Ma Betsa - Sendy Oppman - Shir V’shevach - Music Video

Debut Music Video "Ma Betsa" by Israeli Chasidic Singer Sendy Oppman

Song Composed by Reb Yitzchak Fader
Music by Udi Damari
Choir by Shir Vshevach Conducted by Chaim Meir Fligman

Miami Chupah - Tefillah & Od Yeshama - AT Production

First time ever! MIAMI CHUPAH! Members of the Miami Boys Choir singing at the Rockleigh Country Club on August 29, 2018, by the Rakower and Schachner Wedding.

With tremendous excitement and much anticipation from our clients and Jewish music fans worldwide, we bring you MIAMI CHUPAH, a first of its kind.

Accompanied by the Aaron Teitelbaum Orchestra conducted and arranged by Yisroel Lamm.

Choir members: left to right: Dovid Torkieh, Elisha Cohen, Eliyahu Levy, Mark Rosenstock

Songs composed & Directed by: Yerachmiel Begun
Live Sound: SolveTech
Sound engineer and live mix: Baba
Mixed by: Yaniv Balas
Event coordinators:Jay Kay/Joe B
Lighting: Brighter Events
Video Production:  Neuman Media

Man Accused of Faking Slip and Fall

A New Jersey man was arrested and charged after he purposely threw ice on a business's floor and faked a slip and fall.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office said 57-year-old Alexander Goldinsky, of Randolph, was subcontracted to work at a company in Woodbridge and allegedly orchestrated the scam in its break room.

Surveillance video from 2018 shows the suspect fill a cup with ice and use the cup to toss the ice on the floor. He then shuffles toward the ice and uses a nearby counter to help him "slip and fall" onto the floor.

Officials said Goldinsky waited on the ground until he was discovered. They said he then filed a false insurance claim for the ambulance service and treatment he received at a local hospital for injuries he claimed.

Goldinsky was arrested on January 15 and charged with insurance fraud and theft by deception. His court appearance is scheduled for next Thursday in New Brunswick Superior Court.

If Not Now, Then When?

Yeshiva Far Rockaway - The Yovel Event.

The Crockpot Show Ep. 1 Ft. Mordechai Shapiro

My Name Is Not Ben | Mordechai Shapiro on The Crockpot Show - Ep. 01

In the first episode of The Crockpot Show, Mordechai Shapiro battles the elements, tough questions, and hot kishke. In a world of breaking news, we’re taking a deeper dive into the lives and appetites of our guests. Mordechai might be good at riding his bike, but let’s see how he fares in the face of our very own P. Lurkowitz.

From Islam to Ultra-Orthodox Judaism

At 14, he came to Israel to work, but little did he — a Palestinian Muslim — know that he would soon convert to Judaism and join the ultra-Orthodox movement. His family doesn't know. Our Alec Pollard has the story.

Podium Collapses At Nigeria Political Campaign Rally

Two people sustained injuries and were rushed to hospital when the podium used by the PDP for the governorship campaign in Jega area of Kebbi State collapsed.

The party’s gubernatorial running mate, Alhaji Abubakar Malam, was making his campaign speech when the podium suddenly collapsed with him and several others.

The spokesman of PDP in the state, Malam Ibrahim Omie, said nobody sustained serious injury, adding that those with minor injuries had been treated at a nearby hospital.

Shabbos Nachas Sampler - MK Prod. ft. Yiddish Nachas

Get your copy at nigunmusic.com

When co-creators Yossi Green and Moshy Kraus introduced Yiddish Nachas to Jewish music fans back in 2014, no one knew the impact these beautiful angelic voices and Yossi’s timeless niggunim would have on the yidden of the world. Now five years later, the group boasts three solo albums, each one selling more copies than the previous, a LIVE performing group bringing Yiddish Nachas to the world at simchas and events, under the leadership of the talented vocalist, arranger and producer Moshy Kraus. Since Yiddish Nachas exploded onto the Jewish music scene, more and more Yiddish children choirs are emerging both on recording and at live events.

Shabbos Mit Yiddish Nachas is a collection of the essence of Shabbos through a beautiful production from the mind of Moshy Kraus and the harmonies and voices of Yiddish Nachas. Not only does this album have some of your favorite zemiros and niggunim from throughout the ages and genres, like MBD’s Ana Melech, Sruly Lipschitz’s Kiddish, the classical Regesh “Sholoim Aleichem” and even Yiddele Shreit Shabbos, but there are even some big named guest stars. Of course there are plenty of Chassidic hits from all genres including; Tosh, Satmar, Karlin and even Carlebach. Some of the talented guests include; Ahrele Samet, Beri Weber, Dovy Meisels, Hershy Rottenberg, Levy Falkowitz, Shloime Daskal, Shloime Gertner, Sruly Lipschitz and Yisroel Werdyger. If that isn’t enough for you, the legendary composer and co-creator of Yiddish Nachas, Yossi Green himself sings on the album and introduces a NEW song.

