Video: Crown Heights Gas Station Robbed
Early Wednesday morning, at around 6:45am, a man stormed into the Sunoco gas station at 1412 Eastern Pkwy. in Crown Heights, pull out a gun, and demanded money.
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Video: “I Knew I was Never Alone”
After being diagnosed with a brain tumor in the beginning of last year, 16-year-old Phillip Yurchenko knew he wasn’t alone. He was connected to the hundreds of teens who had pledged to do mitzvot in his merit at last year’s International CTeen Shabbaton, on March 1, 2014.
Video: Dancing Behind People in Jerusalem
After TV talk show host Ellen Degenres dared her viewers to post videos of themselves dancing behind unassuming strangers, tens of thousands obliged, resulting in many hilarious – or not so hilarious – videos. In honor of the joyous holiday of Purim, comedian and street-comic Meir Kalmanson filmed his own such video in Jerusalem.
Rebbe to Netanyahu in 1988: I Had Much Satisfaction from Your Speech; Don’t Be Intimidated
In April of 1988, newly-elected Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Rebbe. The Rebbe said to him: “I had much satisfaction from your first speech in the Knesset. Continue along this approach, for it is the best path to avoid war. You will have to struggle with 119 others in the Knesset, but surely you won’t be intimidated, because G-d is on this side.”
Video & Transcript: Netanyahu’s Address to Congress
We present the full transcript and video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks before Congress today, March 3rd, on the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iranian regime.
Music Videos: Boo Hoo Haman & Purim Senses
Yossi Berktin, aka ‘Rabbi B,’ is a children’s musician and entertainer from Toronto, Canada. He composed and recorded these two fun and cheerful songs in honor of Purim, titled ‘Boo Hoo Haman’ and ‘Purim Senses.’
Video: Doing a Mitzvah Uninspired
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tisa. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should one do a Mitzvah if he/she is not inspired?
Video: Adar Joy Is Universal
A non-Jewish employee of a kosher grocery store happily sings ‘Mishenichnas Adar’ as he goes about his work.
New York Boys Choir Releases Purim Music Video
The New York Boys Choir, under the leadership of producer Yitzy Bald, has released this fun-filled Purim music video titled ‘V’nahafoch Hu,’ a significant portion of which was filmed in Crown Heights’ Jewish Children’s Museum.
Video: Netanyahu Touts Strong US Relationship at AIPAC
Speaking before a crowd of 18,000 at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington, DC, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed any breakdown in relationship between the United State and the State of Israel.
Beloved Shlucha Remembered by Community
An eclectic standing-room-only crowd of over four hundred women gathered for an evening of remembrance and inspiration in Melbourne last week. The gala event was the result of a collaboration of Rivkie’s Project, a tzedaka organisation established in memory of Rivkie Barber, OBM, and Mikveh Chaya Moushka.
by Shoshanna Silcove
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Message to CTeen
March 1st, over 1500 Jewish teens attended CTeen’s international convention in New York. The conference brought together teens from Brazil, Hong Kong, France, England, Australia, Israel, Canada, Germany, Singapore and the US, their staff, Rabbis, political leaders and guest educators for an important weekend of teen engagement.
8:00pm: Joy & Jewish Pride, Sadness vs. Clinical Depression
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 58, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics in a Pre-Purim Special on Joy and Jewish Pride, Sadness vs. Clinical Depression; Arrogance vs. Chassidishe Confidence.
LIVE AT 8:45pm: Havdalah in Times Square
A special event for Jewish teens in New York’s Time Square displaying Jewish pride and unity, featuring a special havdalah ceremony, inspiration and concert.
Weekly Living Torah Video: 75 Years of Lubavitch in America
This Shabbos marks 75 years since the Previous Rebbe came to America; it was then that he proclaimed “America iz nisht andersh” and totally changed American Jewry. Seen here is footage of the Rebbe arriving to America, along with historical narration from people who witnessed it.
Photos: European Rabbis Learn Self-Defense
Hundreds of Rabbis received basic training in first aid and self-defense at a conference organized by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and the European Jewish Association. The annual conference, which was this year held in Prague, Czech Republic, brought together community leaders from across the European continent, with participants given basic training in self-defense and first aid following a recent spate of terror attacks across the EU.
Video: Sara Chana’s Herbs that Keep You Warm
Sara Chana Silverstein, a Crown Heights mother of seven who specializes in areas of alternative medicine and herbs, appeared on the CT Style show to share her wisdom on herbs that can keep you warm through the winter.
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