With sadness we inform you of the passing of the known philanthropist Reb Berel Weiss OBM of Californian at the age of 85.
KSCVK held its annual Ice Cream Social last night, the event featured over fifty cakes uniquely crafted by talented bakers. The cakes were later auctioned off to the highest bidder with some cakes going for as much as $1,500!
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An impatient sixty year old woman smashed up her car along with three other parked cars all while narrowly avoiding a pedestrian in an early morning accident on Kingston Avenue.
A man who was dangling from the Brooklyn Bridge was pulled to safety by police officers Sunday afternoon as scores of people watched from the pedestrian walkway, from the street below and from cars on the bridge that had been halted during the rescue.
What started with 25 boxes four months ago now includes 100 packages of non-perishable goods and a waiting list of needy families across the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. And according to Rabbi Noach Heber, director of the Chabad Relief Project, the effort by Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown to feed those who are having trouble putting food on the table shows no signs of letting up.
A recent spate of murders in the city combined with a shrinking police force has some officials and residents fearing bloody months ahead.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Friendship Circle of Crown Heights marked the end of a fun filled year of friendship with an exciting bowling trip followed by a visit to Dagans Pizza.
CURTIBA, Brazil [CHI] — Close to 500 people filled the Radisson Hotel in Curitiba, Brazil, for a special evening paying tribute to the Holocaust survivors of Curitiba, both those living, and those that have already passed away, in an event called “Triumph of the Spirit”.
Mendy and Aidie Naparstek (Long Beach, CA)
Yudi and Rivky Steiner (Washington, DC)
Yosef Yitzchok and Nechama Lewis (Crown Heights)
Ever wonder what would happen if we treated Torah as we treat our cell phone?
A group of about 20 homeless people stormed into a synagogue Monday in Caracas, arguing that the building had been abandoned and they needed a home.
Here is a sneak peek at what we hope to capture as we travel across America in a effort to win Sholom Rubashkin the justice he deserves.
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath is quick to point out that irrespective of his own level of religious observance, the vast majority of the 783-and-counting young Jewish singles who have registered so far on a new website he launched are secular.
The New York legislature says it will take up the issue of New York City’s rent control law as the current three-year law is set to expire.
14
