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Cyclist Struck and Injured on Empire Blvd.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, Tuesday at about 8:30am, a cyclist was stuck and injured on Empire Boulevard between Brooklyn and Kingston, the incident took place as the cyclist passed a truck who suddenly opened his door and in attempt to swerve and avoid it he went into the path of a minivan and was struck.

A Shomrim member happened to be there right as it happened and called 911, in the meantime he sprung into action and stabilized the patient all the while talking to him and making sure he doesn’t loose consciousness.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Largest Jewish Center in NY University System Gears Up for Grand Opening

Located just five minutes from campus, the new Chabad Center for Jewish Life at Binghamton University comprises 24,000 square feet of space, making it the largest Jewish student center in the State University of New York system.

Hundreds of Binghamton University students, alumni, faculty members and administrators are gearing up to dedicate one of the nation’s largest Jewish student centers.

Mazal Tov! – Its A GIrl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Shira Sultan (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Ariela Rachel.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

NY Post: Jon Voights 15th Telethon!

JON Voight , who mingled with the Republicans in St. Paul, will be dancing with the rabbis on the Chabad “To Life” Telethon next Sunday. Voight, who is not Jewish, has appeared on the telethon every year for the last 15 years, and always dances with the rabbis, including Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, who started the telethon 28 years ago. Since then, the telethon has acquired a cult following among Jews and non-Jews alike who tune in for the shtick and A-listers like Voight, Adam Sandler, Jimmy Kimmel, Regis Philbin and Bob Dylan.

Chabad ‘Shabbat Under the Stars’

Jason Cohen – The Jewish State

The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe held its fourth annual “Shabbat Under the Stars” dinner at the Chabad House in Monroe, with guest speaker Thomas J. Foley, a former priest, Aug. 15.

Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe and his wife, Chanie, welcomed people into their home for Shabbos, but didn’t quite expect the huge turnout.

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Why Does Every Jew have to be Connected To a Rebbe?

What is a Rebbe? Why dose every Jew have to be connected to a Rebbe? The following is a very unique Yechidus that took place in the winter of 1969 with a Chabad supporter who came to see the Rebbe, special thanks to the “Zionist Archives” of Jerusalem to learn more about the Rebbe visit www.inspiringageneration.com

Question: The Rebbe’s energy is so instrumental in helping us serve Hashem properly, how is it possible that we still have free will?

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Devora Leah (nee Rubin) Mathless (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.


Throughout Our Lives, We Try On Different Outfits

Marc Howard Wilson – GreenvilleOnline

Illustration Photo.

My youngest, Ben, now dons the garb of a Chasidic Jew when he celebrates Sabbath, holy days and sacred occasions — black frockcoat, broad-brimmed hat, ritual fringes, woven prayer-sash, and the rest. He has come to identify with an Orthodox sect, Chabad, with which I, too, was once closely associated.

Chabad recently gained a modicum of controversy, having posthumously declared their Rebbe (“Grand Rabbi”) the Messiah. The disagreements between us have never been rancorous. Ben knows my watchword: “Son, as long as you are first and foremost, in every dimension of your life, a ‘mensch’ (a decent, God-loving, honorable human being), everything else is just parsley around the plate.” So far, he is faithful to my watchword.

Empire and Troy, Two Cars Collide

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – After patrolling the streets of Crown Heights on Motzai Shabbos Shomrim members prepared to call it a night at around 5:30am when 2 members in one car heard the sound of two car colliding. A quick investigation revealed an accident in the intersection of Empire and Troy.

More pictures in the Extended Article. (photos taken with a camera phone. Thank you CH-17.)

Rabbi Stomps Wine, L’Chayim!

MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — An informative and exciting presentation on the art of kosher wine tasting was recently led by Rabbi Shmuel Lewis, the Chabad director of Sparta NJ at Cong Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola NY.

“We enjoyed how to taste a wine but more importantly what makes wine kosher and the many fascinating deeper meanings on the lessons in Jewish life to be learnt from grapes,” noted Barry Wohl.

More pictures in the Extended Article!