Two Men Stabbed in Crown Heights
New York Post
File photo
Blood was spilled on a Crown Heights street last night when two men were slashed at around 7:45 p.m., police said.
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Hundreds at Orlando Pesach Unity Concert!
Hundreds of people attended Thursday night’s concert dubbed the Orlando Pesach Unity Concert featuring the 8th Day with a guest appearance from Dr. Laz and the Cure. Taking place at the Orlando Sun Resort and Convention Center, the audience was treated to some of the best songs from the 8th day and Dr Laz.
Orlando Pesach Concert - April 21, 2011 with 8th Day and Dr. Laz
Video: 8th Day Does the ‘Yalili’ in Orlando
Orlando Pesach Concert – April 21, 2011 with 8th Day and Dr. Laz
New Engagement!
Yaakov Chayim Greenfield (Wembly, UK) and Adina Solomon (Morristown, NJ)
How the NYPD Ticket-Fix Scam Started Unraveling
NY Post
Internal Affairs cops got a big break in their exploding ticket-fixing probe when they caught a Bronx sergeant shamelessly trying to make a traffic violation disappear for an honorary NYPD deputy commissioner, The Post has learned.
Sneezing? Itchy Eyes? High Pollen in NYC
NBC NY
Attention, allergy sufferers: we know you’re coughing, mercilessly sneezing and desperately want to claw your itchy eyes out of your head.
City Files Lawsuit Over Tax-Free Internet Cigarette Sales
AP
New York City has filed a federal lawsuit accusing 32 people of evading millions of dollars in taxes by buying heaps of cigarettes over the Internet, and then reselling them on the black market.
AP
New data show the state’s decade-long decline in major crimes slowed last year as rapes, robberies and assaults increased in New York City, burglaries rose elsewhere and murders statewide were up 10 percent to 861.
Decade Long Drop in NYC Crime Slowing Down
AP
New data show the state’s decade-long decline in major crimes slowed last year as rapes, robberies and assaults increased in New York City, burglaries rose elsewhere and murders statewide were up 10 percent to 861.
Ha'aretz
A notice on the bulletin board in the old commercial center of Ramat Aviv suggests holding a Passover seder in the local Habad center. Another recommends an “unprecedented” overall ritual Passover cleansing, including the bathroom, kitchen utensils and electric appliances.
Group Formed to Battle Orthodox ‘Invasion’ of Secular Neighborhoods
Ha’aretz
A notice on the bulletin board in the old commercial center of Ramat Aviv suggests holding a Passover seder in the local Habad center. Another recommends an “unprecedented” overall ritual Passover cleansing, including the bathroom, kitchen utensils and electric appliances.
7 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Hersh Meilech and Chassi Rivkin
548 Montgomery St [between New York and Brooklyn Ave]
Yosef and Sima (nee Ostrov) Mendlowitz
719 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Shlomo and Dvora Lawrence
Chovevei, 885 Eastern Pkwy, upstairs [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Mordy and Chana Werde
1539 Union St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Mendy and Chaya Musia Baruch
1147 Lincoln Pl, 2nd floor [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Berl and Nechama (nee Goldstein) Zwiebel
1601 Carroll St [between Schenectady and Utica Ave]
Zalman and Chanie Kravitz
1515 Cardiff Ave (Los Angeles, CA)
Governor Cuomo Welcomes Montreal-NY Travelers
ALBANY, NY [CHI] — Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a proclamation citing Albany’s Maimonides School for serving Northway travelers year round with a minyan, the “Passover Stopover” and the upcoming “87 Northway Traveler’s Torah” for the Albany, Saratoga, Lake George and Adirondack regions.
Guma Hosts Florida Shluchim
In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, philanthropist Guma Aguiar held a cocktail reception in his Ft. Lauderdale home for his home-state’s Shluchim. Mr. Aguiar announced his project of the Chabad Visitor Center to be constructed at the Kotel, and showed videos about the project in his home.
KJ Got the Numbers, Not the Image of the Poorest
New York Times
Kiryas Joel, N.Y., a predominantly Ultra-Orthodox Jewish village, is atop a national poverty list. The median age is under 12.
The poorest place in the United States is not a dusty Texas border town, a hollow in Appalachia, a remote Indian reservation or a blighted urban neighborhood. It has no slums or homeless people. No one who lives there is shabbily dressed or has to go hungry. Crime is virtually nonexistent.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Miriam bas Chaim Shimon Seewald OBM of New Jersey.
She is survived by her children Zvi Seewald (Crown Heights), Chaim Seewald (Nevada), Sara Verchow (New Jersey).
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Miriam Seewald OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Miriam bas Chaim Shimon Seewald OBM of New Jersey.
She is survived by her children Zvi Seewald (Crown Heights), Chaim Seewald (Nevada), Sara Verchow (New Jersey).
Halacha and the Parasha: Chol Hamoed Pesach
Halacha and the Parasha: Chol Hamoed Pesach
Halacha and the Parasha: Chol Hamoed Pesach
Move the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn!
by Tom Van Riper – Forbes Magazine
How fitting that the Los Angeles Dodgers are wearing throwback uniforms for today’s home matinee against the Atlanta Braves. Throwbacks that include a “B” on the blue cap instead of the “LA” that all but the crankiest old Brooklyn fans have grow accustomed to.
Dutch Princess Visits Chabad Center
Princess Laurentien van Oranje-Nassue of the Netherlands.
Scores of European dignitaries, including Princess Laurentien van Oranje-Nassue of the Netherlands visited the European Jewish Community Center in Brussels to memorialize the accomplishments of Stanley Crossick, a British native who co-founded the European Policy Centre.
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