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Mazal Tov! – it’s A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Ozer and Racheli (nee Green) Metal (Shluchim to Summerlin, Nevada) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.


Mayor, City Council Speaker Agree on Sales Tax Hike

By Henry Goldman for the Bloomberg News

NEW YORK, NY — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn agreed on a plan to raise $887 million by increasing the city sales tax rate and repealing an exemption for clothing purchases of less than $110.

The proposals, requiring Legislature approval, would boost the sales tax to 8.875 percent from 8.375 percent. The plan also would apply the charge to electricity and natural gas purchases from non-utility companies, according to Bloomberg.

‘Destroy their Holy Sites. Kill Men, Women and Children’

By Ami Eden for the JTA Blogs

The current issue of Moment magazine dedicates its “Ask the Rabbis” section to the question “How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?”

Rabbis from various denominations offered responses, but it’s the final one — from a Chabad rabbi, Manis Friedman of the St. Paul-based Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies — that is likely to spark the most reaction:

I don’t believe in western morality, i.e. don’t kill civilians or children, don’t destroy holy sites, don’t fight during holiday seasons, don’t bomb cemeteries, don’t shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral.

The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).

The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. …

Alleged Robber Refuses Court

By Samuel Newhouse for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Still from the security camera of the alleged attacker putting the elderly woman in a choke hold

CROWN HEIGHTS — The man allegedly caught on videotape robbing an elderly woman in a Crown Heights elevator last summer was scheduled to appear Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court for a pretrial hearing. The defendant, however, refused to appear via video, as scheduled.

Accident on Brooklyn Ave

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Yesterday, Monday afternoon there was a accident on East New York Ave and Brooklyn Ave. An elderly Jewish male driver driving an older model Buick was rear ended by a Black male driving a Nissan sedan.

Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Gedalia and Nechama Dina (nee Ceitlin) Bluming (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Friendship Circle Celebrates Extraordinary Year

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Friendship Circle marked another successful year by celebrating with their volunteers. More than two hundred packed into the Jewish Children’s Museum on Tuesday, May 26 for desserts and entertainment. The evening, aptly titled Light the World, celebrated the year long efforts of the dedicated Friendship Circle volunteers. Awards and thanks were aplenty, as were delicious desserts.

Man Accused of Posing as Rabbi to Scam Churchgoers

By Lita Beck for NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS, TX — A Grand Prairie woman says a man who claimed to be a rabbi bilked her and other members of her church out of money.

Cynthia Silva brought Luis Lujan into her home and game him hundreds of dollars for what she thought was a good cause.

“Shavuaton” In Morristown

MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — This Shavuos, Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, NJ hosted over 70 guests from all over the North America. Most of the visitors were college students, many were professionals, but all of them decided to spend a portion of their summer to come to yeshiva. This “Shavuaton” was motivated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s drive to gather Jews during the Hakhel Year to come together to increase in Torah and Mitzvos.

Video Surveillance Captures Erev Yom Tov Accident

Security cameras outside Apple Drugs captures the Erev Yom Tov Hit-n-Run crash where a boy slipped into the street and had his leg run over by the rear wheels of a car.

From the footage its easy to ascertain that the offending vehicle is an older model Black BMW 5 or 7 series. The driver did not stop, but its possible he did not know he even ran the boy over.