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Boruch Dayan Haemes – Aron Levitansky OBM

With pain and sadness we report the passing of Reb Aron Levitansky, a member of the Lubavitch community in New Haven for over 30 years, on Monday, 10 Adar I, 5771

He is survived by his wife Harriet and their children Chana Rivky Feldman of Crown Heights; Miriam Gilbert of Teaneck, NJ; Yochi Levitansky, Eli Levitansky, Nachum Levitansky, Sheina Wilhelm of Crown Heights, Huvi Levitansky and Aviva Levitansky.

Picture of the Day – The Police Response to Carjacking

A reader sent us a picture this morning of what he himself called “the polices response to the carjacking”. In order to increase the community’s sense of protection the police park empty vehicles near high crime areas, so following yesterdays carjacking the police parked a three-wheeled scooter near the scene of the incident.

S. Africa Celebrate First Native Torah Scroll

Warren Goldblatt, left, Manny Gien and South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein accompany the country’s first-ever native Torah scroll to the Chabad House in Savoy in Johannesburg.

The completion of the first Torah scroll inked from beginning to end in South Africa has stirred massive pride, a fierce sense of excitement and unprecedented joy for dwindling Jewish communities once thought forsaken.

Bloomberg Addresses Controversy Over Where He Was During December Blizzard

Mayor Michael Bloomberg today addressed the controversy surrounding his whereabouts during the December blizzard, after the Wall Street Journal published a story today that essentially confirms that he was in Bermuda during the storm.