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Friends of Chabad Five Towns Have Kumzitz
Friends of Chabad Five Towns’ Levi Yitzchak Gemilas Chassadim interest free loans fund gathered Wednesday for a kumzitz with Jerusalem musician Chaim Dovid.
Amidst ’91 Coup, Russian Jewry Kept Summer Camps Open
Children and their counselors pose for a group photo at a Chabad-Lubavitch run summer camp outside Moscow in the early 1990s.
As the world watched hard-line Communists make their last-ditch effort 20 years ago to reclaim control of the fracturing Soviet Union, a young Rabbi Berel Lazar was due to return to Moscow. Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who was then rabbi of the Russian capital’s Marina Roscha district, had been in New York attending to his wife and newborn baby. The August coup of 1991 – known popularly as the Putsch – began a day before their scheduled return.
A Night with Sliwa’s Posse of Crime-fighting, Neighborhood Heroes
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and Daily News reporter Mark Morales patrolled through Coney Island on June 10, 2011.
As soon as I heard one of the Guardian Angels yell, “Fight! Fight!” I knew our nice, quiet patrol of Coney Island was over.
Daily News
The Rev. Al Sharpton joins black demonstrators marching in protest after days of rioting in Crown Heights in 1991.
Twenty years after the Crown Heights riots, the city has grown, and I believe I have grown. I'd like to share a few of my reflections about the choices I made, including the mistakes, with an eye toward advancing racial understanding and harmony.
Al Sharpton Defends Himself in Daily News Op-Ed, Refuses to Apologize
Daily News
The Rev. Al Sharpton joins black demonstrators marching in protest after days of rioting in Crown Heights in 1991.
Twenty years after the Crown Heights riots, the city has grown, and I believe I have grown. I’d like to share a few of my reflections about the choices I made, including the mistakes, with an eye toward advancing racial understanding and harmony.
CBS, ABC and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Video: Days 1 and 2 of the Crown Heights Riots
CBS, ABC and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Photos: Evergreen Hosts MBD for Exclusive Kumzitz
LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY [CHI] — After spending an uplifting and farbrengen filled Shabbos the residents of Evergreen Estates were treated to an exclusive Kumzitz style performed from Mordechai Ben David accompanied by a full band.
Over 800 Attend Jewish Retreat in Old Greenwich
Greenwich Time
People listen to David Nesenoff’s lecture, “To Catch an Anti-Semite” at the sixth annual National Jewish Retreat, hosted by the Chabad-Lubavitch Rohr Jewish Learning Institute at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich.
As the smell of Kosher cooking wafted from the hallway, a silent audience sat captivated while political pundits Mark Mellman and William Kristol, a frequent commentator on Fox News, joined Rabbi Levei Shemtov at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich to discuss the effect of American news on the Jewish community.
PA Approves $1.50 Increase for E-ZPass Drivers
NY Daily News
The Port Authority, its proposed huge toll hikes dialed down by Govs. Cuomo and Christie, approved an increase Friday of $1.50 for E-ZPass drivers beginning next month. The PA board unanimously voted yes on the proposal following a 60-minute meeting largely devoid of drama or disgust. The new prices are effective Sept. 18.
Baby Girl!
Mendel abd Gutey (nee Brashevitzky) Engel (Crown Heights)
NYC Food Stamps Soda Ban Struck Down
NY Post
Mayor Bloomberg’s having a hard time swallowing this one. The feds yesterday rejected his attempt to get soda and other sugary drinks banned from the list of products one can buy in New York with food stamps.
Rockets Rain Down on Israel After Terror-Filled Day
A bombed-out Israeli bus that fell victim to one of multiple terror attacks Thursday lies next to a southern highway.
Palestinian rocket attacks sent Israelis in the coastal city of Ashdod rushing to bomb shelters Friday night just before the onset of the Jewish Sabbath.
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the seventh class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week's topic, “The Rebbe on Modernity”.
Torah in 10: The Rebbe on Modernity
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the seventh class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Modernity”.
UN Fails to Condemn Eilat Terror Attacks
Arutz 7
The United Nations will not condemn as “terrorism” the attacks near Eilat in which eight Israelis were murdered after Lebanon’s representative rejected the measure.
Miracle in Ashdod Synagogue: Grad Fails to Explode
Ynet
While 10 people were injured after a Grad rocket hit an Ashdod yeshiva’s courtyard, a much bigger disaster was averted just several blocks away. A rocket which landed near a synagogue where several worshippers prayed failed to explode on Friday.
Shabbos at Besht: Is it Ok to Ask Halacha Qs Online?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motti Lipsker will lead a disscussion on the Halacha and the web – is it ok to ask Halacha questions on an internet forum?
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