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.
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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.
Alon and Sarah Malka (nee Horowitz) Asefovitz (Los Angeles, CA)
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.
Yaakov Yosef and Chaya Mushka (nee Blumenfeld) Raskin (Lima, Peru)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Over 400 members of Sydney’s North Shore Jewish community attended a Lag Ba’omer family event organized by the local Chabad Shluchim.
The Great Lag Ba’omer Parade in Borough Park, organized by local Shliach Rabbi Aron Ginsberg, was an overwhelming success despite the persistent efforts of certain elements in the community to try and put a stop to it.
At the Great Lag Ba’omer Parade in Crown Heights Sunday, one float in particular caught the attention of revelers for its controversial depiction of Techiyas Hameisim, with many voicing concern that it was distasteful and inappropriate for the viewing of children.
Chabad of Roosevelt Island, located on the East River between Manhattan and Queens, hosted a Lag Ba’omer outing and bonfire that was attended by dozens of the island’s Jews.
Hundreds joined in for a celebration of unity and pride on Lag Ba’omer in Kharkov, Ukraine. A bigger crowd than ever joined in this year, despite the political uncertainty sweeping through the country.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Shoshana Reizel Pevzner, OBM, wife of Reb Yizchok Shlomo Pevzner, OBM, and daughter-in-law of fabled Chossid Reb Avrohom Boruch Pevzner, OBM. She was 81 years old.
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