Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yehuda and Estie (nee Shagalow) Shurpin (Crown Heights) for the birth of their first son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
'hood yesterday, said, “I didn't have a dime
in my pocket” until his purchase of a Mega
Millions ticket.
“It feels great!” said Groves, 49, near his home in the crime-riddled Grant Houses. “I'm going to Disney World!
”I was down and out, and I didn't have a dime in my pocket. I asked for a lottery ticket, in 26 installment payments. And the next day, I won $166 million.
“Then the lottery people called me back and told me it was [actually] $168 million,” said the father of two, who has not been publicly confirmed by lottery officials as the winner.
Once-broke Harlem Man in the Money
‘hood yesterday, said, “I didn’t have a dime
in my pocket” until his purchase of a Mega
Millions ticket.
James “Jimmy” Groves — a Madison Square Garden laborer who recently defaulted on his Capital One credit-card debt — yesterday told The Post that he’s the person who won half of a $336 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot two weeks ago.
“It feels great!” said Groves, 49, near his home in the crime-riddled Grant Houses. “I’m going to Disney World!
”I was down and out, and I didn’t have a dime in my pocket. I asked for a lottery ticket, in 26 installment payments. And the next day, I won $166 million.
“Then the lottery people called me back and told me it was [actually] $168 million,” said the father of two, who has not been publicly confirmed by lottery officials as the winner.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — With the opening of yeshivas around the world, CrownHeights.info are pleased to present to you a picture gallery of the Oholei Torah Zal, known as the Raitport Beis Hamedrash.
A Day in the Oholei Torah Zal
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — With the opening of yeshivas around the world, CrownHeights.info are pleased to present to you a picture gallery of the Oholei Torah Zal, known as the Raitport Beis Hamedrash.
Wish a family member or friend a happy and sweet new year with a one of SweetYear.com’s beautifully designed gift baskets and mugs!
“Wishing you a Happy New Year – In Style” (a)
Wish a family member or friend a happy and sweet new year with a one of SweetYear.com’s beautifully designed gift baskets and mugs!
The following letter was written by a frum NYPD cop, and sent to his father-in-law. Names were omitted.
Dear Schver,
I just got home from working a triple shift- I went to work at 4:30pm on Sunday, and it is currently 1:20am on Tuesday. Nonetheless, I feel it is important to e-mail you concerning an incident which occurred tonight.
I was sent to the West Indian Parade Detail in Crown Heights earlier tonight, together with ten other officers. During a lull in the chaos the [revelers] on the street were creating, my Sgt. overheard me saying that the G. family had invited me over to eat by them. He was intrigued that anyone would want a cop eating over in their house in that neighborhood, and asked if he could join me.
Letter: A Lull in the Labor Day Chaos Give Cops a new Insight into Jews
The following letter was written by a frum NYPD cop, and sent to his father-in-law. Names were omitted.
Dear Schver,
I just got home from working a triple shift- I went to work at 4:30pm on Sunday, and it is currently 1:20am on Tuesday. Nonetheless, I feel it is important to e-mail you concerning an incident which occurred tonight.
I was sent to the West Indian Parade Detail in Crown Heights earlier tonight, together with ten other officers. During a lull in the chaos the [revelers] on the street were creating, my Sgt. overheard me saying that the G. family had invited me over to eat by them. He was intrigued that anyone would want a cop eating over in their house in that neighborhood, and asked if he could join me.
Jews Cruise Kicks off New Year for Chabad Serving NYU!
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Some 400 NYU students, dressed in their finest, boarded the Jews Cruise at The Pier and sailed The Temptress around the Hudson River last night to the sound of live Jewish music and delectable food. With its fourth annual kickoff event, Chabad House serving NYU is looking forward to a school year filled with events, services, and study catered to the many Jewish students attending New York University.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yossi and Liba Rapoport (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Anonymous Holocaust Survivor Donates Torah to Mtl’ Shul
MONTREAL Canada [CHI] — A new Sefer Torah was completed and dedicated this past Sunday in Montreal, Canada. Many members of the community came to the home of Rabbi Moshe Stern, Rov of Cong. Tzeirai Dath Vedath Shul, when the final letters were filled in, and from there a joyous procession went to the Shul.
One of Russia's chief rabbis on Sunday spurned an honor from the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, formerly Ungvar, who has publicly made anti-Semitic statements.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is one of two claimants to the title of Russia's chief rabbi, refused the honor from Mayor Serhiy Ratushnyak at a reception given by the Jewish community after a memorial ceremony for a mass grave of murdered Jews from the Holocaust, which was discovered in the city.
Russian Chief Rabbi Rejects Medal from Anti-Semitic Mayor
One of Russia’s chief rabbis on Sunday spurned an honor from the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, formerly Ungvar, who has publicly made anti-Semitic statements.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is one of two claimants to the title of Russia’s chief rabbi, refused the honor from Mayor Serhiy Ratushnyak at a reception given by the Jewish community after a memorial ceremony for a mass grave of murdered Jews from the Holocaust, which was discovered in the city.
CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too.
Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on the radio. Asked his feelings about Jews, he replied matter-of-factly. “We hate them for everything they have done to us,” Mr. Badr said, as casually as if he had been asked the time.
Private Motive for Egypt’s Public Embrace of a Jewish Past
CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too.
Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on the radio. Asked his feelings about Jews, he replied matter-of-factly. “We hate them for everything they have done to us,” Mr. Badr said, as casually as if he had been asked the time.
ISRAEL — Religious Services Minister Ya'acov Margi of Shas recommended during a cabinet meeting on Monday that the state fund Chabad Houses around the world, to “strengthen Jewish identity and the connection with the Land of Israel and the State of Israel.”
He told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the other cabinet members that the difficult economic situation worldwide meant many Chabad emissaries were financially strapped.
Religious Services Minister Calls to Fund Chabad Houses
ISRAEL — Religious Services Minister Ya’acov Margi of Shas recommended during a cabinet meeting on Monday that the state fund Chabad Houses around the world, to “strengthen Jewish identity and the connection with the Land of Israel and the State of Israel.”
He told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the other cabinet members that the difficult economic situation worldwide meant many Chabad emissaries were financially strapped.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mordechai and Rikal (nee Holtzberg) Kaler (Baltimore, MD) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Photos: Cleaning up the Aftermath
“As if a tornado struck, a real smelly and dirty tornado” was the way one passerby described what Eastern Parkway looked like, as an army platoon of city sanitation workers labored throughout the night cleaning up.
Men armed with brooms were not enough, they had leaf blowers and plows, along with street sweepers and garbage trucks, and this year the city employed a new weapon, a bulldozer with jaws to collect the garbage.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Due to the suffering economy, many schools have found it difficult to pay their staff. Despite the financial squeeze, the Hanhala of Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel made it their chief concern to pay teachers their dues before the new school year began.
Keeping up with Teachers’ Salaries
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — Due to the suffering economy, many schools have found it difficult to pay their staff. Despite the financial squeeze, the Hanhala of Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel made it their chief concern to pay teachers their dues before the new school year began.
