Timeline: How the 1991 Crown Heights Riots Unfolded
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A station wagon driven by Yosef Lifsh, hit another car and careened onto the sidewalk at 8:21 p.m. Monday, August 19, 1991.
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The Tanya Revolution! Bring The Tanya Into Your Home
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Leshawn Reyes, 7, plays in front of his apartment building on President Street - the same building where Gavin Cato once lived twenty years ago.
Twenty years after riots erupted between blacks and Jews in Crown Heights, newcomers — including hipsters, Latinos and Asians — are calming old racial divisions.
20 Years Later, the Healing Continues
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Leshawn Reyes, 7, plays in front of his apartment building on President Street – the same building where Gavin Cato once lived twenty years ago.
Twenty years after riots erupted between blacks and Jews in Crown Heights, newcomers — including hipsters, Latinos and Asians — are calming old racial divisions.
Jews and Politics: Can the Downgrade of the US Credit Spell Chaos for Our Nation?
by Avi Lesches
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him/her to hold in higher esteem those who think alike then those who think differently.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Chaos, anarchy and bloodshed have engulfed London; it’s one of the worst outbreaks of violence that London has seen in a very long time. The riots are not happening in the slums or poor sections of the city, rather in upper and middle class neighborhoods. Who are these rioters? Young teens, college kids and young adults. Many of them are gang members and troubled teens who are looking to lash out against a society that has promised them so much, yet in the end has left them with nothing.
Jews in Sports: Humble Beginnings to Bright Future
by Yossi Goldstein and Yochonon Goldman
Dani Cole and Zevi Steinhauser, commissioners of the Crown Heights Softball League.
It had to happen that Yaffa Wigs, Advantage Wholesale Supply, Landmark Funding Group and softball would all be mentioned in one breath. It was only a matter of time.
True to our Jewish heritage of small beginnings, perseverance and continuum, the Crown Heights Softball League too has flourished since its inception in 2004, originating under the “Kloppers League” banner.
Picture of the Day: Campers Waiting for Visitors
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Gan Israel Parksville campers line the front gate eagerly waiting for their visitors today – visiting day.
Ahead of his “Restoring Courage” rally which will take place in Israel on August 24, American talk show host Glenn Beck had the opportunity to meet with Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger.
Video: R. Metzger Blesses Glenn Beck’s Israel Event
Ahead of his “Restoring Courage” rally which will take place in Israel on August 24, American talk show host Glenn Beck had the opportunity to meet with Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger.
Montreal Junior Anash’s Nachamu Kumzitz
Members of Montreal’s Junior Anash gathered Motzei Shabbos for their annual Shabbos Nachamu Kumzitz Fargbrengen.
Chabad Finds Permanent Home in Hillsborough, NJ
Hillsborough Patch
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life is already speaking to engineers and architects to develop a plan for the New Amwell Road property.
After nine years of serving southern Somerset County, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life will have a permanent home in Hillsborough.
Parliament Puts Menorah on Permanent Display
New South Wales Legislative Council President Don Harwin, left, Legislative Assemply Speaker Shelley Hancock, MP Victor Dominello and Opposition Leader John Robertson unveil a permanent display of Parliament’s silver menorah at Parkes Room in Sydney.
New South Wales, Australia — State legislative leaders from both the majority and opposition parties unveiled a permanent display for the Parliament of New South Wales’ prized silver Chanukah menorah.
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Gunmen abducted an American Jew after breaking into his house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday in an unusually brazen raid that illustrated the threat to foreigners in this militancy-wracked, US-allied country.
American Jew Abducted in Pakistan
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Gunmen abducted an American Jew after breaking into his house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday in an unusually brazen raid that illustrated the threat to foreigners in this militancy-wracked, US-allied country.
New Engagement!
Zalmy Pinson (Crown Heights) and Esther Leah Munitz (Monsey, NY)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the sixth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week's topic, “The Rebbe on Graphology”.
Torah in 10: The Rebbe on Graphology
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the sixth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Graphology”.
New Engagement!
Levi Blizinsky (Crown Heights) and Menucha Wisnefsky (Jerusalem, Israel)
by Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org
Hugh Carey, right, meets with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in the early 1970s. LEFT: NY State Assemblyman Howard Lasher, Gov. Hugh Carey, and Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin mark the signing of a proclamation declaring Lubavitch Month in 1975. (Photo: Menachem Wolff Collection/Lubavitch Archives)
As former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was being interred Thursday in Shelter Island, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin recalled the man as an effectual leader whose dedication to the citizens of the Empire State served as a lesson in public service.
Shliach Recalls Governor’s Style of Public Service
by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org
Hugh Carey, right, meets with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in the early 1970s. LEFT: NY State Assemblyman Howard Lasher, Gov. Hugh Carey, and Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin mark the signing of a proclamation declaring Lubavitch Month in 1975. (Photo: Menachem Wolff Collection/Lubavitch Archives)
As former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was being interred Thursday in Shelter Island, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin recalled the man as an effectual leader whose dedication to the citizens of the Empire State served as a lesson in public service.
Brazillian Students go on Inspiring Trip
After 10 months of learning two hours a week at their local Chabad houses, 120 students from throughout Brazil, including Bahia, Recife, Belem, Manaus, Tocatins, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, embarked on an inspiring trip through Southern Europe.
by Rabbi Chaim Miller
Featured on the religeon page of the Huffington Post: Aug. 9 this year marks the saddest day on the Jewish calendar (Tisha b'Av) when the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. But however much the Jews have been battered throughout history, they always seemed to bounce back. Here are the seven most powerful ideas in Judaism that have catalyzed Jewish renewal, time and time again. I'll teach you how you can apply them to your life.
The Seven Most Powerful Teachings in Judaism
by Rabbi Chaim Miller
Featured on the religeon page of the Huffington Post: Aug. 9 this year marks the saddest day on the Jewish calendar (Tisha b’Av) when the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. But however much the Jews have been battered throughout history, they always seemed to bounce back. Here are the seven most powerful ideas in Judaism that have catalyzed Jewish renewal, time and time again. I’ll teach you how you can apply them to your life.
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