Saturday, March 21, 2015

Unimaginable Tragedy: 7 Children Killed in Brooklyn Fire

Seven siblings from a Syrian Orthodox Jewish family were killed early Saturday when a fire tore through their two-story Brooklyn home after they had gone to bed, a tragedy that authorities believe was caused by a malfunctioning hot plate left on during the Sabbath.  The blaze took the lives of three girls and four boys - ages 5 to 16 - and left their mother and another child in critical condition. Fire officials said the flames would have prevented the mother, who escaped out a window, from trying to rescue her children.

The children killed in the fire have been identified as 16-year-old Eliane Sassoon, 11-year-old Rivkah Sassoon, 12-year-old David Sassoon, 10-year-old Yeshua Sassoon, 8-year-old male Moshe Sassoon, 6-year-old Sara Sassoon and 5-year-old Yaakob Sassoon.

“This is an unbelievable tragedy,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said after touring the charred residence. “Every New Yorker is feeling this pain right now.”

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called it the city’s worst fatal fire in recent memory.


FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro holds a news conference

Friday, March 20, 2015

Dramatic Rescue of Skier Caught in Avalanche

Video from a helmet camera shows the terrifying moment an Australian skier was buried by an avalanche while skiing with friends on the Swiss-French border. James Mort was at Les Crosets when he was trapped by the avalanche in January.

From the author: "It is important to learn from the mistakes of others as well as yourself. I have uploaded this video to act as a learning tool to demonstrate what ill preparedness looks like in an avalanche rescue situation. As the buried skier, I am incredibly lucky to be alive. A full write up of the incident is available here.

This video documents an avalanche accident that occurred in the Swiss Alps on the 30/01/2015.
The accident happened within the resort boundary on a slope not known for slides. Please be careful and never take safety for granted. Decision making is paramount whenever off piste and always carry a beacon, probe and shovel. Most importantly get educated. Stay safe."

Elikam Buta "Midvar Sheker Tirchak" Music Video

Young Israeli singer Elikam Buta sings " "Midvar Sheker Tirchak" Click Here for the lyrics.

Composed by Elikam Buta. Arranged bu Amos Cohen.


Hillel Neuer: Lesson for Dictators from Israeli Elections

UN Watch's Hillel Neuer asks why UNHRC condemns Israel four times more than Iran, North Korea and Syria, urges dictatorships instead to learn from Israeli democracy in action. Cuba interrupts, calls for Neuer to be removed from forum.

The Mashal Man Treasury - Trailer

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Help Our Little Shimon Breathe

Please listen to the plea of Simon's family and help us reach our much needed goal. Every penny will go towards helping Simon breathe for the coming months, and ultimately breathe on his own.

Click Here to make a donation.

Reactions to Bibi Netanyahu's Victory & More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said prayers at the Western Wall on Wednesday (March 18) a day after claiming victory in Israel's parliamentary elections.


The path to victory for Israel's next prime minister - CNN's John Vause breaks down the seats in the Israeli's Knesset and explains how Israel's next prime minster will build a coalition government.


Mark Levin Weighs In On Obama & Netanyahu Re-Elected - Hannity


Karate Chop

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Thousands Of Bais Yaakov Girls At Barclays Center

It was a sea of pleated skirts today Mar. 17, 2015 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as over 13,000 Bais Yaakov girls, mothers and grandmothers gathered together to observe the 80th yahrtzeit of Sara Schenirer.

Parking was banned on Flatbush Avenue during the memorial gathering as 270 busses flooded the area bringing participants for a morning of inspiration that included addresses by Rabbi Malkiel Kotler, Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman, Rebbetzin Rena Tarshish and video addresses from Israel featuring the Gerrer and Belzer Rebbetzins and Rebbetzin Leah Kolodetsky, daughter of Rav Chaim Kanievsky.

