25 Crown Heights Shuls to prepare for Gimmel Tammuz on Shabbos Parshas Shlach

SNS has learned that this coming Shabbos Parshas Shlach, for the first time ever as a joint effort, 25 Shuls in the Crown Heights community will host a Shiur in the Rebbe’s Sichos in preparation for Gimmel Tamuz.

These Shiurim were arranged by a group of devoted Kolel members inspired to bring about a deeper level of Hiskashrus in an atmosphere of unity throughout the community for the weeks leading up to Gimmel Tamuz.

All community members are invited to attend the Shiur in their respective shuls. The Shiurim are to take place (in most Shuls) between Mincha and Marriv Shabbos afternoon.

Word has it that this is only the first of several programs for the CH community. May the preparations alone suffice to hasten the long awaited Geulah Shleima, now!

Yankel’s Brother: It’s Not Over

Hospital settlement won’t end Norman Rosenbaum’s quest for justice in ’91 Crown Heights slaying.

Nearly 14 years after the death of Yankel Rosenbaum at the outset of the Crown Heights riots, his brother says he will continue fighting for action, even after a settlement last week over faulty medical treatment at Kings County Hospital seemed to signal the final chapter in the saga.

“This does not close the book,” Norman Rosenbaum, an Australian lawyer, said Monday. “We are exploring what options exist.”

Those options, he said, might include legal recourse against the doctors who cared for his brother.

MAZAL TOV OSHER LITZMAN!!!

NEW ENGAGEMENT

With great joy and happiness we extend a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to our dear friend, HaBochur, HaTomim, Osek Betzorchay Tzibbur vechulu, phtographer for COL.ORG.IL, Osher Litzman – Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel on the occasion of his engagement to Mussy Halperin – Kfar Chabad

May the Chosson & Kalla merit all the Rebbe’s Brochos!

E-MAZAL TOV

Avraham Freid At Yehuda Reichman’s Bar Mitzvah

Avraham Freid attended Yehudas Bar mitzvah, and sang some of his world famous songs and Yehuda joind in and the duo sang together.

Dell Home – $750 off a purchase of $1500 or more

Dell Home is having a major sale, configure one of the systems in this link to anything over $1500 and get $750 off bringing it down to $750 for a good new laptop.

And since its Dell Home, you will not pay much tax (no more then $10 if you ship to NY) and as far as I know there is no shipping charge.

So good luck and enjoy.

Lights Out In 749 Eastern Pkwy.

The beginning of this week the building that houses part of the dorm of Bochurim that come from Israel to learn in 770, has lost electricity.

According to COL, the electric bill hasn’t been paid in “many months” and the electric company has shut the electricity till the bill is satisfied, which has accumulated to a hefty sum. Furthermore it remains unclear as to who is responsible for the bill and who will now pay it.

New Shluchim to Aventura Florida

Rabbi & Mrs. Mendel Rosenfeld are moving on Shlichus to Aventura, Florida, to expand the existing Aventura Chabad programs, work with the needs of this growing community and to open a strong Chabad presence on the other side of town.

The Rosenfelds were appointed by Rabbi Laivi Forta of Aventura Chabad.

Good Luck!

The Rosenfelds can be reached via e-mail @ Mendelr@msn.com

Bizarre Robbery Attempt Yesterday

Yesterday at the construction site of a new building next door to The Shuk on E. New York Ave. an unidentified man walked into the building while the construction workers were installing major appliances and attempted to steal a STOVE!!!

This happened yesterday when apparently there wasn’t anyone in the building at around 2:30 in the afternoon.

Shomrim responded to the call and held the man till the police arrived and took him into custody. The fate of the stove is unknown.

Major Accident On Empire & Troy

Motzoai Shabbos at 2:30AM there was a major crash involving 3 cars.

Apparently a commercial delivery van was coming up Troy Ave. and hit a car going down Empire Blvd. and spun him around then tried to flee the scene and in the process he hit a livery cab head on and was stopped short, then got out of his van and fled the scene on foot.

B”H no Jew’s were involved in the incident and Shomrim were there to verify that, allegedly the Fire Departments (FDNY) response time exceeded 7 minutes and the police took more then 20 minutes to arrive at the scene.

2 of the victims were transported to a nearby hospital and listen in stable condition and the rest were treated at the scene.

More pictures in the extended article.

B’klyn Senator Compars The Gaza Pullout To Slavery

A Brooklyn politician running for district attorney has compared the evacuation of Jewish residents in the Gaza Strip to the experience of black Americans with slavery.

State Sen. John Sampson (D-East Flatbush) made the controversial comments while on a tour of Israel this month with Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Borough Park).

“This, in certain ways, is like slavery,” Sampson told Worldnet Daily last week. “It’s the same general concept … completely violating these Gaza residents’ civil rights and kicking them out of their homes.”

