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.
In his latest effort to spruce up local neighborhoods and help improve the environment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is hosting a free tree giveaway this Sunday, October 21 at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Boro Park.
Yitzy and Draiza (nee Raskin) Engel (Bentleigh, Australia)
A list released by social media blog Pluggio of the top five Rabbis using Twitter reveals that Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, Shliach in West Bloomfield, MI popularly known as ‘The Recovery Rabbi,’ is the fifth most followed rabbi on the social network, with 4,289 followers.
In 2000, following the conviction of Brooklyn police officers for brutalizing Abner Louima, which was followed by the investigations and controversy around the police killing of Amadou Bailo Diallo, world renowned author and teacher Rabbi Simon Jacobson addressed the topic of police brutality and the responsibility of authority in his then weekly live radio show.
CrownHeights.info presents a complete transcript of that fascinating show, including the call ins, with permission from the Meaningful Life Center.
Arutz Sheva met with Rabbi Victor Attia, who not only heads the Chabad House in Kiryat Arba-Chevron, but also performs magic tricks.
The volunteer guard who called police on the man who was beaten by responding officers at the ALIYA Institute says the authorities were contacted because of threats made by the victim.
Mindy Meyer, the 22-year-old Orthodox Jewish candidate running for New York State Senate, trotted out an elephant at her Long Island fundraiser.
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