Some of the first riders to use Omaha’s new bike lane started their trek at the Pacific Ocean — and will end it in the Atlantic.
Mordechai Ben David composed a new song for the Siyum Hashas of Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium. The song, Yachad Shivtei Yisroel, was arranged by Ami Cohen with Choir by Moshe Roth. Photography by Baruch Ezagui.
Surveillance video caught three African-American teenagers trespassing into a condo-apartment building and leaving moments later with two bicycles. The building, located on Brooklyn Ave. between East New York and Maple St., is predominantly Jewish.
Chabadnikim serving in the IDF who identify with the Meshichist element received a new guideline from the military today. They may no longer wear the so-called ‘Yechi’ yarmulkes.
Rabbi Avremy and Chaya Raskin recently returned to Vermont to change lives. They moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Brattleboro – a town tucked away in the southeast corner of the state two hours from where the rabbi grew up – to open up a Chabad-Lubavitch center serving a diverse and liberal community of families and seasonal residents who appreciate locally-grown produce and locally-owned shops half an hour from a popular ski resort.
A siyum was celebrated in Paris, France over the completion of the Shas in the Daf Yomi cycle – after seven and a half years. Rabbi Yechiel Kalmanson, Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, delivered the siyum.
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.
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