NEW YORK [CBS] — If you park in Manhattan, be sure to have a few more quarters handy.
New York City is raising the rates on parking meters, and some drivers say the hike may drive them out of town.
ALBANY — Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!
They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.
Halichos Olam is a program for seventh grade boys of Oholei Torah and United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Crown Street to encourage and guide them in the study of Hilichos Tefillin. Seventh grade is the year when most boys begin wearing Tefillin two months before their Bar Mitzvah. It was established by the Igud Menahalei Yeshivos of Crown Heights in the goal to expand the knowledge of Halacha and Yiras Shamayim of the talmidim of our community. The boys study Hilchos Tefillin from the sefer “Shvach Yokor” authored by Rabbi Shmuel Hurwitz.
Pesach Eisen (New York) and Shulamit Akerman (Crown Heights)
NEW HAVEN — Marilyn Press of Stratford walked up to Rabbi Adam Haston at the Amity Stop & Shop to ask, “No margarine for Passover?”
The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director’s Community Leadership Award.
On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam’s 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son’s murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.
In connection with the new Farbrengen with the Rebbe – 11 Nissan 5732 that was put out by the Vaad Hatmimim and JEM, CrownHeights.info is proud to present a Yuman from R’ Zalmon Jaffe from 11 Nissan 5732.
The head staff members for the upcoming summer 5770 were announced today.
Head Counselors: Bentzion Shemtov – Tolido, Ohio, Shmulik Greenberg – El Paso, Texas, Lazer Perlstein – Montreal, Quebec
Menahel Ruchni: Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.
For weeks now Albany Avenue has been a nightmare for vehicular traffic, and yesterday it just got a whole lot worse. This week leading up to Pesach is the busiest one of the year for storeowners, who now have to deal with the construction that is taking up every parking spot on the block, and the impossible traffic it’s creating.
Over the past month, Mendy Levitan and his friends have been collecting money for a library in memory of his father whose first Yarzheit was right before Purim. B”H, the library has been able to purchase 2 bookshelves, thanks to the publicity and support of CrownHeights.info, and we have almost completely filled them up.
Many families will have one less thing to worry about this Pesach, fruits and vegetables. Once again Mr. Greens, an Albany Avenue produce shop, is giving back to the community, donating a stockpile of the produce that makeup the staple of the holiday.
JNet’s over the phone one-on-one chavrusa program is designed to cater to the individual by offering a Torah subject of choice at a time and place that is convenient for both teacher and student.
New York Daily News staff photographer Todd Maisel and his photo of more than 4,000 rabbis waiting for their annual group picture at last year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries won an honorable mention in the National Press Photographers Association’s 2010 Best of Photojournalism contest.
ISRAEL [INN] — The Chief Rabbinate warned consumers Tuesday to be careful when purchasing hand-made shmura matzot, as it had discovered a large quantity of “phony” matzot in a warehouse in Be’er Tuvia, near Kiryat Malachi.
