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.
There will be a grand pre-Pesach carnival Wednesday, Tes Nisan, March 24th at 12:00pm in the Bnos Menachem Sky Ballroom. Refreshments will be sold. For Girls of all ages and boys under 8 are welcome.
Binyomin Ringler (Pittsburgh, PA) and Ettel Klein (Monsey, NY)
Hillel Guez (Romainville, France) and Sara Hadad (Brusells, Belgium)
For most Jewish families, Passover is a time to get together and share memories around the table, celebrating freedom in leisure.
Taking time off work or traveling the distance to be together is part and parcel of the annual Passover experience for most, but not for Jews in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Over 80 Oholei Torah elementary students packed over 3000 boxes of Matzos which will be distributed on the Mitzvah Tank Parade. The packaging was arranged by teacher Rabbi Marosow.
JERUSALEM, Israel – Since its liberation from Jordanian occupation in 1967, the Western Wall has seen its share of crowds. Aside from the tourists, Jewish and non-Jewish, who flock to the holy site daily, every week, scores of Israeli families celebrate their sons’ Bar Mitzvahs at the kotel, as the wall is known in Hebrew.
Update 8:21pm: All Cablevision services are back up and running.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Optimum Online customers have been without internet since 1:15pm this afternoon, and are still waiting to get back online.
This years Mitzvah Tank Parade, saluting the Rebbes 108th birthday, is set to take place Thursday. Parking on Kingston and President will be reserved for the tanks, and cars are being relocated.
Eli Bloch (Los Angeles, CA) and Ruthie Levine (Valley Village, CA)
L’Chaim Thursday night
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