BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A Jewish man from Queens was stabbed this afternoon as he was leaving a building he manages on Church Avenue near Crown Heights. The incident took place on Church Avenue between Bedford and Rogers Avenue at around 1:10pm Monday Afternoon.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel Druk (Oak Park, MI) and Dini Marosow (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday, tonight at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
NEW YORK [CBS] — U.S health officials say there are now 226 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States.
The tally released Sunday by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention also shows 30 states now have cases of H1N1 (swine) flu. That’s up from the CDC’s count of 160 confirmed cases in 21 states.
At 92 years of age, Baruch Mordechai Lifshitz walked slowly to the podium at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan. His back was slightly stooped and his beard was fully white.
But when he began talking, people in the audience were taken aback by the vibrancy and strength of this one-time Soviet prisoner’s voice. Speaking last month, years since being sent to Siberia for giving encouragement and assistance to Moscow’s Jewish community at the height of Communist oppressions, he sounded like a man on a mission.
BROOKLYN, NY — A rare, deadly disease that has left an infant brain damaged and a teenager blind in one eye, has been detected in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned.
The city’s Department of Health is on alert for Raccoon Ringworm, a disease contracted through contact with raccoon feces. It can cause permanent nerve damage and death.
RENO, NV — Three mornings a week, Tracy Kutler straps five-year old Griffin into the family car for the 45-minute drive from Truckee, California to Reno, Nevada.
That will change this September.
ODESSA, Ukraine [FJC] — In April 2007, the Hebrew Economics and Finance University was founded at the initiative of the Chief Rabbi of Odessa, Avraham Wolf. Initially, classes were held at the Odessa Association for Jewish Culture which later became the Southern Jewish “Chabad-Odessa” University.
We would like to wish Mazal Tocv to Shmuel Benhamou (Paris, France) and Rochel Uzan (Paris, France) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at 730 Montgomery St [between KIngston and Albany Ave].
ALBANY, NY [NY1] — Governor David Paterson wants the state Legislature to vote Monday on his plan to bail out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The plan still calls for a payroll tax to raise more than a billion dollars for the agency and stave off huge fare hikes and deep service cuts.
Unless your head is buried in the sand, you’ve probably been told to beware of the coming “pandemic”, “health crisis”, or “epidemic”. You are most likely being as careful as possible to wash your hands often, stay away from crowded areas or, perhaps, to go as far as keeping your children home from school.
To add intrigue to the virus, the media has now given this “deadly plague” a mysterious and sci-fi sounding name, the “2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus”. Of course, any virus whose name contains a combination of names and numbers must be dangerous and deadly – and I must be next!
However, one must keep things in perspective, especially when it comes to things like fear and danger. Failure to keep accurate facts and statistics in perspective can result in even more unnecessary injury and death. In most cases, the very same evasive measures taken to help prevent one from contracting the disease can place a person in substantially more danger than the disease itself.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — This May, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will unveil its spring course, Biblical Reflections: Finding Yourself in the Book of Genesis.
The stories in the Bible have intrigued sages and laymen alike and have inspired thousands of artistic retellings. This six-session course examines classic stories from Genesis in a modern light, focusing on their eternal relevance to everyday life.
South Africans are facing the unknown, again. Following new president, Jacob Zuma’s triumph last week, many in the broader Jewish community are trying to decipher their place in this ever-changing land. More than 30 years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged the community to stay put, stating that, “South Africa will be good for the Jews until Moshiach comes.” Today, despite widespread concern, his 40 Chabad representatives stationed throughout the country are ensuring that his pledge remain true.
ISRAEL [ynet] — The Africa Israel international holding and investments group, controlled by businessman Lev Leviev, announced last week that it would be selling the “Africa Israel Tower” in Tel Aviv for NIS 166.5 million (about $40 million) to a foreign corporation whose name was not disclosed.
The company is selling 95% of its rights to the tower and 50% of the unused building rights.
NEW YORK [CBS] — The numbers could be enough to drive someone to drink.
New York City police made nearly 10,000 drunken-driving arrests last year, but of the more than 6,000 cases that have gone through the courts so far, only 187 offenders have landed behind bars. That’s according to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.
WASHINGTON — Sales of kosher foods through grocery stores in the US have risen to over $200 bln in 2008 from about $150 bln in 2003, showing yearly growth rate twice that of the overall food market, according to Packaged Facts’ new study, “Market Trend: Kosher-and Halal-Certified Foods in the US.”
The question had been gnawing at Gregory Cochran for years: Why are European Jews prone to so many deadly genetic diseases?
Natural selection, the self-taught genetics buff knew, should flush dangerous DNA from the gene pool. Could the mutations causing these diseases have some benefit?
NEW YORK [CBS] — New Yorkers were able to breathe a breath of fresh air Friday when Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there were no new confirmed cases of the swine flu, or what officials calling the H1N1 virus. Yet plenty of people are still afraid the virus is spreading, causing a paranoia that’s clogging up the system at local hospitals.
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