92 schools from the tri-state area and as far away as Baltimore, Toronto, Cleveland and Boston sent delegations to the tribute, with live video hookups held in various places both in the United States and abroad including Chicago, Minneapolis, Deer Park, London and Belgium.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The 2015 Pesach Miracle

Superio® Commercial

Superio, parent company to the Miracle household cleaning brand, presents this adorably creative commercial, which has been developed in celebration of Pesach 2015. Follow an animated incarnation of the final moments before kriyas yam suf, as the yidden stood trapped between the angry mitzri’im and the crashing sea.

Produced by GCNY Marketing and Co-produced Meedio Digital

Jewish Camp Expo 2015

Association of Jewish Camp Operators Present the 9th Annual AJCO Expo & Conference, March 11, 2015.

The Camp Expo showcased an abundance of information and services crucial to every Jewish camps needs, upkeep and an organization’s exponential growth and existence. Attendees will explore and review a variety of sources for their camps summer daily function; investigate and negotiate effective and find innovative ways to yield the highest rates of success for an upcoming summer. Most of our professional Attendees do not visit any other trade show for their informative or buying needs.

The Expo featured 100 booths demonstrating a variety of services ranging from Finance & Banking, Insurance, Equipment, Supplies & Furnishing, Bus Charters, Gifts & Judaica, Pool Supplies, Kitchen Design & Equipment, food Service & Catering, First Aid Supplies, Arts & Crafts, premium Incentives and much more.

Video by Shimon G.

VIN News Exclusive: Behind The Scenes At Manischewitz

With Pesach fast approaching, the offer to tour the Manischewitz matza factory seemed like an opportunity that was too good to pass up.

Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey since 2006, Manischewitz controls a sizable portion of the mass produced matza market in the United States, where 80 percent of all matza consumed is made by machine.  Videographer Yossi Tepper and I made the trip to Manischewitz headquarters to watch how man and machine work together throughout the tightly synchronized matza making process to ensure that matza is made quickly, accurately and most importantly, in strict accordance with halacha.
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The Manischewitz matza factory, which boasts two 22,000 water gallon water tanks to hold its mayim shelanu and has a 150 foot oven which runs at over 600 degrees, is a far cry from the small matza bakery opened by Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz, a Lithuanian immigrant who began baking matza for his family and friends in Ohio in 1888.

As time went on, demands for Rabbi Manischewitz’s matza grew within Cincinatti’s Jewish community and by improving on existing matza making machinery, switching to gas ovens and making other upgrades, Rabbi Manischewitz soon began shipping matzas to Jewish communities worldwide.

Today, Manischewitz produces over 75 million matzas each year, all under the strict supervision of the Orthodox Union.  Several eagle eyed mashgichim are in place throughout the entire production run, removing any potentially problematic matzas from the line.

Manischewitz produces 5,000,000 pounds of matza each year and gears up for Pesach production after Tish B’Av each summer. Included in the company’s annual matza totals is a special one day run of 3,500 cases shmura matza, made with flour from a specially supervised mill and is available in 10 ounce boxes both online and in select New York area stores.

Watch below VIN News video for a fascinating inside look at Manischewitz’s automated matza production.

The tour was given on mar. 11, 2015 by Randel Copeland VP of operations at Manischewitz, and Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz Chief Rabbi at Manischewitz plant.

Tzemed Yeled - Modeh Ani - Music Video

צמד ילד עם ביצוע מיוחד ומקורי - המשלב מוסיקה קלאסית ואלקטרונית - לשיר "מודה אני" של עומר אדם. בשיר האמונה המשתפך והמרגש, מתארח הפייטן הירושלמי אפי דוייאב, המביא לשיר את האותנטיות הפייטנית הלקוחה מעולם התפילה בבתי הכנסת הספרדיים.

הפקה: אריה הנץ
הפקה מוזיקאלית וקולית: ישי לפידות
עיבודים ונגינה: אבי טל
מילים: אבי אוחיון
לחן: אסף צרויה

Great Grandmother Skydives On Her 100th Birthday

A woman in South Africa has celebrated her 100th birthday by performing a skydive. Georgina Harwood took to the sky above Cape Town, watched by her family and friends.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Give Her an Egg? Yes!

