PITTSBURGH, PA [CHI] — Rabbis, Chaplains and lay leaders who work year around with the Jewish men and women incarcerated in the Federal, state and local prisons, completed a two day conference at the Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh.
The space vacated by Kinderific on Kingston did not stay so for long, a new wireless cell phone service store opened in its place. Mobility Squared (a CrownHeights.info advertiser), a Verizon authorized retailer and service provider, is a new venture which is owned by local Crown Heightser Duvie Feldman and is located on Kingston between Crown and Carroll.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A group of 40 staffers and diplomats from the United Nations along with international business people took a Sunday afternoon off for a special tour of the only museum of its kind, the Jewish Children’s Museum.
JERUSLAEM, Israel — More details emerged in the tragic accident which claimed the life of 3-year-old Shula Swerdlov came to light today in an Israeli court room where the driver who is being accused of running over Shula, Yossi Shir, had his arrest extended pending formal charges.
The Swerdlov family is sitting Shiva in their home at Hara”n Road 16, third floor, in Shaarei Chesed, Jerusalem. Shacharis: 8:30am. Afternoon rest: between 2:00pm and 4:30pm. Mincha and Maariv at 4:45pm. Nichum Aveilim until 9:00pm. Email: nichumswerdlov@gmail.com Fax: 972-2-5662443
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Elroyi Binyomin and Daniella Miriam (nee Karmely) Gemal (Queens, NY) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shimon Raskin (London UK) and Chani Avtzon (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A pedestrian was truck and injured this morning as she crossed Empire Boulevard at the Brooklyn Avenue intersection. The incident took place at around 9:00am.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Moishy Natkin (Tzfat/Crown Heights) and Miri Maatuf (Nachlat Har Chabad, Israel) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — At the wedding of Ari and Chana Herzog Tuesday night, a DVD was distributed featuring a preview of Faithful and Fortified, the inside story of the Rebbe’s involvement in Israel’s security, as told by its defense and government leaders.
Dr. Jacquelline Perlman, who’s helped deliver hundreds of Brooklyn babies in her 12-year OB-GYN career, is calling it quits — and citing sky-high malpractice insurance and plunging income.
“I’ve decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. “It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It’s a very sad story.
The last straw, she said, came last spring when her insurer, the Combined Coordinating Council, noting the high risk of covering obstetricians, canceled her policy and those of doctors she practiced with at Brooklyn Women’s Health Care, a New York Methodist Hospital affiliate.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While brushing his teeth, a man made a sudden and unexpected exit from his bathroom when the floor gave way, and he suddenly found himself in his buildings basement with the bathroom tiles and floor all scattered around him.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — A police investigation into today’s terrible accident which claimed the life of 3-year-old Shula Swerdlov turned up troubling information on the driver, and the transportation company.
WINDSOR, England [CHI] — Eton College, one of England’s most prestigious boarding schools, the Princes from the Royal family actually attended Eton College, as did 18 of British former prime ministers.
Rabbi Yossi Simon of Tzivos Hashem, along with his son Menachem went to do a Tefillin and Safrus program, which was organized by Mendy Taitelbaum and Benjamin Pearl.
There will be a global Tzivos Hashem Cheshvon rally live on the internet on Thursday at 1pm EST. Close to 2000 kids signed up to the program already with many more children from around the world expected to be watching the rally live online.
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Two kosher meat sellers who regularly bought from Agriprocessors Inc. testified today that they were unaware that the eastern Iowa slaughterhouse allegedly attached their business names to made-up debts which were then used to defraud a bank.
But one of the sellers, Aaron Tzivin, who owns the Crown Heights House of Glatt in Brooklyn, N.Y, told jurors that he still has a good relationship with the plant’s former owners, the Rubashkin family.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Shula Swerdlov, a 3 and a half year old girl was fatally injured in a hit and run accident in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Volunteers in the United Hatzalah organization responded to the scene and for a long hour attempted to revive the girl then transporting her to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Shula is the daughter of a Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov who work in the Tourisim outreach division of Tzerei Agudat Chabad in Israel, and grandparents Reb Leibel and Miriam Swerdlov in Crown Heights.
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