At a recent concert organized by radio kol chai
Amit Listvand
Srulik Hershtik
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Rabbi Talks About Anti Semitic Flyer's In Ukraine
Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski discusses anti-Semitic flyers handed out at the Donetsk Synagogue.
On Friday the chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic and the city's chief rabbi both stated that the flyer was a fake meant to discredit the so-called republic or the Jewish community. The hoax has nonetheless contributed to the tense, divisive atmosphere in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protests have ended in violence in recent weeks. A vicious information war has raged around the military operation Kiev is staging to try to take back buildings from pro-Russian demonstrators and militia, with Ukrainian media vilifying the protestors as "terrorists" and Russian media regularly calling the Kiev government a "fascist junta".
According to Jewish community members at Donetsk's only synagogue, which was founded 110 years ago, three masked men walked up to worshipers standing on the street after a Passover service on Wednesday and tried to distribute the flyers. They wore no insignia and quickly left when asked to identify themselves. The flyer asks all Jewish citizens aged 16 and older to register with the "Donetsk Republic commissar for nationality affairs" and pay a $50 fee, "given that the leaders of the Jewish community of Ukraine support the Banderite junta in Kiev and are hostile to the Orthodox Donetsk Republic and its citizens." "Those who refuse to register will be deprived of citizenship and forcibly expelled from the republic and their property will be confiscated," it read. The order was allegedly issued by "people's governor" Denis Pushilin, who denied the Donetsk People's Republic had anything to do with the flyer at a press conference on Friday.
Nonetheless, it initially provoked a strong reaction among the local Jewish community, which numbers about 15,000 people, according to Vishedski. "We were alarmed but now things have calmed down," said worshipper Ari Schwartz. "For people of the older generation, seeing this paper immediately brought up associations with what happened in Nazi Germany. It worried them," said an assistant rabbi, Ieguda Kelerman. Although Jews sometimes encounter "everyday antisemitism" in Donetsk, he added, the government has never adopted any discriminatory policies towards them. He said Jews in Donetsk include both supporters and opponents of the new Kiev government. Vishedski said he reported the incident to law enforcement authorities and asked them for additional protection of the synagogue and Jewish school,
On Friday the chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic and the city's chief rabbi both stated that the flyer was a fake meant to discredit the so-called republic or the Jewish community. The hoax has nonetheless contributed to the tense, divisive atmosphere in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protests have ended in violence in recent weeks. A vicious information war has raged around the military operation Kiev is staging to try to take back buildings from pro-Russian demonstrators and militia, with Ukrainian media vilifying the protestors as "terrorists" and Russian media regularly calling the Kiev government a "fascist junta".
According to Jewish community members at Donetsk's only synagogue, which was founded 110 years ago, three masked men walked up to worshipers standing on the street after a Passover service on Wednesday and tried to distribute the flyers. They wore no insignia and quickly left when asked to identify themselves. The flyer asks all Jewish citizens aged 16 and older to register with the "Donetsk Republic commissar for nationality affairs" and pay a $50 fee, "given that the leaders of the Jewish community of Ukraine support the Banderite junta in Kiev and are hostile to the Orthodox Donetsk Republic and its citizens." "Those who refuse to register will be deprived of citizenship and forcibly expelled from the republic and their property will be confiscated," it read. The order was allegedly issued by "people's governor" Denis Pushilin, who denied the Donetsk People's Republic had anything to do with the flyer at a press conference on Friday.
Nonetheless, it initially provoked a strong reaction among the local Jewish community, which numbers about 15,000 people, according to Vishedski. "We were alarmed but now things have calmed down," said worshipper Ari Schwartz. "For people of the older generation, seeing this paper immediately brought up associations with what happened in Nazi Germany. It worried them," said an assistant rabbi, Ieguda Kelerman. Although Jews sometimes encounter "everyday antisemitism" in Donetsk, he added, the government has never adopted any discriminatory policies towards them. He said Jews in Donetsk include both supporters and opponents of the new Kiev government. Vishedski said he reported the incident to law enforcement authorities and asked them for additional protection of the synagogue and Jewish school,
Friday, April 18, 2014
Chevron Pesach Concert 2014
Performance included by the Kinderlach, Chaim Yisrael, Avrumi Roth, Itzik Dadya, Uzziah Zadok, Aron Razel, and more
Boys Choir Rehearsing a Rechnitz Medley
The Cheder Boys Choir of Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles are rehearsing a Rechnitz Medley ahead of their upcoming performance at the Cheder Auction. The medley features two compositions of Los Angeles philanthropist and musical composer Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz; Eitz Chaim & Ono Melech.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Tens Of Thousands Birchas Kohanim At The Kotel
Tens of thousands participated in the traditional Birkas Kohanim that took place Thursday morning at the Kotel
Photobooting!
