Photos: An Erev Shabbos Flurry
Snow began falling early Friday morning, and is expected to get steadily stronger into Shabbos. Accumulations can reach up to 6 inches.
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Motzai Shabbos: Melava Malkah for Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib
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.
Teffilin with a Karkafta in a Hospital Recovery Room
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.
Brooklyn Residents Want ‘Hazardous’ Traffic Islands Gone
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.
Probe Into Storm Slowdown Widens, to Include Emails, Texts and Voicemails
Sanitation trucks prepare to roll out for Friday’s expected blast of snow, but department is still reeling from last month’s blizzard.
Sanitation workers have been told to save every voice mail, text or email about last week’s blizzard – even on personal phones and computers.
Giuliani Gearing Up for Presidential Run?
NY Post
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.
Return of the Jewish Kids Radio an Amazing Success!
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.
Picture of the Day! – Good Shabbos!
A fan sent in this cellphone picture in wishing CrownHeights.info and its readers a Good Shabbos!
New Engagement!
Mark Menachem Yisroel Ladenheim (Philadelphia, PA) and Erika Simcha Tova Kamish (Los Angeles, CA)
Royal Mockery – The Fog Of Arrogance And Pride
By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
As the planks flexed under his weight, while crossing the old rickety bridge, the frightened pedestrian prayed for mercy: “Dear G-d, if only I will make it across the span, I shall give 50% of my worth to charity, for what good is my wealth if I’m to lose my life?”
Eli and Esther Wilansky Are Jumping Into FL Shlichus!
Rabbi Eli and Esther Wilansky are moving on Shlichus to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where they will be serving as program and youth directors for Chabad @ the Beaches.
The Hassidim of the Consumer Electronics Show
The Atlantic (blog)
LAS VEGAS — Walking around the CES showroom floor, there is one specific cultural group that stood out to me. (No, it was not the booth models.) A surprising number of Hassidic Jews seemed to be exhibiting and walking around the show.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a collection of photos that were taken one winter morning around Chanukah 5736 (1975) of the Rebbe awaiting, then entering, his secretary’s car. With special thanks to the Korolitzky family for the photos.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Zevi and Rochie (nee Riesenberg) Katz
1338 President St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Yisroel and Henna (nee Shapiro) Shomer
1441 St Johns Place, Apt 4C [between Utica and Rochester Ave]
Leibel and Nechama Shaindel (nee Tiefenbrun) Ceitlin
1442 Carrol St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Shloimeh and Rivki (nee Graj) Nathanson
196 Orrong Rd, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia
Ted Williams and Us
By Yochanan Gordon
Most of us have by now come to know who Ted Williams is. Just in case there are those reading this that have not chanced upon his internet video that has garnered over five million views and his subsequent life story, here it is in a nutshell. Ted Williams, born and raised in Brooklyn, was a former radio personality who ran into hard times with drugs, alcohol and the law which sadly spiraled out of control leaving him homeless and perhaps even worse – hopeless. Despite his negligence and the consequences that he suffered as a result he held onto that rather dormant sense of hope that one day he would be given another chance to succeed.
Catch and Release: Shomrim Apprehend Man Passing Fake Currency, Police Release Him
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An incident with a man passing counterfeit $50 bills to Kingston Avenue stores, had the tables turned on Shomrim when an apathetic police force, led by an officer and a sergeant, turned the story upside down and accused them of playing cops and robbers, while letting the suspect go. Disturbing video footage tells this bizarre story.
NY Daily News
Rabbi Adler Moshe, a Holocaust survivor, was hit and killed by a driver in Brooklyn. Photo: VINnews.com
A Brooklyn man was arrested after running over a Holocaust survivor and killing him, police said Thursday.
As the 27-year-old man, was cruising westbound on Avenue J in Midwood about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday he hit 82-year-old Moshe Adler, a rabbi, who stepped into the crosswalk at E. Ninth St., police said.
Unlicensed Driver hits, kills Holocaust Survivor
NY Daily News
Rabbi Adler Moshe, a Holocaust survivor, was hit and killed by a driver in Brooklyn. Photo: VINnews.com
A Brooklyn man was arrested after running over a Holocaust survivor and killing him, police said Thursday.
As the 27-year-old man, was cruising westbound on Avenue J in Midwood about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday he hit 82-year-old Moshe Adler, a rabbi, who stepped into the crosswalk at E. Ninth St., police said.
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