Video: When the Husband Goes Shopping
Orthodox-Jewish Comedian Turx goes shopping for the first time in his life. This short video of his exploits in the supermarket was produced in tribute to Hatzalah of Lakewood.
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Sruly and Aviva (nee Levitansky) Katz (Crown Heights)
Video: Shliach Interviews Crown Heights Assemblyman
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed New York State Assemblyman Walter Mosley, whose district includes parts of Crown Heights, for a TV talk show called ‘The Jewish View.’
European Shluchos Rejuvenated at Kinus
The annual regional Kinus for shluchos in Europe – held this year in Budapest, Hungary – concluded earlier this week. The Shluchos left inspired and rejuvenated after a weekend filled with shiurim, farbrengens, interesting sessions and an enjoyable sailing trip.
New Engagement!
Shmuel Cooper (Jerusalem, Israel) and Sarah Steiner (Jerusalem, Israel)
Video Features of the Great Parade
Over the course of Sunday’s Great Lag Ba’omer Parade in Crown Heights, four educational and entertaining videos were played on the massive screens all across Eastern Parkway for the thousands of gathered children to see and enjoy. We present them in the extended article for our readers to enjoy as well.
Crown Heights Toddler Falls 3 Stories
A 2-year-old boy has just fallen out of a window on the 6th floor of the 580 Crown Street Condos, and landed on a balcony 3 stories below. He is in critical condition. Please say Tehilim for Chaim Yisroel Levi Yitzchok Halevi ben Sarah Rivkah. Article Updated last at 3:20pm.
Jewish Pride on Display in the Heart of Berlin
On Lag Ba’omer one of the most beautiful and central streets of Berlin – Kurfüstendamm – was occupied by hundreds of marching people, taking part in the Jewish Parade for Peace and Tolerance.
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Alon and Sarah Malka (nee Horowitz) Asefovitz (Los Angeles, CA)
In Russian-Annexed Crimea, Lag Ba’omer in the Caves
This year all public Lag Ba’omer celebrations on the Crimean peninsula, a Ukrainian province which had recently been annexed by Russia, had to be cancelled due to the fact that it coincided with a day of mourning for the local Tatar population. Instead, the Jewish community of Simferopol traveled out to the countryside for a unique Lag Ba’omer celebration.
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Yaakov Yosef and Chaya Mushka (nee Blumenfeld) Raskin (Lima, Peru)
Rinat Dray, pictured, claims doctors at Staten Island University Hospital forced her to have a C-section.
Hospital Gives Woman C-Section Against Her Will
An Orthodox-Jewish woman is suing Staten Island University Hospital and two of its physicians, claiming she was forced to undergo a cesarean section against her will.
Montreal Celebrates Lag BaOmer with Unity and Pride
Over 4,000 men, women and children gathered for a Lag BaOmer celebration in in Cote Saint Luc, Montreal, in a display of Jewish pride and unity.
Left: Rabbi Pinchas Margolis. Right: The Cheder in action.
Cheder at the Ohel Gets New Principal
Cheder at the Ohel, known as an excellent, small, Chassidish school just outside of the city whose student body consists of Lubavitch boys from Long Island, Queens, Crown Heights and Connecticut, has announced that a new full-time principal will be joining their staff.
74-Year-Old Congregant Writes Complete Sefer Torah
To write a Torah, a scribe must pen 304,805 Hebrew letters using a feather quill on sheepskin parchment — without making a single mistake. Forget auto-correct. Even one error would invalidate the whole text, making it unfit for use in a Jewish house of worship, according to custom. So completing a Torah is a cause for celebration. Completing one as an amateur is almost unheard of.
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London Celebrates Lag Ba’omer with Much Fanfare
Thousands of people enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather at the Great Lag Ba’omer parade in Stamford Hill, London, UK. Children from the local Jewish day schools in Ilford, Golders Green, Edgware, Southgate and of course Stamford Hill all joined in and took part in saying the Pesukim.
Sydney’s North Shore Comes Together for Bonfire, BBQ
Over 400 members of Sydney’s North Shore Jewish community attended a Lag Ba’omer family event organized by the local Chabad Shluchim.
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