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Today is Purim, a day we are all merry and are celebrating our holiday. We drive around in our cars loaded with our families and goodies to distribute around the neighborhood; one of the days Mitzvot. We stop for a moment run into someone house to drop off one Shalach Manot and the greatness and jolliness of the day comes to a screeching halt. It gets spoiled with a $115 double parking violation.

The NYPD has been extremely over zealous with issuing parking summonses and bike summonses. In the past they targeted Jews in the most vicious manner on one of the happiest of holidays.

Don’t become a victim.

PSA: Don’t let the Police Spoil your Purim

Today is Purim, a day we are all merry and are celebrating our holiday. We drive around in our cars loaded with our families and goodies to distribute around the neighborhood; one of the days Mitzvot. We stop for a moment run into someone house to drop off one Shalach Manot and the greatness and jolliness of the day comes to a screeching halt. It gets spoiled with a $115 double parking violation.

The NYPD has been extremely over zealous with issuing parking summonses and bike summonses. In the past they targeted Jews in the most vicious manner on one of the happiest of holidays.

Don’t become a victim.

PSA
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By Philip Messing for the NY Post

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Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, there will be stepped-up enforcement, and more cops will be assigned to catch people chatting behind the wheel.

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By Philip Messing for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD this week plans to crack down on motorists who use cellphones while driving.

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, there will be stepped-up enforcement, and more cops will be assigned to catch people chatting behind the wheel.

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By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Arutz Sheva

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SUSA, Iran — Iranians have turned a huge excavation site in the city of Shush, site of “Susa,” the ancient city of Shushan — center of the events in the Purim story — into a garbage dump.

Culture heritage backers put a stop to construction of a hotel on the site, according to the Tehran News, which added that residents of the Shush municipality are now filling the huge, gaping 300-foot by 300-foot hole with rubbish.

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By Justin Leverett for the University Daily Kansan

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By Justin Leverett for the University Daily Kansan

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LAWRENCE, KS — The Chabad Jewish Center in Lawrence will host a series of events today celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.

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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

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Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
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“By the year 2000,” he declared, “every family in the Soviet Union will have its own airplane!” The crowd roared in sheer exhilaration.

Suddenly a small voice emerged from the great throng, “Mr. Premier! Mr. Premier! Why would a family in Moscow need an airplane?”

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Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

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“By the year 2000,” he declared, “every family in the Soviet Union will have its own airplane!” The crowd roared in sheer exhilaration.

Suddenly a small voice emerged from the great throng, “Mr. Premier! Mr. Premier! Why would a family in Moscow need an airplane?”

A great hush overtook the crowd. Then from nowhere a voice boomed: “Of course we shall need an airplane! How else will we get to Kiev when there are potatoes for sale?”

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We here the staff of CrownHeights.info (such a big ‘staff’), would like to wish all of our readers (all the millions of you), a Happy and Frailichen Purim.

We would also like to caution you all to take extra care and keep this time a joyous one and not have to have one of our photographers around taking pictures of some unwanted incident ;-), rather have them take pictures of people all dressed up running around delivering Shalach Manot!

If you have any nice Purim pictures that you think should be in our Purim gallery email it to us at news@crownheights.info

Happy and Frailichen Purim From CrownHeights.info!

We here the staff of CrownHeights.info (such a big ‘staff’), would like to wish all of our readers (all the millions of you), a Happy and Frailichen Purim.

We would also like to caution you all to take extra care and keep this time a joyous one and not have to have one of our photographers around taking pictures of some unwanted incident ;-), rather have them take pictures of people all dressed up running around delivering Shalach Manot!

If you have any nice Purim pictures that you think should be in our Purim gallery email it to us at news@crownheights.info

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Get into the spirit of Purim. Join us in dancing and singing. Plain and simple Purim joy. Click here to dance away a happy Purim!

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Get into the spirit of Purim. Join us in dancing and singing. Plain and simple Purim joy. Click here to dance away a happy Purim!

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