NYPD Anti Crime Apprehend Car Burglar

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night Police apprehended a serial burglar that had been terrorizing vehicle owners in Crown Heights. As many as six break-ins in one night had residents so frustrated they just did not know what to do, many of these car owners were victims more than once.

Police finally took a close look at the break-ins and assigned a slew of officer to catch this perpetrator, and after a few weeks with no success last night the bugler was busted in the act.

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Wesleyan U. Shooting Suspect Threatened Jewish Students

MIDDLETOWN, CT [CNN] — A man suspected of killing a Wesleyan University junior may be targeting the university and its Jewish population, Middletown, Connecticut, police said Thursday.

Police have launched a nationwide search for Stephen Morgan, 29, who is suspected of killing Johanna Justin-Jinich.

The young woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a bookstore in Middletown near the Wesleyan campus, police said.

Cat Stuck in Sewer Drain

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A resident spotted a small cat stuck in a sewer drain on Eastern Parkway in front of the Jewish Childrens Museum and called Animal Care and Control to rescue it. As the animal care worker was trying to find the cat Polices Community Affairs joined the rescue effort and called for backup from Emergency Services.

Court to Weigh Sale of Syosset Shul

by Stewart Ain – The Jewish Week

The long-running saga over the fate of the East Nassau Hebrew Congregation in Syosset seems now to be at a crossroads.

A controversial plan to sell the synagogue to a Korean church deserves judicial scrutiny, according to State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

In papers filed before State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Phelan in Mineola, Assistant Attorney General Dorothy Nese asked the judge to conduct a full evidentiary hearing if necessary before deciding whether to permit the sale.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aycee Abrahams (London, UK) and Sorella Levy (London, UK) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave]


Grand Art Contest for Shluchim Kids

Shluchim kids throughout the world recently took part in a grand Art Contest organized by The Shluchim Office in honor of Chof Ches Nissan. The theme of the contest was “What the world will be like during ימות המשיח .” Kids of all ages expressed their talents as they sent in their very own creative drawings.

High Tech Gemara Learning at Darchai Menachem

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Eleven boys sit poised in a brightly-painted third floor classroom at Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. The atmosphere in the room has the feeling of a quiz show. Their teacher, Rabbi Shua Samuels, barely has a chance to get his questions out, before hands wave eagerly in the air, 11 preteen boys desperate to demonstrate their knowledge.