North Korean Communist Dictator is Dead
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Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.
Daily Archives: December 18, 2011
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Crown Heights [CHI] — At around 9:30 tonight, an African-American male in his mid 20s was seen by a number of witnesses smashing the window of a Jewish owned mini-van on Albany Ave., in front of the ULY simcha hall. Shomrim were immediately called.
Shomrim Apprehend Car Burglar
Crown Heights [CHI] — At around 9:30 tonight, an African-American male in his mid 20s was seen by a number of witnesses smashing the window of a Jewish owned mini-van on Albany Ave., in front of the ULY simcha hall. Shomrim were immediately called.
by Naftali Cohen
Left: Rabbi Tomer Rotem. Right: Dani Dinur.
The man who kidnapped the Shliach to Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer Rotem, is now claiming that he was the victim of a Chabad conspiracy. Even more surprisingly, Israel’s Channel 10 News believes his story.
Shliach’s Kidnapper Convinces Media He Is the Victim
by Naftali Cohen
Left: Rabbi Tomer Rotem. Right: Dani Dinur.
The man who kidnapped the Shliach to Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer Rotem, is now claiming that he was the victim of a Chabad conspiracy. Even more surprisingly, Israel’s Channel 10 News believes his story.
More than 500 people attended the main Yud Tes Kisleiv farbrengen in Flatbush. Rabbi Yochanan Morozov, Rov of Beis Menachem Mendel and the Rebbe's shliach to Midwood lead a spirited and moving Farbrengen.
Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen in Flatbush
More than 500 people attended the main Yud Tes Kisleiv farbrengen in Flatbush. Rabbi Yochanan Morozov, Rov of Beis Menachem Mendel and the Rebbe’s shliach to Midwood lead a spirited and moving Farbrengen.
Photo Gallery: Yud Tes Kislev All Around the World (2)
Pictures of Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens from ULY and Bais Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, the Chabad community in Sydney and Kiryat Gat, Beis Chana Seminary in Tzfat, and Yeshiva Ketana of Baltimore.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Rav Ovadia Gochafi, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rav Ovadia ben Shalom Gochafi, chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan, Israel. Rav Ovadia was a great Talmid Chacham who got his Smicha at a very young age, and came from a lineage of prominent Rabbanim, Poskim, and Talmedai Chachamim.
Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who - he was surprised to find out - is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a 'Karkafta,' and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.
Picture of the Day: ‘Tis the Season for Mivtzoim
Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who – he was surprised to find out – is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a ‘Karkafta,’ and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.
Crown Heights Rabbonim Attend Grand Satmar Tisch
Photos: bhol.co.il
10,000 Satmar Chassidim arrived in Crown Heights for a gathering at the New York State National Guard Armory in Crown Heights last night. The Chassidim gathered to celebrate the liberation of Reb Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar from the Nazis. He was saved on Rudolph Kastner‘s train which arrived in Switzerland on the 21st of Kislev, 1944 (5705).
Meet Chaya Mushka, Again and Again
Forward
Mookie Cohen, who works in a Crown Heights flower shop, is one of thousands of women named after Chaya Mushka Schneerson, the late wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
If in the coming weeks you happen to meet a young woman called Mushkie, here are a few things you should know:
Op-Ed: Why I had Almost Given Up on Chumash
by Shaina Guzick
When I was becoming more interested in Judaism, I learned that the word “Torah” comes from the word “hora’ah,” meaning to teach, to instruct. I was taught this meant that each day’s Torah portion had a vital lesson for our daily lives, even in this contemporary world. Frankly, I didn’t buy it.
Photos: ULY’s Father and Son Melava Malka
Boys in United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street had their annual father and son Melava Malka on Motzai Shabbos.
PSA: Flavors of Chanukah at Gombos! (a)
Celebrate Chanukah with Gombos Bakery’s ten flavorful doughnuts! Get your order in today!
New Russian Prison Includes Synagogue
More than two centuries after the release of Chasidic leader Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi from a S. Petersburg prison, corrections officers in the Russian metropolis joined Jewish community officials in dedicating a synagogue in the city’s newly-opened Yablonevka Prison.
Christopher Hitchens: The Fall of a Worthy Adversary
by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
A journalist friend of mine emailed me at 1am Friday morning to tell me that Christopher Hitchens had died. The news brought with it a deep sadness and I instantly recited the Jewish prayer upon hearing of the passing of a friend, “Blessed is the true Judge.” That instinctive religious action captured the paradox of our unpredictable friendship, born in battle in four public debates – stretching from 2004 until 2010 – on G-d, faith, evolution, and religion, but solidified over food at kosher restaurants, kosher wines, and, of course, healthy swigs of whisky.
Chabad Lights a Fire Under Chanukah
Wall Street Journal
The Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska traditionally hosts an art show to celebrate Hanukkah. This year, however, Rabbi Joseph Greenberg wanted to go bigger.
A Store Where Toys Must Be Kosher
NY Times
Double Play Toys, in the largely Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park, operates with the kind of self-policing that few toy stores in other neighborhoods can match. It does not carry Batman and Spider-Man action figures because they encourage violence and the watching of television.
in this toy store, Batman and Spider-Man are not heroes. For one thing, said Barbara Shine, manager of Double Play Toys in Borough Park, Brooklyn, the characters encourage interest in television, and the Orthodox Jewish families who make up her clientele do not watch television. More important, those toys might also teach lessons Hasidic parents don’t want their children to learn.
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