Motzoai Shabbos, before the general session of the Kinus, thousands of Shlucous met in the Oholei Torah lunch room for a Seudas Melava Malka and mini centers spa. Following the Melava Malka, the shlucous packed into the Oholei Torah main ballroom for the general session, chaired by Mrs. Rivky Brikman from Brooklyn, NY.
The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show.
Reluctant to raise taxes publicly, the Bloomberg administration is pursuing a “stealth tax” — launching an unprecedented squeeze on Big Apple residents and businesses, cracking down on parking, health, safety and quality-of-life infractions with a vengeance, the data shows.
The ongoing blitz has worked so well that City Hall bean counters expect to rake in a record $884 million in fines by the end of this fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy and Esty (nee Lazar) Raitport (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Rafi Mogilevsky (Toronto, Canada) and Yonit Raphaely (South Africa) on their engagement.
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Yossi Lewis (Crown Heights) and Mushki Newman (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA)
ITH at the Jewish Childrens Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
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CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Motti Ifergan (London, England) and Mushki Kreiman (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Running concurrent to the Kinus Hashluchos is the no-less-important Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos, the Young Shluchos from around the world. In its largest Kinus yet there are 770 Shluchos and staff members in attendance!
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA [KCRG] — A former Agriprocessors human resource employee was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to one year probation for helping to hire illegal workers at the meatpacking plant.
ISRAEL [YWN] — Once again, Israel ultra-libertarian High Court of Justice has ruled in favor of tearing children away from yiddishkeit, ordering the return of two children, members of the Chabad community, to their non-Jewish father. In this case, the Hadera Family Court and the Haifa District Court which heard the appeal felt there would be “no significant harm” to the children by sending them to France, to live with the non-Jewish biological father. The High Court did not overrule the decision of the lower courts.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — For the eighth time, “Noach Adventures” showed that touring and torah is a great camp combo.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Light of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, on Thursday Night.
She is survived by her husband, Berl, sons Yossi (Crown Heights), Nachi (Crown Heights), Chaim (Far Rockaway), and Levi (Fair Lawn).
The family is sitting Shiva until Thursday Morning at 804 Susan Place, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Davening times are as follows: Shacharis – 2 minyanim: 6:30am Mincha – 2 minyanim: 5:05pm Maariv – 2 minyanim: b’zmana
e-mail: yossilight@gmail.com
The family asks to not visit after 10:00pm.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Hundreds of Chabad Shluchos got an opportunity last night to visit the Rebbe’s room in 770 for a moment to Daven, while Rabbi Sholom Ber Levin led a number of tours for Shluchos through the Central Chabad-Lubavitch Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shimon and Sara (nee Nelson) Shain (S Diego, CA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Reuven Avraham ben Esther Stryia
More than a hundred retired New York Police Department captains and higher-ranking officers said in a survey that the intense pressure to produce annual crime reductions led some supervisors and precinct commanders to manipulate crime statistics, according to two criminologists studying the department.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Ariel and Rozy (nee Brashevitzky) Spiegel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter, Mushka.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Bracha (nee Shollar) Kanar (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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