ALBANY, NY — Lawmakers in Albany may have finally put some brakes on the runaway MTA.
Millions of transit riders can breathe a little easier now that the Legislature and Gov. Paterson have – seemingly – come up with more money to avoid massive service cuts, reduce a looming fare hike and fund a portion of its capital budget.
CROWN HEIGHTS — Close to 200 friends and alumni of the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies enjoyed a wine and cheese dessert reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Haysha and Bassie Deitsch in Crown Heights this past Sunday evening.
Marc Schachter (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Rochel Kershner (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Levi Adler (Palm Harbor, FL) and Chana Simons (Sydney, Australia)
IYH at FREE 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
WASHINGTON — When Monica Lundeen Smith and Michael Smith got a letter from their condo owners association asking them to take down “the item” on their doorframe, they assumed it was a simple misunderstanding.
The association, the couple figured, must not have known that the object was a mezuzah, a small box with a scroll inside that Jews traditionally affix to their doorposts.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A woman was struck and injured by a turning car on Carroll Street at the intersection of Schenectady Avenue. The incident took place yesterday, Tuesday at around 3:30pm.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmaya and Dvorah Glick (Crown Heights) on the birth of a son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is happy to present, a unique audience that took place between the Rebbe and a Jew from France. Yosef, a Sorbonne professor, was a ba’al teshuva [returnee to Judaism] exploring his heritage and bursting with questions about Chabad and the Rebbe himself. The Rebbe’s answers convey his heartfelt concerns not only toward his new guest but for all of his fellow Jews. Special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Gurevitch for his reminiscence of the encounter. to learn more about the Rebbe visit: portraitofaleader.org
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy and Menucha Rochel Geisinsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
This week, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) launched its spring course, “Biblical Reflections: Finding Yourself in the Book of Genesis.” The six-session course examines classic stories from Bereishis in-depth, shedding a modern light on their timeless lessons.
There was ominous news buried deep in the financial plan released last week by Gov. Paterson’s budget office: Five years hence, one in every four New Yorkers will be on Medicaid.
And that will drive the state’s Medicaid spending — at nearly $50 billion a year, already the most lavish in the land — to even more astronomical levels.
True, some of this is due to the current climate: More people unemployed means more people forced onto the taxpayer-financed medical program.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In the main shul in 770, the Rebbe is seen giving out coins to counselors of Tzivos Hashem, the Lubavitch youth movement. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
Tonight marks the Shloshim [30 days since the passing] of Doctor Susan Zilkha, ob-gyn to many women in crown heights.
There will be a gathering in her memory tonight, Wednesday at 8:30pm anyone who wants information about this get together can call (347) 881-6126.
CrownHeights.info received a picture in which 10 Shluchim the Rebbe sent to ‘Beit Sefer L’mlacha’ in Kfar Chabad following the massacre.
In the photo (R-L): Rabbi Eliezer Horowitz, Hatomim Yehuda Kirnsky and the Yeshivas secretary Rabbi Chanoch Glitzinshtien. Shluchim: Rabbis Avrohom Korf. Sholom Ber Butman, Sholom Ber Shemtov, Zushe Posner, Shraga Feivish Hertzog, and Sholom Eidelman.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Last night, Monday, a fire broke out in an apartment on St. Johns Place, just a block away from the local firehouse from which they responded and had the fire under control within minutes.
QUEENS, NY — A Queens judge has thrown out a slip-and-fall case filed by a woman who allegedly tripped over a temple’s “eruv” wire. Eruvs, thin wires strung about 15 to 18 feet above ground, are used by Orthodox Jewish communities to create a symbolic walled courtyard in which the strictures against carrying things in public on the Sabbath are relaxed.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Leibel Kesselman (Detroit, MI) and Mussie Posner (Rancho Mirage, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight Tuesday at Dr. Feldman’s House 1401 President Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn].
