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AccuWeather: A Wintry Mess!

NEW YORK [WABC] — Precipitation early Tuesday morning has been fairly light across the mid-Atlantic states and in the Northeast. A shortwave, or ripple of upper-level energy, will be pressing eastward across the Great Lakes and into upstate New York and western New England today. This will tend to enhance snowfall rates after 5 a.m. in areas such as in the Poconos and the Catskills, as well as in northwestern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and southern New England.

PSA: Shovel That Roof, Before It’s Gone

The National Weather Service and the city are urging property owners and builders to clear rooftops, awnings and overhangs of snow ASAP, to avoid potential collapses when an ice storm is expected to hit New York Tuesday.

Alum Donates $1 Million to New Chabad at Yale Building

by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.edu

At 8,500 square feet, Yale University’s new Chabad House will be eight times the size of the organization’s current digs.

When private investor Brad Berger first stepped into Yale University’s Chabad House for a Friday night dinner during a trip back east two years ago, he was taken aback. He had heard about the throngs of Jewish students who sought out a “home away from home” at the center run by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shua and Sara Rosenstein, but this was the first time he had actually experienced such a thing at his alma mater.

Banquet Inspires 2,800 Shluchos

Chabad House Compass Express

On any given Shabbos at Chabad of Markham, Ontario, seven year-old Zalmy Plotkin is walking around giving out high fives. This is his way of helping his parents accomplish their Shlichus. You see, Zalmy has Down syndrome, yet he is an integral partner in his parents’ work.

Healthy Attendance at Know Your Rights Seminar

On Sunday January 30, 2011, at Chovevei Torah on Eastern Parkway, well over 150 Crown Heights residents attended the Know-Your-Rights seminar. The seminar was organized by Brooklyn college student Yosef Bergovoy and law graduate Eliyahu Federman. The presenters included Federman, Attorney Norman Siegel and Earl Ward, District Attorney counsel Lance P. Ogiste along with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Eric Adams. Community members found the presentation informative, empowering and inspiring.

Video: Not Your Average Snowman…

CHAMPION, NY — The giant snowman just off of Route 126 in the Town of Champion is back, and this year, he’s bigger than ever. Vern Scoville’s 35-foot snowman is slowing traffic once again this year. This time around Frosty got a bit of a makeover. Instead of paper, the snowman is sporting a hat made from an old pool.