Sergeant: NYPD Manipulating Crime Statistics

WABC

In an exclusive interview, a 19-year veteran of the NYPD describes widespread manipulation of crime reports at the 100th Precinct in Queens. The sergeant says when he blew the whistle on the routine fudging of crimes, the department retaliated and transferred him to a midnight shift at Bronx Central.

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Students of Online Smicha Program Show Fluency

Rav Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Va’ad Rabbonei Lubavitch, flew into New York this past week to test talmidim of “Online Smicha” in a variety of topics including Pas Akum, Bishul, Akum, Chalav Akum, and Chasamos.

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Gimmel)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

Blog: From Harlem to Jerusalem

by Leah Schwed

As a young woman who decided in her early 20s to become Orthodox, my life has been anything but boring. I grew up with a tight knit family, went to a reform synagogue, attended inner city schools and learned how to interact with all walks of life at a young age. Those friendships I still hold onto dearly. After my high school graduation I was accepted to a college in NYC and soon enough I was living in the city that never sleeps. I found a cute apartment in Spanish Harlem where many people are too afraid to walk even in broad daylight.

Shluchim Pause to Pray at Grave of Kedoshim

Whilst on the recent JLI Land and Spirit Mission to Israel, over a minyan of shluchim joined together early one morning to visit the kever of fellow shluchim Hakdoshim Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rebbetzin Rivka Holtzberg HY”D on Har Hazeisim, as they felt that being in Eretz Yisroel shluchim should make a point to visit the kvorim.

Chabad UF Expands to Accommodate Growing ‘Family’

Gainesville Sun

Rabbi Berl Goldman and his wife Chanie thank all those in attendance during the Groundbreaking Celebration for the Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning, in Gainesville on Sunday.

Hundreds of members of the local Jewish community gathered on a dirt lot Sunday where soon a 23,000-square-foot Jewish student center will stand.

Picture of the Day: A Tree Blossoms in Brooklyn

In the month of Nissan, when one sees a tree blossom for the first time s/he recites a special blessing. Today, the 2nd day of Nissan, the cherry tree in front of 770 blossomed with beautiful flowers; you can now say the special blessing upon sight of it.