presidential elections, according to that country’s chief rabbi.

JCM Unveils Long Awaited Jewish History Exhibit

Yesterday, Thursday the first of March, the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights had a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Unveiling the Land of Israel Gallery on the all-new 6,000 square foot floor, ‘A Voyage through Jewish History’ which is set to open on April 1st 2012. Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s Minister of Public Affairs and the Diaspora opened the Gallery, in the presence of Eliezer Shkedi, CEO of El Al.