New Engagement!
Yosef Tzeiger (Borough Park, NY/Jerusalem, Israel) and Dina Tsymuk (Borough Park, NY)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Commish Kelly Would Lead in Race for NYC Mayor
The NYPD’s clashes with Wall Street protestors haven’t done much to diminish Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s popularity. A Quinnipiac University poll released today found that Kelly would lead the current field of candidates if he decided to run for mayor in 2013, even though the top cop has said repeatedly that he doesn’t have the DNA for elective politics.
Loose Translation: Israeli Jew is late and cannot find parking. In Frustration, he turns to G-d and prays for parking, promising that if answered, he will begin putting on Tefillin, Keep Kosher and do Teshuvah. Just then a parking spot becomes available; the Israeli turns to G-d and says “never mind, I can take care of this myself.”
Video: “I Beseech You O Lord – I Need Parking!”
Loose Translation: Israeli Jew is late and cannot find parking. In Frustration, he turns to G-d and prays for parking, promising that if answered, he will begin putting on Tefillin, Keep Kosher and do Teshuvah. Just then a parking spot becomes available; the Israeli turns to G-d and says “never mind, I can take care of this myself.”
Crown Heightsers March to End Gun Violence
Residents of Crown Heights walked together on Thursday evening in a peace march to end gun violence, but also to call attention to increased safety in the neighborhood in recent years.
Brooklyn Orthodox Jews See Spike in Measles Cases
Six cases of childhood measles have been reported in Brooklyn over the last two weeks, the New York City health department said Friday, contributing to a spike in measles cases this year.
Powerful Earthquake Hits Turkey, Israeli Help Refused
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, collapsing dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete. Desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured. State-run television reported that 45 people were killed and 150 others injured in the eastern town of Ercis, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could already be dead, due to low housing standards in the area and the size of the quake.
FEATURE: Bochurim Join OWS, the Satmar Rebbe; and a Special Story About the Rebbe on Tahalucha
A story about the Rebbe from a Litvish ‘Hoch Ah Chainik’ who used to live in Crown Heights, Bochurim who got lost in Manhattan get invited to join the Occupied Wall Street Hakafos and a closed Chabad House in Williamsburg leads a group to join the Satmar Rebbe for Hakofos in the main Shul on Kent Avenue. Read these readers experiences on Tahalucha!
Yoel Vs. the Port Authority
He is a 30-year-old college student who gets by on loans and freelance jobs as a legal assistant and public notary. He does not have a bank account. He does not have a credit card. When he says he lives paycheck to paycheck, he means it quite literally: If he runs out of the money he keeps in the (sometimes torn) pocket of his pants, it means he has nothing until his next check comes along.
NYPD Morale Perilously Low as Scandals Put Cops Under Fire
It’s a tough time to be one of New York’s Finest. With the NYPD facing a blizzard of damning incidents in recent months, cops and police brass say morale among the force is perilously low.
Chabad Library Dispute Keeps Russian Ship out of S.F.
A goodwill visit to San Francisco and the Sonoma Coast by a big, handsome Russian sailing ship was suddenly canceled Friday, the result of a complicated legal problem that involves both history and cultural treasures.
Yeshiva Student Stabbed on Shabbos in Jerusalem
Israeli police say a 20-year-old yeshiva student has been stabbed by a Palestinian assailant in Jerusalem yesterday.
Shacharis: 9:30 Mincha: 5:30 Maariv: B'Zman
Phone: 917-355-9459
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Info to be Menachem Avel Efraim Gershowitz
Efraim Gershowitz is sitting shiva after the passing of his dear mother Batya Pessa OBM, at 821 eastern pkwy until Thursday.
Shacharis: 9:30 Mincha: 5:30 Maariv: B’Zman
Phone: 917-355-9459
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Shayna (nee Bloch) Bukiet (Los Angeles, CA)
Baby Girl!
Dovid and Ruta (nee Greenberg) Okonov (Brighton Beach, NY)
Photos: Hakofos Shniyos in the Ma’arat Hamachpelah
Over 1000 people partook in the ‘second Hakafos’ at the Ma’arat Hamachpelah in Chevron, organized by local Shliach Rabbi Danny Cohen.
FEATURE: Tell Us Your Tahalucha Story
Hundreds made their way all over the city to bring the joy of Simchas Torah to many Shuls around the New York City area, walking as far as the Bronx or as close as Park Slope. We want YOU to share your Tahalucha experience with CrownHeights.info readers.
Baby Girl!
Immanuel and Rochie Storfer (N. Miami Beach, FL)
