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.
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.
NEW YORK CITY [AP] — Another storm is taking aim at New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still under fire for slow cleanup of a stubborn winter blast that kept streets clogged for days and delayed trash pickups, causing uncollected garbage to pile up for more than a week.The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the New York City, plus parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and suburban Long Island, beginning Friday morning. Two to 5 inches of light snow could come overnight Thursday with heavier snow possible Friday into Saturday.
David G. Trager, a federal judge in Brooklyn whose rulings were pivotal in a racially charged case in Crown Heights and in the first civil suit to challenge the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to countries that employ torture, died on Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 73.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, his wife, Roberta E. Weisbrod, said.
After three decades as a lawyer, state investigation commissioner, federal prosecutor and law school professor and dean, Mr. Trager was named to the United States District Court for the Eastern District by President Bill Clinton in 1993. After assuming senior status in 2006, Judge Trager worked full time until recently. The district encompasses Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people and every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.
2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people, he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.
Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight, however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.
Chalom Loeub (Montreal, Canada) and Esti Estreicher (Morristown, NJ)
L’Chaim Sunday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
Choni Kazen (Crown Heights) and Kayla Perlstein (Montreal, Canada)
Aaron Lazer Goodman (Melbourne, Australia) and Gani Domber (Queens, New York)
Jewish students at the State University of New York at New Paltz prepare challah bread in advance of the local Chabad House’s Shabbat 118 event.
Back in 1991, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, 56, was approached by Aryeh Markovich on the LIRR. He wanted to know if the Orthodox rabbi would be willing to teach the Talmud on the 7:51 a.m. train from Far Rockaway to Manhattan. (The Talmud is one of Judaism’s main texts, and it takes about 7½ years to complete one’s studies of it, Lerner says.) “I used to see a lot of people playing cards on the train,” says Markovich, 51, president of EyeMark Media. “And it really bothered me. I said, ‘Why don’t we do something for people to utilize their time productively and learn something, too?’ ”
No one in the Big Apple hit the big Mega Millions jackpot, but New York is home to 11 newly minted quarter-millionaires.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Jewish girl was mugged Wednesday evening, and her blackberry was taken. The incident occurred on Kingston Avenue and Park Place at around 6:30pm.
This Motzai Shabbos will mark the first Yohrtzeit of the passing of Reb Yossi Tevel, a man that was truly loved by all and touched many lives. His untimely passing shocked the community. Marking this day the family is hosting an evening in his memory in Lubavitcher Yeshiva this Motzai Shabbos.
This week we are pleased to present our ninth episode of our advanced weekly shiur which deals with the weekly Parasha and Halacha. Hosted by Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm, the Rosh Yeshiva of OnlineSemicha.com, each week the class draws the attention of an average 500 viewers. And this week its all new, and improved!
BROOKLYN [NY1] — In an exclusive interview with NY1, a high-level executive for Wal-Mart confirmed Tuesday that the retail giant is exploring opportunities to bring their big box stores to New York City, but says the corporate retailer has not settled on a specific location within the five boroughs.
The Rebbe said, “When Moshiach comes, we’ll read about it in the newspapers.” Until that happens, here’s the next best thing:
WILLIAMSBURG [CHI] — A 2-year-old toddler is fighting for his life after being run over by a 15 passenger van in Williamsburg, yesterday evening.
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