Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Levi Eckhaus (Crown Heights) upon his engagement to Chayle Kopstein (London) !
The Lechaim will IY”H be Tonight [Wednesday] in the Jewish Childrens Museum.
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A man on his way to meet some friends in Crown Heights was shot and killed after an angry exchange with another group, police said.
The 20-year-old victim was gunned down about 11 p.m. at Schenectady Avenue and President Street. Police did not know what triggered the violence. 3 perps were being sought in connection with this shooting.
Man Gunned Down on Schenectady and President
A man on his way to meet some friends in Crown Heights was shot and killed after an angry exchange with another group, police said.
The 20-year-old victim was gunned down about 11 p.m. at Schenectady Avenue and President Street. Police did not know what triggered the violence. 3 perps were being sought in connection with this shooting.
Stabbing On Brooklyn Ave.
At around 5:00pm amid the parade and celebrations a Black male pulled a large knife and stabbed another Black male in the leg. The perp was immediately arrested by a few of the many cops posted up all along that block. It is unclear what sparked this incident. The victim was transported by EMS to a local hospital.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
As we have previously reported about 4 cars getting broken into, 4 more became victims. This appears to be the work of one individual who has a preference for cars with smaller windows he can compromise to gain access to the car then he searches for things of value, even if they aren’t in plain sight.
One car was broken into some time on Motzoai Shabbos on Albany between Carroll and Crown, a Tzedakah box was taken and the glove box contents were emptied and rummaged thru. Another car that was parked on Schenectady between President and Carroll and was broken into had an expensive toolbox taken from it. A minivan was broken into nearby on President between Schenectady and Troy, where a tzedakah box was taken. And the last incident was on Brooklyn between Montgomery and Empire, where a bag containing expensive stuff was taken.
Crown Heights cars Are A Target Once More
As we have previously reported about 4 cars getting broken into, 4 more became victims. This appears to be the work of one individual who has a preference for cars with smaller windows he can compromise to gain access to the car then he searches for things of value, even if they aren’t in plain sight.
One car was broken into some time on Motzoai Shabbos on Albany between Carroll and Crown, a Tzedakah box was taken and the glove box contents were emptied and rummaged thru. Another car that was parked on Schenectady between President and Carroll and was broken into had an expensive toolbox taken from it. A minivan was broken into nearby on President between Schenectady and Troy, where a tzedakah box was taken. And the last incident was on Brooklyn between Montgomery and Empire, where a bag containing expensive stuff was taken.
Accident on Montgomery and Kingston
At around 8:50pm Sunday evening as the streets began crowding with cars of those coming into Crown Heights to celebrate Labor Day and take partake in the West Indian Day Parade, two cars collided in the intersection of Kingston and Montgomery.
An SUV driven by a Bochur with 3 passengers was driving on Montgomery St. and was making a left onto Kingston Ave. when he was struck by a Mercedes driven by a Black woman with 2 passengers who was coming up Kingston from Empire.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Media-savvy rabbis and producers have revamped the annual Chabad “To Life” telethon and will unveil a streamlined and contemporary program this fall.
The fundraiser will take place Sept. 10 from 4 p.m.-11 p.m. and can be viewed on KTSF channel 26 in San Francisco. Los Angeles: KCAL Channel 9. S. Diego: KUSI Channel 9. Las Vegas: KVMY Channel 12. New York/New Jersey/Connecticut: WLNY Channel 55. Nationwide: Dish Network Channel 9601.
An online simulcast of the telethon will be streamed on the Chabad Web site, www.tolife.com.
Chabad telethon gives old message new edge
Media-savvy rabbis and producers have revamped the annual Chabad “To Life” telethon and will unveil a streamlined and contemporary program this fall.
The fundraiser will take place Sept. 10 from 4 p.m.-11 p.m. and can be viewed on KTSF channel 26 in San Francisco. Los Angeles: KCAL Channel 9. S. Diego: KUSI Channel 9. Las Vegas: KVMY Channel 12. New York/New Jersey/Connecticut: WLNY Channel 55. Nationwide: Dish Network Channel 9601.
An online simulcast of the telethon will be streamed on the Chabad Web site, www.tolife.com.
It was an obligation Tammy Cohen had fulfilled regularly, but never quite so fabulously. For years the 44-year-old New Yorker, like generations of Jewish women before her, had immersed herself monthly in a mikvah, or ritual bath. The act … was indisputably meaningful to Cohen, but some of the facilities she had been using were uninspiring. The pool, she says, looked “like someone had dug a hole and put some plaster in it”; its rabbinically mandated rainwater sometimes bore someone else's hair. Cohen sighs, “You just wanted to get in and get out.”
