Glendale, CA — Pictures from the Banquet at the West Coast Kinnus Hashluchim that took place this past Sunday and Monday, the 18th and 19th of February. Click here for the full article. Even more pictures to be posted. Click here to view the first gallery!
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Westminster, CO — Rabbi Benjy Brackman is preparing for the Jewish holiday of Purim.
This week, he will don a traditional costume and recite the religious message he has written and memorized before a video recorder.
You won’t hear this message at any synagogue. But you can find it on YouTube.com.
Brackman, who leads the Chabad of Northwest Denver, has turned to a novel use of the Internet to get his message across.
So, mixed in with the videos of rock bands, people playing air guitar, stupid human tricks and the vast array of self-posted videos on the site, there are two short messages from Brackman to his followers so far.
Fox Chapel, PA — The Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Depart-ment has taken a new member into its ranks and hopes that his presence will aid victims during times of tragedy.
The fire department’s board recently named Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld, 29, of O’Hara, Chaplain of the fire and emergency response unit.
“I see (the fire department) as an incredible inspiration,” Rosenfeld, who is a director of the Fox Chapel Center for Jewish Life, said. “Everyone there is a professional during the day and they don’t have time for this — but they give the time. It reminds me that no matter what time it is, you have to be there.”
Glendale, CA — Pictures from the West Coast Kinnus Hashluchim that took place this past Sunday and Monday, the 18th and 19th of February. Click here for the full article. More pictures to be posted!
Full Gallery In The Extended Article!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Baruch ben Nechama Dina
Wernersville, PA — Drug and alcohol addiction are often symptoms of spiritual hunger. At one treatment center, Jewish patients have the opportunity to connect in a way that complements their recovery.
Worcester, MA — A gift of nearly $2 million from the estate of Max and Ida Fallman will allow the Yeshiva Academy day school to offer college scholarships for the first time, Rabbi Hershel Fogelman said yesterday.
Mr. Fallman, whose family fled the Nazis in Austria to the United States in 1939, was a member of the Yeshiva board and a trustee of the Congregation Tifereth Israel Sons of Jacob Synagogue, Rabbi Fogelman said. Mr. Fallman was a photographer by trade and died in 2001.
“He valued education very much,” the rabbi said in an interview yesterday at the school on Newton Avenue.
Crown Heights has rarely seen a beautiful event such as it did this past Sunday, at Oholei Torah’s Gala Jubilee Dinner.
The hall, packed with over 1000 appreciative participants, enjoyed a scrumptious smorgasbord and a full sit-down dinner in the attractively decorated Oholei Torah Ballroom. Organized by the Dinner Committee, this elegant evening was full of love, respect and honor to the Mossad and its honorees
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