EAST GREENBUSH, NY — What happens when a blizzard hits a retreat attended by over sixty-five girls from across the country? They get an extra day of fun, friendship, and activities! Girls from as far as Atlanta, Baltimore, and Chicago flew in to for the five day Jewish Girls Winter Retreat which was held at the the Comfort Suites and Inn in East Greenbush, NY.
Friends and family joined together to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Chaim Wolf, despite the storm, many came celebrated the Bar Mitzvah in Beis Rivkah.
As one of the biggest blizzards in decades hammers states up and down the east coast, dumping 20 inches of snow in some cities and with winds upwards of 60 mph, Chabad Houses from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania have been forced to rethink, reschedule, and in some cases, cancel many activities of their annual Gan Israel winter camps.
NEW YORK — Public transportation, crippled by the Sunday blizzard, is limping along today and, contradicting Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Chairman Jay Walder warned that problems will continue throughout Tuesday.
Breathe new life into your old Sheitel by donating it to the Pesha Leah Sheitel G’mach. Today, Tuesday, Chof Alef Teves, marks the first yahrtzeit of Pesha Leah (nee Roetter) Azoulay. Mrs. Azoulay was tragically taken from us in a terrible car accident at the age of 23.
TEHRAN [AFP] — Iran on Tuesday hanged a man found guilty of feeding Israeli spy agency Mossad with Iranian military secrets and information on its missile programme over a period of six years, news agency IRNA reported.
As the city goes in to its third day since the heavy snow storm blanked New York, people have been forging ahead, and kids are enjoying the winter wonderland.
LONDON — Nine terror suspects plotted a bomb blitz in London, a London court heard. Two Rabbis were listed a possible targets in the attack. Other potential targets were tourist attractions, the Stock Exchange, the mayor of London, the dean of a cathedral, and the U.S. Embassy.
Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco was ground zero of the counterculture movement in the 1960’s when the neighborhood threw its arms wide open, embracing the hippies and flower children of the Summer of Love.
After learning for a full day on Sunday, despite the rising snow, students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva finally turned to the outdoors; but no, not exactly what you may be thinking. All these students wanted to know was what good can good come from this snow? and how can we use the snow for our Avodas Hashem?
Toward a Meaningful Life: A Soul-Searching Journey for Every Jew. Life can be a treadmill – as we go through the motions day after day without ever asking why or seeking what really matters to us.
Yossi and Rivky (nee Holtzberg) Shain (Crown Heights)
Avi and Chana Zelda (nee Isenberg) Weiss (Crown Heights)
Yisroel Cywiak (Flatbush) and Bracha Goldberg (Crown Heights)
Avremi Adler (Beitar Illit, Israel) and Ita Vogel (Kiryat Malachi, Israel)
NEW YORK [AP] — It took hours for Christopher Mullen to get off a plane from sunny Cancun and on to a half-empty subway car, his only way home. It would be another eight hours and more — a night spent huddled under a thin blanket on the frigid, grungy car — before he could get off the A train.
Yeshiva World News is reporting that New York City’s 311 system has collapsed, and all calls are getting a busy signal or ringing away.
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