Not so tonight. Descending a grand spiral stair at the newly opened Jacques and Hanna Schwalbe Mikvah on Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side, Cohen was met by an attendant offering fine towels from Israel. Then it was on to a prep room fragrant with vanilla-scented candles, floored in Chinese tile, furnished in red cherry and featuring an eight-jet Jacuzzi — rather than the standard shower — for pre-immersion cleanliness. The mikvah itself, beneath a mosaic of a blue sky and white clouds, was pristine. Cohen's eyes widened. “It's spectacular,” she gasped. “I feel like I'm at the Four Seasons.”
Thoroughly Modern Mikvahs
Beautiful article about the new Mikvah in the upper east side that appeared in this past weeks edition of the Time Magazine.
It was an obligation Tammy Cohen had fulfilled regularly, but never quite so fabulously. For years the 44-year-old New Yorker, like generations of Jewish women before her, had immersed herself monthly in a mikvah, or ritual bath. The act … was indisputably meaningful to Cohen, but some of the facilities she had been using were uninspiring. The pool, she says, looked “like someone had dug a hole and put some plaster in it”; its rabbinically mandated rainwater sometimes bore someone else’s hair. Cohen sighs, “You just wanted to get in and get out.”
Not so tonight. Descending a grand spiral stair at the newly opened Jacques and Hanna Schwalbe Mikvah on Manhattan’s wealthy Upper East Side, Cohen was met by an attendant offering fine towels from Israel. Then it was on to a prep room fragrant with vanilla-scented candles, floored in Chinese tile, furnished in red cherry and featuring an eight-jet Jacuzzi — rather than the standard shower — for pre-immersion cleanliness. The mikvah itself, beneath a mosaic of a blue sky and white clouds, was pristine. Cohen’s eyes widened. “It’s spectacular,” she gasped. “I feel like I’m at the Four Seasons.”
The directors of Colel Chabad will be dealing with 55 municipalities and local councils who have submitted requests to be included in the activity of distributing food parcels for the upcoming High Holidays. Within the framework of the activity, it was decided to adopt 25,000 poor families who are recognized by welfare as unfortunately suffering from severe economic distress.
Colel Chabad distributing food baskets to needy
The holiday project of Colel Chabad, working together with the social welfare departments of the local authorities, will be handling an unprecedented scope of operation in Israel, by distributing food baskets to 120,000 poor and destitute throughout the Holy Land, the organization said in a press release.
The directors of Colel Chabad will be dealing with 55 municipalities and local councils who have submitted requests to be included in the activity of distributing food parcels for the upcoming High Holidays. Within the framework of the activity, it was decided to adopt 25,000 poor families who are recognized by welfare as unfortunately suffering from severe economic distress.
Dr. Boruch Trappler of Crown Heights is sitting Shiva with his two brothers Gary and David, both from Capetown, until Sunday morning.
Address: 19 Monastry Rd. Fresney, Capetown 8001.
Phone: 011-2721-439-4469
Fax: 011-2721-434-3750.
E-mail: nechum17@aol.com
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes – R’ Yehuda Leib Trappler
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Yehuda Leib Trappler of Capetown, South Africa. The Levaya was held Monday morning in Capetown.
Dr. Boruch Trappler of Crown Heights is sitting Shiva with his two brothers Gary and David, both from Capetown, until Sunday morning.
Address: 19 Monastry Rd. Fresney, Capetown 8001.
Phone: 011-2721-439-4469
Fax: 011-2721-434-3750.
E-mail: nechum17@aol.com
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
On Campus: Students Support for Israel Strong
Ater a summer-long diet of one-sided media reports and images favoring Lebanese suffering and ignoring that to Israeli civilians and cities, many college students are now returning to their campuses with skewed ideas about the war.
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Because Labor Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations will also be 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”).
Kingston Ave. will be open for local residents only. Officers will be posted on the corner of Empire Blvd and Kingston Ave to allow residents to pass.
All streets North of President St (President, Union, Eastern Parkway etc.) will be closed.
Labor Day Parking Regulations and Street Closures
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. Because Labor Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations will also be 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”).
Kingston Ave. will be open for local residents only. Officers will be posted on the corner of Empire Blvd and Kingston Ave to allow residents to pass.
All streets North of President St (President, Union, Eastern Parkway etc.) will be closed.
Jewish group backs Yassky
Crown Heights Jewish leaders are slated to step into a charged Brooklyn congressional race today when they endorse City Councilman David Yassky, the Daily News has learned.
Members of the Crown Heights Political Action Committee – the political arm of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council – are expected to make the announcement with Yassky at a City Hall press conference.
