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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

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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.

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Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
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Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
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Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
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Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Mussie Rapaport from Hyde Park, IL had a baby boy.
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Zalman Stein (Northbrook, IL) to Nechama Dina Whitt (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Nosson Kuperman (Crown Heights) to Sheina Crespim (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
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Mendel Richter (Howard Beach, NY) to Shalhevet Teitelbaum (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The JCM
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Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

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Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
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Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
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Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave

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.

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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.

Chabad News
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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.

NYC News

Crown Heights Riots as Never Seen Before

For most the Crown Heights Riots, or pogrom, is just a story or chapter in the history of our neighborhood, but for those who were in the neighborhood as a the riots raged on unhindered and uninhibited it was a week they would never forget.

CrownHeights.info obtained news footage spanning the week long unrest, telling its story like never before.

Crown Heights News
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5 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Tzvi and Simmie (nee Kershner) Gellman
895 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Aves]

Akiva and Rivky Nussbaum
1401 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves]

Itche and Chana Kayla Hildeshaim
674 Lefferts Ave [between Albany and Troy Aves]

Mendel and Devorah (nee Small) Jacobson (Crown Heights)

Boruch Akiva and Rochel Hayman
123 Route 59 Suffern, NY 10901

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Two years before the Crown Heights riots broke out the newly elected New York City Mayor David Dinkins met the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe told the the mayor that Crown Heights a melting pot of many cultures, and it should be a melting pot of good things.

Video: The Rebbe to Dinkins “CH Is a Melting Pot”

Two years before the Crown Heights riots broke out the newly elected New York City Mayor David Dinkins met the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe told the the mayor that Crown Heights a melting pot of many cultures, and it should be a melting pot of good things.

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World News Outlets Report on 20 Year Anniversary of Crown Heights Pogrom

News outlets worldwide are reporting on the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights Pogrom. The following is a collection of headlines from both news and opinion sections of the media. While most journalists recognize the nature of the riot – an anti-Semitic, blood libel based pogrom – some, such as Henry Goldschmidt writing for the Huffington Post, have taken to apologizing for the perpetrators of the crime, laying the blame on “pent-up black frustration at white privilege” and the “complexity of race relations in Crown Heights.”

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