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The NYPD has installed a patrol tower in a Harlem neighborhood in an effort to cut crime in the high-risk neighborhood.

The two-story booth tower, called Sky Watch, gives the officer sitting inside a better vantage point from which to monitor the area. Officers in the booth have access to a spotlight, sensors, and four cameras. The tower is portable and can be moved to the areas that need it most.

NYPD Installs “Sky Watch” In Harlem Neighborhood

NY1

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The NYPD has installed a patrol tower in a Harlem neighborhood in an effort to cut crime in the high-risk neighborhood.

The two-story booth tower, called Sky Watch, gives the officer sitting inside a better vantage point from which to monitor the area. Officers in the booth have access to a spotlight, sensors, and four cameras. The tower is portable and can be moved to the areas that need it most.

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Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
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Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
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Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
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Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
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Moishy Goldberg (Georgetown, NY) to Batsheva Gansburg (Coconut Creek, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
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Moshe Yisroel Dovid and Estie Wolf from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
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Shmouel Nadjar (Charenton le pont S.Maurice, France) to Shirel Chaya Partouche (Creteil, France)
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Avremel Turen (Chicago, IL) to Brochie Reinetz (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Thursday, Oct. 15th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
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Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
Seth Mandel - The Jewish State
Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, director of Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, with Solomon Beck of Monroe, at last year's conference.

While curious youngsters often try to sneak into places for which they are not quite old enough, the global Chabad community's annual conference is usually not one of them.

But for Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, the conference's culminating banquet was where he wanted to be.

“Growing up as the son of a Chabad rabbi in Detroit, I always tried to squeeze my way into the banquets, because it was such an unbelievable experience,” Zaklikovsky, who is now the rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Township, said.

International Chabad conference comes to NJ

Seth Mandel – The Jewish State
Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, director of Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, with Solomon Beck of Monroe, at last year’s conference.

While curious youngsters often try to sneak into places for which they are not quite old enough, the global Chabad community’s annual conference is usually not one of them.

But for Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, the conference’s culminating banquet was where he wanted to be.

“Growing up as the son of a Chabad rabbi in Detroit, I always tried to squeeze my way into the banquets, because it was such an unbelievable experience,” Zaklikovsky, who is now the rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Township, said.

Shlichus
The same night we reported of the Minivan burglarized on Carroll St between Kingston and Albany CrownHeights.info received another such report from a Minivan owner. According to him, his minivan was broken into on Monday night at sometime around 4:30am and robbed.

Then this morning another car owner heard his car alarm go off and went out to his car less then a minute later to find his car also broken into and lots of stuff stolen. This car was parked in the backyard of the owner’s home on President St between Utica and Schenectady.

Two More Minivans Broken Into and had Items Stolen

The same night we reported of the Minivan burglarized on Carroll St between Kingston and Albany CrownHeights.info received another such report from a Minivan owner. According to him, his minivan was broken into on Monday night at sometime around 4:30am and robbed.

Then this morning another car owner heard his car alarm go off and went out to his car less then a minute later to find his car also broken into and lots of stuff stolen. This car was parked in the backyard of the owner’s home on President St between Utica and Schenectady.

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On Monday November 13th at approximately 7:00pm a man was brutally beaten on the corner of Carroll & Schenectady.

The victim, a Caucasian professor in his 30’s was found unconscious, sustained with serious bruises and a deep cut to his forehead which bled into being a puddle around him.

EMS and NYPD responded accordingly.

Another attack in Crown Heights

On Monday November 13th at approximately 7:00pm a man was brutally beaten on the corner of Carroll & Schenectady.

The victim, a Caucasian professor in his 30’s was found unconscious, sustained with serious bruises and a deep cut to his forehead which bled into being a puddle around him.

EMS and NYPD responded accordingly.

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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended on Thanksgiving Day

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday, November 27 for the observance of Thanksgiving Day. Because Thanksgiving 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 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

The Friday after Thanksgiving, November 28, is not a holiday, and alternate side parking regulations, parking meter rules, and all other parking regulations will be in effect. .

click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.

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Mazal Tov! Its a Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Brocha (nee Lewis) Lent (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter!

And to Levi and Chani (nee Zimmerman) Shecter (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter!

May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

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Workmen's Circle building on S.
Green Road will soon be Friendship
Circle's home.
The soon-to-be-completed $300,000 sale of the Workmen's Circle building on Green Road in South Euclid to the Chabad House of Cleveland's Friendship Circle promises to be a square deal for both parties.

“Our philosophies regarding children are very similar,” says Friendship Circle director Rabbi Yossi Marozov (Orthodox). “Both organizations (one religious, one cultural) are interested in preserving Jewish values and strengthening children's connection to Judaism.”

An article in the Nov. 11 Plain Dealer quoted a retired Seton Hall University professor as saying the business deal with Chabad's Friendship Circle “sounds like Workmen's Circle made a pact with the enemy,” a statement Marozov strongly refutes.

Friendship Circle purchases Workmen’s Circle

Workmen’s Circle building on S.
Green Road will soon be Friendship
Circle’s home.

The soon-to-be-completed $300,000 sale of the Workmen’s Circle building on Green Road in South Euclid to the Chabad House of Cleveland’s Friendship Circle promises to be a square deal for both parties.

“Our philosophies regarding children are very similar,” says Friendship Circle director Rabbi Yossi Marozov (Orthodox). “Both organizations (one religious, one cultural) are interested in preserving Jewish values and strengthening children’s connection to Judaism.”

