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.
These are the suspect’s words as written on a legal pad during questioning, according to law enforcement sources. This transcript has been edited to remove parts of an extremely graphic nature. It has not been edited for clarity.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two people were shot in a hail of bullets as a fresh wave of violence erupted on Utica Avenue, and police are searching for a single gunman described a 15-year-old black male.
By 12:30pm over 500 have already turned out to vote for who will be the third Rov in Crown Heights. Activists are hanging out near the polling station and trying to persuade any undecided voter.
Crown Heights is once again heading to the ballots, and this time it’s to elect a third Rov which will g-d willing fill the void, and bring our community close to peace. The following are the voting schedules and guidelines for the benefit of the public:
Voting Location Change: The voting will take place in the Womans section of 770, entrance on Kingston Avenue.
Due to the advice of the Rabbinical authorities, mashpiem and the advice of people of our community, the mashke tasting contest will be cancelled. The BBQ will go on as planned rain or shine with renowned badchan Reb Shlomo Hadarshan.
We ask everyone to please come and support Devorah Benjamin for her timeless effort and hard work of Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah who helps the community and shluchim literally all over the world.
The Wilansky family sent an email to CrownHeights.info, thanking the community for saying Tehilim for their grandparents. The grandparents are on life support, after being severely injured in a car accident in Connecticut. The email goes on to give an update on their condition and requesting to continue saying Tehillim.
CrownHeights.info has just learned that police have made an arrest in the pervert case, where two young girls attacked Wednesday. The two victims were just brought in to the precinct to look at a lineup and identify the suspect.
After challenging the candidacy of a number of potential candidates, Rabbi Avrohom B. Rosenberg released his ruling late last night.
LITCHFIELD, CT — In actions last week and earlier this week, the plaintiffs in a Jewish group’s lawsuit claiming an anti-Hasidic bias in Litchfield filed an amended complaint to add a defendant and the town of Litchfield filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit-at least with regard to the municipality.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Cheskel’s Shwarma King located at 3715 13th Avenue in Boro Park, the site of an unfortunate incident involving the sale of a non-kosher frankfurter is currently very busy. No longer answering questions about what transpired–that has been answered to the satisfaction of its supervising agency–Bais Din Tartikov but extremely busy trying to fulfill orders of everything ranging from Shwarma, fries and its trademark VIP Chulent.
The Moshiach Times Magazine continues to educate and inspire. The premier Jewish children’s magazine is full of great stories, Torah lessons to encourage Middos Tovos, Ahavas Yisroel and Yiras Shomayim, all presented in a wonderful format, exciting, colorful and warm heartening!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy Schreiber (Crown Heights) and Chumy Grossbaum (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday, February 16th at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
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