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Jews in Sports: Rum Diary

by Yossi Goldstein

Cockfight in progress in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The summer season is here in full force. Sunshine, heat, humidity, and power outages don’t always make for an ideal blend. This is the time when tempers flare, and actions boil over towards regrettable.

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Video: The Rebbe and Shamir

On the eve of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM released its newest film, Faithful and Fortified (Vol. 3): Israel’s Prime Ministers, exploring the Rebbe’s impact on the personal lives and public policies of seven of Israel’s heads of state. In tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, who passed away this past Shabbos at the age of 96, JEM has posted an excerpt from the film exploring his relationship with the Rebbe.

Remembering Rabbi Zalman Kazen, 92

Rabbi Zalman Kazen with his family. (his mother-in-law, “bubbe” Maryasha Garelik, OBM, sits to the left.)

Ches Tammuz was Rabbi Zalman Kazen‘s first Yartzheit. Rabbi Kazen was a most modest, frielicher, and emeser Chosid. He hated publicity and honor, but he certainly deserved it.

One: A Song for Leiby

As we approach one year since the tragic murder of Leiby Keltzky, Sarah Dukes, a Lubavitcher songwriter and artist from Crown Heights, composed One, a song performed by Yaron Gershovsky, in his loving memory.

Man Who Saved Rebbe from Nazi France Honored

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a posthumous award for ‘constructive dissent’ to Hiram (or Harry) Bingham IV. For over fifty years, the State Department resisted any attempt to honor Bingham. For them he was an insubordinate member of the US diplomatic service, a dangerous maverick who was eventually demoted. Now, after his death, he has been officially recognized as a hero.