Youths Yell Racial Slurs at a Bochur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A Bochur was accosted while walking on New York Avenue between Carroll and President Streets yesterday, Tuesday, at around 4:00 PM, by a group of what appeared to be Black teens, who hurled anti-Semitic slurs and profanities at him. The group was composed of around 10 youths all of whom appeared to be on their way home from school.

When the Bochur passed the group, they began to shout “Heil Hitler” and “Run away Jew, Hitler’s coming to kill you all”, along with other profanities. The Bochur crossed the street, approached the youths and asked them if they were aware “that Hitler killed 6 million Jews.” Seeing that the youths appeared shocked, the Bochur continued, “did you know that he hated and killed Blacks just the same?”

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Lev Leviev Addresses the Shluchim at Banquet

NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — Speaking in Hebrew before some 4,500 Chabad rabbis and their supporters in New York Sunday evening, Leviev, a Chabad benefactor, celebrated the shluchim, or emissaries, who he said work “behind enemy lines” building Jewish communities in the farthest reaches of the globe. The six-day conference concluded Monday.

A Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen in Tzfas

TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — A Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen took place in Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim, Tzfas, and was addressed by Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, Head Shliach of Tzfas and Rabbi M. Schurder, Mashpia of Shiur Bais.

We all know more or less why we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Kislev, however Rabbi Kaplan explained to the Bochurim a practical way of how to celebrate it in our day to day lives. The main Yom Tov is that the Rebbe finally went home from 770.

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‘Jewish Jordan’ Discusses Career over Shabbat Dinner

Tamir Goodman, a Jewish basketball player, hangs out with the son of Lubavitch House director Rabbi Levi Haskelevich on Saturday. Goodman spoke about his basketball career at a Shabbat dinner the night before. (Photo by: Antonio Macasieb)

It’s not every day a rising basketball phenom hands back a full scholarship to one of the top college teams in the nation.

For Tamir Goodman, the decision came without hesitation.

At a Jewish Shabbat dinner held on campus last Friday, Goodman spoke to students of the inseparable roles basketball and religion have played in his life.

PIcture of the Day! The Rebbe at Lag BaOmer Parade 1957

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The Rebbe addresses the children at the Lag BaOmer Parade 1957, Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

New JEM Release – Seeds

Sunday night, at the banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim, JEM premiered its latest release titled: Seeds – Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim inspire, one by one., the DVD is the latest in the popular Kinus Hashluchim series.

The DVD focuses on the importance the Rebbe, placed on every single individual.

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Con Edison Is Ordered to Return $18 Million to Customers

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The New York State Public Service Commission ordered Consolidated Edison today to return $18 million to its customers for failing to provide safe and reliable service in 2006, a year that included a nine-day blackout that began in Long Island City, Queens, and affected 170,000 people. The highly critical decision could affect Con Edison’s request for a substantial increase in electric rates.

“One of the commission’s foremost areas of concern is to ensure that electric distribution systems are safe and reliable,” said the commission’s chairwoman, Patricia L. Acampora. “Con Edison did not meet four targets for systemwide reliability in 2006. As a result of the utility’s failure to meet these important targets, shareholders are directed to provide a credit to ratepayers. Hopefully, this sends a message to Con Edison that they must be diligent in efforts to maintain a reliable network, or they will face financial consequences.”