Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmully Tennenhaus (Hallandale, FL) and Rosie (Bas R. Mendel) Levin (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
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Mazal Tov ! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmuel and Kayla (nee Feiner) Freeman (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Chof Av in Manchester
MANCHESTER, England [CHI] — Every Sunday evening between 8:00 and 9:00pm, members of Anash come to Kollel Chassidus in Beis Menachem to learn Chassidus b’Chavrusa.
Mazal Tov ! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yudi and Bruchy (nee Moskowitz) Winterfeld (Montreal,Canada) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov ! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Adi and Malky Goodman (Cooper City, FL) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
‘Visa problems’: Moshe Aunt, Uncle Call off Mumbai Trip
Complaining that the Indian government was not giving them long-term visas, Rabbi Yaakov-David Leiter and his wife Sara, who were hoping to carry forward the legacy of Sara’s sister Rivka Holtzberg and her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg at Chabad House in Mumbai, have apparently changed their mind and decided not to take up the assignment.
CCRB stats show 4,028 complaints filed between Jan. 1 and June 30, compared with 3,764 in the first half of '08. At that rate, there'd be 8,056 this year, eclipsing the 2006 record of 7,663.
With more complaints usually filed in the second half of the calendar year, a CCRB official acknowledged in May that as many as 8,200, or an 11 percent rise over last year, would likely be tallied in '09, sources said.
New NYPD Brew: Fewer Cops, more Gripes
Despite a shrinking NYPD, the number of mistreatment claims against city cops jumped 7 percent in the first six months of 2009 — a pace that would shatter the annual record filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, The Post has learned.
CCRB stats show 4,028 complaints filed between Jan. 1 and June 30, compared with 3,764 in the first half of ’08. At that rate, there’d be 8,056 this year, eclipsing the 2006 record of 7,663.
With more complaints usually filed in the second half of the calendar year, a CCRB official acknowledged in May that as many as 8,200, or an 11 percent rise over last year, would likely be tallied in ’09, sources said.
Shalom Lewis, rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim, filed suit Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court. He is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and Atlanta law firm King & Spalding.
The Kosher Food Labeling Act, enacted in 1980, mandates that any food sold as kosher must meet “orthodox Hebrew religious rules and requirements.”
Conservative Rabbi Challenges Kosher Law
ATLANTA, GA — A Cobb rabbi is seeking to declare Georgia’s Kosher Food Labeling Act unconstitutional, saying it de-legitimizes interpretations of “kosher” by different Jewish communities.
Shalom Lewis, rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim, filed suit Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court. He is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and Atlanta law firm King & Spalding.
The Kosher Food Labeling Act, enacted in 1980, mandates that any food sold as kosher must meet “orthodox Hebrew religious rules and requirements.”
Visitors Vs. Staff in Softball Game at CGI NY
PARKSVILLE, NY [CHI] — After slipping in the first inning and giving up 7 runs, the staff paved the way for the visitors to victory in an upsetting final score of 13-5.
After a grueling search of all possible routes between the mountainous villages of Khira Ghanga and Bunbuny in northern India, rescuers have shifted focus in their mission to find Amichai Shtainmetz, the 24-year-old American-Israeli backpacker who disappeared more than two weeks ago.
Slow-Going Search for Missing Hiker
After a grueling search of all possible routes between the mountainous villages of Khira Ghanga and Bunbuny in northern India, rescuers have shifted focus in their mission to find Amichai Shtainmetz, the 24-year-old American-Israeli backpacker who disappeared more than two weeks ago.
Photos: Visiting Day in Camp Gan Israel!
Visiting day for the second trip at Camp Gan Israel, Parksville New York.
There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.
Recession Means Fewer Babies; US Births fell 2 Percent
There aren’t just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.
Shluchim Rabbi's (L-R) Mendy Kasowitz, of West Orange, NJ, Moshe Bleich, of Wellesley Hills, MA, and Meir Geisinsky, of Cedarhurst, NY watch the softball game of the visitors versus staff in Gan Israel, Parksville.
Picture of the Day! – Shluchim in Jersey’s!
Shluchim Rabbi’s (L-R) Mendy Kasowitz, of West Orange, NJ, Moshe Bleich, of Wellesley Hills, MA, and Meir Geisinsky, of Cedarhurst, NY watch the softball game of the visitors versus staff in Gan Israel, Parksville.
Photos: Kumzitz on the Bay
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Last week Jewish music lovers got a three hour dose of a Kuzitz cruise with a host of performers. The event was hosted by Ozer Babad of xclusive productions. Performers included Eli Beer, Beri Weber, Yitzchok Fuchs, Shua Kessin, and Chaim Lowy, MC was Yoely Lebovitz.
Photos: Yarchei Kallah Melava Malkah
PARKSVILLE, NY [CHI] — The Yarchei Kallah convention held in Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY over the weekend came to a close this Motzoai Shabbos with a gala Melava Malka.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After a relative calm of a few months the theft of airbags from cars in Crown Heights appears to have resumed. Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and their airbags were stolen, the incidents took place on Montgomery Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues.
Airbag Thefts Resume in Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After a relative calm of a few months the theft of airbags from cars in Crown Heights appears to have resumed. Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and their airbags were stolen, the incidents took place on Montgomery Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues.
A small private plane carrying three people and a New York tourist helicopter with six collided in midair and plunged into the Hudson River off Hoboken, N.J., opposite Manhattan’s West Side, just before noon on Saturday. All on board the two aircraft were killed, the authorities said.
9 Dead After Copter and Plane Collide
A small private plane carrying three people and a New York tourist helicopter with six collided in midair and plunged into the Hudson River off Hoboken, N.J., opposite Manhattan’s West Side, just before noon on Saturday. All on board the two aircraft were killed, the authorities said.
