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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Contrary to what has been reported, Deputy Inspector Frank Vega will continue his duty as Commanding Officer of the 71st Precinct, whose jurisdiction covers Crown Heights. In a phone conversation with CrownHeights.info Inspector Vega said: “I am unaware of any plans for my transfer as of yet”.

“A Commanding Officers term is typically 2 or 4 years, my last two commands were two years” he said, and then added “I am here in Crown Heights for three years now, and as far as I know and was informed, is that I have another year to go.”

More in the Extended Article!

Inspector Vega Tackles Rumors: “I’m Still Here”

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Contrary to what has been reported, Deputy Inspector Frank Vega will continue his duty as Commanding Officer of the 71st Precinct, whose jurisdiction covers Crown Heights. In a phone conversation with CrownHeights.info Inspector Vega said: “I am unaware of any plans for my transfer as of yet”.

“A Commanding Officers term is typically 2 or 4 years, my last two commands were two years” he said, and then added “I am here in Crown Heights for three years now, and as far as I know and was informed, is that I have another year to go.”

More in the Extended Article!

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Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
New Engagement!

Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

Crown Heights has changed from an affluent Brooklyn community to a breeding ground of violent crime. People have been robbed, beaten, stabbed and even murdered.

Five crimes were reported on one night. Sounds familiar?

Video of the Day – Survival 1964 – A Documentary

Crown Heights has changed from an affluent Brooklyn community to a breeding ground of violent crime. People have been robbed, beaten, stabbed and even murdered.

Five crimes were reported on one night. Sounds familiar?

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There will be a news conference Tomorrow, May 22, 11:00am at the Jewish Children's Museum.

Elected officials and dignitaries attending include:

- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
- New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson
- New York City Council Member Matthew Eugine
- New York City Council Member Letitia James
- New York State Senator Eric Adams
- New York State Assemblyman Karim Camara

... many more officials will be attending as well.

Please take a few moments of your time to attend. The larger the turnout the stronger the impression.

Thursday – News Conference

There will be a news conference Tomorrow, May 22, 11:00am at the Jewish Children’s Museum.

Elected officials and dignitaries attending include:

– Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
– New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson
– New York City Council Member Matthew Eugine
– New York City Council Member Letitia James
– New York State Senator Eric Adams
– New York State Assemblyman Karim Camara

… many more officials will be attending as well.

Please take a few moments of your time to attend. The larger the turnout the stronger the impression.

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The new daily shiur on Gemara Sotah is generating unprecedendant interest among Anash around the world. The program’s new website TorahCafe.com will feature ongoing live and archived Shiurim in all areas of Torah accompanied by the associated text, as well as other visual aids, on the screen.

Hundreds Study Daily Daf in Gemara Sotah with Rabbi Bell’s New Online Shiur

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The new daily shiur on Gemara Sotah is generating unprecedendant interest among Anash around the world. The program’s new website TorahCafe.com will feature ongoing live and archived Shiurim in all areas of Torah accompanied by the associated text, as well as other visual aids, on the screen.

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Men, women and children are invited to the outdoor event of the year in honor of Lag Ba'Omer. There will be Live Music, A Huge Bon Fire, Dancing and a special program for children (8:00 to 8:45pm). There will be separate men and women sections.

IYH Thursday night, May 22, 2008 at 8:00pm., at the George Wingate High School, 600 Kingston Ave [between Rutland and Winthrop Ave].

More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!

Lag Ba’Omer Celebration – All Are Invited

Men, women and children are invited to the outdoor event of the year in honor of Lag Ba’Omer. There will be Live Music, A Huge Bon Fire, Dancing and a special program for children (8:00 to 8:45pm). There will be separate men and women sections.

IYH Thursday night, May 22, 2008 at 8:00pm., at the George Wingate High School, 600 Kingston Ave [between Rutland and Winthrop Ave].

More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!

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News 12 Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited The Schluchim Center Monday night to talk with local Jewish leaders about the recent rise in racial attacks.

People who met with Commissioner Kelly say the message they wanted to get across is that the incidents aren't a Jewish issue or a black issue, but a problem facing the entire community.

Ray Kelly Meets with Jewish Leaders About Attacks

News 12 Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited The Schluchim Center Monday night to talk with local Jewish leaders about the recent rise in racial attacks.

People who met with Commissioner Kelly say the message they wanted to get across is that the incidents aren’t a Jewish issue or a black issue, but a problem facing the entire community.

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By Joshua Runyan

Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, second from right, addresses the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland.

The students at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland, got a visit from an unexpected guest, Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in economics.

Nobel Laureate Tours Yeshiva During Visit to Warsaw

By Joshua Runyan

Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, second from right, addresses the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland.

The students at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland, got a visit from an unexpected guest, Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in economics.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Aizen (Kiryat Gat, Israel) and Sori Zimmerman (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].

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Cool in Crown Heights

NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — The touchy, sometimes volatile relationships between black and Jewish residents of Brooklyn’s Crown Heights have frayed, with members of each community blaming the other for violent attacks aimed at youngsters.

In January, a Jewish teenager needed stitches after being jumped by black youths shouting epithets. In April, a black college student got pepper-sprayed and clubbed by a man police say may be a member of a Jewish community patrol. And Friday, another Jewish teen was beaten and robbed by black perpetrators.

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After Visit, Police Increase Visibility, Patrols

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — After the surprise visit by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, there was a noticeable increase in police patrols and vehicles, some say it was due to Kelly’s unhappiness with the fact that there was no police posted in front of 770 and that the patrols weren’t very visible.

Two of the NYPD’s ‘skywatch’ towers were deployed in Crown Heights, one on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue while the other on Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street, along with three NYPD Mobile Command Posts.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Ariel and Sarah (nee Naparstek) Hess (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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Honolulu Advertiser

Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.

The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll's population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.

Chabbad of Hawaii Sends Rabbi to Kwajalein

Honolulu Advertiser

Chabad of Hawaii is sending the first rabbi in over a decade to the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll.

The nonprofit, orthodox Jewish organization, in conjunction with the U.S. military, is sending a junior rabbi to the two-and-a-half mile long atoll to serve an estimated 18 people out of the atoll’s population of 1,400. Most of the Jewish community members are in the islands as civilian military employees.

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History, Hard Work Realized in New Jewish Center

James Miller – Journal Online

ORMOND BEACH, FL — To this day, Rabbi Morris Esformes seems awed by twists of fate that connect him to the Jewish community of Ormond Beach.

The Chicago philanthropist bought Woodland Towers retirement village in DeLand two decades ago partly to help a friend out of a business bind.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chabad of the Valley Mivtzoim at Israel Festival

TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Once again, with the help of many Anash and Shluchim, Chabad of the Valley has reached its goal of putting on Tefillin with well over 1500 Jews. In addition, close to 3500 Neshek packs were distributed. All in all, the giant Chabad Mivtza booth was a Kiddush Shem Lubavitch. Several people made a commitment to put on Tefillin on a daily basis.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Beni Simcha - Shturem.net

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.

Rabbi Jacobson and Police Commissioner Kelly Argue, during Kelly’s Visit to Crown Heights

Beni Simcha – Shturem.net

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Last night Rabbi Yosi Jacobson was in middle of his weekly shiur with the members of his congregation Beis Shmuel. The shiur was held at the Shluchim Office on Eastern Parkway when suddenly an unexpected guest walked in: N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Kelly was in the neighborhood after the spate of attacks against Jews in recent weeks culminating in the vicious beating of a Jewish teenager on Albany Ave last Thursday night.

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