16 month old girl cracking an egg better than most adults.

From the author: "We were playing with our daughter in the kitchen and decided to give her an egg, fully expecting to have a mess to clean up. She never ceases to amaze."

Greatest Table Tennis Shot

"Ant Hu Deshalit" Moshe Laufer and Shira

Cantor Moshe Laufer sings "Ant Hu Deshalit" with the Shira choir.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Man Walks Away From a Spectacular Crash

National Hot Rod Association driver Larry Dixon is lucky to be alive.

The drag racer survived a horrifying crash after his car disintegrated and catapulted into the air then smashed into a barrier at 280 mph during Saturday's qualifying run at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Fla.  Dixon astonishingly walked away from the wreck with no injuries and even waved to the crowd. He described the crash as "a roller-coaster ride that flies off the track."

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MBD English Medley at Elyon Dinner In London

Mordechai Ben David sings an English Medley at the Elyon Dinner In London 2015

click here for more of this event posted earlier


CME Calling Up The Chossen's Father At Mitzva Tantz

CME (Chaim Meir Erps) Calling Up The Chossen's Father At A Mitzva Tantz

To Book CME for your Simcha or Event Call 347-382-1950 or email to cmemusic1@gmail.com

Eagle Descend From the World's Tallest Building

Darshan the eagle was flying high on Saturday morning, taking off from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.  Darshan had a small camera strapped to his back and broke a world record while doing it, as an eagle has never flown from the building before.  The flight was set up from Freedom Conservation to raise awareness about endangered birds.  Make sure to watch all the way to the end to see his landing.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Dramatic Rescue Of Baby After Crash In River

Police have released body-camera footage that shows the frantic rescue of an 18-month-old Utah girl from a car that had crashed into a frigid river 14 hours earlier.  The dramatic video from emergency responders’ cameras, released Friday, shows them discovering Lynn Groesbeck, 25, of Springville dead in the front seat, then finding her daughter, Lily Groesbeck, in the back seat.

The girl arrives by ambulance at a hospital some six minutes after she was lifted from the car and shows signs of life by vomiting and regaining her breath.  A fisherman spotted the car March 7, the day after it hit a cement barrier on a bridge and careened into the river in Spanish Fork, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Police said that even though the road over the bridge gets plenty of traffic, no one saw the wreck because the cement barrier obstructed the view.  The girl, who was initially listed in critical condition, was released from the hospital Wednesday.

Gad Elbaz - Hava Nagila - Music Video

In light of the recent terror attacks on French Journalists and Jews, and in a show of solidarity for the Jewish community of France, Israeli superstar Gad Elbaz is releasing a new music video to a contemporary upbeat version of Hava Nagila. Hava Nagila which means “Lets be happy” is the most well-known Jewish song, and serves as a universal call to unite all people in song. Gad Elbaz along with Jews, Muslim and Christians dancers, dance at the Place De La Republic, Shanzelize and the streets of Paris accompanied by an eastern European Kleizmer Band.

Hava Nagila is a production of ZOAB Entertainment and Shlomi Cohen in cooperation with Sparks Next production, co-directed by Finkelman and Aharon Orian Featuring choreography by Daniel Wdowik and Tzvika Bornstein with dancers from New York, Israel and Paris. With Executive Producers Marco Seroussi, Johanna Arfi and Paris Popack, Hava Nagila is a burst of positive energy and optimism that affirms the unbreakable bond that unites Jews, Christians and Muslims worldwide.

