
Plantation Rabbi at Ease in Front of Camera
Rabbi Pinchas Taylor was at ease in front of the camera as it recorded his lecture on “Dreams in the Jewish Tradition” during an adult education class at Chabad of Plantation. The 27-year-old rabbi’s presentation was being taped for Torah Café, an Internet-based collection of video lectures, classes and presentations by Torah scholars and experts operated by the Chabad-Lubavitch’s Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.
On Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton gave his version of what happened 20 years ago in Crown Heights. But although he purports to have reflected on and learned from the riots, the truth is his recollection is egregiously distorted and sanitized.
Yankel Rosenbaum’s Brother Sets the Record Straight About Al Sharpton
On Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton gave his version of what happened 20 years ago in Crown Heights. But although he purports to have reflected on and learned from the riots, the truth is his recollection is egregiously distorted and sanitized.

Photos: Over 800 Jews at National Jewish Retreat
The highly-anticipated National Jewish Retreat in Greenwich, Connecticut was an unprecedented success, with over 800 Jews from all over the world in attendance.
GREAT NECK, NY [CHI] — It is every parent’s worst nightmare, and for Rabbi Yitzchok and Tamar Chayempour, Shluchim in Great Neck, Long Island, it came true this morning when their live-in maid walked out and vanished with their six-month old daughter Esti.
Maid Kidnaps Shluchim’s 6-Month-Old Daughter
GREAT NECK, NY [CHI] — It is every parent’s worst nightmare, and for Rabbi Yitzchok and Tamar Chayempour, Shluchim in Great Neck, Long Island, it came true this morning when their live-in maid walked out and vanished with their six-month old daughter Esti.

Miracle Recovery of Terror Rocket Victim
A 20-year-old woman who was barely holding on to her life after Saturday night’s rocket attack now is breathing on her own, adding another miracle in the wake of Arab terrorist attacks on Israel.
The city is urging residents not to panic but to take basic precautions ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which has strengthened to a category three storm.
NYC Begins Storm Preps Ahead of Irene’s Arrival
The city is urging residents not to panic but to take basic precautions ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which has strengthened to a category three storm.

Judaism in a Suitcase Visits Banff
They call it Judaism in a suitcase. And it’s a good description when Rabbi Yossi Matusof opens up his bag and starts to pull out all the items he and fellow Rabbi Chaim Itkin are hauling with them all over Alberta.

40 Students from Chabad High School in Johannesburg Bicycling 400 Miles for Charity
Jewish and black South African teens have come together for a joint, 400-mile bike ride to Durban under the auspices of the Cycalive outreach program, JTA reports.
1976: The Rebbe walks in to daven Mincha in 770 during the month of Menachem Av and pauses to give Tzedakkah in a Pushka held by a camper from the Gan Israel day camp of Queens. From the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov - Montreal.
Picture of the Day: The Rebbe and the Campers
1976: The Rebbe walks in to daven Mincha in 770 during the month of Menachem Av and pauses to give Tzedakkah in a Pushka held by a camper from the Gan Israel day camp of Queens. From the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov – Montreal.
Baby Girl!
Yehuda and Shterna Sarah (nee Zalmanov) Cohen (Crown Heights)
CBS, ABC, FOX, WOR 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: Day 4 of the Crown Heights Riots
CBS, ABC, FOX, WOR 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.

New Volume on History of Chabad
Kehot Publication Society released a new Hebrew volume on the history of Chabad in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

Italian News Crew Records Special Citron Harvest
Italian television station RAI sent a news crew to the citron orchards supervised by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis Moshe Lazar and Shmuel Rodal of Milan to cover operations at the Calabria fields that produce some of the finest fruit, known in Hebrew as the etrog, used by Jewish worshippers during the seven-day fall holiday known as Sukkot.
New Engagement!
Nesanel Zhivalyuk (Newtown, PA) and Dassi White (Seattle, WA)