“He had a sensitive ear to our needs while a councilman, and we remembered that,” said Rabbi Nochum Gross, former chairman of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council.
Mazal Tov! Its A Boy!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Choni and Esther (nee kessler) Grunblatt (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn baby boy!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel!
On behalf of Rabbi Dov Muchnik and the Chabad of Oxnard, I would like to invite veterans and their families to the dedication of a Torah (the whole body of Jewish religious literature, including the Scripture and Talmud), to honor and memorialize members of the U.S. military.
The ceremony will be Sept. 10 at Fisherman's Wharf, Channel Islands Harbor (Victoria Avenue and Channel Islands Boulevard), beginning at 1 p.m.
The first letters of the Liberty Torah, as it will be known, will be inscribed by a Jewish scribe at the ceremony to coincide with the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Liberty Torah will be sent to Israel, where it will be completed and returned to the Chabad of Oxnard.
Chabad’s Torah to honor military
On behalf of Rabbi Dov Muchnik and the Chabad of Oxnard, I would like to invite veterans and their families to the dedication of a Torah (the whole body of Jewish religious literature, including the Scripture and Talmud), to honor and memorialize members of the U.S. military.
The ceremony will be Sept. 10 at Fisherman’s Wharf, Channel Islands Harbor (Victoria Avenue and Channel Islands Boulevard), beginning at 1 p.m.
The first letters of the Liberty Torah, as it will be known, will be inscribed by a Jewish scribe at the ceremony to coincide with the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Liberty Torah will be sent to Israel, where it will be completed and returned to the Chabad of Oxnard.
3 Cars Broken Into In 3 Days
The First two incidents occurred on Thursday where an SUV and a Commercial Van were broken into, the Van had its window broken and Dashboard taken apart to get to the radio and the SUV had its window shattered for the Tzedakah box that was visible.
The incident with the SUV took place in broad daylight on E. New York and Kingston and the owner took care to call the police and file a report, police came down and dusted the car for fingerprints, and the perp apparently got cut and left a speck of blood on the door handle. The incident with the Van took place later that Thursday just across the intersection of E. New York and Kingston and was not reported.
More in the Extended Article!
Yeshivas Kayitz of South Africa!
We would like to start off by thanking the Rebbe for giving us an inspirational summer and lifetime experience.
This past summer was a smashing success in the Yeshivas Kayitz of South Africa.
Based out of Johannesburg, 36 Bochurim had the time of their lives under the guidance of the Hanoholas Hayeshiva, along with a great and devoted staff.
The Bochurim spent 7 weeks learning, and touring Southern Africa. There were those that completed Mesechtas Brochos, while others finished Mesechtas Tomid, and many completed Sefer Ha’Maimorim Melukat Gimmal. In spite of all of this learning, they still managed to tour a vast amount, including a Shabbos in Durban and Cape Town, visiting Kruger, Umhlanga, Plett, the garden route and much much more. Beyond for the many trips, those bochrim who excelled in shmeras hasedorim were rewarded weekly with a special trip.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
“Religious Zionists believe that Redemption will come through the state,” explained Mrs. Aliza Karp at a Shlaimos HaAretz gathering for women on Thursday night in Crown Heights. “This is part of the reason the Jews of Gush Katif were compelled to cooperate when the army came to tell them that the democratically elected government had decided their mission in Gush Katif was finished. We need to help them recognize that expelling Jews from Jewish land is a deep Golus – not part of a Redemption process – they need to understand that Redemption comes through Moshiach.”
“Many of the people who were expelled from Gush Katif are suffering from the trauma of how they have been treated,” added Mrs. Baila Kamman. “The Gush Katif women who come to the Farbrengens hosted by the women of Kfar Chabad are very encouraged. They see that Chabad has not forgotten them and they are open to learning Chassidus.”
Disengagement Video Presentation In Support Of Gush Katif Project
“Religious Zionists believe that Redemption will come through the state,” explained Mrs. Aliza Karp at a Shlaimos HaAretz gathering for women on Thursday night in Crown Heights. “This is part of the reason the Jews of Gush Katif were compelled to cooperate when the army came to tell them that the democratically elected government had decided their mission in Gush Katif was finished. We need to help them recognize that expelling Jews from Jewish land is a deep Golus – not part of a Redemption process – they need to understand that Redemption comes through Moshiach.”
“Many of the people who were expelled from Gush Katif are suffering from the trauma of how they have been treated,” added Mrs. Baila Kamman. “The Gush Katif women who come to the Farbrengens hosted by the women of Kfar Chabad are very encouraged. They see that Chabad has not forgotten them and they are open to learning Chassidus.”