Polish Defense Minister Can't Tell a Mic From a Lamp

Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, was addressing the army's top brass and the president at an annual gathering. After confidently strolling to the podium, he adjusted the microphone... and the desk lamp, raising it from the documents in front of him and pointing it up at his face. The minister then continued his speech, unfazed by the bright light shining straight into his eyes

Blue Melody "Giants Shoulders" Benny & Zemiros

Blue Melody, Benny Friedman & The Zemiros Group performing a Yossi Green & Avraham Fried collaborations - "On Giants Shoulders" - Originally recorded on Shtar Taanaim.

www.bluemelodygroup.com

Performed By: Blue Melody Group
Sung By: Benny Friedman & The Zemiros Group
Mixed: Aryeh Kunstler - Roar Studios
Video: Mutti Engel
Composed By: Yossi Green
Originally Sung By: Avraham Fried

Yartzheit Of Rebbe Elimelech At His Kever In Lizensk

Thousands of Jews from around the world Mark The 228th Yartzheit Of The ‘Rebbe Elimelech’ At The Kever In Lizensk, Thursday March 12 2015

Rabbi Elimelech M'Lizhensk was one of the three most famous tzadikim in the entire history of Poland. He gained recognition as a healer of souls and bodies and as an active promoter of Chasidism. Elimelech wrote an infinite number of Kabalistic lectures and the treatise called ‘Noam Elimelech’, published in 1787, which comprises his outlook on the social and religious role of the Tzadik. Lizhensk became his first and most important center of Chasidism in all of Galicia.


Ohad - Birchas Habayis & Habonim - AT Production

Ohad Moskowitz Singing "Birchas Habayis-Aish & Birchas Habonim-Ohad" On January 25 2015 At The Rye Town Hilton Conducted By Yisroel Lamm An Aaron Teitelbaum Production

President Obama on '"Jimmy Kimmel Live"

The late-night host had the commander-in-chief on his show and even had him read some mean tweets.

Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition - From time to time, we give celebrities a chance to read some of the mean things people tweet about them. We extended that same offer to our Commander in Chief, who happily agreed.


Jimmy Kimmel Asks President Barack Obama About His Daily Life - Jimmy asks the President about cooking, driving, daylight saving time and the dentist.


Mountain Biker Takes On Sedona's White Line Trail

This breathtaking video captures the moment a cyclist traverses an almost-vertical rock face to conquer the world's most dangerous trail - before making a return journey.

Michal Kollbek was filmed defying gravity as he made his way over the famed White Line in Sedona - a near impossible route carved into a rock in Arizona.

The stunning one-minute clip was filmed using a drone flying overhead and sees Polish rider Kollbek gradually make his way along the path with Red Rock State Park seen in the background.

The entire clip was shot from a drone that showed how Kollbek went all the way across the rock face, turned, and then came all the way back, completing the trip without any problems. Kollbek, 30, has had practice with extreme stunts before and the Polish rider has claimed numerous downhill racing titles. He claimed that he attempted the heart-stopping stunt because he happened to be in the area.To prepare for the horizontal ride, Kollbeck had to let air out of his tires to maxmimise their grip on the rocky face. He then adjusted the suspension on the bikes frame and raised his saddle and walked across the route himself to create a mental picture beforehand. 'I live for thrills like this, and I would have tackled this line whether it was filmed or not,' he told the Huffington Post.

Tonight The Big CHAZAQ Event at Queens College

Don’t Miss Out!!!
This Sunday Night, March 15, 2015 
for the Big Chazaq Event III 
at the Colden Auditorium at Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367
Doors Open 6:30pm, Event Begins 7:30pm Promptly
Great Music and Entertainment by Avraham Fried
Inspiration by World Renowned Lecturers
Charlie Harary, R’ Zecharia Wallerstein, R’ Paysach Krohn
Special Performance by Internationally Acclaimed Mentalist Marc Salem
To Order Tickets Call 917-617-3636,718-285-9132
Info@Chazaq.org / www.Chazaq.org
Tickets: $18, $26, $36, $60, $75 and VIP
Proceeds go towards CHAZAQ's outreach programs.



Israeli Elections Explained

CNN's Oren Liebermann explains how elections work in Israel.