So whether you are looking for something to help you get in the Shabbos mood, or for the perfect gift while staying somewhere for Shabbos, get your copy today and enjoy the best of Yiddish Nachas.

Shabbos Nachas is distributed by Nigun Music

Teen Survives Horrific Fiery Crash

DUBLIN, NH – A driver was badly injured in an explosive crash caught on camera in Dublin, New Hampshire. The driver, 18-year-old Sam Lachance of Manchester, survived thanks to good Samaritans who pulled him away from the flames.

The college freshman’s Jeep crossed the center line and crashed into a tractor-trailer on Main Street near Camp Rockne Road last Tuesday.

It happened in a few split seconds and there was no chance to escape. The crash was captured on Marc Cramer’s dashcam. “When I realized I couldn’t go left or right, and we were only going straight, I cried out ‘Lord out help me,’” Marc Cramer recalled.

Cramer was traveling with his son John, and their own car got smashed. They were both shaken up but are OK.

John and another rescuer, Bank Promploy, got Lachance out of the Jeep. “He was unconscious and he was a mess, he had second and third degree burns,” John Cramer said.

That third rescuer was driving behind the tractor trailer. He knew it was very serious. “Craziness,” Promploy said. “I’m really shocked how it turned out.”

Lachance has burns and horrific injuries and was taken to Mass General, but his mother has a hopeful update. “His burns are healing, he’s able to see he’s coming back to himself which is just incredible,” his mom Jessica Lachance said.

Police say the impact caused the tractor trailer’s fuel tank to rupture touching off the inferno. The driver of the truck only has minor injuries.

It is unclear what caused Lachance to cross into oncoming traffic.

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Slick Roads Causes Mayhem for Pedestrians

Freezing rainfall caused some slick roads in Montreal, Canada. January 24, 2019.

ZAKA Team Recovers Bodies at Brazilian Dam Collapse

A delegation of IDF and ZAKA disaster responders in southeastern Brazil has retrieved several bodies of victims who were washed away when a tailings dam broke last Friday at the Córrego do Feijão mining complex in the hilly region of Brumadinho.

So far, 65 deaths have been confirmed, according to firefighters. Another 279 employees, contractors and residents are missing and presumed dead. Some 192 people have been rescued. Aid workers say they are unlikely to find more survivors in the iron ore waste.

A delegation of about 130 IDF soldiers and officers in active service, as well as 70 reservists from the Home Front Command, among them engineering experts, doctors, search and rescue personnel and firefighters, flew to Brazil on Sunday. In addition, troops from the navy’s underwater missions unit (YALTAM 707) and members of ZAKA are on the aid mission.

Israel is the only country which sent an official delegation to help Brazil’s government in the aftermath of the mining dam disaster. According to a ZAKA release, access to the site is possible only by helicopters provided to the delegation by the Brazilian army. IDF canine unit personnel first scanned the areas and then members of the expedition followed, working to locate the bodies buried in the muddy sludge.

This Lioness Got a Rude Wake-up Call

This lioness got a rude wake-up call when a conniving male lion crept up on her and bit her on the bottom as she slept.

The female was catching some sleep in the Maasai Mara in Kenya when one of the males in her pride started stalking her, using all of his focus to stay silent and go unnoticed.

The plotting male got within touching distance of the sleeping lioness before chomping down on her rear and startling her. The fast-thinking female sprung up instantly and started ferociously swiping at him with her razor-sharp claws.

Safari guide Joshua Loonkushu, who captured it on film, revealed in his eight years of guiding he'd never seen anything like it. The 32-year-old said: 'I couldn’t imagine that the male lion was going to behave like this! He got up and kept on creeping towards the lioness, almost stalking.

'He was taking all effort to keep as silent as possible. I told my guests that we are up to something quite interesting here. As he got to the lioness, he bit her! It took the lioness exactly two split seconds to go from fast asleep to be in defense mode and ready to attack.

'In my 8 years of guiding, this was the first sighting of its kind! I’ve never seen something like this. Soon after this scuffle, the rest of the pride joined the two, hugging them as if they were asking what was the matter.'

Symphony Chuppah on The Par Ft. Saal & Shira - A Team

Symphony Chuppah on The Par - Feat. Child Soloist Shulem Saal & The Shira Choir

It is always something special when client chose to have their event in unique venues.The A-Team is proud to share a beautiful moment from one such a event. Enjoy the sweet voice of Shir Vshevach soloist Shulem Saal backed by The Shira Choir at this this exquisite outdoor Chuppah at the beautiful Dyker Beach Golf Course.

