New Yorkers are accustomed to strong odors, but several years ago a new aroma began wafting through the city’s streets, a smell that was more unnerving than the usual offenders (trash, sweat, urine) precisely because it was so delightful: the sweet, unmistakable scent of maple syrup.
Eleven-year-old Shaina Agami, preparing to celebrate her bat mitzvah next year, could have chosen any number of fun things to do to infuse meaning into the special day. Instead, the South Florida girl is working to ensure that people will always remember her brother Danny, a vibrant 25-year-old cut down in the prime of life in the middle of Iraq by an insurgent’s bomb.
Just in time for the fast-approaching holiday of Chanukah, the network of campus-based Chabad-Lubavitch centers in the United Kingdom is expanding once more with the opening of the first-ever Chabad House dedicated to university students in Manchester, England.
A reader sent in this photo of his voting sheet, showing who he voted for in today’s mid-term elections.
Communal events around the world will mark the Shloshim of the untimely passing of Esty Aidel (Rubin) Cohen, 26th of Mar Cheshvan, Wednesday Nov. 3rd at 8pm.
Girls in Beis Rivkah Montreal’s Pre-school made puppets in the form of Yaakov and Esav which they were learning about in this weeks Parashas Toldos.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Police officers stopped a Hatzalah ambulance from responding to an emergency last night when officers took issue with the way the volunteer’s car was parked, continuing their lack of sensitivity towards the Crown Heights Jewish community.
Congresswoman Jackson Lee, a friend of President Obama and Congressman Filner, have both sent letters to Attorney General Holder, in defense of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.
Sheitel macher Chani Wuensch makes wigs for married women in the Hasidic community, who are bound by rules of modesty to cover their hair. By Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, special to the Los Angeles Times
Chabad Teen Network Group’s Vision: Discover Ourselves and Volunteer for a Greater Cause – Together, We’ll Better the World
Kinus.com has just undergone a major overhaul in design and usability to benefit the Shluchim and their supporters.
The Menachem Education Foundation is pleased to announce that Rabbi Mendy Yuzevitch will be heading this years Teacher Training Program. Rabbi Yuzevitch, himself a graduate of the program, brings 3 years of teaching experience, along with curriculum development. He is poised to take the program to great heights.
Hershy Hoffinger (Crown Heights) and Dassi Henenberg (Melbourne, Austraila)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A bicyclist crashed into a minivan that was parking last night and sustained injuries. The accident took place on Montgomery Street between Kingston and Albany Avenue in front of a number of witnesses who said the cyclist crashed into the car intentionally.
CrownHeights.info sat down with Mendy Raitport, Candidate for State Assembly in the 43rd District, and asked him a couple of questions addressing a verity of issued raised about his candidacy and lack of community leaders support.
The worst accident in the history of the New York subway system—the Malbone Street wreck of 1918, which killed at least 93 people—happened because an inexperienced strikebreaker drove a train too fast.
Simcha Moshe Kreindler (Los Angeles,CA) and Atara Michal Simkovitz (Brookline, MA/Jerusalem)
