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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Tuesday

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Tuesday, December 25, for holiday observance. Because Xmas Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended.

On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect seven days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

Federation Awards Grant to Chabad House Serving Duke University

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Joined by Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming, third from right and center, students at Duke University show off their newly-baked challahs for an upcoming Shabbat meal.

DURHAM, NC — The Raleigh-Care Jewish Federation in North Carolina awarded a grant to the Chabad Jewish Student Center serving the University of North Carolina and Duke University to support its weekly Shabbat programming.

7th Grade Builds Lego Chanukah Menorahs

MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — In honor of the festival of Chanukah, 7th Grade of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch of Montreal, along with the engineering help of a number of older students studying at the Rabbinical College of Quebec, constructed 2 magnificent menorahs, which were made exclusively with lego style Micro Mega Blocks.

Two Sem Girls Injured, One Critically, After Being Struck by a Car

The building of the Chaya Aydel Seminary.

Please continue to say Tehilim for Elana Leah bas Shaindel Rochel and Chaya Mushka bas Mattel

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] – A group of Seminary girls returning from the Publix grocery store after shopping for a winter camp they were arranging for the local community, when two of the girls were struck by a passing car, injuring one of them critically.

More in the Extended Article.

An idea for Nittel Nacht… (A)

Playing chess on Nittel Nacht is one way to pass time. How about taking the Defensive Driving course? The benefits include, reducing points on your drivers license and a 10% insurance reduction!

The course will take place tonight, the 24th of December here in Crown Heights. Call for more information and to make your reservation 1-347-262-3326.

Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Crown Heights Nurse

NY Daily News

Kieron McEwan, 9, holds picture of his mother Carol Simon, who was killed last week, as his family discusses the capture of a suspect in the killing. (Showalter for News)

NYPD detectives arrested a 27-year-old suspect early Sunday in the stray bullet slaying of a Crown Heights nurse, cops said.

Darius Dubarry was arrested in his room at the Day’s Inn in Augusta, Ga., around 5 a.m. in connection with the death of Carol Simon, 35, cops said.

Domestic Dispute Escalates into Six Injured Police Officers

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police responded to what was a Domestic Dispute in an apartment at 446 Kingston Avenue, but when officers arrived to what they say was an all out brawl which quickly had the family turning their rage at the officers.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Land and the Spirit – JLI Video Visits Jerusalem

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With over 10,000 men and women across the globe partaking in JLI’s current course on Israel, titled The Land & The Spirit, JLI Central produces each week a brief, striking flash presentation depicting each “city of the week” being explored during the semester. This flash, shown at each JLI chapter at the conclusion of the lesson takes the student on a visual journey through the featured holy city of the week’s lesson.

In Cross-Hairs of Terrorists, Sderot May Soon Get an Armored Mobile Synagogue

By Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Children and parents gather at a local school for a menorah lighting run by Chabad-Lubavitch of Sderot.

SDEROT, Israel — As the Israeli government ponders what exactly to do to stem the almost daily onslaught of Palestinian-fired Kassam rockets on the southern Israeli town of Sderot, a local Jewish synagogue and community center there has come up with a way to at least offer spiritual protection to the frightened residents.

Teffilah Gathering Tonight at Aliya for Simons Family

There will be a Torah Teffillah and Tzedaka gathering tonight 10 PM at Aliya 527 E New York Ave, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave] for the tragic death of Zev and Rochel Simons OBM, Sydney, Australia who left behind 10 children. The gathering will coincide with the actual levaya in Australia.

Click Here to contribute to the SimonsFamilyFund.com

Angry OnStar Customers Count Down To Shutdown

SAN JOSE, CA — The network that launched the U.S. wireless industry with brick-sized — and brick-heavy — cell phones 24 years ago will switch off in most of the country next year, leaving a surprising number of users in the lurch.

Older OnStar systems for cars, home alarms and up to a million cell phones will lose service starting in February under a 2002 federal decision that allows carriers to switch the spectrum over from analog to digital technologies, which would use it more efficiently.

ULY’s Second Grade Purifies the Air!

Learning on the Coney Island bound N train!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday, Yud Aleph Teves was an exciting day for the students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s second grade as they set out to fulfill the directive of the Rebbe in the Hayom Yom of that day.

The boys went on a journey to “purify the air” bringing torah to the subway trains, over ground trains, streets and stores. The Talmidim were full of liveliness as they recited the twelve Pesukim and Chumash in an effort to be “metaher ha’avir” from Crown Heights to Coney Island.

More pictures in the Extended Article!