Body language was the only language Joseph Bonder needed to say “thank you” to Bronislaw Firuta, when the two met at JFK International Airport under the bright light of camera flashes in a media room.
More than 60 years ago, Firuta’s family hid Bonder and his sister Joan in their dimly lit attic in the remote village of Ostra Mogila in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Now broadcasting live from the Chabad House in Mumbai, a memorial event.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday through Saturday, November 26-28 for Holiday Observance.
Because Thanksgiving Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”). (Thursday Only!)
PLEASE NOTE: Friday and Saturday, November 27-28 are NOT major legal holidays. Parking meter regulations and all other parking regulations other than Alternate Side Parking will be in effect on Friday and Saturday, November 27-28.
Click here for the 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
The Friendship Circle in Montreal has an opportunity to win $250,000 through the Aviva Community Fund, but they need at least 3000 votes by tomorrow to enter into the next round, and keep their chances of winning in order to grow and continue to do the amazing work that they do.
As memorials begin taking place in India and around the world remembering the terrorist attacks last year in Mumbai which claimed at least 173 lives, including those of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg along with their Chabad House guests. This morning CNN ran a article covering the story of little Moishe’s survival and life Sandra, his nanny who saved his life.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Shamshon Charitonow OBM of Crown Heights in his 90’s.
R. Shamshon is survived by his children Yosef Yitzchak Charitonow (Crown Heights), Rabbi Sholom Charitonow (Crown Heights), Rabbi Shmaryahu Charitonow (Shliach to Buffalo, NY), and Avraham Charitonow (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will take place today, Thursday, and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadaas Chaples at 10:00am and passing by 770 at around 10:30am.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Darchai Menachem recently announced the expansion of their afterschool program to incorporate boys from all schools in Crown Heights. The afterschool program consists of the Sparks Boys Choir, a first aid course, a photography course, and music.
MUMBAI, India [CHI] — With him scheduled to perform tomorrow morning from the Chabad House in Mumbai, Benny Friedman took some time to visit and perform at a memorial in the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue in Mumbai.
Come Yud Tes Kislev, Yeshivos and Anash worldwide will gather in their respective places to view the newest release of “Farbrengen with the Rebbe”. The video is the 20th in the series that is prepared by Jewish Educational Media. The running time is 90 minutes, and it is complete with English, Hebrew and Yiddish subtitles.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Avi and Ashara Zukerman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Exactly one year after their children perished in the Mumbai terror attacks, Rabbi Nachman and Freida Holtzberg of New York and Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg of Afula, Israel, will participate in a memorial ceremony at the Nariman House, the heavily-damaged structure that once housed the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center.
Amid complaints about flaws in the city’s new 911 system, New York City’s Police and Fire Departments on Friday announced steps to reduce the likelihood of mistakes in handling emergency fire calls.
The agencies said Police Department workers who take 911 calls would consult with a Fire Department operator to ask questions and verify the accuracy of the information before sending a computer message to a fire dispatcher to put firefighters into action.
The daughters of Mrs. Syma Lezerowitz OBM are sitting Shiva after her passing.
They are sitting at 1383 Union Street, between Brooklyn and New York Avenues. Phone: (718) 604-0624.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Some people in Postville are doing what they can to get Sholom Rubashkin released from jail.
Rubashkin was found guilty of 86 charges of financial fraud earlier this month. He’s remained in jail ever since, facing possible sentencing of 1200 years.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos, arrived at the Nariman House this morning in Mumbai, India to partake in a memorial ceremony marking one year to the visiuse murders of the victims of 26/11.
Peretz Chein seems like a traditional Chabad rabbi-except for the fact that he reads Maimonides teachings from his BlackBerry and runs marathons in his spare time.
On Oct. 25, Rabbi Peretz Chein, the rabbi and director of Chabad at Brandeis, ran the Cape Cod Marathon with the Chabad Brandeis Marathon Team. Five of the team’s members are current Brandeis students: Yoni Cohen ’10, Josh Jick ’12, Meir Krinsky ’11, Dan Litwok ’10 and Justin Meltzer ’11. Two alumni, Michael Kann ’81 and Aaron Voldman ’09, also ran with the team.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendel Shemtov (Toledo, Ohio) and Shterna Sarah Wilansky (Portland, Maine) on their engagement.
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
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