Shomrim Nab Shul Vandals

by Thomas Tracy – New York Post
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BROOKLYN — Four graffiti taggers nabbed near Marine Park Junior High School by the Shomrim patrol on Jan. 29 have been connected to an act of vandalism on a nearby synagogue that took place more than two months ago, police said.

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Sunday: Lapine Siyum Sefer Torah

This Sunday, Febuary 6, 2011 there will be a Siyum Sefer Torah in memory of Pesya Leah Lapine HYD, who was brutally murdered in Crown Heights. The Torah is being writen by her children, she had four. Mrs Lapine was 39 when she was killed on 2 Adar 1 5752, 1992.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Moscow

MOSCOW [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a ceremony in memory of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Upon opening the ceremony, the head of FJC Russia’s public relations department, Boruch Gorin, noted that this year is an important one for the Holocaust.

Kingston Pizza Shuttered by the Health Department

Crown Heights’s oldest pizza joint, Kingston Pizza, which recently changed hands, was shut down this afternoon by the New York City Health Department, after inspectors deemed it unfit to serve food in a routine inspection. Customers were ordered to leave the store, and a notice was posted on the door.

Beis Din Under One Roof

As of Friday, Rabbi Yaacov Schwei moved back into the offices of the Crown Heights Bais Din at 390 Kingston Avenue after years of divide. “One Crown Heights, one Badatz” is the new reality since last Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpotim, perhaps signaling a new era in the Brooklyn neighborhood’s Jewish leadership.