Baby Girl!
Yoely and Raizel (nee Lefkowitz) Danzinger (Brooklyn, NY)
As part of a rapid increase in Jewish services in the terror-stricken financial capital of Mumbai, India, community officials are placing the final touches on a restored ritual bath built by the murdered directors of the city’s Chabad House, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg.
Mumbai Renovates Mikvah on Eve of Attacks Ann.
As part of a rapid increase in Jewish services in the terror-stricken financial capital of Mumbai, India, community officials are placing the final touches on a restored ritual bath built by the murdered directors of the city’s Chabad House, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg.
In an interview with HIAS, the organization that helped him immigrate from the Ukraine, boxer Dmitriy Salita talks about his childhood, his family, boxing, and his Jewish faith.
Video: Salitas Life Story
In an interview with HIAS, the organization that helped him immigrate from the Ukraine, boxer Dmitriy Salita talks about his childhood, his family, boxing, and his Jewish faith.
PSA: Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Today
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday, November 25 for the observance of Thanksgiving Day. Because Thanksgiving Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).
The Friday after Thanksgiving, November 26, is not a holiday, and alternate side parking regulations, parking meter rules, and all other parking regulations will be in effect.
Jews Robbed at Gunpoint on Crown Street
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A group of a Jewish teens were robbed by a gun toting duo earlier this evening. Thanks to quick police response one of them were arrested.
New Engagement!
Shmuel Chaim (ben Mordechai) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) and Chanie (bas Yisroel Meir) Brill (Passaic, NJ)
Baby Girl!
Yitzchok and Yehudis (nee Rumbak) Smith (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Sroli and Aliza (nee Hecht) Creeger (Crown Heights)
US Sen. and Gov. Attend Gala Auction of Lubavitch of Alaska
ALASKA [CHI] — Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Governor Sean Parnell, along with 500 Supporters and Friends at the 7th Annual Auction of Chabad in Alaska Led by the Shluchim Rabbi Yosef and Esty Greenberg.
Pedestrian Struck After Car Runs Red
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A person was struck by a car after it collided with another vehicle which ran a red light. The accident occurred in the intersection of Brooklyn and Maple.
Schottenstein Chabad Center To Open in Ohio
New Albany, Ohio — Residents of historical New Albany, Ohio will soon welcome the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center for a Jewish Tomorrow, a stately Georgian structure located in the heart of the quaint village.
Talmidim in Rabbi Reibers 7th grade class were rewarded with an awesome Shabbaton with Shliach Rabbi Mendy Heber at Chabad of Brookville.
Rabbi Reibers Class Goes on a Shabbaton and Biking!
Talmidim in Rabbi Reibers 7th grade class were rewarded with an awesome Shabbaton with Shliach Rabbi Mendy Heber at Chabad of Brookville.
WILLIAMSBURG [CHI] — Volunteers from the Williamsburg division of Shomrim apprehended a thief who stole a number of cellphones and allegedly exposed himself to children.
Video: Williamsburg Shomrim Apprehend Thief
WILLIAMSBURG [CHI] — Volunteers from the Williamsburg division of Shomrim apprehended a thief who stole a number of cellphones and allegedly exposed himself to children.
Chabad is good at many things. But accepting criticism is not one of them. Every column I publish praising Chabad is met with thousands of comments expressing mostly adulation. But offer a word of criticism and thousands of condemnatory posts ensue. No doubt this column will be greeted with the same. But when the New York Times publishes a major news item, the day before the second secular anniversary of the tragic murders in Mumbai, exposing a public and legal battle between Chabad and the Holtzberg family over Nariman house and the monies collected on behalf of Chabad of Mumbai, a wakeup is in order.
Op-Ed: Correcting the Mumbai Mess
Chabad is good at many things. But accepting criticism is not one of them. Every column I publish praising Chabad is met with thousands of comments expressing mostly adulation. But offer a word of criticism and thousands of condemnatory posts ensue. No doubt this column will be greeted with the same. But when the New York Times publishes a major news item, the day before the second secular anniversary of the tragic murders in Mumbai, exposing a public and legal battle between Chabad and the Holtzberg family over Nariman house and the monies collected on behalf of Chabad of Mumbai, a wakeup is in order.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two gunmen unleashed a barrage of bullets yesterday, striking one man in the leg and injuring him.
Man Shot on Nostrand Avenue
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two gunmen unleashed a barrage of bullets yesterday, striking one man in the leg and injuring him.
City Violent Crimes Spike Even as Overall Rate Falls
Even as New York City’s overall crime rate drops for the 22nd straight year, murders, rapes and robberies are all on pace to show increases.
