UR Chabad to Buy Boulder Building

Campus Times

The Boulder Coffee facility, which will probably soon be owned by UR Chabad. Inset: Rabbi Asher Yaras, Director of UR Chabad.

In November 2008, one of the most iconic businesses in the Brooks Landing area opened for business — the Boulder Coffee Co. One month later, the business was sold to Elijah Wilton, who made one of the most substantial donations to the project of renovating the building for the coffee shop.

Now, nearly two years later, Wilton is trying to sell the building, which would become the new home for the Jewish organization UR Chabad.

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Chile Completes Rescue of All 33 Miners

The last of the 33 Chilean miners to be rescued, Luis Urzua, embraces Chilean President Sebastian Pinera after being brought to the surface from the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile.

Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. All of the rescued miners were sent for medical treatment and several of them are expected to undergo surgery in the coming days.

NYC Council Honors Shomrim Heroes at City Hall

New York, NY – At an important ceremony at City Hall, Councilman David Greenfield presented Proclamations on behalf of the New York City Council to the four members of the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol who were recently shot while confronting a known criminal.

Parking Violators Could Lose Break

NY Post

A program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines is set to expire.

In what several politicians are blasting as just one more way to raise revenue through fees, the city’s Department of Finance is considering an end to reduced penalties for New Yorkers who agree not to fight their violations in court, The Post has learned.

2,000 Feet, 69 Days, 33 Miners, 1 Lesson

by Rabbi Yisroel Engel – Denver, Colorado

Rescue crews bring Esteban Rojas to the surface. Rojas is the 18th miner to rescued in Chile.

Everything we experience in life serves as a hands-on lesson in our purpose on Earth.

Consider this: Thirty three miners plunge into two months of darkness 2,000 feet below the surface, disconnected from their source. After 69 days of eternity, the moment they were praying for, has arrived. Their dream became a reality. They would finally see the light of day, the joy of freedom, the hug of their loved ones, and the tears of their children.

Ten Minute Video Class – Fascinating Insights on the Parsha!

CrownHeights.info is pleased to present our Nineteenth online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller, to receive this class to your inbox visit torahinten.com

Couple Planning Wedding After Special Tour of Holy Land

by Chanie Kaminker – Chabad.org

A participant on a summer Birthright Israel trip for people with special needs dons the Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin at the Western Wall.

For the past three years, Birthright Israel trips conducted by the Mayanot Institute for Jewish Studies for young adults with special needs have earned a reputation for making the Holy Land all of its excitements accessible to a high-functioning population with a range of medical issues, including autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. But the most recent of the high-energy 10-day trips offered its participants something extra: a surprise engagement.

Google Earth Photos Reveal Syrian Scuds

AOL News

Israeli defense experts were still sounding alarms this week over Google Earth images made public Friday by the Israeli daily Haaretz. The satellite photos, taken March 22, show Scud missiles ready for deployment at a Syrian base at Adra, where earlier reports suggest Syria is training Hezbollah militants in the use of missiles that threaten large parts of Israel.