BH Its been busy at Yeshiva Darchai Menachem. Every night of Chanukah another drawing with exciting programs have taken place. On Sunday, the first night of Chanukah Darchai Menachem had a menorah competition like never before. Menorahs were built out of all kinds of things you can ever imagine. “Judging the winner this year was pretty tough” says Rabbi Lieder, one of the judges, “all the boys did a wonderful job”.
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — There’s 911 in case of emergencies and 311 if you need help from the city. Now city residents can dial 511 to know the best way to get around.
The New York State Department of Transportation unveiled “511,” its new traffic and transit help line Thursday.
Lay Leader’s Program
Thanks to the efforts of our capable committee, we are pleased to announce that the program for Sunday’s all-day Lay Leadership Conference is full, morning to evening, with dynamic speakers who will address an array of topics that will intrigue Baal HaBatim from around the world. The schedule includes Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Rabbi Manis Friedman, Rabbi Asher Crispe, Rabbi Dov Greenberg, Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie, Mr. Michael Gerber and Rabbi Shimon Freundlich.
Held, once again, in the elegant Marriott Marquis Times Square, our inspiring roster will, bez”h, move and excite our key audience. Equally important, the program includes time for networking and socializing.
Update: 7:18pm The case was adjourned to tomorrow morning in a courthouse in Allentown, PA at 9:30. The judge was quoted saying that this was due to the “nature of the late hour.”
PHILADELPHIA, PA [CHI] — Lots of Crown Heights residents made their way to Pennsylvania District Court in order to show support of Reb Moshe and his son Sholom Rubashkin who were indicted on charges of illegal storage of hazardous waste in their Montex Textiles company, formerly located in Allentown, PA, without a permit, and one count of making a materially false statement.
A bus packed with people, in addition to many private cars left Crown Heights as early as 6:30am, and filled the small courtroom well beyond capacity leaving many in the hallways and outside the courtroom just saying Tehillim and curiously awaiting updates.
Rabbi Yisroel Shmuel Engel, will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his sister, Malkie Engel OBM of Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 711 Eastern Pkwy, 1st Floor, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
Shachris – 8:00 AM
Mincha – 2:50 PM
Maariv – 5:00 PM
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim
With Hashems help, We would like to thank everyone for all the good wishes, calls, Hachlatot and Mitzvot taken and being done Lezchut Orah Meital bat Bella for a full and speedy recovery. We are extremely touched and appreciative by the tremendous outpour of Chesed and Achdut shown by our community and from the greater Jewish community world-wide.
We want to give special thanks to the medical team from Medical University South Carolina headed by Dr. Joel B. Cochran for saving her life and stabilizing Orah Meital so that she was able to be transferred to New York. We also give our tremendous thanks to Dr. Phil Lanzkowsky, Medical Director of Schneider’s Children’s Hospital for accepting her and making all the necessary arrangements.
More in the Extended Article.
As the holiday of Shavuot approaches Shluchim seem to be taking the opportunity to welcome a new Sefar Torah into their Shuls and Chabad Houses.
Today, Sunday nine of the ten events will be taking place in Chabad Houses in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Allentown, PA, Hollywood, FL, Santa Fe, NM, Camarillo, CA, Plano, TX, Redondo Beach, CA and Plainview, Long Island along with one more dedication here in Crown Heights.
More details in the Extended Article!
CrownHeights.info received an exclusive interview and update from R. Sholom Ber Hecht and the Vaad of the Parade regarding the progress of the permits for the parade. R. Hecht detailed to CrownHeights.info the layout and maps that they are trying to secure permits for.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
MOTZOEI SHABBOS THE HAKOFOS THE NIGHT OF TALUCHA
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Women & Girls UNDER Bas Mitzvah will have the Zchus to kiss the Rebbes Sefer. Torah All those who do not need carriages should please come on Shabbos, (From 6:30pm) to enable the mothers who are bringing children in carriages to not have to wait in line and be able to enter the Shul immediately.
6:58pm – Marriv
All carriages are to be left on Eastern Parkway.
Please do not attempt to bring them into shul.
The rest of the schedule in the Extended Article.
Hollywood, FL – After rejecting a proposal that would’ve ended a federal lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against a synagogue, city commissioners Wednesday night said they planned to keep negotiating to avoid a trial that could come next week.
The settlement rejection came after more than a dozen Hollywood Hills residents took turns urging city leaders to continue their efforts to oust the Hollywood Community Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch from a residential neighborhood.
Commissioners then announced they would reconvene today at 1 p.m. for negotiations with Chabad officials.
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At around 1:00am Efraim Klien (47) HY”D was driving down Schenectady Ave. when eye witnesses claim to have heard and seen 3 shots being fired at the minivan Efrayim was driving, after the shots the van swerved and turned into Carroll St. where he was weaving and was all over the road and went running into parked cars from the beginning of the block until hitting one car in the middle of the block bringing the car to a complete stop.
