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Aleph’s Military Shabbos

Close to fifty men and women in uniform from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard spent Shabbat with the community of the Shul of Bal Harbour. The event, which is sponsored by the Aleph Institute, is a training conference for Jewish chaplains and lay leaders in the military.

New Wave of Airbag Thefts in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It seems like we spoke to soon. In our Friday article we reported the theft of rims off of parked cars in the neighborhood, and we noted that airbag thefts seem to have subsided, but that changed this Shabbos after more than five cars were broken into and their airbags were stolen.

Jewish Rescuers Graduate

MOSCOW [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a graduation ceremony upon the completion of the first Russian training course for the personnel of ZAKA, an international Jewish organization dedicated to rescuing disaster victims and identifying corpses.

Past in Crown Heights Is Baltimore’s Present

by Robbie Whelan – Wall Street Journal

A police car overturned by rioters in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Aug. 21, 1991.

Developers are courting a new class of upscale condo buyers in Crown Heights, as gentrification marches east from what has been traditionally known as “Brownstone Brooklyn,” as The Journal reported Friday.