Bris in the US Military Academy at West Point
WEST POINT, NY [CHI] — During Sukkot the United States Military Academy at West Point hosted a Bris ceremony performed by Rabbi Levi Heber.
Daily Archives: October 16, 2009
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by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky - Chabad.org
Dekel Hamatian, preservation manager for the Living Archive project at Jewish Educational Media, shows Ben Federman, left, a one-inch open reel of video recordings as JEM director Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin looks on.
Ben Federman has yet to find the recording, buried amidst miles and miles of videotape, of his five-year-old self meeting the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Years after the encounter, the 26-year-old N.Y.-based entrepreneur has no recollection of that day, but spurred by the knowledge that he might one day be able to relive it anew, Federman has decided to share some of his self-made fortune to make his search – and those of countless others in similar circumstances – a bit easier.
Businessman’s Largesse Helps Fund Historic Film Preservation
by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.org
Dekel Hamatian, preservation manager for the Living Archive project at Jewish Educational Media, shows Ben Federman, left, a one-inch open reel of video recordings as JEM director Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin looks on.
Ben Federman has yet to find the recording, buried amidst miles and miles of videotape, of his five-year-old self meeting the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Years after the encounter, the 26-year-old N.Y.-based entrepreneur has no recollection of that day, but spurred by the knowledge that he might one day be able to relive it anew, Federman has decided to share some of his self-made fortune to make his search – and those of countless others in similar circumstances – a bit easier.
22nd Annual Dinner for Chamah
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — ‘Chamah’ held its 22nd annual dinner last night, Thursday, in the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. Guest of honor was Mr. Martin Indyk, the former ambassador of the United States to Israel, and the president of the IFCJ Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein.
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