The minivan then burst into flames and 2 bystanders ran to the van and got the injured victim out of the vehicle and put out the flames. At this point Hatzalah members were already showing up on scene and began performing basic life support, at which time a Hatzalah Ambulance and a FDNY Ambulance had shown up, Hatzalah transported the victim to KCH where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
On report of the passing to all the units of Hatzalah, Shomrim & Police, snow began falling and quickly a layer covered the street only to make any search harder for police in any effort in finding any clues as to what had happened tonight.
Police are still trying to figure out what happened, and where the victim was originally shot, in a brief conversation with a ranking officer on scene he said that Police are looking into the possibility that the victim was shot on Union St. & Schenectady Ave. but still have no idea where he was shot.
The victim who was 42 years of age leaves behind a son who he was going to marry off next week and a daughter who is currently in Israel.
Police have initiated a Level One Mobilization in which every extra hand is called in to search for suspects, or in this case to search for any evidence of a suspect. As of now there has been no progress made.
All the pictures and the initial report can be seen by Clicking Here
After the whole debacle of where and when this meeting was going to take place, we finally got it down.
If you or someone you know received a ticket of not wearing a seatbelt or using a cell phone while driving from P.O. Kennedy (Car#1474) and feels that you are not guilty let your voice be heard.
Please attend the meeting which will be in the 71st Precinct on the second floor in the Community Affairs Room (Located on Empire Blvd. & New York Ave.) this evening [Thursday] February 23rd at 7:00pm. local officials as well as NYPD 71st precinct officials will be present at the meeting
Please be there and bring a friend. It is important that our voices be heard.UPDATE: Did You Get A Seatbelt Or Cell Phone Ticket?
THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSPONED! We received word from the organizers that one of the main people from the Precinct that was supposed to attend this meeting could not make it, so the meeting was pushed off to Thursday February 23 at 8pm in the Community Council.
If you or someone you know received a ticket of not wearing a seatbelt or using a cell phone while driving from P.O. Kennedy (Car#1474) and feels that you are not guilty let your voice be heard.
PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING AT THE CROWN HEIGHTS JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL (387 KINGSTON AVENUE) THIS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21ST AT 8PM. LOCAL OFFICIALS AS WELL AS NYPD 71ST PRECINCT OFFICIALS WILL BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
Please be there and bring a friend. It is important that our voices be heard.
An attacker stabbed eight people with a hunting knife in a synagogue in central Moscow Wednesday, Moscow Prosecutor Anatoly Zuyev said.
The shaven-headed attacker, 20-year old Muscovite Alexander Koptsev, rushed into the synagogue, during a Minyan for Maariv, shouting, “I came to kill you,” witnesses said.
Four people, including the synagogue’s Rabbi, R. Michoel Mishulovin, were left in a serious condition, the NTV television channel said.
The Rabbi was taken to hospital and was undergoing surgery, Borukh Gorin, a spokesman for the Federation of Russia’s Jewish Communities, said. (Please say Tehillim for Michoel Gershon Ben Fruma Sara)
More pictures and the rest of the article in the Extended Article. (WARNING: Some of the pictures are very gruesome and graphical.)
The victim of the attack in which 2 black men grabbed a Bochur while walking on Montgomery St. between the blocks of Kingston Ave. & Albany Ave. and pulled a gun on him, had been taken to the Police Precinct where he scanned through files with pictures of criminals with previous records.
What came out of this was the identification of one of the perps involved, a 17 year old boy with an extensive criminal record. With this information on had the police will continue to pursue this case with more hope of catching those involved.
To read our report of the mugging CLICK HERE
With a promised strike less than 48 hours away, the Transport Workers Union was planning to seek a court order Sunday against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — claiming that the agency was breaking state law by demanding changes in pension benefits for new hires, a union lawyer said.
There were no reports of progress following talks between the two sides on Saturday, and commuters were making plans for a possible shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system at the height of the Christmas rush.
According to Walter Meginniss Jr., the union planned to file the complaint with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board, The New York Times reported on its Web site Sunday.
For the time being there is no Transit strike, but the possibility that there may be one is still a possibility. MTA officials and Labor Union officials stayed at the table till well passed the 12:00am dead line, they were there till 4:30am and an announcement on what is going on is scheduled for 6:00am.
If there were to be a strike, it would severely disrupt the ability for all those that go out on Mivtzoim every Friday, since the police are going to enact a rule that if there were to be a strike, the only way to get into a city would be in a car with 4 or more people. And due to the fact that Shabbos comes in very early, walking isn’t really a practical option.
For the time being (5:30am) all the buses and trains are still running properly.
UPDATE: The union leader just announced that there will be a series of strikes starting with private bus lines. This is a very cryptic message but what I think we can safely assume that all buses and trains will be running properly.