A young man who tried to take a selfie right next to the tracks while a huge locomotive passed by him has learned the hard way why it's a bad idea. Jared Michael received a well-deserved boot to his head from the train's engineer who yelled at him as he motored past the foolish would-be photographer.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Eli Binnet & Yedidim Choir - Kumzitz
Eli Binnet & Yedidim Choir In Kumzits Singing at a Recent Sheva Brachos, a Gershy Moskowitz Production
Hundreds Missing After South Korean Ferry Sinks
Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea. The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was traveling from the port of Incheon, in the north-west, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
Emergency teams are using floodlights and flares to search the stricken vessel through the night. Those rescued have been taken to a nearby island. six people are now said to have died and dozens of others have been hurt. South Korean officials had earlier said that 368 people had been plucked to safety, but later said there had been a counting error. They have now revised down the number rescued to 174. Images showed the ferry listing at a severe angle and then later almost completely submerged, with only a small part of its hull visible. It sank within two hours of sending a distress signal, reports said. There are fears this could turn out to be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster for more than 20 years,
Dramatic First-hand Rescue
Emergency teams are using floodlights and flares to search the stricken vessel through the night. Those rescued have been taken to a nearby island. six people are now said to have died and dozens of others have been hurt. South Korean officials had earlier said that 368 people had been plucked to safety, but later said there had been a counting error. They have now revised down the number rescued to 174. Images showed the ferry listing at a severe angle and then later almost completely submerged, with only a small part of its hull visible. It sank within two hours of sending a distress signal, reports said. There are fears this could turn out to be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster for more than 20 years,
Dramatic First-hand Rescue
Monday, April 14, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Zemiros Choir - Chad Gadya
Zemiros Choir, led by Yoel Polatseck took the Penguin Dance to a whole new level, setting it to the story of Chad Gadyo that we sing every year at the Pesach Seder.
Vocals & Acting by: The Zemiros Choir
Yoel Polatseck - Leader
Yoel Friedrich
Avrumy Holczler
Sruly Green
Chad Gadyo lyrics written by:
Benny Polatseck
Yoel Polatseck
Recorded at:
Fountain Music Studio - Yossi Blumenberg
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at: Nochi Krohn Studios
Filmed & Edited by: Menachem Bernstein
Vocals & Acting by: The Zemiros Choir
Yoel Polatseck - Leader
Yoel Friedrich
Avrumy Holczler
Sruly Green
Chad Gadyo lyrics written by:
Benny Polatseck
Yoel Polatseck
Recorded at:
Fountain Music Studio - Yossi Blumenberg
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at: Nochi Krohn Studios
Filmed & Edited by: Menachem Bernstein
The Moetzet Sings Pirchei Medley
The members of the new project “Moetzet Hashira Ha’Yehudit” gathered a few months ago in Tel Aviv, and with the partnership of a large audience, filmed their concert as a television special that was released as an HD DVD. “The Moetzet Hashira Hayehudit is a new musical project under the leadership of maestro Yoni Eliav, whose members are singing nostalgic Jewish soul music.” All of the songs are hit Chassidic songs from the past few years, as well as the hit songs from the 70′s and 80′s that we all grew up on.
Ohad Singing "Yesimcho-Shwekey" - AT Production
Ohad Moskowitz & A Symphony Orchestra Singing "Yesimcho-Shwekey" Conducted by Yisroel Lamm On March 2 2014, In The Rockleigh Country Club, An Aaron Teitelbaum Production
Dad Trying To Reason With His Son
A father tries to explain to his talkative, one-year-old son why he is not allowed to come out on the balcony, seems like the toddler is raising some valid points during the conversation.
Chilik Frank Plays Nigun Rostov At Yeshivas Otniel
Chilik Frank Plays the Famous Chabad Song Nigun Rostov At Yeshivas Otniel, located in the community of Otniel amid the Hebron hills in Israel
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