1,600 Arrested for Putting Feet Up on Subway
AP
Sleepy New Yorkers beware: Putting your feet up on a subway seat during a late-night train ride can land you behind bars.
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Boteach: “I Could Declare Myself Messiah Right Now”
Haaretz
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach talks about his new book in Jerusalem, Israel
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach revels in speaking publicly about topics most Orthodox Jews avoid; his newest work promises to be no less controversial. The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz interviewed him on his latest book “Kosher J,” in which he describes the founder of Christianity as a good Jew, and blames later Christians who never knew him for portraying him falsely.
Last night, a Crown Heights couple noticed a great deal of anti-Semitic graffiti on a Kingston subway bench. They went to report it to the station attendant on their way home, and mentioned that there had been similar stuff in the exact same spot about a month ago.
Kingston Ave. Subway Station: Anti-Semitic Graffiti and Rude MTA Attendant
Last night, a Crown Heights couple noticed a great deal of anti-Semitic graffiti on a Kingston subway bench. They went to report it to the station attendant on their way home, and mentioned that there had been similar stuff in the exact same spot about a month ago.
In honor of his upcoming marriage, singer Shimmy Engel teamed up with Israeli composer Yishai Lapidot to release a music video of Avraham Fried's touching Aleh Katan - in Yiddish.
Video: Duo Sings Fried’s ‘Aleh Katan’ in Yiddish
In honor of his upcoming marriage, singer Shimmy Engel teamed up with Israeli composer Yishai Lapidot to release a music video of Avraham Fried‘s touching Aleh Katan – in Yiddish.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mrs. Sima Esther Hecht, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sima Esther Hecht of Chicago, IL, daughter of renowned Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht Z”L.
Target Praised for Using Down Syndrome Boy in Ad
NY Daily News
Ryan (far left), a six-year-old boy with Down syndrome, in a recent clothing ad for Target.
Target is raking in praise over a recent ad featuring a 6-year-old boy with Down syndrome.
Hundreds Attend Hatzalah Health Symposium & Benefit
Photos by Chaim Perl for Hatzalah
Oholei Torah’s ballroom filled up Motzei Shabbos with hundreds of guests attending the annual Crown Heights Hatzalah fundraiser.
Photos & Video: 8th Day Rocks Long Island
At a concert benefiting the Friendship Circle of West Hempstead, Long Island, the 8th Day’s Shmuly and Bentzy Marcus, along with their brother Eli, performed a rocking show for the large crowd, including their hit song Yalili, as well as a number of brand new songs.
JLI Launches in Germany
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky announced that JLI, the adult education arm of Chabad Lubavitch, will now be launching in Germany, joining more than 350 branches worldwide with more than a quarter million students.
Forging Friendships, Preserving Memory
Holocaust survivors are a fast dwindling population. But buried with many a survivor who dies is a story of untold suffering and loss, and also, lessons of an extraordinary will for life.
JTA
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
A New York state synagogue is holding a rally to help locate a stolen Torah. The handwritten Sefer Torah and $200 in cash were found to be missing on Saturday after a break-in at the Landfield Avenue Synagogue in Monticello, NY.
Chabad House to Hold Rally to Locate Stolen Torah
JTA
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
A New York state synagogue is holding a rally to help locate a stolen Torah. The handwritten Sefer Torah and $200 in cash were found to be missing on Saturday after a break-in at the Landfield Avenue Synagogue in Monticello, NY.
Code of Jewish Law, Laws of Shabbos, Chapter 329: If non-Jews besiege a Jewish border town — whether in the Holy Land or in the Diaspora — stating that they come only to pilfer straw, Jews are obligated to arm themselves for war, even on Shabbos, because such an intrusion opens up the entire Jewish land to attack.
Weekly Living Torah Video: G-d’s Roadmap
Code of Jewish Law, Laws of Shabbos, Chapter 329: If non-Jews besiege a Jewish border town — whether in the Holy Land or in the Diaspora — stating that they come only to pilfer straw, Jews are obligated to arm themselves for war, even on Shabbos, because such an intrusion opens up the entire Jewish land to attack.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe from Yud Shvat, 1964.
Join Hatzalah of Crown Heights this Motzai Shabbos for an informative health symposium which will include a hot buffet along with a wine tasting, as well as the drawing for their annual $18,000 raffle. Also, 3 iPads will be raffled off to all those who attend. All this will take place in Oholei Torah on Motzai Shabbos at 8:00pm. The event is for both women and men, with separate seating.
Motzai Shabbos: Health Symposium & $18,000 Raffle!
Join Hatzalah of Crown Heights this Motzai Shabbos for an informative health symposium which will include a hot buffet along with a wine tasting, as well as the drawing for their annual $18,000 raffle. Also, 3 iPads will be raffled off to all those who attend. All this will take place in Oholei Torah on Motzai Shabbos at 8:00pm. The event is for both women and men, with separate seating.
Shabbos at Besht: Enthusiasm Vs. Kabolas Ol
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yehuda Altein will lead a discussion on the topic: Enthusiasm Vs. Kabolas Ol.
Video: Do You Need an Ethical Will?
Torah Café
Dr. Stephen Serbain
In this video from the National Jewish Retreat, Dr. Stephen Serbain discusses the concept of an ethical will and how it differs from other types of wills a person might write. An ethical will allows a person to transmit their spiritual legacy to their loved ones. In this interactive workshop, Stephen Serbain will give you the tools to compose your own Jewish ethical will.
A major collision involving three vehicles sent one car into flames on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Ave. at 9:25 tonight. The driver, described to be a 45-50 year old male, was pinned inside the burning vehicle. Eventually, they managed to extract him and he was immediately rushed to Kings County Hospital in traumatic arrest; he was later pronounced dead in the emergency room.
Car Bursts Into Flame on Eastern Parkway, 1 Dead
A major collision involving three vehicles sent one car into flames on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Ave. at 9:25 tonight. The driver, described to be a 45-50 year old male, was pinned inside the burning vehicle. Eventually, they managed to extract him and he was immediately rushed to Kings County Hospital in traumatic arrest; he was later pronounced dead in the emergency room.
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