The former leader of the USSR Mr. Michael Gorbachev, famous for leading his land to Democracy after 70 years of communist rule, met yesterday with the chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar. Gorbachev was invited to attend the grand opening of the new Jewish Museum in Moscow, expected to open next month.
A homeless man sleeping at a Jewish youth center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was roused from his sleep, wrongly accused of trespassing, then repeatedly and violently pummeled by the police after he jerked his hands and held them behind his back in an effort to non-violently avoid being handcuffed.
On every 3rd Thursday of the month a Precinct Council Meeting s held, in which residents can attend and voice any concerns or complaints about the neighborhood or the police department itself. The meeting is open to all.
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to Gothenburg, Sweden have a right to educate their children in accordance with their religious faith. That was the verdict issued Wednesday by the appellate judge who weighed the Namdars’ complaints against city authorities fining them for homeschooling their children.
A kosher restaurant that bills itself as “Montreal’s premier steakhouse and sushi bar” was firebombed early this morning.
This weeks Parasha is Noach, the Sedra which talks about the animals and the ark. What better way to teach young students about the animals then to show them? Jewish schools from the area brought their young students for a walk through the zoo, where they got to see, pet and feed the animals.
After hearing the impassioned pleas of almost 50 students, teachers, parents and Chabad rabbis, the Coral Springs City Commission denied by a 4-1 vote Chabad Rohr Bais Chaya Academy’s request to operate its controversial girls’ dormitory in a residential neighborhood.
Ever look up on the subway to realize that everyone else in the car is looking down at the screens of their phones? In the world of online dating and the culture of “me”, we seem to be going down the road toward increasingly less face-to-face human interaction.
Jews have been active in China since the 7th century Tang Dynasty, with notable communities having been established in Kaifeng followed by Shanghai. But here in the capital, Rabbi Shimon Freundlich has described “a third wave” of Judaism growing up and taking root.
Moishe and Rivka Reinetz (Crown Heights)
After breaking the news of the video showing NYPD officers beating Ehud Halevi, the New York Daily News picked up another story published by CrownHeights.info of police arresting Moshe Sani minutes before Rosh Hashana, and spending the first night in prison. The Daily News story sheds light on the already strained relationship between the Jewish community and the police.
On Tuesday, October 16, The Creative Soul hosted a speech by the renowned lecturer and speaker, Rabbi Manis Friedman titled “Finding Color in a Black & White System,” which took place at 425 Kingston Ave. – the group’s temporary gallery space.
Late Wednesday afternoon, the president of the city’s police union said that the vicious beating of 21-year-old Ehud Halevy by two officers at the Aliya Institute last week “was justified.”
Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus grew up in families filled with music and song. They are first cousins, both children of Chabad emissaries who serve their communities in S. Paul, Minnesota and Long Beach, CA, respectively.
The shell-sheathed breakfast staple has joined smokes and booze as the hottest teenage contraband in Brooklyn, with police warning grocery store and bodega clerks not to sell eggs to teens this month to prevent miscreants from tossing them at windows, cars, pedestrians and each other on and around Halloween.
Last night’s presidential debate was held in Long Island’s Nassau County, so it’s not surprising that Jews would be represented among the folks asking questions.
My Yiddishe Mama” performed by 11-year-old Piano Prodigy, Ethan Bortnick on the 32nd annual Chabad Telethon, September 9th 2012. Chabad Telethon host, Larry King, introduced Ethan. Filmed live at the historic Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
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