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Five Missings in One Day – Shomrim to the Rescue

A handful of Shomrim Volunteers pose for a picture outside their Mobile Command Center on Kingston Avenue last night.

Crown Heights and Boro Park Shomrim had a really busy day Monday; together, they both successfully handled five missing person incidents. From an intoxicated 15-year-old who vanished in Crown Heights, to a 3-year-old child who wandered away from her parents on a the Coney Island boardwalk.

Who Are the Terrorists Being Freed in the Shalit Deal?

JTA

Freed Hamas top security strategist Yehya Al- Senwar is greeted by a member of the Hamas Military wing upon his arrival at the Rafah crossing.

In exchange for Gilad Shalit’s release, Israel is freeing 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners. The first 477, agreed upon with Hamas, were released Tuesday. Most had been serving life sentences for their roles in attacks against Israelis, and they included the organizers or perpetrators of many of the most infamous terrorist attacks against Israelis over the past several decades.

Lubavitch of Michigan Takes Sukkos on the Road

Detroit News

Rabbinical students Mendel Shemtov, from left, Mendel Steinmetz and Chaim Polter show Michelle Ross, 5, and Ella Dines, 6, how to shake the Etrog Lulav as blessings are said under the mobile sukkah.

Hundreds of Jewish families across Metro Detroit this week are spreading the message of the holiday of Sukkot.