Police say that no arrests have been made yet in a bizarre incident that sent a 9 year old Williamsburg boy to the hospital yesterday after being struck by a car speeding down a local sidewalk.
The incident took place at the southwest corner of Rodney Street and Lee Avenue at 4:10 PM . A black Toyota Camry that had left the roadway and was driving on the sidewalk reportedly circled the block more than once before striking the child. The victim, who complained of substantial pain to his right foot, was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries.
Police tracked the vehicle by its license plate and said that it is believed to be a rental. Police confirmed that no one is in custody at this time and said that their investigation is ongoing. The incident was one of four complaints filed yesterday in the 90th precinct involving persons leaving the scene of an accident.
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According to WABC reports, the car took the sidewalk after shopkeepers called the police to report that its two occupants were attempting to pass obviously counterfeit $20 bills at local stores. Witnesses said that once police were called, the men fled to their car but were unable to escape the area because of rush hour traffic that left them stuck on Lee Avenue.
Trapped by several individuals who tried to prevent the car from leaving, the driver backed onto the sidewalk and took off, forcing terrified pedestrians in the busy shopping area to jump out of the way, while shopkeepers pounded on the car and pelted it with garbage cans.
At one point, after finding himself cornered, the driver reversed direction, hurtling backwards down the sidewalk.
“It’s a miracle that only one person got hurt,” said onlooker Joseph Langsam.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Dvar Torah Parshas Behar 5776
Behar: Don't we first work and only then go on vacation? Why does Hashem tell us first about shmita and only afterwards to work 6 years. Rabbi Shimon Semp.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
In Breslov Burns A Fire - Yosef Karduner & Chilik Frank
This spontaneous, moving performance at Reb Noson's gravesite in Breslov, took place recently during the Breslov Research Institute Men's Rosh Chodesh Nissan trip to Uman (2016.)
Moshe Mendelson - Gefilte Fish - Music Video
A tribute to the traditional Ashkenazi Dish, in Yiddish!
Italian Navy Rescues 500 Migrants After Boat Capsizes
At least five people are believed to have drowned after a vessel carrying 550 refugees capsized off the Libyan coast, Wednesday. The survivors, who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, were rescued by the Italian Navy.
New dramatic images are released by the Italian navy of the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off Libya,
New dramatic images are released by the Italian navy of the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off Libya,
Benny Friedman Carpool Karaoke
Get to know the man behind Yesh Tikvah, Toda, and countless of hits. Ride along with Benny Friedman in my second installment of Carpool Karaoke.
Starting Meir Kay and Benny Friedman
Starting Meir Kay and Benny Friedman
Strumz - Umar Rabbi Akiva
Some call it a Kumzitz band, and some think of it as an acoustic band with a fresh sound. Whatever you prefer to call it, one thing is certain, a Strumz event will always be an awesome experience.
Originally Recorded by Dudi Kalish & Yedidim Choir on Yedidim 2 album
Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocal: Chaim Brown
Electric Guitar & Backup Vocal 1: Efrayim Berger
Bass Guitar & Backup Vocal 2: Avrumi Rosenfeld
Cajon: Chemi Rosenfeld
Flute: Shmaya Karpen
Additional Flute: Meir Rosenbaum
Originally Recorded by Dudi Kalish & Yedidim Choir on Yedidim 2 album
Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocal: Chaim Brown
Electric Guitar & Backup Vocal 1: Efrayim Berger
Bass Guitar & Backup Vocal 2: Avrumi Rosenfeld
Cajon: Chemi Rosenfeld
Flute: Shmaya Karpen
Additional Flute: Meir Rosenbaum
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Lowy, Daskal & Yedidim - AT Production
Yumi Lowy, Shloime Daskal & Yedidim Choir "The Dream team" intro & first dance set at a Wedding In Ateres Chaya On April 14 2016, Conducted by Yisroel Lamm an Aaron Teitelbaum Production
Sound by Solvtech
Intro Adopted by Jay Kay57
Communications Director Chad K
Sound by Solvtech
Intro Adopted by Jay Kay57
Communications Director Chad K
China Wants to Battle Traffic Jams with This Futuristic Bus
The Hyperloop may help humanity travel great distances at remarkable speeds, but how should we sustainably get from point A to B in congested cities? An innovative public transport design, revisited over the weekend at the 19th international High-Tech Expo in Beijing, might provide a solution.
The electric “straddling bus” is designed for capacity and efficiency, not necessarily for speed. It’s built extra wide to carry up to 1,400 passengers, and extra tall to allow any cars under seven feet to travel underneath, whether the bus is in motion or not. This is important because, as a public transport vehicle, the bus would stop and start frequently to load and unload passengers. And, with a top speed of 40 miles per hour, restless drivers would undoubtedly want to pass through.
The bus may also help cities become more environmentally friendly. Its size would allow it to replace 40 conventional buses and, since it’s powered by electricity, the design would reduce fuel consumption by some 800 tons and carbon emissions by nearly 2,500 tons every year, chief engineer, Song Youzhou, told China’s official news agency, Xinhua.
