Video: Orlando Schoolchildren Tell the Chanukah Story
The Orlando Jewish Day School and Chai Preschool, under the auspices of Chabad of South Orlando, produced the following ‘Chanukah Spiel’ video for their Chanukah event tonight.
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Duo Performs Moving Tribute to Moshe Yess
The Rogers Park Band, starring Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz, recorded this moving rendition of Beggar Woman, a song composed by the late Jewish music star Moshe Yess, to whom their performance is in tribute.
8:00pm: Balancing Modesty and Activism
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 48, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Balancing Modesty and Activism; Fear of Night and Being Alone; Baal Teshuvah Disappointment: After the Honeymoon is Over; Moshiach’s Identity and Signs in 770.
Rebbe: Operation Won’t Be Difficult, It Will Be Easy
Following a Menorah lighting in South Florida, a woman approached Shliach Rabbi Shuey Biston and told an amazing story about a Brocha she received from the Rebbe for her husband who was to undergo a difficult surgery. Video of that encounter shows the amazing connection from the past to the present.
Video: Igniting Souls in Sydney
Each Friday afternoon, an excited group of Kesser Torah College Boys’ High School students race from class to board buses to different parts of Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. This weekly foray is a highlight of their week, when they get the opportunity to share the warmth of Judaism that they experience during their school day with Jewish men and women in the wider community.
Video: Orthodox-Jewish All Stars of 2014
Can an Orthodox Jewish woman run a world-renowned fashion company or be a four-time Emmy winning producer on “The Today Show?” Can an Orthodox-Jewish man be a Disney director and animator or the dean of one of the most prestigious law schools in the U.S.?
Video: Finding Strength in Challenging Times
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Mikeitz. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Where do we find strength in challenging times?
Video: Making a Menorah from PVC… Mexico Style
Meir Rapoport and Mendel Harlig, two Bochurim who are in Cabo, Mexico, assisting the local Shluchim Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, made a Menorah out of PVC piping. The two captured the project on video and shared it with our readers.
Donations to JNet to Be Quadrupled
JNet, the online Chavrusa program that provides business people, students and homemakers the opportunity to take some time out of their busy workday to study Torah, has announced the launch of a 24 hour a crowd-funding campaign, with the goal of raising $40,000 over the next 24 hours.
Wild Crash Leaves Car Atop Parked Car
A bizarre car crash Sunday morning left a Nissan Maxima sedan perched halfway atop a parked Honda Fit compact. Witnesses said they saw the driver crawling out of his car.
8:00pm: Whom Does 770 Belong To?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 47, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the following topics: Whom does 770 belong to? Women’s Place: Home or Work? Identity of Moshiach; Jewish Converts; Trust After Betrayal; Learning Rambam.
Video: The Disturbing History of Al Sharpton
Conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Klavan takes a look at the disturbing history of Al Sharpton, and wonders how he became a black leader.
Photos: Satmar Marks Yom Tov in Crown Heights
Satmar Chassidim gathered at the Bedford Avenue armory in Crown Heights Heights to mark Kuf Alef Kislev, the day Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum Ztz’l, the founder of Satmar Chassidus in America, escaped from the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Celebrating Study of Rambam
Rabbi Shmuel Butman recalls the day the Rebbe called him to his house, requesting that he publish a book commemorating the worldwide celebrations of the annual completion of the Mishneh Torah. His due date? Three weeks.
Mayor and Police Commissioner Come to Crown Heights
Both NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton came to Crown Heights in order to meet with community leaders in order to discuss the recent stabbing attack in 770 and the response to the incident.
Jewbellish The News: CNN Anti-Israel Bias
In the latest episode of Jewbellish The News, Big Dave, filling in for Mendy Pellin, exposes CNN’s anti-Israel bias, talks about America’s recovery from Black Friday, and asks why Hamas in Gaza are scared of rain.
Tonight: Watch Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen Live
A Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen will be hosted tonight by Beis Menachem Mendel-Chabad in Flatbush at 8:00pm, with world-renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Shais Taub. A video of the event will be streamed live by Chabad.org, and will be available for viewing here on CrownHeights.info.
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