Springfield, MA — American cultural icons like Dr. Seuss and basketballs were born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and when Lubavitch of Greater Springfield celebrated its 60th anniversary this week, it claimed iconic status in the realms of Jewish education and unity.
Students from the Head Start up trough the Elementary Division, Zal, and alumni gathered in front of 667 Eastern Parkway, to Melaveh Shloime Meshorer OB”M. he was buried in the Beth-David Cemetery in Elmont (Queens).
He leaves behind 3 sisters and 4 brothers.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
All throughout Sunday afternoon and evening the Razag ballroom was open to all woman to come and see all the prizes that are being offered up for auction, following which was a program which included singing by Kineret and Caroline Cohen, a speech by Mrs. Esther Piekarski a renowned marriage and shalom bayis counselor from Tel Aviv following which was the auction drawing.
For the list of winners and a beautiful gallery of pictures click the Extended Article!
In a special worldwide program Fathers and their Sons got together in Shul’s around the neighborhood in order to sit down for an hour and study together. Quite the number participated.
The program is backed by major sponsors and supporters such as Kedem and is made possible by the collaboration of various schools combining efforts to make this possible.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Amherst, MA — Bradley N. Skikne, a 22-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an emergency medical technician, lost his life Sunday after rescuing another just a half hour before, police said.
“His desire and pleasure was to help people,” said Bradley’s parents, Michael, 52, and Michele, 49, in a statement to the Advocate. “He touched and enriched our lives beyond comprehension.”
Bradley, a Middleton native, lost control of his 2004 Toyota Matrix on Amherst Road in Pelham when his car careened into an embankment and then flipped over, according to Pelham Police Department Chief Edward Fleury. Skikne, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died instantly, Fleury said. Police are still investigating whether speed was a factor.
33 RPM, What’s that? Well nowadays you would hear iPod, CD or even (gasp!) Tape! But once upon a time there was a turn table that spun at 33 RPM and played music in mono, this was also known as a record player. An eBay Seller recently listed a whole list of records for sale, some of the titles include Avraham Fried’s Goodbye Golus and Mordechai Ben David’s Hold On among many other titles, some of which are still in the original shrink wrapping!
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Twice a year, Fire Fighters from our E. St. Johns Pl. Firehouse check the fire hydrants in our neighborhood.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Vinnitsa, Ukraine – When representatives of the Jewish Community in Western Ukraine arrived to conduct a burial ceremony for hundreds of limbs scattered in near a public grave in Vinnitsa, they were shocked and horrified to find the damaged cemetery that was looted a few weeks earlier, damaged again! The vandals resumed their treachery in robbing valuables found on remnants of corpses in additional pits they had dug.
The vandalized cemetery is located near the city of Rovno in Western Ukraine which serves as the grave of about 17,500 Jews who were murdered in 1941 and buried in a public grave called Sosoniki.
Dear residents of Crown Heights,
I am a parent of Ka“h a large family.
My children have and are attending regular Lubavitch schools in Crown Heights and B”H are doing well. My son however, was not doing well in school. He was unhappy and did not enjoy going to school.
He found it hard to stay focused in class and found himself getting easily distracted in a large classroom setting. As a result, he kept himself busy doing “other things”. He found himself strolling the hallways and getting detention often.
Continued in the Extended Article!
In this picture we see two unforgettable staff members of 770 who have both passed away: the mashgiach in Bes Midrash Rabbi Sholom Marozov and the mashgiach in the kitchen Rabbi Michoel Lipskar as they are discussing what to do with bochurim who break into the pantry to take food without permission.
Vladivostok, Russia – Swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans and the words “Jews, get away to Israel” were discovered on the walls of the synagogue in Vladivostok, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia reported.
Israel Silberstein, rabbi of the Russian seaport on the Pacific, did not rule out the possibility that the incident was connected to a rally held last week by local radical nationalists and neo-Nazi skinheads. The incident was the third in recent weeks in which vandals targeted Russian synagogues. Previously, synagogues in Astrakhan in southern Russia and in Khabarovsk, also in the Russian Far East, were vandalized.
Santa Clarita, CA – The Israeli fencing champ dreamed of snagging a medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics for his prowess, but was lucky to escape with his life after terrorists stormed Olympic Village, killing 11 of his teammates.
Dan Alon, 61, started fencing at 12, but never hoisted another blade or spoke of the trauma after that day – until now.
The popularity of Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film “Munich” has prompted him to speak out, to tell his story.
The Jewish Children’s Museum announced the debut of its brand new Show, Maccabees! The live Chanukah adventure set to open on November 26 to the public. Maccabees is a fully-immersive interactive experience in which visitors of all ages “tour” ancient Judea and learn about the miracle of Chanukah.
According to Dovid Weinbaum project coordinator of Maccabees, the show uses a vast array of special effects and lots of humor to engage visitors in the gripping narrative. Maccabees explores each pivotal moment of the Chanukah story.
Flyer and Pictures in the Extended Article!
A hospital is one of the loneliest places to be on a Jewish holiday, Shabbat, or a simcha.
It’s not just the patient who feels isolated and frustrated, as Devora Hosseinof of Teaneck discovered when her 15-month-old daughter, who had salmonella poisoning, was admitted to Englewood Hospital erev Pesach last year.
The holiday began on Friday night, forcing a worst-case scenario for the Orthodox mother — who spent three days and nights sleeping on a chair in her daughter’s room. Her husband, Josh, had stayed home with the other children, and people at the local synagogue couldn’t know she was right across the street because there was no way to let them know — she had no appropriate food for Pesach and limited access to a kosher pantry.
It’s hip-hop with a Jewish beat, and it’s straight out of Baltimore. Well, it’s actually out of a beit midrash, or study hall, in Morristown, N.J., but Menachem Shapiro — aka “White Mike” — is your typical American homeboy graduate of Franklin High School in Reisterstown. He went to Adat Chaim Synagogue and wore a chai around his neck, but never got into the Jewish thing.
I’m not sure my Rabbi would approve of this honor. You see, my Rabbi, I’ll just refer to him as Reb Avram, is a very humble man. As a matter of fact, he probably doesn’t think that he has done anything so extraordinary. In fact, all that Reb Avram has done is provide sweet and delicious Torah education to young children for over half a century. Imagine – today there are gray bearded men who were taught by Reb Avram fifty years ago and this very morning, Reb Avram was still teaching, still caring, still reaching out to that ‘pintele Yid’ – that divine spark within each child that sometimes only he can see.
Reb Avram, you see is a different kind of teacher who believes that every child can learn. When I first arrived at the Yeshiva, I needed some remedial tutoring. Reb Avram spent his lunch hours catching me up. When I advanced to higher grades, he would always pass me in the hallways and offer his words of encouragement along with his radiant smile. When I began to teach, he was a primary role model. He offered practical, sage advice along with hand written teaching materials that he had created and perfected over the years. Need a Halachic decision? A blessing for a sick child or expectant mother? Want to hear a practical and meaningful gem of Torah about this week’s Parsha? Reb Avram has always been there – just a phone call or a visit with him lifts the spirit and the soul.
As several senior Israeli government officials are mired in controversy, the Jewish State is in serious need of ethical soul-searching, Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks said this week.
“The way I see it is this: Zionism has achieved its first great objective – creating a Jewish state it is time now to achieve the second great objective – which is a Jewish society, and that is something quite different.”
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