Song’s design isn’t new, however, and neither is the concept. Back in 2010, Song gained media attention when Beijing proposed plans to develop an infrastructure to accommodate his bus by year’s end. No tracks were ever laid so many assumed the project would remain an idea.
Treehugger reports that the idea of straddling buses was first proposed by two American architects, Lester Walker and Craig Hodgetts, in 1969. The concept was ambitious, even by todays standards, including computer-driven vehicles, perpetual motion, and “friction-free air cushion bearings” as wheels. Walker and Hodgetts suggested the design be used to modernize New York City.
To those still skeptical about the straddling bus, Song told Xinhua that a full-scale model of is currently being built in Changzhou, China and will be tested by August. If all goes well, the design may help curb the carbon emissions created by approximately 20 million new drivers who take to the road in China every year.
The electric “straddling bus” is designed for capacity and efficiency, not necessarily for speed. It’s built extra wide to carry up to 1,400 passengers, and extra tall to allow any cars under seven feet to travel underneath, whether the bus is in motion or not. This is important because, as a public transport vehicle, the bus would stop and start frequently to load and unload passengers. And, with a top speed of 40 miles per hour, restless drivers would undoubtedly want to pass through.
The bus may also help cities become more environmentally friendly. Its size would allow it to replace 40 conventional buses and, since it’s powered by electricity, the design would reduce fuel consumption by some 800 tons and carbon emissions by nearly 2,500 tons every year, chief engineer, Song Youzhou, told China’s official news agency, Xinhua.
Song’s design isn’t new, however, and neither is the concept. Back in 2010, Song gained media attention when Beijing proposed plans to develop an infrastructure to accommodate his bus by year’s end. No tracks were ever laid so many assumed the project would remain an idea.
Treehugger reports that the idea of straddling buses was first proposed by two American architects, Lester Walker and Craig Hodgetts, in 1969. The concept was ambitious, even by todays standards, including computer-driven vehicles, perpetual motion, and “friction-free air cushion bearings” as wheels. Walker and Hodgetts suggested the design be used to modernize New York City.
To those still skeptical about the straddling bus, Song told Xinhua that a full-scale model of is currently being built in Changzhou, China and will be tested by August. If all goes well, the design may help curb the carbon emissions created by approximately 20 million new drivers who take to the road in China every year.
Live: Lag B'Omer 5776 in Meron - Ended
The live broadcast has ended. Feel free to watch a four hour replay, below.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
If Looks Could Kill
Four-year-old girl filmed giving her little brother the death stare after the toddler interrupted her karaoke session by knocking over her mic stand
Monday, May 23, 2016
Shirei Pinchas: A Lifetime of Composing
You are invited to get to know R' Pinchas Wolf. Pinchas is a composer of Yiddishishe Niggunim, and is set to release his first album collection of his composed songs. This video is the first part of a six part interview we will release leading up to the album's completion.
The soon to be released all-star album featuring some of the brightest luminaries in the Jewish music business may well turn out to be one of the most intriguing stories to hit the Jewish world in a very long time.
Shirei Pinchas features 11 original compositions by Pinchas Wolf of Detroit. While his songs have been featured both by Yehuda Green and Yonasan Schwartz on their most recent albums, Shirei Pinchas is the first time that Wolf, who is turning 70 this fall, has made his music available to the public.
Wolf, who was born in a DP camp, spent most of his formative years in Montreal. A student first at the Klausenberger cheder and then at the Lubavitch cheder, Wolf began composing music at just ten years old. He credits that lifelong passion for Chasidishe niggunim with his return to religious observance after a brief crisis that left him struggling on a personal level. In more recent years, having been told by a surgeon that he was humming a tune while undergoing surgery and sedated with general anesthesia, Wolf decided it was time to share his music with the public.
“It was a turning point for me,” said Wolf. “It made me realize that Hashem wanted me back and he wanted my nigunim to get out there.”
The Detroit Chazan said that he continues the practice he began as a Bochur of composing a new Nigun each week in honor of Shabbos.
Joining Wolf in his musical odyssey and giving voice to his compositions are several prominent Jewish music stars including Benny Friedman, Dovid Gabay, Shimmy Engel, Yoely Greenfield, Shlomo Simcha and Mordechai Shapiro as well as a soon to be named child star soloist.
Shirei Pinchas with music produced by Naftali Schnitzler is due out in time for Shavuos.
Video by Moishy Lew
The soon to be released all-star album featuring some of the brightest luminaries in the Jewish music business may well turn out to be one of the most intriguing stories to hit the Jewish world in a very long time.
Shirei Pinchas features 11 original compositions by Pinchas Wolf of Detroit. While his songs have been featured both by Yehuda Green and Yonasan Schwartz on their most recent albums, Shirei Pinchas is the first time that Wolf, who is turning 70 this fall, has made his music available to the public.
