1 in 6 Americans Receive Government Aid
USA Today
Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance, nearly four times the number from 2007. Benefits have been extended by Congress eight times beyond the basic 26-week program.
Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.
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Recession May Have Pushed US Birth Rate to New Low
Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here's the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn't afford more mouths to feed.
Credit Card Debt Drops to Lowest Level in 8 Years
NEW YORK [AP] — The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year's second quarter dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years as cardholders continued to pay off balances in the uncertain economy.
New Global Webcast Series on Likkutei Torah
A new global series will be launched this Wednesday, 15 Elul, in Likkutei Torah by the Alter Rebbe.
Egg Recall Sparked by Salmonella Threat: Are You at Risk?
WASHINGTON, DC [CBS] — A massive egg recall has consumers scrambling to check their pantries for eggs that might be contaminated with salmonella.
Epidemic of Young Adults Starting to Smoke
Local Hospital to Join Annual Barbecue Effort to Benefit Cancer Stricken Patients - Offering Smoking Cessation Aids and Tips.
Recent studies have shown that, despite the surgeon general’s warnings, and despite billions of dollars in ad campaigns, young teens and adults are lighting up in large numbers, especially in the Orthodox Jewish community.
As a result of a recent Cancer Awareness Project initiated by volunteers of RCCS, calls have been coming in to the RCCS office begging for help in getting children and spouses to quit… before it is too late.
Audio Preview: Dovid Gabay - Eretz Yisroel
The following is a 2 minute preview of the title track of Dovid Gabay's new CD, called Eretz Yisroel. The song was composed by Elimelech Blumstein and arranged by Moshe Roth.
Sholom Mordechai Pleads: Help Eliyahu Ezagui
“I feel the pain, but unfortunately I do not have the means to help. Please open your hearts and pockets.”
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin wrote a letter from prison, pleading with the public to help Eliyahu Ezagui. Mr Ezagui, who allegedly committed mortgage fraud, is under house arrest and faces 15 years in Federal prison.
Taking Financial Responsibility: What’s Your Game Plan?
CrownHeights.info supporter, Mr Mordy Schachter asks Crown Heightsers; are you fiscally responsible? Do you have a game-plan? Mosts U.S. household aren't! Mr Schachter, who offers financial services, says it's never too late start planning.
Why have our Schools not Introduced more Technology?
using a smartboard in a classroom. Illustration Photo.
In the last half a dozen years, the world of education has taken a giant leap toward integrating technology into schools. The Smart Board is the latest manifestation of this phenomenon. The teachers’ job of preparing lessons has not become easier with Smart Boards but his lessons have become infinitely more exciting and his ability to individualize and engage more of his students will increase manifold.
German Faces Jail for Hitler Speech Ring-Tone
GERMANY — A German man is facing up to six months in prison for having a speech by Adolf Hitler as mobile phone ring tone. The 54-year-old man programmed his Nokia phone to play a speech, in which the Nazi leader pledged the “destruction of world Jewry” if Germany was “dragged” into war, according to a story in the Daily Telegraph.
Update: Please Continue to Say Tehilim for my Grandparents
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.
My Shliach Launches “Story Hour”
Shluchim always dream of a program that will keep their children enchanted and entertained while strengthening their connection to the Rebbe and their fellow young shluchim.
On Thursday, 28 Sivan, MyShliAch brought that dream to life through the pilot program launch of an exclusive new project for children of shluchim.
Judge Orders Tubroburg to Pay Up
Watertown Daily Times
A satellite view of the plant.
A state Supreme Court judge has ordered a kosher food plant owner to pay nearly $167,000 in delinquent utility bills by close of business July 2.
The city of Ogdensburg can shut off water and sewer service to the plant operated by Tubroburg LLC, owned by Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky, on July 6 should the payment not be made, Judge David R. Demarest wrote in a decision released Thursday.
Kellogg Recalls Breakfast Cereals Over Taste, Smell
Kelloggs recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks and Honey Smacks when customers began complaining of a 'waxy' smell.
Foul smells from some Kellogg Co breakfast cereals prompted the world's largest cereal maker to voluntarily pull millions of packages from store shelves around the United States.
Rubashkin and the “Hekhsher Tzedek”
By Rabbi YY Jacobson for theyeshiva.net
Unethical in the Name of Ethics
Animal Vs. Human Flesh
The following moving episode from the “other side” of the Atlantic was related by Cantor Moshe Kraus from Ottawa, who observed it first-hand. *
'Zeks un Ninetziker' now Legal in NY
Eli Eber, owner of Ebers Wine and Liquors, showing off a bottle of 96% for sale.
A prohibition era law banning the sale of alcohol stronger then 160 proof in New York has been lifted on the 1st of this month. Zeks un Ninetziker, also known as Raineh Mashke, Tzav or rubbing alcohol, is 192 proof/96 percent strength alcohol that is one of the staples at just a handful of Shabbos Kiddushim and Farbrenges in 770 and around Crown Heights.
Thought there were no new ideas out there? Think again!
Bnos Chomesh Students pose for a group photo. Illustration Photo.
On Sunday ר"ח תמוז, ,June 13th, Bnos Chomesh Academy will be holding its first flea market event. Over the past 3 months, the school has collected new, and new-condition items that people have lying in their closets, but have no use for. Unopened sets of china, pots and pans in their original packaging, beautiful housewares and clothing some still sporting original tags were donated to Bnos Chomesh in anticipation of their sale.
Terrorists in a Shliachs Back Yard
NBC24
TOLEDO, OH — The West Toledo neighborhood where Amera and Hor Akl live has resumed to normal. Thursday, federal agents search two vehicles and the home where the Akl’s live with their three children.
Rate Your Favorite Junior Photographers
The first stage of voting in CrownHeights.info's junior photo competition will end midnight tonight, Wednesday. The junior photo competition was launched in conjunction with AWarmFocus.org, in an effort to foster competitive creativity in today’s youth.
Woman Sues Google for Being Hit by Car
NY Daily News
Google Maps warns computer users that some roads may not have sidewalks. Lauren Rosenberg is suing Google after being hit by a car, claiming that her BlackBerry app did not provide a similar warning.
Park County, CA — Lauren Rosenberg says that the Google Maps BlackBerry application told her to use Deer Valley Drive — a highway also called Utah State Route 224 — to walk from one Park City address to another.
Wal-Mart Makes Splashy Price Cuts To Get Mojo Back
AP
Wal-Mart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to get its low-price mojo back.
The sharp cuts at its U.S. Walmart stores, which came ahead of Memorial Day weekend, have already pushed rivals such as Target into price wars. And the markdowns are expected to keep coming throughout the summer.
White House Marks Jewish American Heritage Month
WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — The White House hosted a first-ever reception celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room yesterday, Thursday. President Barack Obama spoke about the important contributions the Jewish people have made in the United States and the need for America to support Israel.
