[NY Daily News] — Hasidic patrols in Williamsburg rule the streets like real cops – driving unmarked cars, flashing emergency lights and snatching people they think are criminals, say residents and police.
After many years of research, I finally found the collection of letters written by the Rebbe, of righteous memory, to late Jan and Alice Peerce. Jan Peerce, known as the “American Tenor,” was considered the longest-standing performer at the Metropolitan Opera House during his career. He became close to Rabbi Chaim Drizin while visiting Chabad at Berkley University with his grandson.
Where is she? I lift my eyes, searching. The silhouettes cast on the white hanging sheet catch my eye. Back lit by the sun, their shadows create the most intriguing visual. Unlike a painting or photograph this sight it is alive.
What will the era of Moshiach be like? That’s the theme of a new advertising campaign launched by the Moshiach Campaign, a project of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinunch’s Suite 302. A half dozen or so full color ads, as well as 3 short video “teasers,” show how current challenges – such as the the current healthcare debate or global warming – will become a distant memories once the Geula occurs.
Levi and Faigy (nee Gluckowsky) Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — As night fell, the steady stream of people coming to visit the Ohel, the Rebbe’s resting place, increased. In the tent, Yungelite; Bochurim; Anash and Shluchim were seen learning and Farbrenging together, and the occasional head was down on the table asleep.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is standing by regulations that will force New York City and other municipalities to spend billions of dollars on projects that provide virtually no health benefits, the Bloomberg administration said in a letter to the agency’s chief.
A Prominent Republican is joining a prominent Democrat in predicting that Gov. Cuomo will become President Obama’s running mate for vice president next year.
Minogei Yom Hilulah, Davening times in the Rebbes House, Ohel bus schedual, and the central Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen times are all posted in the Extended Article for the benefit of our readers.
A 48 page booklet about the Rebbe’s teachings reached nearly 300,000 homes this weekend in the United Stated and Israel. Subscribers to the Yediot Acharonot, the Forward, The Jewish Week and The Cleveland Jewish News found a pleasant surprise in their newspapers on Thursday and Friday as the brochure slipped from the pages of the newspaper into their hands.
Tens of thousands of people from around the world and all walks of life will converge on the Ohel tonight and tomorrow, marking Gimmel Tammuz the day of the passing of the Rebbe. Feverish preparations are underway to accommodate the masses.
Like every year, the Vaad HaMesadar put provisions into place so that the Ohel can accommodate the tens of thousands that will be visiting over the next twenty four hours. Please watch the video and read the instructions in this article.
Reb Michael Brummel of Crown Heights will be sitting Shiva today, till Friday after the passing of his mother, Mrs. Devorah / Dorothy Brummel at 1556 Carroll Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenues-.
Shacharis 7:00am, Mincha 8:15pm, maariv bezmana.
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Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
The 4th of July is a special holiday weekend for all Americans, but perhaps more so for the NYPD bomb squad. That’s because each year they get to blow up all the fireworks the department has confiscated in a grand, fiery spectacle.
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