Summer’s over and here comes the rush. Soon we’ll be seeing excited children in shiny new shoes and highschoolers in perfect uniform (for once!). Maybe it’s only because I know to look for them, but I also see the girls — the ones who are just as I was — dragging themselves around, dreading the start of another school year. There is only frustration and fear.
BOROUGH PARK [CHI] — An Apple Bank was just robbed at gun point in Boro Park. The branch, located on 13th Avenue and 46th Street, was robbed by two perpetrators, and one may be in custody.
There is a story about King David mentioned by Talmud in Tractat Shabbat (30b): ”the Angel of Death stood before him but could not prevail against him, because learning did not cease from his mouth.”
After months of preparation, the newly formed organization, Unzere Kinder – Light Our Lamps has finally been launched. Its mission statement and purpose is to promote educational and inspirational events and training sessions to help our very own Anash children in the school system.
Tomorrow the Red Heifers will step up and face the the Skullcaps in game 3 of the Crown Heights Softball League, which is sponsored by Spotlight Design, and the outcome of this game will determine who is the leagues champions, and the first 150 fans that show up will get a free hotdog, sponsored by House of Glatt!
Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.
With the elections for a third Rov in Crown Heights many wondered who is Rabbi Emmanuel Chaviv, where is he from, and what are his credentials. The following is a brief profile of the least known candidate.
The 30th Annual Chabad Telethon raised $6,480,597 in last nights broadcast, hosted by Larry King.
MOSCOW — Russia’s Jewish population is at about one million, says the FJC President, Alexander Boroda.
BAGHDAD [DPA]– Israel should return rare Babylonian Jewish artifacts to Iraq, an official at the Tourism Ministry in Baghdad was quoted as saying Monday.
Maybe justice really is blind.
NYPD officers and traffic agents should immediately begin writing tickets on streets where the parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots.
Aaron Revere (Los Angeles, CA) Chaya Finck (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Monday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Yudi and Chavi (nee Meyers) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Yaakov and Shaindel (Keselman) Siev (Crown Heights)
Over 500 people participated today in an extraordinary historic event. The Jewish Community of Ulyanovsk, the city famous as the birth place of Lenin, the founder of the communist regime, has completed the writing of its first ever Sefer Torah.
Dovid Gabay has just released his brand new Video promo which features 3 of the songs from the album in the top quality video promo for the album. Songs featured in the video promo are Eretz Yisroel, B’Simcha Tomid & Bein Halulam. The video is available in HD and was filmed and directed by Schnuer Menaker, produced by Sruly Meyer.
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