Credits:
Conducted by: Yitzy Schwartz
Arranged by: Avremi G
Choir Arranged by: Yoly Horowitz
Choir Conducted by: Eli Shprei
Mixed by: Yaniv Balas
Live Mix: Eli Lishinsky
Israel Concierge: R’ Steve Jobs
Post Production: Platinum Productions
Marketing: Moe Wassertheil - DatzMoe
Production Manager: Motty Jay
Video by: Motty Engel - Engel Studios
In collaboration with JJ Fried

Guy Uses Bike to Launch Basketball off Skateboard

This is the incredible moment a basketball player uses a BMX bike and a skateboard to catapult a ball through the hoop.

Footage, captured in Antioquia, Colombia, shows the skillful player use the rear wheel of his bike to execute the unique trick shot.

As the wheel of his bike lands on the skateboard, the unnamed man watches on as the basketball flies over him and straight into the hoop.

During the clip, the unnamed man takes his seat on the BMX bike and positions himself in line with the hoop.

He then lifts himself off the ground with his bike and leaps onto the front of the skateboard.

The basketball is then propelled through the air and lands straight into the hoop at the end of the court.

Burglars Leave Empty Handed After TV Too Big For Car

Two burglars in Texas were forced to leave a home almost empty-handed after discovering a flat screen television wouldn't fit in the vehicle they had stolen to do the job.

Two suspects pulled up to a Dallas home in a stolen vehicle on January 17 and forced entry into the residence, the Dallas Police Department said on Friday.

But they didn't get the goods, because the SUV they had stolen for the mission just wasn't big enough to fit the television they had their sights set on, so they took it back inside the property before speeding off. Their faces were caught in full view of the security camera at the home, but the suspects have not yet been identified.

The two suspects pulled up to a home in North Central Dallas at about 7.45am on the Thursday morning. Both of the men enter the home on the 6500 block of Orchid Lane, and one comes out with a small rectangular-shaped item, and places it into the stolen 2015 Jeep Cherokee.

That man goes back inside, before both emerge carrying a flat screen TV out to the SUV. They first try to fit in the backseat, but quickly realize that won't work.

Then, they move around to the back of the vehicle and try to get it in through the hatchback. That doesn't work either, so the two men are kind enough to take it back inside the property before speeding off with whatever the first item was.

The whole thing was caught on camera by the family's video surveillance system.

The black SUV was later found, abandoned on the 5900 block of Melody Lane in Dallas.

Medical Supply Company Assists Affected by Shutdown

Two weeks ago, AvaCare Medical, a Lakewood-based online medical supply company, reached out to their customers, offering to help those impacted by the government shutdown.

Among the many customers who responded was one customer, Jamie Spinello, who wrote in that as a terminally ill woman whose only income is a military alimony check that hadn’t arrived due to the shutdown, she had lost all hope. At 5’7” and only 63 lbs, Jamie relied on that small check to pay for life-saving treatments and medication, but with the shutdown, she was delaying her treatments and wasn’t sure she would survive.

AvaCare Medical then sent her a gift card, and her story was featured on a local news channel. When offers for assistance began pouring in after the show, AvaCare Medical started a GoFundMe campaign to help her out – and the response has been overwhelming!

Watch the video, where she shares her heartbreaking story – and the heartwarming response she received in return.

Shirei Pinchas 4 - Pinchus Wolf - Album Sampler

In 2016, the Jewish music world was introduced to composer extraordinaire Reb Pinchas Wolf. In the almost three years since he has released not one, but four albums of his niggunim sung by star soloists, each one better than the next.

With the success of his most recent album Shirei Pinchas 3 including hits like; Tate Oy Tatenyu, Alef Bays, and more recently the two singles Yom Yom and Shalom Aleichem, Pinchas has shown that not only can he compose any style of song but he can also sing them as well.

Shirei Pinchas 4 is masterfully arranged and produced by the talented Doni Gross who has been working with some of the top performers in Jewish music. Pinchas, not only composes these amazing hartzige niggunim, but also many times writes their intros and interludes as well. The album features returning star vocalists Shlomo Simcha, Micha Gamerman, Tzvi Silberstein, Dovid Lowy and Pinchas Wolf himself performing not one, but 5 of his own songs despite his advanced age (72).

