Tuesday, June 30, 2009
More of Shloime Gertner in Manchester
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Jo Amar Walking his Daughter Down the Aisle
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Rest of an Inspiring Story on a Shlichus of The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.
Monday, June 22, 2009
ABC7 EXCLUSIVE: Rabbi Answers Accusations
Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
New York (WABC) -- The rabbi at the center of a New York City jailhouse scandal spoke out to Eyewitness News.
Rabbi Leib Glanz is accused of giving preferential treatment to Jewish inmates, and even planning a bar mitzvah behind bars. Now, he is defending his work as a prison chaplain.
On Tuesday, the rabbi resigned. Now, he says he is cooperating in the investigation and insists he did nothing improper.
"I've done everything I could to help people out without expecting anything back in return," he said.
The Orthodox rabbi says he's proud of his record, providing kosher meals, counseling and religious services to inmates in the New York City prison system.
But critics say he created an enclave of privilege exclusively for Jewish inmates and even booked an Orthodox rock star for a jailhouse bar mitzvah party.
A former prisoner at the Manhattan Detention Complex, more infamously known as The Tombs, spent nearly three years behind bars. "Murray" also spoke exclusively with Eyewitness News. His identity is being protected in case other might want to retaliate against him.
"Rabbi Glanz would say, "Are you Jewish?" Murray said. "And then, he would ask for the congregation. He would ask for the rabbi's name. He would ask certain questions about my mother or about my father, to confirm whether or not I'm really Jewish, or I'm just there saying that I am to get all the perks."
Those perks, he says, included playing dice games and poker, watching videos and making unlimited phone calls. All of it, he says, happened in the Jewish chaplain's office at The Tombs in Lower Manhattan or on Rikers Island.
"I think [the rabbis] did it, really, just to help other people," Murray said. "They're thinking in their minds that what they're doing is okay. I mean, technically, we did services for a couple of minutes."
Murray says the kosher food was catered, and that non-Jewish inmates kept quiet because they got the leftovers.
"And here I walked in with chicken dinners," Murray said. "Fresh chicken. So they adored me. They loved me."
So now we know why the non-Jewish inmates kept quiet. But what about everybody else? What was was in it for them? The city's Department of Investigation is determined to find out.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
More of Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel Boys Choir
Yehallelu Es Shaim Hashem and Tivneh Chomos Yerushalayim
Im not sure where the first song's from but im sure you;l recognise the secons song, a Tzlil Vezemer classic.
Soloist: Ari Fischer 4:13 Akiva Elbogen 4:37 Yitzy Gewirtz 4:59, of YBC fame.
Yehi Chavod
A version of the J.E.P. Classic from the first album way back in 1971.
Soloists: Yehuda Gross 1:34, Avrumie Rubenstein 2:05.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Barack Obama & The Mosquito 2
Monday, June 15, 2009
Yehuda Green in Lakewood Part 2
Inner Spark BBQ in Birmingham
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Recent Rebbe Clips
Bobover Rebbe (45th St.) at the sheva brachos of Shaya Feferkorn.
Toldos Avrohom Yitschok Rebbe making Havdalah in Monsey. Sivan 5769.
Aleksander Rebbe visiting Boro Park. Sivan 5769.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Avraham Fried singing Moria in Milan
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Yaakov Shwekey & Chaim Ysrael Parts 1, 4 and 5
Part 1.
Yaakov Shwekey singing a few songs.
Part 4.
Chaim Yisrael singing a few different songs.
Part 5.
With Chaim Yisrael.