Sampson’s comments brought a swift response from Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who called the remarks “the height of arrogance.”

Sunday: Gathering in memory of Rabbi Levi Bialo OBM

On Sunday morning at 10:30am, a gathering in memory of Rabbi Levi Bialo A”H, will take place in Bais Binyomin, Montgomery St. (btw Kingston and Albany).

Brunch will be served.

Levi was killed in a terrible accident in Toronto when a train collided with his car.

Sunday: Sium Safer Torah

On Sunday morning there will be a Siyum Sefer Torah that was written in memory of R’ Nechemiah ben R’ Mordechai Kessler a”h.

The Sium will take place @ 737 Eastern Pkwy. (between Kingston Ave. & Brooklyn Ave.) from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

There will be a special program for children the Small Wonder Puppet Theatre at 11:00 a.m.

Afterward there will be a procession to Empire Shtiebel.

City reaches $1.25M settlement with family of Crown Heights victim

Admitting that the hospital that treated Yankel Rosenbaum 14 years ago made errors, the city on Friday reached a $1.25-million settlement with the family of the slain doctoral student.

The negotiated settlement was announced Friday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, where a jury was deliberating a $10-million malpractice lawsuit brought by the family shortly after Rosenbaum’s death in 1991.

The Rosenbaum family, which could not be reached for comment, had recently declined a city offer to settle the case for $1 million because city officials would not admit that Kings County Hospital had botched Rosenbaum’s care.

Rosenbaum was stabbed four times by Lemrick Nelson on Aug. 20, 1991, during a race riot in Crown Heights that erupted after a Hasidic driver accidentally struck and killed Gavin Cato, 7, an African-American boy.

Another Wild Night In Crown Heights

Thursday night June 16 2005 at 11:42PM: Shomrim was called to respond to Carroll St. and Troy Ave. where a bunch of (about nine) black teenager were attacking two Jew’s, as a mater of fact they were father and son, on their way to a wedding at Oholie Torah. They were setting off fire works and aimed it at them, in addition they also threw water balloons. All the wile screaming racial slurs.

NYPD was called at the same time as Shomrim but Shomrim got there about 4mins after the call was received as opposed to NYPD which got there 20mins later (no joke).

The Shvartzes ran into the building as Shomrim arrived at the scene and then when the police finally showed up the two men filed a police report and were given a ride by a Shomrim member to the wedding.

Friday morning June 17 2005 12:15AM: two car’s involved in an accident on Union St. between Albany Ave. and Troy Ave. involving a police officer’s wife and a citizen. EMS, five squad cars and 2 unmarked Police cars responded to the scene. This happened when one of the cars was trying to pull out of a parking spot and the other car came down the block too fast and couldn’t stop. No one was hurt. Neither of the drivers were Jewish.

Friday morning June 17 2005 8:55AM: a pedestrian struck on crown and Nostrand Ave. Shomrim got the call and responded immediately. EMS was on scene and the patient was transported to Kings County Hospital Trauma Center where the patient was listed in stable condition. No Jew’s were involved B”H Shomrim were there to verify that.

Orthodox Site Becomes Orange

This from “The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles”
A Chabad-Lubavitch news site has adopted an orange color scheme to protest the Israeli government’s Gaza withdrawal plan.

“I’m sitting here in Brooklyn, N.Y.,” Shmais.com’s CEO and founder, Levi Hodakov, told JTA, “and I’m really feeling for the Jews in Gaza here.”

Hodakov said the initiative aims to send a message to his readers to oppose the withdrawal and to inspire them to pray and learn on the Gaza Jews’ behalf.

“Every little bit counts,” he said.

Welcome Us Back!

After nearly 2 weeks of me (or any of the staff) not updating anything on the News section of the web site, I am back.

So pass out the word, tell whoever you know about this site, with more visitors visiting the site it will only encourage use to keep on going.

To date we have had a steady turnout of 200 hits (visits) a day! lets double that over the next week.

Best Of All,
Webby, CrownHeights.info Admin

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Spectacular manhunt follows Crown Heights mugging

By Yitzchok Wagshul – Editor of Crown Heights Chronicle, on behalf of SHOMRIM CROWN HEIGHTS DIVISION and crownheights.info

A spectacular manhunt Wednesday morning shook up the routine of residents on Montgomery and Crown Streets between Albany and Troy Avenues, as police searched for two young men who had just attempted to mug a woman at gunpoint.

At approximately 9:15 a.m., the victim was walking to work along Montgomery Street between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues, when she noticed two black males across the street from her acting suspiciously. They were talking in a conspiratorial way and gave her the impression that they were eying a bicycle chained to a corner up ahead. Each wore white mesh shirts and one wore a white kerchief, or “do-rag,” over his head.