He’s the good looking, buoyant 12 year old Nepalese boy who greets visitors to Katmandu’s Chabad House with a huge smile: “Hi I’m Bim, the boy from Beit Chabad,” he offers. He’s also quick to provide unsolicited bits of useful information, like candle-lighting time on Friday, or that Shabbos is not out until three stars are spotted in the sky.
The question presented at the Hadas Gallery at the Rohr Jewish Center serving Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., was “What is Jewish Art?” Since it was an artists’ talk, a diverse palette was to be expected. The answers, of course, ran the gamut of Jewish art history, style and perspective.
A Canadian Rabbi delved into Biblical verses and says that from there—from the Torah’s narrative and the derivative teachings found in rabbinic commentaries—he learned the answers to life’s everyday moral questions.
Yedidim, under the leadership of Yanky Orlansky, provides more than just musical accompaniment but rather custom crafted arrangements and harmonies, giving each and every note a unique and exceptional sound.
The handful of Orthodox Jews on Capitol Hill has now added another member to its ranks. And he’s a rabbi, too.
When students at Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical academies delve into their rigorous scholarly study of Jewish texts, they do so with the knowledge that they have been encouraged to pen their scholarly papers and insights for publication in journals that may be read by students and rabbinic scholars around the world.
Close to 200 people from the Baltimore community came to celebrate Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon’s 60th birthday. The surprise party was beautifully arranged by members of the Anash community and his family.
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