Paula Abdul: Shabbat Candle-lighting a Source of Inspiration

JLI’s new course, Oasis in Time; The Gift of Shabbat in a 24/7 World, which launched this spring, has received wide support from celebrities nation-wide. Paula Abdul, popular pop singer, dancer, choreographer and television personality, who lights Shabbos candles on Friday evening, said, “I encourage you to explore [the Mitzvah of Shabbat candles] this spring with JLI’s course, I know it will be a source of inspiration and help make your life brighter and the world around you a more peaceful place.”

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Off Duty Cop Heroically Shoots Robbers near Crown Heights

New York Post

The scene outside the auto repair shop. Photo: WCBS 2

An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel officer was shot and wounded in a wild gunfight at a Brooklyn car stereo shop with a group of four armed thugs who tried to rob the place, police sources said.

IAF Strikes Rocket Launchers in Gaza After Attacks

Jpost

Israeli airstrikes hit rocket-launching terrorists, smuggling tunnels along Gaza-Egypt border and Hamas training camp; action follows rocket attacks in Beersheba, Ashkelon; no reports of injured in attack.

British Lord at Campus Menorah Lighting

Approximately 50 students and staff gathered on the Queens Lawn Terrace of Imperial College’s South Kensington campus to light the Menorah with Professor Lord Robert Winston. Lord Winston is one of the most famous British professors, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter, and also a politician who sits on the Labour Party benches in the House of Lords.

Cape Town Chabad Night at the Stadium to Remember

SOUTH AFRICA — Move over Ronaldo, Wayne and Pele… Cape Town’s West Coast Jewish Community is here! On Thursday 21 October close to 250 Capetonians took to the pitch of the World Cup Stadium in Cape Town to show off their soccer prowess and enjoy a night of fine cuisine, amazing prizes and great entertainment in support of the West Coast Jewish Community, its preschool and junior primary school – the Sinai Academy, and community centre – The Shul of Blouberg – West Coast under the auspices of Chabad of the West Coast directed by Rabbi Asher and Zeesy Deren.

Google Earth Photos Reveal Syrian Scuds

AOL News

Israeli defense experts were still sounding alarms this week over Google Earth images made public Friday by the Israeli daily Haaretz. The satellite photos, taken March 22, show Scud missiles ready for deployment at a Syrian base at Adra, where earlier reports suggest Syria is training Hezbollah militants in the use of missiles that threaten large parts of Israel.

Brooklyn Bum Fakes War Wound for Cash

NY Post

(L-R) 1) Robert Mc Mahon appears an arm short. 2) While begging for cash in Brooklyn, he plays up his phony stints in Vietnam. 3) At day’s end, he counts his cash – with both fully functioning arms.

Semper fake!

For years, Brooklyn commuters have opened their wallets for Robert McMahon, handing cash to this heroic and heartbreaking figure, a Vietnam vet in combat fatigues, his left arm missing and his right leg crippled, as he panhandles on Ocean Parkway in Kensington.

Brooklyn’s First Day of Wireless Water Meter Reading

On Monday, August 9, Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz joined New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway, Lauren Collins, co-founder of the Windsor Terrace Alliance and area residents outside his home to officially commemorate Brooklyn going online for the City’s new wireless water meter program. The installation of an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) unit on BP Markowitz’s home was the 417,000th installed in the City.

Op-Ed: Hamas Hunger Strike or PR Strike on Israel?

by Getzy Markowitz

Israeli soldiers being attacked on the deck of the Mavi Marmara. Inset: Getzy Markowitz.

I first heard about the Israeli commando counter charge of the now infamous flotilla while waiting to cross the U.S. border from Canada. As my wife and I listened to unconfirmed reports of casualties, I was reminded of a time while at the same U.S. entry port, I waited on queue along side a Red Crescent ambulance in tow. The West Bank-bound vehicle was being donated by a Muslim group in Quebec, and was subjected to a mandatory inspection as any vehicle would that was crossing into the United States.