Baby Girl!
Levi and Brocha (nee Segelman) Weinman (Crown Heights)
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New Engagement!
Yossi Dery (Crown Heights) and Sara Benezra (Kiryat Ata, Israel)
Baby Boy!
Eli and Faigie (nee Riven) Dinerman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Velvel and Rochel (nee Cozocaru) Gurkow (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Zalmy (ben Gavriel) Schapiro (Crown Heights) and Lana Bordy (Great Neck, NY)
New Engagement!
Levi Coleman (London, England) and Mimi Fradkin (Montreal, Canada)
Israeli Bochur Found Innocent in Japan
It is with shevach vehodaah to the Ribono Shel Olam that we report that the final verdict of Yoel Goldstein, Yoel Zev ben Mirel Risa Chava, was rendered just moments ago at the Chiba District Court in Japan and he has been found innocent.
7 Israelis Wounded in Palestinian Terror Attack
A Palestinian attacker wounded seven Israelis near a Tel Aviv nightclub early Monday, hitting a police checkpoint with a stolen taxi and then stabbing others, police said.
PSA: Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
The New York City Department of Transportation will be suspending Alternate Side Parking Regulations Citywide on Monday, 8/29/11, due to inclement weather. Parking meters will also be suspended citywide on this date.
Yeshiva Gives College Grads Taste of Something New
Ezra Rosen, 23, went to Miami last winter to study at a brand-new yeshiva for 10 days. With his boss’ and parents’ blessing, he left New Jersey at the end of December with a round trip ticket.
Bochurim Spend a Week in Las Vegas
This past week, eight Bochurim were flown down to Las Vegas, Nevada as part of the Merkos Shlichus program to run Peulos by the different Shluchim in the area. They were split up between the different Chabad Centers in the area including the central area of Las Vegas, Summerlin, Green Valley and Chabad @ UNLV.
New York City was not the only part of New York that was hit by Hurricane Irene, the Catskill Mountains took quite a beating as well. In Rozentzwiegs bungalow colony in Swan Lake they have lost power and water, forcing Rabbi Zalman Duchman to resort to some ancient ways of retrieving water!
Picture of the Day: Modern Day Water Carrier
New York City was not the only part of New York that was hit by Hurricane Irene, the Catskill Mountains took quite a beating as well. In Rozentzwiegs bungalow colony in Swan Lake they have lost power and water, forcing Rabbi Zalman Duchman to resort to some ancient ways of retrieving water!
Teens, Special-Needs Kids Bond in Friendship Circle
Are you the parent of a child with special needs and you need additional respite and support? Would you like your child with special needs to be involved in a full range of social and recreational experiences? Do you have teenagers who need to earn community service hours and would you like them to be inspired to do something meaningful? If you said yes to any of the above questions, The Friendship Circle is for you.
Photos: The ‘Aftermath’ of Irene in Crown Heights!
‘That wasn’t so bad’ was the feeling that most related after getting up this morning to find just a few trees uprooted and some fallen branches. Most Kingston merchants even opened for business!
An Angel in the Supermarket
It was Friday, on a balmy spring morning, and I was standing in line at the checkout counter in Rockland Kosher Supermarket. My cart was overflowing with groceries which would add up to a pretty penny. I was, however, the grateful recipient of food stamp benefits, and one swipe of my precious plastic card would cover the cost of my bimonthly food shopping trip. Nonetheless, I had chosen carefully, scanning the sale aisle for bargains, wanting to make the most of the government’s assistance. I loaded my items onto the counter and waited patiently for the cashier to add them up.
Photos: Minor Damage Around 3am
Before the real storm settled in, damage was already cropping up around Crown Heights.