An article in the Nov. 11 Plain Dealer quoted a retired Seton Hall University professor as saying the business deal with Chabad’s Friendship Circle “sounds like Workmen’s Circle made a pact with the enemy,” a statement Marozov strongly refutes.

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Minivan Broken Into on Carroll St

On Monday night at around 4:00am Shomrim received a call that a minivan had been broken into on Carroll St between Kingston and Albany. Shomrim members that live on the block went to check it out and spotted a Black male wandering around looking into cars. Members followed him for a little while and after he made no attempt at breaking into a car they left him.

The minivan which obviously belongs to a yiddisher family had its driver window busted in, unlike any of the recent car break-ins we have been seeing, and the contents of the glove box was scattered all over the front.

More in the Extended Article.

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On Monday, November 20, 2006, over 100 mashgichim and rabbinic coordinators convened for OK Kosher Certifications’ 8th Annual Mashgichim Conference – a day of learning and professional development. The rabbis represented thousands of manufacturing facilities and 250,000 kosher certified products. An exciting day of conferencing, in a private hall in the heart of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY, was capped off with a delicious lunch, catered by OK supervised Crown Heights Bunch-O-Bagels and More.

The conference, once again magnificently coordinated by OK Rabbinic Coordinator Rabbi Chaim Fogelman and Dina Orron, was designed to provide the mashgichim with important and enlightening kashrus related information, in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere. Indeed, the Mashgichim, coming from as far as Australia, Israel, Thailand, Venezuela and Belgium including all of our USA representatives, delighted in each other’s company and bonded as if one family.

OK Kosher Certification’s 8th Annual Mashgichim Conference

On Monday, November 20, 2006, over 100 mashgichim and rabbinic coordinators convened for OK Kosher Certifications’ 8th Annual Mashgichim Conference – a day of learning and professional development. The rabbis represented thousands of manufacturing facilities and 250,000 kosher certified products. An exciting day of conferencing, in a private hall in the heart of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY, was capped off with a delicious lunch, catered by OK supervised Crown Heights Bunch-O-Bagels and More.

The conference, once again magnificently coordinated by OK Rabbinic Coordinator Rabbi Chaim Fogelman and Dina Orron, was designed to provide the mashgichim with important and enlightening kashrus related information, in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere. Indeed, the Mashgichim, coming from as far as Australia, Israel, Thailand, Venezuela and Belgium including all of our USA representatives, delighted in each other’s company and bonded as if one family.

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By Susan Glairon - The Daily Times-Call
Longmont’s first rabbi encouraged by initial response

Rabbi Yakov Borenstein kisses his 3-month-old daughter Chaya’s head as his wife, Shayna, cleans up in the kitchen Nov. 13 at their home in Longmont. Borenstein is Longmont’s first rabbi. Times-Call/Jackie Endsley

Longmont, CO — Whether shopping in a Longmont store or walking on Main Street, Rabbi Yakov Borenstein is often approached by area Jews who are curious about him. They ask if they can join him for Saturday morning services and about signing up for adult education classes. Some are pledging financial support, he says.

“It’s an unbelievable success,” said Borenstein, 25, who moved from Brooklyn to Longmont about a month ago with his wife Shayna, 22, and children Meir, 17 months, and Chaya, 3 months. “It’s been phenomenal.”

Warm Welcome

By Susan Glairon – The Daily Times-Call
Longmont’s first rabbi encouraged by initial response

Rabbi Yakov Borenstein kisses his 3-month-old daughter Chaya’s head as his wife, Shayna, cleans up in the kitchen Nov. 13 at their home in Longmont. Borenstein is Longmont’s first rabbi. Times-Call/Jackie Endsley

Longmont, CO — Whether shopping in a Longmont store or walking on Main Street, Rabbi Yakov Borenstein is often approached by area Jews who are curious about him. They ask if they can join him for Saturday morning services and about signing up for adult education classes. Some are pledging financial support, he says.

“It’s an unbelievable success,” said Borenstein, 25, who moved from Brooklyn to Longmont about a month ago with his wife Shayna, 22, and children Meir, 17 months, and Chaya, 3 months. “It’s been phenomenal.”

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At around 12:40am a car speeding down Sterling St went straight into a parked car while trying to make the right turn onto Brooklyn Ave. The car had an unknown number of male Black occupants all of whom got out of the vehicle after the accident and fled the scene.

The car they struck belongs to a Jewish resident of the community. The incident was witnessed by a bystander who while dialing 911 spotted a police car and flagged it down, and told them that the occupants of the car had fled down Brooklyn, the officers said they will follow them, after about 10 minutes when the officers didn’t come back they placed a call to 911 and officers responded.

More in the Extended Article.

Hit & Run on Brooklyn and Sterling

At around 12:40am a car speeding down Sterling St went straight into a parked car while trying to make the right turn onto Brooklyn Ave. The car had an unknown number of male Black occupants all of whom got out of the vehicle after the accident and fled the scene.

The car they struck belongs to a Jewish resident of the community. The incident was witnessed by a bystander who while dialing 911 spotted a police car and flagged it down, and told them that the occupants of the car had fled down Brooklyn, the officers said they will follow them, after about 10 minutes when the officers didn’t come back they placed a call to 911 and officers responded.

More in the Extended Article.

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A minivan driving on President St was struck by a sedan that had made a left turn from Kingston Ave after taking a red light. Both drivers got out and worked things out. B”H there was no injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Accident on President and Kingston

A minivan driving on President St was struck by a sedan that had made a left turn from Kingston Ave after taking a red light. Both drivers got out and worked things out. B”H there was no injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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