With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Noson Gestetner OBM of Sydney, Australia,
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Ruth Gestetner, and children Elozor (Sydney), Arele, Shlomie (Jerusalem), Yossi (Melbourne).
NEW YORK [AP] — New York City came out overprepared Friday for a weak storm that delivered just a few inches of snow—not enough to plow in most places and likely not enough for the mayor to redeem himself from a disastrous response to a post-Christmas blizzard.
Now playing, exclusively on CrownHeights.info, the Jewish Kids Radio! Kids of all ages can now tune in to a meaningful program which includes a few chances to win great prizes, a story about the Baal Shem Tov, and more!
Split pea and matzo ball soup may have saved the day for city motorists.
Mayor Bloomberg officially scuttled his plan Thursday to hike meter rates a quarter an hour in the outer boroughs – but his decision came only after a private tete-à-tete with City Councilman Jimmy Vacca (D-East Bronx.)
Elazar and Shira Green (Lancaster, PA)
Chaim and Dina (nee Jaffe) Koncepolski (Jerusalem, Israel)
Tucson, AZ [AP] — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
Snow began falling early Friday morning, and is expected to get steadily stronger into Shabbos. Accumulations can reach up to 6 inches.
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, the Gmach which benefits Many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to join its annual Melava Malka this Motzai Shabbos in Beis Rivka 310 Crown Street.
While resting in the NYU hospital recovery room Rabbi Moshe Klein, a Crown Heights Sofer and Moihel, was restless. Resting in the bed next to his was an elderly Russian man who was also recuperating, Reb Moshe struck up a conversation with him and turns out the man was Jewish.
NEW YORK (1010 WINS/ CBS 2) — Snow isn’t the only neighborhood nuisance many residents want removed from a street in Brooklyn. They want the city to jackhammer newly installed traffic islands they say are wreaking traffic havoc.
Sanitation workers have been told to save every voice mail, text or email about last week’s blizzard – even on personal phones and computers.
Confident that he’d have a chance to win, Rudy Giuliani is rounding up his top political advisers for a possible 2012 presidential run, sources tell the post’s Page Six.
Over 700 children tuned in to CrownHeights.info’s revival of the Jewish Kids Radio, making its first Motzai Shabbos comeback an amazing success. Listeners got to hear a story of the Alter Rebbe, an exciting episode of the Shpy, as well as interesting facts on Parasha and Halacha.
A fan sent in this cellphone picture in wishing CrownHeights.info and its readers a Good Shabbos!
Mark Menachem Yisroel Ladenheim (Philadelphia, PA) and Erika Simcha Tova Kamish (Los Angeles, CA)
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