During Passover, Take a Step Toward your Personal Exodus

The Tennessean

Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel blesses his son, Levi, 7, on the eve of Yom Kippur in 2007. In his Passover address, Tiechtel urges Jews to free themselves from negative energy in their lives.

The following was published as the “Thought of the Week” in a local newspaper in Bellevue, Tennessee by the local shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel in honor of Pesach

Are you free?

You drive the car of your choice, you live in the home of your dreams, you are constantly praised by those around you, and you work when you want to … but are you really free?

This week, beginning today, Jewish people all over the world will be celebrating Passover. This Passover will mark 3,320 years since the liberation of the Hebrews from our bondage in Egypt. The essence of this holiday is a celebration of freedom.

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Lubavitcher Nominated as One of Three Finalists of Prestigious 2008 Book Award

“Going Kosher In 30 Days!”

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Rabbi Zalman Goldstein, author of the Jewish Learning Group’s new title “Going Kosher In 30 Days!”, has been named one of three finalists in the prestigious Publishers Marketing Association 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards in the Religion category. This award recognizes excellence in independent publishing and highlights the best in all major publishing categories.

The 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award winners will be announced during a ceremony on Thursday, May 29, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. The well-attended award ceremony kicks of the 2008 “BEA Expo” (Book Expo America) in Los Angeles, which combines the largest selection of English language titles in the world, with special industry and author events, and unparalleled educational content to create a dynamic environment for networking, sourcing and relationship-building.

Calls for Marches in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just moments ago a press conference, which appeared to have been called by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, in which there were calls of “No Justice, No Peace” and “We will tear down the white wall of silence” and even “we will march through these streets, even seven times until we break down that wall” these statements coming from Mr. Taharka Robinson, who is acting as spokesperson for the family and is the representative of Sharpton’s National Action Network.

This comes after the incident where Shmira beat up an black man on the corner of Albany and Carroll Street. A number of news stations attended the conference including CBS2, NBC4, FOX5 and NEWS12, which took place on Albany Avenue between President and Carroll where the beating took place.

Grand jury to investigate attack on black man by Jews in Crown Heights

NY Daily News

The Brooklyn district attorney will seat an investigative grand jury to probe the beating of an unarmed black man by two Jewish men in Crown Heights, the Daily News has learned.

The victim – a 20-year-old college student and the son of a cop – has met with prosecutor Charles Hynes about the April14 attack in a neighborhood with a long history of racial tension.

“He’s an excellent young man, and I met with him personally to assure him that I would do everything in my power to bring to justice those who humiliated him,” Hynes said Wednesday.