NEW YORK [CBS] — Another snowstorm is on its way to the Tri-State on Tuesday night, but it won’t be as powerful or disruptive as the post-Xmas blizzard.
BROOKLYN — Robberies, break-ins, car theft and stickups soared last year in Brooklyn neighborhoods where crime had dipped, NYPD statistics show.
With less than a week until Yud Shevat, preparations at Vaad Hatmimim in New York are in full swing for the annual Kinus Hatmimim convention.
This winter, some 25 University students from across America and from international locations such as the Ukraine, Brazil, Venezuela, and Australia participated in the 10 day Miami Torah Experience.
NEW YORK [WSJ] — New York City’s transportation commissioner wants to catch motorists who exceed the city’s 30 mph speed limit.
Video of F.R.E.E. Winter Camp in Hunter Mountain December, 2010.
Mendel Silman (CH) and Mushky Blumberger (Chicago)
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More than 1,000 locals flocked to the dedication of a new synagogue in Eilat, Israel’s southern-most city and a popular resort on the Red Sea.
SANTA CRUZ, CA — After a four-month break, Chabad by the Sea members began gathering again Sunday for a weekly Torah study.
Ben Havumaki, a friend who is traveling through Southeast Asia emailed me recently from Thailand, “I’m fresh back from a meal at the Chabad House in Chiang Mai. I ate…………..Schnitzel! It was paired with ‘Wok Stirred Vegetables.’”
TZFAT, Israel [CHI] — Rabbi Yisrael Roshatzy, Rav of the Hermon Regional Council and a senior Rav among the Gerer Chassidim, visited Yeshivas Tzeirei HaShulchim and spent time with its students, testing them baal peh on pages of Gemara.
Cars that have stayed in the same New York City parking spot since the blizzageddon will have to be moved Monday, January 10th.
Effy Gotbeter (El Paso, TX) and Adina Rivas (Peabody, MA)
Heshy Dubrowski (Tampa, FL) and Shiffy Gerber (Toronto, Ontario)
Chabad of Mineola’s Rabbi Anchelle Perl urges the President of the USA proclaim a “National Day of Reflection” and that the entire Senate & Congress adjourn for a week.
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