Picture of the Day! The Doctor and the Rabbi Dance

After running into each other on Carroll and Kingston this morning, Dr. Eli Rosen and Rabbi Kalman Winefeld greeted each other with a warm hug and broke out in a dance to the song of ‘Bar Yochai’, clearly still in the spirit of Lag B’omer.

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A Young Business Owners Donation to Education

A good education is an asset that will stay with a student long after they graduate. Schools should focus on building character, teaching students how to grow into their own, so they can continue succeeding in their lives, no matter where life takes them. Teachers should inspire students with the practical skills necessary to be successful in the real world. This is the principle that led Mottie Wiener, CEO of DailySteals.com to sponsor the awards for teachers who participated in the first successful year of Menachem Education Foundation’s Data Driven Instruction program.

CH Softball Recap: RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY

by Yossi Goldstein

When the weather doesn’t appear threatening, the skies open; when the forecast is stormy, they remain closed. It has been a weird and wet first few weeks in the Crown Heights Softball League, to say the least, and last night’s balmy diamond was anything but that.

European Neo-Nazi Websites Find Home in the U.S.

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Hungarian Neo-Nazis march in Budapest.

The website is awash with neo-Nazi symbolism and even sarcastically refers to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp as Austria’s largest open-air museum. But attempts to cripple the xenophobic “Alpen-Donau” forum have been hindered by the fact it’s housed on a U.S. server, an example of how free speech on one side of the Atlantic can help spread hate speech on the other.

Aliya’s Float of Chayus!

When the idea of an Aliya float was brought up at a recent farbrengen it was initially met with uncertainty. What do we have to show the world? What is so impressive about us that should be flaunted in front of hundreds of thousands? One proud voice stood out and said “what do you mean? Aliya is the greatest place on earth and let’s share our great energy and talents with the whole community”.

Montreal Principal Resigns After 25 Years of Service

MONTREAL, Canada [CHI] — CrownHeights.info has learned that longtime Montreal school principal Rabbi Yossi Sputz has resigned. There is no stated reason behind the announcement, and this development comes along with rumors about other major changes coming to the embattled school.