CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — When I first started coming to Crown Height from my place in Park Slope, I figured I’d get my religious items and keep going. After all, what else could I need in the hood? But then I discovered stores that totally changed my view.
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RUNNING SPRINGS, CA [CHI] — Less than two months after the devastating California wild fires in Running Springs, Camp Gan Israel Running Springs is up and running. Children came from all over California and other Western states. The 6 day camp for the girls and 6 days for boys were highlighted by unforgettable unity Shabbatons, with additional children joining together in a true spirit of Achdus.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January 1, for holiday observance. Because New Year’s 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.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Motti Hadar (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Temmi Kornfeld (Seattle, WA) on their engagement,
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
BROOKLYN, NY — There may be fewer homicides in Brooklyn’s high-crime neighborhoods, but the number of people getting shot and robbed there is on the rise.
Home burglaries, car break-ins and muggings also have increased in central and north Brooklyn – even as the same crime rates have decreased citywide, NYPD statistics show.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah mens evening this Motzoei Shabbos, 8:30 PM at Oholei Torah Ballroom, 667 Eastern Pkwy, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]. Women’s program on Sunday, January 6th 3:00 PM untill 8:30 PM
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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) has just launched a worldwide marketing campaign for its upcoming course, entitled “Beyond Belief: Reflections on Jewish Faith, Reason, and Experience”, scheduled to begin in six weeks in over 260 cities across the globe.
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Yanky and Rivkie (nee Polter) Goldstein (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.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CHICO, CA — As university students around the country concluded the fall semester by nestling into late-night study sessions in preparation for their final exams, Chabad Houses serving dozens of campuses flung open their doors for food-filled study breaks known as “Midnight Breakfasts.”
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A woman was hit by a car as she was attempting to open the trunk of her stalled vehicle on a Crown Heights street, police said.
The 30-year-old victim’s 1999 Nissan stalled at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue at 11 p.m. Friday, cops said.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Isser New (Atlanta, GA) and Chaya Mushka (bas R Yosef Baruch) Friedman (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Sefer Torah was launched in memory of the cofounder of Oholei Torah, Rabbi Michoel Teitelbaum OBM. The opening ceremony, writing the first letters was held in proximity to the day marking the establishment of the Yeshiva.
The only reason I remember the date of my unusual encounter as being November 27th is because it was the same day as the Annapolis meeting of high brow personalities where Olmert was slopsucker – claiming for his country only what was leftover after the others had their fill.
HOUSTON, TX [CHI] — Chabad Lubavitch Center, the Texas Regional Headquarters under the directorship of Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff, has recently announced the acquisition of approximately two acres of land adjacent to the current one acre facility. The center, currently undergoing a major expansion and renovation will now blossom to a complete three acre campus in the middle of an urban Jewish area of southwest Houston.
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BRONX, NY — The woman you’re about to meet, knows a lot about the spirit of giving. She’s a blood donor who gave the gift of life just one night before a Good Samaritan would save hers.
NORTHWEST, NJ — New Jersey Governor John Corzine made a surprise appearance at a Chabad dinner in Northwest NJ, last week. The Governor greeted the 400 friends and supporters celebrating the 20th Anniversary Founders Dinner in the Crystal Plaza.
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