UPDATED: Work Site Collapse In Crown Heights
Emergency services are rushing into Crown Heights Friday afternoon after a worksite at a building collapsed, trapping at least one worker.
JLI: When Criticism of Israel Becomes Antisemitic
Biden’s new antisemitism envoy Mrs. Deborah Lipstadt explains when criticism of Israel is actually just hatred for Jews at JLI’s National Jewish Retreat.
JLI: The Jewish Approach on Taking Revenge
Is revenge a Jewish concept? Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau discusses the horrors of the Holocaust, trust in God and how we can take revenge on the people who tried to destroy us.
Video of the Day
It’s straight out of a movie. A pair of gunpoint carjackers were tracked and caught on Washington Ave in Crown Heights Wednesday night, and the car recovered.
LIVE at 9:00pm: An Evening to Remember Reb Yoel Kahn and Reb Pinye Korf
The community is invited to join The Baal Shem Tov Library and Rabbi Psachya Korf at 9:00pm here on CrownHeights.info.
JLI: The Deepest Part of the Soul
During the year 1827 in Russia, Jewish boys were taken from their homes to military training camps know as ‘Cantons’. These boys became to be known as ‘ Cantonist’ were never heard from again. This is a story of one of the Cantonist.
Chabad of Flandre Marks Chof Av With Farbrengen
A farbrengen was held at the Chabad of Flandre in Paris, France Wednesday night, to mark the Yartzeit of the Rebbe’s Father, Reb Levi Yitzchok Schneerson obm. The farbrengen, which was broadcast live, was led by Rabbi Levi Azimov, Rabbi Elchanan Morozow, Rabbi Yitzchok Gabbai and Rabbi Binyomin Mergi.
Singer Benny Friedman and Chazan Aryeh Hurwitz Present Hachayenu Kel – The ‘Shir Hageulah’
Hachayenu Kel was first published in 5701 in the first issue of the publication “Hakirah V’Hakedusha”, and was later sung in the presence of the Frierdiker Rebbe, R’ Yosef Yitzchok of Lubavitch.
TUESDAY: Yaldei’s Annual Barbecue Fundraiser 5781
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe, a division of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch Suite 302 which supports and assists Shluchim who are raising children with special needs, will be holding their annual BBQ Fundraiser Tuesday in Brooklyn.
The 15th Annual National Jewish Retreat
The 15th National Jewish Retreat from JLI will be bigger and better than ever. In preparation for the acclaimed event that draws a star-studded lineup of presenters, JLI has announced some of the highlighted names that will be featuring during the retreat.
Bring Dani Home From Prison in Turkey! Save a Life, Help Bring Him Home to Israel
Boruch HaShem, Dani is temporarily out of prison in Turkey! He just arrived in Istanbul! Baruch Matir Asurim is said FIVE times every single day! Please take on this z’chus to be a part of this awesome Mitzvah!
CGI Parksville: Week #5 In Video
Watch the fifth episode of Nacho News as they go through the fifth week of camp at Gan Yisroel Parksville.
Video of the Day
Where’s Waldo? Or in this case, where can I find a Jew in the packed stands of Fenway Park to put on tefillin? This Lubavitcher obviously found him, and happily wrapped him up as the Boston Red Socks game continued.
8:00pm: How Should We React to Ben and Jerry’s Boycott of Israel?
The topics in this week’s 364th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Should We React to Ben and Jerry’s Boycott of Israel? What Is the Rebbe’s Fathers’ Most Famous Torah? How Should We Categorize the Rebbe’s Fathers’ Contribution to Chassidus? Is It Advisable to Pray in the Forest as the Baal Shem Tov Did?
For the First Time in Many Years, A New Torah Scroll Is Completed in Crimea
The renaissance of Yiddishkeit in Crimea was impressively expressed at the Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony for a new Torah Scroll, which was joyfully carried into the synagogue of Simferopol.
Fire Guts Eastern Parkway Apartment Over Shabbos
A fire gutted a top-floor apartment on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights Shabbos afternoon, thankfully leaving nobody injured.
JEM: Reb Yoel Records Chapter 9 Tanya in a Studio in 5744
In this weeks Living Torah, JEM has published a video of Reb Yoel Kahn obm in the recording booth as he records Shiurim on Perek tes of Tanya. As he records, listens and re-records the shiurim, the tremendous amount of work and energy that he put into it is evident.
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