Sloatsburg rest stop offers Jewish men place to pray

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 12:25 Written by The Journal News Wednesday, 27 July 2011 12:17

Orthodox Jewish men pray on the top floor of the parking garage at the Sloatsburg rest stop along the northbound New York State Thruway. The area has been set aside for people to meet and pray. The men spend the work week in Manhattan, drive upstate Thursday evenings and use the space to say the traditional evening prayers. / Seth Harrison/The Journal News

SLOATSBURG — On Thursday nights during the summer, thousands of Orthodox Jewish men transform an ordinary Thruway rest stop into a sacred space.

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Missing 14 Year Old Yeshiva Student From Brooklyn Located

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:26 Written by Sandy Eller / VIN News Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:25

Ulster County, NY - A call for volunteers has gone out from Catskills Hatzala and the Ulster County Sherrif’s department to search for a 14 year old Brooklyn boy who has been missing from the Spinka Camp in Dairyland (This camp is used by Brooklyn Yeshiva of Rabbi Shiya Nachman Berger) since 10 o’clock last night.

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Missing 14 Year Old Yeshiva Student From Brooklyn Located

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:26 Written by Sandy Eller / VIN News Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:25

Ulster County, NY - A call for volunteers has gone out from Catskills Hatzala and the Ulster County Sherrif’s department to search for a 14 year old Brooklyn boy who has been missing from the Spinka Camp in Dairyland (This camp is used by Brooklyn Yeshiva of Rabbi Shiya Nachman Berger) since 10 o’clock last night.

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Missing 14 Year Old Yeshiva Student From Brooklyn Located

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:26 Written by Sandy Eller / VIN News Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:25

Ulster County, NY - A call for volunteers has gone out from Catskills Hatzala and the Ulster County Sherrif’s department to search for a 14 year old Brooklyn boy who has been missing from the Spinka Camp in Dairyland (This camp is used by Brooklyn Yeshiva of Rabbi Shiya Nachman Berger) since 10 o’clock last night.

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NY dairy farmer: Barn roof collapse killed 60 cows

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 February 2011 21:42 Written by AP Tuesday, 08 February 2011 21:31

The owners of an upstate New York dairy farm say they expect to lose dozens of cows in addition to 60 killed when a barn roof collapsed last week.

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