Phone Reception, Wi-Fi Coming Soon to NYC Subway
CBS
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has long been planning to bring cell phone and WiFi service to New York City subways.
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The Tanya Revolution! Bring The Tanya Into Your Home
Baby Girl!
Shua and Muki (nee Simpson) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
Kidney Donation Catches On in Jewish Community
Renewal program director Rabbi Menachem Friedman, left, visited kidney donor Shmuel Waldman the night before a transplant operation.
In May 2010, Jacob Lefkowitz received a kidney donation that changed his life. He was on dialysis, going from state to state to get on lists for a donation, but the wait was long – about 10 years in New York alone. But thanks to Renewal, a Brooklyn-based non-profit that acts as a comprehensive resource for kidney donors and potential recipients within the Jewish community, the Manhattan resident received a kidney in just six months. He’s since returned to work and good health.
Shturem, Arutz 7
Hundreds of Israeli doctors spent the night in Kfar Chabad on their way to Yerushalayim. They are participating in a country-wide protest march which began in Ramat Gan. They are planning to set up a protest tent opposite the government complex in the capital.
Striking Doctors Spent the Night in Kfar Chabad
Shturem, Arutz 7
Hundreds of Israeli doctors spent the night in Kfar Chabad on their way to Yerushalayim. They are participating in a country-wide protest march which began in Ramat Gan. They are planning to set up a protest tent opposite the government complex in the capital.
7 Best-Selling Medications Soon to Be Much Cheaper
CBS
In the next 14 months, seven of the world’s 20 best-selling drugs will be available in generic form, dramatically slashing the cost for patients but also decimating sales for the drug companies that created them. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy explains what they are and what this means.
Picture of the Day: Mechanchos Group Photo
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Nearly two hundred teachers are currently attending the annual Kinus Hamechanchos in Piscataway, NJ. Yesterday the group posed for a group photo.
TONIGHT: 9th Annual RCCS Barbeque
This Tuesday Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society will hold their 9th annual Crown Heights/Flatbush BBQ on e22nd Street and Avenue I in Flatbush.
Study: Internet More Addictive than Cigarettes?
Daily Mail
The majority of people feel upset and lonely when they are deprived of access to the internet, according to consumer research.
Levi Aron’s New Lawyer: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
NY1
The new lawyer for the man accused of killing and dismembering an eight-year-old Brooklyn boy talked to reporters for the first time Tuesday.
Marking Lawyers Birthday, LDC Gets New Van
On Wednesday, July 6, friends and family of Chabad supporter and well known lawyer, Marty Teplitzky, gathered at the Chabad Lubavitch Community Center in Toronto to celebrate Marty’s birthday. They celebrated by presenting a new 15 passenger van to Lubavitch Day Camp.
Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse?
Rabbi Shais Taub – Huffington Post
Saturday night, just after Shabbos ended, I found out that Amy Winehouse was dead at 27. My first reaction was to do what I, as a Jew, do whenever I hear such news. I said the Hebew prayer Baruch Dayan Emet — Blessed is the True Judge. My next reaction was to feel angry and sick. And that’s what I can’t figure out.
Photos: Visiting Day at YSP Morristown
Photos by Avrohom Perl for yspmorristown.com
As the sweltering heat abated ever so slightly and even go way to a brief thundershower to cool the sun-beaten earth, parents flocked to Morristown to visit their sons in YSP. Uncles, aunts, mothers and fathers came to see first hand the living pudding which is YSP Morristown.
New Engagement!
Meir Amber (Houston ,TX) AND Chany Lipsker (Israel)
Be’er Sheva’s Largest, Newest Jewish Center Draws Crowds
Chabad of Beer Sheva has a new, four story home. Dedicated earlier this month, the interior, tiled in desert palette of neutrals, fitted with fixtures that would be at home in a Vegas hotel, is the the fulfillment of a twelve-year fundraising campaign. Judging by the crowds flocking to it on a recent Wednesday, the effort is paying off.
Talking About Leiby
Daily News
Mrs. Bronya Shaffer of Crown Heights participates in a round-table discussion about parenting in the wake of a horrific tragedy
The brutal murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky continues to break New York’s heart. Shocking details of his death have brought home the fears of many parents about raising kids in the city. The Daily News convened a group of readers with young children and grandchildren to explore the impact of the tragedy:
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