NEW YORK, NY — Unless Albany comes through with a rescue plan, bus and subway fares are set to rise May 31.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, now we’re hearing fares could jump again just a few months later.
JERUSALEM [JTA] — Jewish groups have denounced a cartoon by a prize-winning political cartoonist as anti-Semitic.
Pat Oliphant’s cartoon, published Wednesday, shows a headless figure goose-stepping while pushing a large Star of David with fangs and pursuing a tiny woman carrying a child labeled “Gaza.” The syndicated cartoon appeared in newspapers around the world.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avi Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) and Lilly Duchman (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
New York, NY – B&H electronics retailer in New York City has settled a job discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 149 Latino warehouse workers for $4.3 million.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said today a federal judge in Manhattan approved the settlement.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yehoshua Ben Simcha Bonim HaKohen Bronstein of Crown Heights at the age of 89.
Reb Yehoshua is survived by his children, Mrs. Rivka Kotlarsky (Crown Heights), Mrs. Peshy Teller (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Chanie Cohen (Long Island).
The Levaya will take place today,Thursday, and will be leaving from that Shomrei Hadaas Chapels at 12:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 12:30pm.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Motorists who attack traffic agents in Brooklyn are being targeted with the help of a new initiative set up by the borough’s district attorney. NY1’s Lily Jamali filed the following report.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 500 guests comprised of community leaders, supporters and friends gathered last night at the Jewish Children’s Museum to celebrate its 4th anniversary with an international food walk-through and awards ceremony.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef and Chaya Schera Spalter (Shluchim to Montville, NJ) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On April 8, millions of Jews of all backgrounds and communities across the world will take to the streets to participate in a rare prayer service performed once every 28 years.
According to tradition, the blessing of the sun marks the point in time when the sun returns to the exact point in the sky it occupied during the creation of the world, and on the same day of the week.
More video in the Extended Article!
NEW YORK [AP] — New York City’s medical examiner warns that proposed budget cuts could threaten Jewish and Muslim burial rites.
Dr. Charles Hirsch says the cuts could hamper his office in its efforts to expedite the burials of observant Jews and Muslims, whose religions call for burials within 24 hours of death.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Black woman was struck and injuredby a turning car on the corner of Crown Street and Kingston Avenue. The driver, a young Bochur, stopped his and immediately called 911, while other Bochurim who witnessed the accident called Shomrim and Hatzalah.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Rabbi Tzvi and his wife Shana (nee Biston) Dechter along with their newborn daughter Chaya Mushka of Crown Heights, will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Lighthouse Point, FL where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the local Jewish residents in East Deerfield Beach, East Pompano Beach, and Hillsboro Beach.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yossi Biston, Director of Chabad of North Broward and South Palm Beach.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their new Shlichus!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid (ben R Mendel) Drizin (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Gordon (Encino, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Crown Condos, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A father and his teenage son were shot dead in a Brooklyn bodega Wednesday night after they resisted a pair of armed robbers.
The shooting happened at around 9:45 p.m. in the borough’s Crown Heights section.
More in the Extended Article.
The New York Times printed an article in April 8 1897, when a Rabbi of an east side shul gathered in Tompkins Square for “Birkas HaChama” and was arrested for not having a permit to gather such a large crowd.
Read the Full Article in the Extended Article!
NIKOLAYEV, Ukraine [FJC] — The Jewish community of Nikolayev has good cause for celebration, with the announcement that the State Archives of the Nikolayev Region – one of six archival institutions of Ukraine where Torah scrolls were stored – will be returning the 24th of the 25 such scrolls to the Jewish community. The transfer will take place on March 25 and the scroll will be officially transferred to the Jewish community of Nikolayev. It will be received directly by Chief Rabbi of Nikolayev Sholom Gottlieb.
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!
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