If Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, outgoing director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House, had known how difficult his job was going to be, he would not have taken it. Now, he is grateful that he did not pass up the opportunity. Rabbi Yarden Blumstein has taken Pinson’s place.
Yet again, the plight of Agriprocessors boss Shalom Rubashkin has been the subject of more media attention, as his attorneys argued an appeal before a panel of judges in Missouri last week. The ruling was however delayed.
Guns are blazing in Southern Brooklyn, NYPD statistics show. The traditionally less-violent Brooklyn South patrol borough – comprised of 13 police precincts – is the only command in the city to report a spike in shootings so far this year. There were 103 shootings in Brooklyn South – especially in neighborhoods such as East Flatbush, Crown Heights and Coney Island – up from 82 at this time last year.
Beis Medrash Chovevei Torah has announced the appointment of Rabbi Mendel Blau to the position of Menahel of the Yeshiva for the coming year. Rabbi Blau, a maggid shiur with many years of experience and success in chinuch, is known for his good rapport with bochurim, innovative educational ideas and vast knowledge.
Izzy sat faithfully at his wife Norma’s side, every day for several months, as she slipped in and out of a coma.
One day as Norma came to; she looked at Izzy with tear-filled eyes. "Izzy, my Izzy,” she said, “You have been with me and stood by me during my toughest times:
When I lost my job, you were there.
When my first hairdressing business failed, you stood by me.
When I got hit by that car, you were with me.
When we lost our dear Jonathan, you were there for me.
When my health started to fail, you stayed by me.”
Izzy sat faithfully at his wife Norma’s side, every day for several months, as she slipped in and out of a coma.
One day as Norma came to; she looked at Izzy with tear-filled eyes. “Izzy, my Izzy,” she said, “You have been with me and stood by me during my toughest times:
When I lost my job, you were there.
When my first hairdressing business failed, you stood by me.
When I got hit by that car, you were with me.
When we lost our dear Jonathan, you were there for me.
When my health started to fail, you stayed by me.”
The new roof above Centre Court was not the only thing to debut at Wimbledon three years ago. The Chabad tennis barbeque at Wimbledon first opened for business in 2008, and like the roof it is slowly finding its place at SW19.
What a way to finish the year at the yeshiva! Bochurim at YNS NJ celebrated the end of a very successful year with many Siyumim. Rabbi Orimland, Rosh HaYeshiva, was beaming with joy and welcomed many parents and even siblings who came in special for this momentous event.
All educators want not only to teach students a particular subject but to reach and communicate with them; to mechanchim and mechanchos reaching students is not just a professional need it is an imperative. They are charged with not only teaching Torah but forging the next link in the chain from Har Sinai.
This Shabbos afternoon at the Besht Center Rabbi Naftali Silberg will lead a talk on the surprising truth about miracles.
One of the most ancient tales from the Torah has been illuminated in the newest style of CGI animation to form a three-dimensional world where characters and cities exist in an animated platform on the computer. It’s the combination of old text with modern animation that’s turning heads.
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