Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Baruch and Chaya Susman (Shluchim to Louisville, KY) on the bith of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
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Video of the Day – The Beinoni
This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Beinoni” (Volume 53, Episode 211)
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmulie Zirkind (Montreal, Canada) and Chanie Altein (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Det. Timoshenko & Yan Awarded Police Officer of the Year
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Earlier today, Thursday, Police Brass, Officers and community activists gathered in Brooklyn for a special award ceremony honoring fallen hero, Detective Russel Timoshenko and his partner Detective Herman Yan for their exemplary service in the line of duty.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
BED STUY, Brooklyn [AP] — An officer appears to have violated police department guidelines when he used a Taser stun gun on a naked, distraught man teetering on a building ledge, officials said Thursday.
Inman Morales, 35, fell nearly 10 feet to his death after he was shocked in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in the confines of the 77th Precinct. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy was being performed, but police said he suffered serious head trauma.
Man Falls to Death After NYPD Stun Gun Shock
BED STUY, Brooklyn [AP] — An officer appears to have violated police department guidelines when he used a Taser stun gun on a naked, distraught man teetering on a building ledge, officials said Thursday.
Inman Morales, 35, fell nearly 10 feet to his death after he was shocked in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in the confines of the 77th Precinct. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy was being performed, but police said he suffered serious head trauma.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Aharon Sommerville (Baltimore, MD) to Marva Peretz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Congregation Khal Anash Shul Ransacked
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] –- Congregation Khal Anash Shul on Carroll and Schenectady was ransacked earlier today, Wednesday. The incident was discovered at around 5:30pm with Talis Bags lay strewn on the floor alongside a few Seforim and the Poroches pulled from the Aron Kodesh.
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yair and Chanie (nee Greisman) Yelin (S. Diego,CA ) on the birth their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
10 Year Old Girl Struck and Seriously Injured in Accident
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A ten-year-old girl was struck and seriously injured earlier today, Wednesday, when she darted out from in between two cars. The incident took place at around 3:30pm on East New York Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenue.
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler (Crown heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Volunteers Step it Up for Friendship
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, announced its first ever Walk-a-thon in the high schools of Crown Heights. The girls responded with palpable excitement and ecstatic cheering. Not only are the girls excited about joining the walk to support children with special needs; they are excited about the school-wide fundraising competition that was introduced.
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QUEENS, NY [FOX5] — You may have seen the official looking placards on some car dashboards. Many of them seem to scare ticket writers away. But wait until you see what Fox 5’s John Deutzman found out went he checked out just one of those suspicious signs.
Chilul Hashem – Fake Parking Placard
QUEENS, NY [FOX5] — You may have seen the official looking placards on some car dashboards. Many of them seem to scare ticket writers away. But wait until you see what Fox 5’s John Deutzman found out went he checked out just one of those suspicious signs.
But just because it’s old doesn’t mean there aren’t new ways to talk about it. Case in point is Chabad Southside in Jacksonville, which is turning to the online social networking site Facebook to generate interest in the holiday.
Rosh Hashanah on Facebook
The Jewish High Holidays begin next Monday (Sept. 29) at sundown. Rosh Hashanah is one of the most sacred — and ancient — seasons in Judaism.
But just because it’s old doesn’t mean there aren’t new ways to talk about it. Case in point is Chabad Southside in Jacksonville, which is turning to the online social networking site Facebook to generate interest in the holiday.
Police and Community Activists Meet in Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — With the onset of the coming high holy days New York State Senator Eric Adams’s office arranged a High Holy Days Security Debriefing in the Jewish Childrens Museum with the participation of community leaders and activists from Crown Heights and Williamsburg.
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Mazal Tov! – Its A GIrl!
I would like to wish a heartfelt Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Sruli and Golda (nee Sidelsky) Adelman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
STAVROPOL, Russia [CHI] — In the center of the city of Stavropol, Russia, at the edge of Lenin Square, just opposite to Lenin's statue and the provincial government building, proudly stands the Museum of Stavropol. In its basement, hidden in a closet back behind a display of “significant” older books, lies an ancient Torah scroll, confiscated from the local Jewish synagogue close to 80 years ago and now wound up and tightly stored inside a cardboard tube. Ever since the communist regime relegated Judaism to an atavism, the Torah has been conceived as a museum piece, curious to look at, but nothing you could take home.
Stavropol Community Welcomes First Torah in 100 Years
STAVROPOL, Russia [CHI] — In the center of the city of Stavropol, Russia, at the edge of Lenin Square, just opposite to Lenin’s statue and the provincial government building, proudly stands the Museum of Stavropol. In its basement, hidden in a closet back behind a display of “significant” older books, lies an ancient Torah scroll, confiscated from the local Jewish synagogue close to 80 years ago and now wound up and tightly stored inside a cardboard tube. Ever since the communist regime relegated Judaism to an atavism, the Torah has been conceived as a museum piece, curious to look at, but nothing you could take home.
Mazal Tov! – Its Twins Boys!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shua and Elkie (nee Zavdi) Piekarski on the birth of their twin boys.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
