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Chabad of the Gold Coast – Beis Menachem, Directed by Rabbi Nir Gurevitch.
A Dispute between two rabbis has erupted in Surfers Paradise over who should represent the Chabad-Lubavitch movement on the Gold Coast.
Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News
The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B'av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:
Daily News Profiles C.A.Y. Tu B’av Celebration
Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily News
The following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B’av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:
CBS
The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot.
NYC Sanitation Truck Dangles from Building
CBS
The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot.
Magen David Adom (MDA) has declared a mass casualty event and the State of Israel has moved to its highest security alert nationwide as hospitals report that six are dead following terror attacks that struck the country's southern region midday Thursday.
6 Dead in Triple Terror Attack in Eilat
Magen David Adom (MDA) has declared a mass casualty event and the State of Israel has moved to its highest security alert nationwide as hospitals report that six are dead following terror attacks that struck the country’s southern region midday Thursday.
Power of the Jewish Woman at Neshei Chabad Convention
by Shoshanna Silcove
Almost two hundred women from all over Australia descended upon the Mercure Hotel in the beachside town of Geelong outside Melbourne this past erev Shabbos for the 16th Annual Nshei Chabad convention. There they enjoyed two days of inspiration as well as physical and spiritual regeneration.
CBS
As New York City approaches the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, the family of Yankel Rosenbaum is unhappy that Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in a panel discussion about the state of black and Jewish relations.
Outrage as Sharpton Included in Event to Mark Riots
CBS
As New York City approaches the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, the family of Yankel Rosenbaum is unhappy that Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in a panel discussion about the state of black and Jewish relations.
“Time to Reframe the Story”
by Steve Lipman – The Jewish Week
On the streets of Crown Heights, scenes of meetings between black and Jewish residents are common.
On a corner of Kingston Avenue, along the row of stores that serves as the center of what is colloquially known as “the Jewish side” of Crown Heights, a young chasidic woman with a sheitel atop her head banters with a middle-aged black man wearing a wool stocking cap.
Israeli Rabbis: Alternative Medicine Based on Idolatry
Ynet
Senior Religious rabbis have stated that some alternative medicine methods are “based on idolatry”.
Twenty years after the Crown Heights Riots, community leaders and activists in the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood are quick to emphasize that community relations are significantly better than in 1991, when three days of riots shook the neighborhood.
Video: Living Apart in Crown Heights
Twenty years after the Crown Heights Riots, community leaders and activists in the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood are quick to emphasize that community relations are significantly better than in 1991, when three days of riots shook the neighborhood.
Israeli Attorney Missing After Hippo Attack in Zambia
JTA
An Israeli attorney on vacation with his family in Zambia is missing after a hippopotamus attacked and flipped the boat he was riding in with his children.
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.
She is survived by her husband Tzvi, and children Rabbi Elimelech (West Hartford, CT), Boruch (Baltimore, MD), and Yitzchok (Crown Heights).
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski OBM
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Mindy Ostrozynski, a longtime resident of Crown Heights.
She is survived by her husband Tzvi, and children Rabbi Elimelech (West Hartford, CT), Boruch (Baltimore, MD), and Yitzchok (Crown Heights).
Op-Ed: Leadership Helped Bring Crown Heights Back from the Brink
by Shea Hecht – Forward
Living Together?: There’s always been some friction between Jews and blacks in Crown Heights. Leadership helped steer both sides away from confrontation.
August marks the 20th anniversary of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history: a three-day nightmare that historians and journalists call the “Crown Heights riots” and that many members of the Jewish community have called a “pogrom.”
Wednesday Night L’Chaim
Zalmy Kass (Toronto, Ontario) and Rivkah Mizrachi (Brooklyn, NY)
L’Chaim Tonight Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Arutz 7
A Chabad rabbi kidnapped by a gang in Ecuador and then released has arrived in Israel with his wife and children. “We said Psalms for his safe return”, said his family.
Chabad Kidnap Victim Arrives in Israel
Arutz 7
A Chabad rabbi kidnapped by a gang in Ecuador and then released has arrived in Israel with his wife and children. “We said Psalms for his safe return”, said his family.
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