Wolf, who was born in a DP camp, spent most of his formative years in Montreal. A student first at the Klausenberger cheder and then at the Lubavitch cheder, Wolf began composing music at just ten years old. He credits that lifelong passion for Chasidishe niggunim with his return to religious observance after a brief crisis that left him struggling on a personal level. In more recent years, having been told by a surgeon that he was humming a tune while undergoing surgery and sedated with general anesthesia, Wolf decided it was time to share his music with the public.
“It was a turning point for me,” said Wolf. “It made me realize that Hashem wanted me back and he wanted my nigunim to get out there.”
The Detroit Chazan said that he continues the practice he began as a Bochur of composing a new Nigun each week in honor of Shabbos.
Joining Wolf in his musical odyssey and giving voice to his compositions are several prominent Jewish music stars including Benny Friedman, Dovid Gabay, Shimmy Engel, Yoely Greenfield, Shlomo Simcha and Mordechai Shapiro as well as a soon to be named child star soloist.
Shirei Pinchas with music produced by Naftali Schnitzler is due out in time for Shavuos.
Video by Moishy Lew
Eli Malei Rachamim - Cantor Shai Abramson
at the 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Event in Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland
Child Soloist Dudi Fuchs & Neranenu Choir - Da
Child Soloist Dudi Fuchs & Neranenu Choir Sing "Da" (Acapella) Composed by Antchy Friedman, First Reordered by Levy Falkowitz on his Debut Album "Achake Lo"
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Nature Show Presenter Runs for His Life
A Brazilian television presenter was forced to run for his life while doing a show about tidal bores - after the wave nearly drowned him.
Richard Rasmussen, 36, has been called Brazil's version of Bear Grylls, and has been presenting nature shows on local television for many years.
However, in this instant, nature got a little bit too close for comfort.
Rasmussen, a popular nature show host in his native country, was filmed doing a segment explaining tidal bores. A tidal bore is a wave that travels up a river from the sea, and as Rasmussen explains this event he almost gets caught in one.
Rasmussen can be seen talking to the camera about the phenomenon, and as he turns around to show how amazing a tidal bore can be, it dawns on him that it is about to come down on him.
He is forced to flee the mass of water, running away with the wave hot at his heels.
Richard Rasmussen, 36, has been called Brazil's version of Bear Grylls, and has been presenting nature shows on local television for many years.
However, in this instant, nature got a little bit too close for comfort.
Rasmussen, a popular nature show host in his native country, was filmed doing a segment explaining tidal bores. A tidal bore is a wave that travels up a river from the sea, and as Rasmussen explains this event he almost gets caught in one.
Rasmussen can be seen talking to the camera about the phenomenon, and as he turns around to show how amazing a tidal bore can be, it dawns on him that it is about to come down on him.
He is forced to flee the mass of water, running away with the wave hot at his heels.
Shea Berko & Yedidim - Ad Emtzoh
Yedidim Choir is proud to present to you "Acapella" with a twist!
Covering this awesome tune "Ad Emtzoh Mokoim" composed by Yossi Green, and originally performed by Dedi on his album Ve'Ohavto, Yedidim and Shea take the original Mona arrangement and turn it into a fabulous ACAPELLA piece, carefully executing every necessary note and harmony.
To add some spice, the song was rewritten for live Drums and Percussion to craft this into a masterpiece.
Drums: Gal Gershovsky (A-Team Orchestra)
Percussion: Richie Rodriguez
Live Sound: BYH Sound
Post Audio Production: Tzvi Blumenfeld @ Blue Rhythm
Video: Neumann Media
Covering this awesome tune "Ad Emtzoh Mokoim" composed by Yossi Green, and originally performed by Dedi on his album Ve'Ohavto, Yedidim and Shea take the original Mona arrangement and turn it into a fabulous ACAPELLA piece, carefully executing every necessary note and harmony.
To add some spice, the song was rewritten for live Drums and Percussion to craft this into a masterpiece.
Drums: Gal Gershovsky (A-Team Orchestra)
Percussion: Richie Rodriguez
Live Sound: BYH Sound
Post Audio Production: Tzvi Blumenfeld @ Blue Rhythm
Video: Neumann Media
TV Weatherman Startled by Giant Spider
When you're a TV weatherman you have to be prepared to deal with all kinds of scary things: storms, hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards.
But giant spiders? There's a surprise - especially for West Virginia weatherman Bryan Hughes, who was left screaming in terror after an eight-legged beast crawled across the camera lens during a live broadcast Thursday.
Hughes's hilarious reaction to the sight has left thousands on the web laughing and wincing in equal amounts,
But giant spiders? There's a surprise - especially for West Virginia weatherman Bryan Hughes, who was left screaming in terror after an eight-legged beast crawled across the camera lens during a live broadcast Thursday.
Hughes's hilarious reaction to the sight has left thousands on the web laughing and wincing in equal amounts,
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