Op-Ed – Countdown

By Getzy Markowitz – Jewish Thought in Simple Words

Everyone seems to be counting these days. Americans have just finished counting the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency. Jews are in the midst of counting the Omer days that connect Passover and Shavuot. And as they mark their 61st birthday, the Jewish state is learning that they cannot count on the Obama administration to defeat the greatest threat to its existence, and civilization as a whole.

You can count the days since Iran’s president delivered his dark rant in Geneva last week, and already the world has returned to being a neutral Switzerland. While dozens of representatives of governments from across the world did indeed stand up to exit in protest of Achmedinejad’s incendiary sermon, only Israel seems to be willing to stand up against his intentions. 

World attention is rightfully focused on fears of a swine flu pandemic. However, we cannot forget about the messianic fundamentalist regime that would happily annihilate millions and cause global mayhem, believing in the reward of a few dozen maidens. 

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Conference Goers Flocking to Warren Buffett to Get Dose of Judaism

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Omaha, Neb.’s Qwest Center will welcome 35,000 people for this weekend’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders’ conference. (Photo: Flickr/Asten)

This weekend, an estimated 35,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, their representatives and family members will descend on Omaha, Neb., for three days of meetings, fine dining, and the chance to hear Warren Buffett, the investment conglomerate’s owner, deliver his musings on the economy and current events. But for the Jewish professionals and investors who make the trip, prayer services, Torah classes and kosher food will also be at easy reach.

Video – Cop Stabbed, then Shoots Perp and Bystander

By John Doyle for the NY Post

CROWN HEIGHTS — Plain-clothes cops shot a psycho panhandler on Brooklyn subway platform this afternoon after he asked an officer for a cigarette and then inexplicably tried to stab him in the chest with a screwdriver, police sources said.

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Lubavitcher Attacked and Beaten on Friday Night in an Apparent Hate Crime

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Lubavitcher yungerman was attacked and beaten by a group of Black teens on his way to Shul this past Shabbos, on Friday night.

The incident took place on Kingston Avenue between Park Place and Prospect Place which is in the confines of the 77th Precinct. The victim was walking from his home to Shul when he passed ‘Brower Park’ he was suddenly attacked from behind.

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An Incredible Tefillin Story – From Hashem are Man’s Footsteps Established

Mr. “A.L.” lives in the Jewish community of Chicago. During the summer of 2007 he traveled 350 miles to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a three day business trip. Arriving shortly after 1:00pm, AL decided to “daven” (pray) the afternoon service before starting his appointments. His siddur (prayer book) had been packed together with his tefillin. He opened his suitcase and found the siddur, but noticed that his tefillin were absent. Frantically, he began searching everywhere throughout the interior of the car, the trunk, and his suitcase, but all to no avail.

AL was sure he had brought the tefillin with him, for he absolutely never leaves home without them. In fact, he had not missed a day of putting on tefillin in thirty-six years, so his present predicament had him feeling quite beside himself. Here he was, in a small mid-western city with no orthodox synagogue or rabbi (it was a three hundred mile round trip to the closest rabbi), and he needed a pair of tefillin for the next two days.

Pirsum Rishon Picture of The Rebbe

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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is proud to present a unique photo of the Rebbe during an audience with a group of political leaders in his room at 770. This room was the Rebbe’s private study from the day he arrived in the U.S. in 1941; it was here where he received thousands of visitors. Photo courtesy of the Rebbe Archive. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: portraitofaleader.org.

20th Yohrtziet of Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM

Today, Thursday the 6th of Iyar marks the 20th Yortzeit to the passing of Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM. Reb Yisroel was known for his unique relationship with the Rebbe, and his special love and Ahavas Yisroel for every single Yid.

Reb Yisroel was a simple Chossid who never missed a day of davening in 770 with the Rebbe, which was highlighted by his Davening before the Omud on Simchas Torah.

May his Neshoma have an Aliyah.