Winter storm Nemo is expected to sock the city today with fierce winds and an icy mix that should bring down power lines and trees, threaten coastal flooding, turn tonight’s commute into a nightmare — and leave more than a foot of snow before it’s done.
In New York City’s largest ballroom, located inside Midtown’s Hilton Hotel, four and a half thousand people sat down to an evening of elevation, inspiration and tribute – the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries.
CrownHeights.info will be live blogging the event from beginning to end, with regular updates from our corespondents at the banquet. To watch a live video of the banquet, click here.
On Thursday night the 2012 Republican National Convention came to an end, as did my second experience as a page, and wow, what a time!
Wednesday was another eventful day at the RNC, and the lineup of speakers was nearly mind numbing.
Tuesday marked the first real day of the Republican National Convention, as well as my first real day performing my page duties, and I am happy to write that the day was just as exciting as I had hoped.
Despite some unpredictable changes due to the weather, the 2012 page program is in full swing! One of the best parts about the program is meeting all my fellow young republicans from around the united states.
Two months ago, Miriam Leichtling’s parents lost their jobs within a week of each other. For several months, Leichtling, a New York designer who has led several organized trips to Israel, had been agonizing over how to scrape together enough money to send her parents, ages 66 and 71, to Israel. But the cost of airfare for three – normally starting at about $1,000 per ticket, with a layover — was prohibitive.
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In an interview with The Algemeiner, Rabbi Shlomo Koves, the Hungarian Chabad Rabbi who was challenged to a debate this week by Gabor Vona, leader of Jobbik, a Hungarian nationalist party, has outright declined the request.
[Name removed] left her home in Stamford Hill this morning on her way to college. It is now Midnight in London and she has not been heard from since. Please say Tehilim for [Name removed].
Update 9:52 PM: Boruch Hashem, [Name removed] has been found and is reportedly safe and sound. We will update with more information as it becomes available.
Members of the park slope co-op are currently debating whether to vote on a measure that, if approved, will ban all Israeli products from the progressive – ‘consumer owned’ – outlet. More than 2,000 members showed up at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene for a memorable meeting that could last hours. You can follow a live Twitter feed of the meeting here.
Update: Boycott proposal rejected, to the tune of 1,000 against to 600 in favor.
Live updates of the International Kinus Hashlucos, taking place now at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan.
Crown Heights [CHI] — The entire 770 has been evacuated and all the morning regulars are congregating outside due to a suspicious package that has been mysteriously placed at the “Shalash” entrance (between old and new 770 buildings). The NYPD’s bomb squad is on the way to inspect the package and determine what further steps must be taken. Update: Package determined to be harmless.
In an enormous cruise terminal-turned-ballroom at the mouth of the east river in Brooklyn, five thousand people sat down to an evening of elevation, inspiration and tribute.
Chief Rabbi of the UK Jonathon Sacks said that advertising only made shoppers aware of what they did not own, rather than feeling grateful for what they have.
Crown Heights [CHI] — Reports are flooding in about an ongoing hostage situation on the corner of Montgomery St. and Troy Ave., where a stabbing occured. It appears the suspect fled into the corner building – 840 Montgomery – and holed himself up in one of the apartments.
As another night of unrest begins in London, the Jewish community is taking precautions to protect their stores from the violent riots.
“My name is Levi Aron,” the writer began. Then, in small, distinct print, and in short prosaic sentences on one full page of lined paper he submitted to the police, Mr. Aron told the story of how he had kidnapped, killed and systematically dismembered an 8-year-old boy who had gotten lost one afternoon in Brooklyn on the way back from camp and had sought his help.
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