Baby Girl!
Levi and Dena (nee Branover) Blecher (Crown Heights)
Patients seeking care at New York hospitals spend nearly five hours in emergency rooms — among the worst rates in the country.
You Could Die Waiting in New York Hospitals
Patients seeking care at New York hospitals spend nearly five hours in emergency rooms — among the worst rates in the country.

New Sports Drink is OK Kosher
SUNRISE, FL — Technology seems to change in the blink of an eye…But what about sports drinks? There’s truly been nothing innovative in half a century… Until now.

Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula ‘Discovered’
For 125 years, Coke’s secret recipe has remained one of the most heavily guarded trade secrets in the world. Now a group of accidental soda sleuths say they’ve stumbled across a list of its ingredients.

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.

This Purim, Give a Gift that Keeps on Giving…
This year for Mishloach Manot give your friends a one-year gift subscription to “Think Jewish” along with an attractive Mishloach Manot Basket!
Baby Girl!
Chaim Shaul and Blumi Brook (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Shimon Stillerman (Crown Heights) and Zeldy (bas Sholom Ber) Eber (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
A crane collapsed at a Borough Park construction site earlier today, sending workers fleeing for their lives.
Crane Collapses at Borough Park Construction Site
A crane collapsed at a Borough Park construction site earlier today, sending workers fleeing for their lives.
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.
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.
Twin Boys!
Sholom Ber and Rochie (nee Geisinsky) Charytan (Los Angeles, CA)

S. Africa Celebrate First Native Torah Scroll
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.
Beis Rivkah Tap Dances with Rebbetzin Tap!
Smiles and laughter could be heard Monday in Bais Rivkah as Grades 1, 2 and 3 enjoyed a fantastic tap dance performance by Rebbetzin Tap, organized by the Bais Rivkah PTA.
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.
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.
Baby Girl!
Dovid and Elisheva (nee Glickman) Gaerman (Crown Heights)