Photos: Released Time Winter Camp!

During last week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE arranged winter camps for public school children during their winter vacation. Over 120 children attended the Brooklyn and Queens camps.

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Surveillance Video: Suspects in Robbery at Gunpoint Entering Building

Surveillance Footage Courtesy of SafeZone24.

Captured on an infrared surveillance camera, which monitors the entrance to 742 Montgomery Street, an eerily lit picture shows the couple returning home on Motzai Shabbos, and apparently held the door open for their assailants.

Meter Moron Issues Tickets to String of Manhattan Cars on New Year’s

Bosko Savanovic holds $115 ticket for parking on New Year’s Day.

Stupidity didn’t take a holiday on E. 38th St.

A traffic agent inexplicably hit at least 10 cars parked along a block in Murray Hill with $115 tickets Friday, even though rules were suspended for New Year’s Day.

When confronted by angry drivers, the meterman refused to back down. Instead, he insisted he was following the orders of a supervisor.

ULY Crown’s Scholarship Fund (a)

Tonight, Motzoai Shabbos starting at 8:00pm will be the Mens viewing and event, and tomorrow, Sunday starting at 3:00pm will be the womens event. More details on the auction website.

Joy reverberated through the room as the bris ceremony ended and well-wishers congratulated Yossel, the new father. “And Yoss, don’t forget to register the baby at Yeshiva.”

Mount Sinai Hospital Welcomes ‘Baby New Year’

Just 13 seconds after the ball dropped, baby “new year” came bouncing into the world.

“We’re proud, very happy, very excited,” said proud mom Brucha Strulevich, who hasn’t even picked out a name for the third addition to her family of all boys.

Sefer Torah that Survived the Holocaust getting Rededicated

On Sunday, January 10th an historical event will be taking place at the Garfield Theater at the Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, California. A 200 year-old Torah scroll, which miraculously survived the Holocaust in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia, buried under a basement, will be dedicated by its new owner, Chabad at La Costa, located in Carlsbad, California.

Letter: The Lesson I Learned from my Younger Brother

Rabbi Yehudah Tiechtel, from Chabad of Berlin, Germany, the father of the Bar Mitzvah boy, with Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel.

Family, what does it mean when we say this word? Is it just a name for people who happen to be our parents or siblings? Is it a way to refer to those who share our blood with whom we speak to on occasion? Or is family a network we need to lean on in times of crisis or tragedy?

The Papa, The Papa… The Existence Of A Deeper Reality

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax., Florida

One of the Chassidim of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Reb Shalom Dov Ber, was a successful entrepreneur who made vast fortunes in the lumber industry.

So faithful was the Chassid that he sought the Rebbe’s advice and instruction in all his life’s affairs, including matters of commerce. Never would he make a business decision, large or small, without the Rebbe’s advice and blessing.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had one day presented itself in which he stood to amass tremendous profits. This was to be his largest venture ever. It required the commitment of his entire capital but the profit was so enormous, he could double or even triple his entire worth in this single transaction.

After examining it from all sides, it appeared to him that the deal was a no brainer. So as usual, he was off jovially to seek the blessings of his sainted Rebbe. But to his dismay, after listening to all the details, the Rebbe recommended against the deal.

The chossid’s attempts to educate the Rebbe on the positive indicators and exceptional profits were to no avail. Dejectedly the chossid returned home feeling like he had lost fortunes on account of the Rebbe.

RCP Delegates Meet with U.S. Ambassador to Israel

A delegation of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) met with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mr. James Cunningham, today and called for a reassessment of the entire U.S. policy vis-à-vis the Israelis and Palestinains. “By promoting the establishment of a Palestinian state the U.S. is only shooting itself in the foot,” the rabbis warned.