While Pinchas’s voice might not be as full as it once was in his younger years, it still has its vibrancy and most of its range making it a pleasure to listen to. Pinchas really shines in the albums opening track “Ata Chonein,” a nigun that is sure to be picked up by minyanim across the globe. The song “Shema Beni” also has “Shlomo”-like elements to it with some original English lyrics written by Pinchas himself. So whether you have already been touched by Pinchas’s niggunim or this is the first you have heard of him, go get your copy today! You won’t be sorry you did!

Shirei Pinchas 4 is distributed by MRM music and will be available in stores in the next few days 

Digital download on iTunes Amazon Music Google Play and Spotify

Download the album today!

Vandals Ransack Jerusalem Synagogue

 Jerusalem - Vndals ransacked a Jerusalem synagogue Monday night in an attack labeled an “antisemitic pogrom,” the second time in a week a synagogue was vandalized.

The synagogue, located in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, was broken into and its ritual objects- including a Torah scroll and prayer books - were destroyed. Photos from the scene showed Torah scrolls strewn across a floor full of dirt and dust and a hole cut in into the side of the ark, from which the vandals extracted the scroll.

Kiryat Yovel has been the scene of significant inter-communal conflict between the original, secular residents and the large numbers of families from the haredi community who have moved to the area in recent years due to housing shortages in more traditionally haredi neighborhoods.

The two communities have argued about several issues including the use of the community center on Shabbat, use of neighborhood resources and infrastructure and other issues.

K'vodo - Netanel Ilovitsky - Martin Widerker - Music Video

Producer Israel Bergmann presents the second single video-clip from the album series "Shabbat Hamalka", to melodies by composer Meir Martin Widerker of Germany

This time, cantor Netanel Ilovitsky, a young and talented cantor with virtuoso vocal qualities, was chosen for the performance of "K'vodo".

The melody, to words from the "K'dusha" (sanctity) part of the Mussaf prayer were written by composer Meir Martin Widerker, influenced by the synagogal liturgical tradition and combining some lively rhythmic motifs. Due to the character of this melody, a specially complex arrangement was written which demands an outstanding vocal performance ability, and for this reason, the producer together with the arranger Menachem Bristowski have chosen the young cantor Netanel Ilovitsky. The result is a heavenly and harmonious musical and vocal arrangement.

Suspect Speeding Off While Cop Hanging From Window

WESLACO, Texas - In south Texas, a driver took off with two police officers hanging onto the outside of the truck door.

The dashcam video from the Weslaco Police Department shows the tense moments Sunday. The driver, refused to turn the truck off, then fled, injuring one officer. Police know who they're looking for, but do not have the driver in custody.

Officers were responding to a call for a man asleep behind the wheel.

Joey Newcomb - To Be a Jew - Album Sampler

Composed and Performed by: Joey Newcomb
Produced and Arranged by: Doni Gross
Recorded at: DeG Studios, NYC

Album will be available mid week for download

Zanvil Weinberger - Neranena - מיין טאט'נס א קינד

Zanvil Weinberger with Neranena Choir accompanied by the Orot Band

Composed by Avraham Fried
Lyrics by Avraham Fried
Recorderd on Ah Mechayeh Album - 2013

The Great Farby by Chony Milecki - Audio Sampler

THE GREAT FARBY by Chony Milecki is an upbeat, non-stop, energetic, dance album. It is the perfect soundtrack for your Farbrengen, event, workout, or road trip! 

Featuring 15 of the best and most popular singers in Jewish music and original arrangements by Chony Milecki, The Great Farby is a revolution in Jewish music!

Available for download at iTunes and Amazon music CDs available at your local Judaica store or nigunmusic.com

Lubavitcher Rebbe - Yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka

As the Rebbe enters the evening services on 22 Shevat 5752 – 1992 (nearing his ninetieth birthday), he had already stood on his feet for some four hours greeting crowds, dispensing blessings, advice, and dollar bills to be given to charity.

These scenes, filmed in high quality by a JEM film crew with special access, contain shots of the Rebbe leading the evening prayers on his the Yahrzeit of his beloved wife, followed by remarks in a talk to the public filmed from a unique angle. Finally, shots of the Rebbe distributing a special booklet with talks about the importance of the Jewish woman, along with a five dollar bill and a piece of honey cake.

Over the next five hours, the Rebbe would hand out over 11,000 of the booklet to men, women and children

Ohad Moskowitz & Musical Prelude - AT Production

Ohad Moskowitz  Singing Shir Hamalos-Shalsheles & Musical Prelude, conducted by Maestro Yisroel Lamm, Which took place at The Hilton Westchester, at the Katz & Cohen wedding on November 25 2018. The musical production was under the direction of Aaron Teitelbaum

Sound by Solvetech
Mixed by Baba Z
Event Coordinator Jay Kay & Joe B
Public Relations Chad k