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It's done — and on Monday, Brooklyn Bridge Park's first portion opens.
Roger Swingle / IntervisionMedia
BROOKLYN — Today, Monday, Brooklyn finally gets a chance to park it on the stoop.
The city announced on Thursday that the first phase of Brooklyn Bridge Park — featuring a vast green lawn and a granite front-stoop sitting area located on Pier 1 — will open to the public.
Brooklyn Bridge Park to Open Today
Roger Swingle / IntervisionMedia
BROOKLYN — Today, Monday, Brooklyn finally gets a chance to park it on the stoop.
The city announced on Thursday that the first phase of Brooklyn Bridge Park — featuring a vast green lawn and a granite front-stoop sitting area located on Pier 1 — will open to the public.
MYFOXNY.COM — After a series of public hearing on proposed service cuts, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued Friday a list of revised proposals for service cuts to help close a nearly $800 billion budget gap.
MTA Revises Planned Service Cuts
MYFOXNY.COM — After a series of public hearing on proposed service cuts, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued Friday a list of revised proposals for service cuts to help close a nearly $800 billion budget gap.
Colel Chabad officials preside over the distribution of Passover food aid by students at the Charles E. Smith Experimental High School for Boys in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM – It’s a bright, cool afternoon at Jerusalem’s Charles E. Smith Experimental High School for Boys, known locally simply as “Hartman” after the institute and Jewish think tank that houses it. A group of 10th grade boys are horsing around on the basketball court, careful to avoid the stacks of food parcels that they’ve stayed after school to help distribute to needy residents ahead of the Passover holiday.
Israeli Passover Food Distributions Reach Feverish Pitch
JERUSALEM – It’s a bright, cool afternoon at Jerusalem’s Charles E. Smith Experimental High School for Boys, known locally simply as “Hartman” after the institute and Jewish think tank that houses it. A group of 10th grade boys are horsing around on the basketball court, careful to avoid the stacks of food parcels that they’ve stayed after school to help distribute to needy residents ahead of the Passover holiday.
New Engagement! – Michal Rezonzew and Sharon Weiss!
Michal Rezonzew (Birmingham, AL) and Sharon Weiss (Melbourne, Australia)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Eliyahu Andrusier (Crown Heights) and Chumi Bukiet (Chicago, IL)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Yosef Yitzchok Schtroks (Morristown, NJ) and Mussi Perl (Crown Heights)
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – 3 Monday Night L’Chaims!
Levi Bronchtain (Crown Heights) and Rivkah Nelken (Montreal, Canada)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Eliyahu Andrusier (Crown Heights) and Chumi Bukiet (Chicago, IL)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Yosef Yitzchok Schtroks (Morristown, NJ) and Mussi Perl (Crown Heights)
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just moments ago the Shabbos siren was triggered for no apparent reason prompting an unprecedented amount of calls to our call system, and a crushing amount of traffic to CrownHeights.info.
11:21pm: Shabbos Siren Goes off – Apparent Accident
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just moments ago the Shabbos siren was triggered for no apparent reason prompting an unprecedented amount of calls to our call system, and a crushing amount of traffic to CrownHeights.info.
Photos: Pre 1-A Oholei Torah Father and Son Model Seder
This Sunday Pre 1-A of Oholei Torah had a Father and Son Model Seder. The boys each had their own Kaara and Haggadah. They each read from their Haggadah and said each of the steps of the Seder in Yiddish. What nachas it was to see 100 five years olds reading Kiddush from the Haggadah. Rabbi Goldstein also played music accompany the Seder.
Just twenty four years ago, a refusenik, jailed by the Soviet communist regime for proudly representing Judaism in a country where Jewish activity was a crime, Natan Sharansky was barred from communicating with his concerned Jewish brothers around the globe. This Sunday (March 21), at 3pm EST, Natan Sharansky, now a powerful figure in Israeli politics and chairman of The Jewish Agency, will address world Jewry in a live pre-Passover webcast entitled “The Courage to be Free.” The event is sponsored by The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and will be hosted on TorahCafe.com
The Courage to be Free – Special Pre-Passover Web-Event
Just twenty four years ago, a refusenik, jailed by the Soviet communist regime for proudly representing Judaism in a country where Jewish activity was a crime, Natan Sharansky was barred from communicating with his concerned Jewish brothers around the globe. This Sunday (March 21), at 3pm EST, Natan Sharansky, now a powerful figure in Israeli politics and chairman of The Jewish Agency, will address world Jewry in a live pre-Passover webcast entitled “The Courage to be Free.” The event is sponsored by The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and will be hosted on TorahCafe.com
New Yorkers finally have the one thing they've always wanted - more time.
Five minutes more.
As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, a controversial new law grants that extra 300-second cushion to move your car for alternate-side parking or from an expired Muni meter before getting slapped with a ticket.
Five Minutes of Mercy for Alternate-Side Parking Takes Effect
New Yorkers finally have the one thing they’ve always wanted – more time.
Five minutes more.
As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, a controversial new law grants that extra 300-second cushion to move your car for alternate-side parking or from an expired Muni meter before getting slapped with a ticket.
Engagement: Levi Bronstein to Rivkah Nelkin
Levi (ben Reb Mottel) Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Rivkah (bas Reb Yechiel Dov) Nelkin (Montreal, Canada)
L’Chaim Monday night at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — Bochurim in the Morristown Semicha program got tested last week by Rabbi Dovid Schochet from Toronto on Hilchos Taaruvos. Rabbi Schochet was very impressed with the knowlage the Bochurim displayed.
Morristown Bochurim get Tested on Taaruvos
MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — Bochurim in the Morristown Semicha program got tested last week by Rabbi Dovid Schochet from Toronto on Hilchos Taaruvos. Rabbi Schochet was very impressed with the knowlage the Bochurim displayed.
It was a very bizarre scene which unfolded on Kingston Avenue on Shabbos afternoon. As people were heading to Shul for Mincha, 4 Bochurim were being taken by police officers in handcuffs down Kingston and to the police station.
Bochurim Arrested Shabbos, Walked Down Kingston in Cuffs
It was a very bizarre scene which unfolded on Kingston Avenue on Shabbos afternoon. As people were heading to Shul for Mincha, 4 Bochurim were being taken by police officers in handcuffs down Kingston and to the police station.
Photos: JLI’s Land and the Spirit Tour Israel
The first four days of JLI’s Israel trip was packed with excitement and none stop enjoyment. From early Tuesday morning until the final moments before shabbos the participants had their hands full as they explored and discovered Israel on a whole new level.
