Man Beaten for Complaining About Ticket
Complain about a ticket at your own risk. A Brooklyn man was hospitalized after he says an NYPD traffic enforcement agent had her partner beat him to a pulp for mouthing off over a ticket.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Chabad Creates Kosher Alternative Lag Ba’omer Fest
Ynet
As Lag Ba’omer approaches, Israelis are stockpiling wood and boards for bonfires and wrapping potatoes in aluminum foil in anticipation of the holiday. The country’s biggest children’s stars are also getting into gear for Chabad’s inaugural “Festilag” – a “kosher” version of the popular “Festigal” that will put on free performances throughout Israel.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Over the Years
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos of the Rebbe attending the grand Lag Ba’omer parade over the years.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: No to Old Slavonic
In this 29th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana reminisces about an episode in the early years of her marriage, when her husband Reb Levik – out of dire financial straits – applied to a university in Kiev where he could obtain a diploma for a better Rabbinic position, but turned down the opportunity when he discovered that he would have to study Christian texts.
New Engagement!
Yitzchok Yarmush (Crown Heights) and Chaya Batya Leiter (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Sunday at 1481 President St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave] from 3:00 to 6:00pm
Joy!: New DVD Marks Milestone
The Living Archive is proud to announce the completion of the first phase of its mission – the entire video and film collection of the Rebbe has been preserved. To celebrate this monumental achievement JEM has produced a new DVD “Joy!” with joyous scenes through the decades of the Rebbe’s leadership.
Who Is Behind Mysterious Lag Ba’omer Parade?
Residents of Crown Heights awoke this morning to find the neighborhood covered with flyers advertising a children’s Lag Ba’omer parade. The flyers look very mysterious; they do not say who or which organization is behind the parade. They claim to have the encouragement of Rabbonim and Mashpi’im, but do not give any names. They almost look like an anonymous “Pashkvil.”
Wet Roads: Car Skids, Crashes into House
One of Crown Heights’ most notoriously unsafe intersections was once again host to an accident, which thankfully and miraculously did not injure any pedestrians.
USELESS PROTECTION: Bochur Mugged at Gunpoint
An Israeli Bochur reported to the police that he was mugged at gunpoint by three assailants early this morning on President Street. The attackers were described as three Black males who allegedly shouted racial slurs while attacking him.
Photos: The Year the Parade Was Not on Sunday
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures from the Harlig Collection of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. That year the Rebbe announced the ‘Year of Education.’ It was also the only time there was a large parade with the Rebbe’s participation even though Lag Ba’omer did not occur on a Sunday.
Rutgers’ Students Enjoy BBQ and Drum Circle
On Monday, April 30th 2012, Rutgers Jewish Outreach hosted an end of year BBQ which was attended by over 100 Jewish students.
Kabbalah and Freud Carry the Day at Symposium
Students took center stage at the Students-and-Scholars symposium at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Sunday, presenting to Rabbis and distinguished academics.
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH"T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Remembering Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, 74
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH”T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Israeli Victims of Terror Arrive in United States
Wounded Israeli veterans and victims of terror enjoy the view from the Empire State Building on their first full day of a New York tour coordinated by the Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side and the Chabad Terror Victims Project.
Adi Huja was in the beginning of her teenage years when her whole life changed. She was out with friends on a Saturday night when suicide bombers detonate their devices and a car full of explosives into the crowd. She survived, but suffered injuries to both legs and ears that have required years of recovery and ongoing operations.
Secrets of the Rebbe’s Chozrim
by Yossi Krausz – Ami Magazine
The Rebbe delivers a Ma’amar.
Childhood experiences and teenage encounters often form a chain, leading a person to his destiny. Such has been the case with Moscow’s chief rabbi.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Has an Idea!
This past Yud daled Kislev an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend, or relative, and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
Video: Belief in G-d After the Holocaust
Rabbi Nissen Mangel was a 10-year old child when he came to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. There he witnessed unspeakable atrocities, but he also witnessed amazing acts of faith. In this moving and powerful talk, Rabbi Mangel tells his first-hand account of what he saw. (Many viewers may find details described to be extremely disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.)
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