The news of the recent spate of random attacks against Jewish residents in Crown Heights is spreading through the country like wildfire, and several media outlets have arrived in Crown Heights to report at the scene of the crimes.
Chasidic rock star Lazer Lloyd’s new single, “Ha’am Sheli” (My People), has gone viral. Early in October, Lloyd released the song on YouTube as part of the Jewish Unity Music Project, which he created to spread awareness of the conflicts within different groups in Judaism. The music video now has more than half a million views, and the number is increasing.
Last winter, Rabbi Moshe Weiss, a rabbi and entrepreneur from St. Paul, MN, appeared on Shark Tank, an ABC reality TV show where participants pitch their business ideas and investment opportunities to a team of entrepreneurs and business executives.
“I never fold my kids clean laundry. Just dump them all in their drawers.” “My five year old was very excited to show me the drawing she had made in school. It was of me lying in bed, looking miserable, with a basin at my side. I’m three months pregnant. Not sure what her teacher thinks.” “I think I just sent my daughter to school in her brother’s shirt.”
Welcome to the Global Jewish Shuk: a marketplace of dialogue and debate! The Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly is simply a whirlwind of just that: discussion, debate, dialogue, ideas (big & small) and a full on who’s-who of the “organized” Jewish world.
It hasn’t happened in more than a century and won’t again for another 79,000 years. No, it’s not a rare convergence of planets or some other wildly unique astronomical event … it’s Thanksgivukah!
Shua and Tova (nee Shallman) Altman (Monsey, NY)
Every Friday, 23-year-old Yonasan Waller hops aboard an oversized RV outfitted with colorful signs and loudspeakers. Dubbed a “mitzvah tank,” the vehicle—stocked with folding tables, Torah literature, tefillin and Shabbatcandles—serves as a mobile command center for Waller and a dozen of his fellow yeshivah students, who drive from Brooklyn to Manhattan every week. Their goal along the way is to spread Jewish awareness, and encourage Jewish men and women to perform mitzvahs.
Hirshy and Sheina (nee Lewis) Raskin (Crown Heights)
A fire at a factory billed as the world’s biggest maker of knishes has created nationwide shock and oy for those who can’t seem to find the Jewish treats anywhere.
Sunday evening a young Jewish man fell victim to a violent assault by a gang of 10 thugs, which CrownHeights.info reported was part of a sick new ‘game’ called ‘knockout.’ We have now obtained video of the attack, which was captured on Post-Mark-It’s surveillance system.
The Crown Heights Armory, located on Union St. and Bedford Ave., will likely be converted from an abandoned cavern into a long-desired sports and recreation center similar to the one in Park Slope.
Yesterday, November 10, the Friendship Circle’s Menorah Building Workshop at The Home Depot was filled to capacity, with over 100 in attendance.
Known for its liberal activism, the University of California, Berkeley, consistently ranks among the top academic institutions in the country. For Jewish students, however, the school presents certain challenges.
Photos from the L’chaim of Dun Lasky (Los Angeles / Detroit) and Malka Lieblich (Crown Heights), which took place Sunday night, November 10, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Photographer Menachem Benhamou captured a 360 degree photo of the central Shul in Kfar Chabad, Israel, which was built as an exact replica of 770 Eastern Parkway.
In a recent trend, thieves have been following delivery trucks, waiting for the driver to leave a package at the recipient’s doorstep unattended. In this video, shortly after a package is dropped off by UPS, a woman sneaks up on the porch, grabs it and hurries off with it.
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