Iraq’s 9 Remaining Jews Told They Must Leave

The interior of Baghdad’s Synagogue

The nine Jews remaining in Iraq, a country with a Jewish history that dates back 2,600 years, were told by an Anglican priest that they must leave because their names appeared in a WikiLeaks cable.

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Hitting the Streets with My Sukkot Holiday Gear

What makes the Jewish holiday of Sukkot memorable for me is something I have loved to do ever since I first got my own set of the Four Kinds, the lulav and etrog set. We are commanded to shake the Four Kinds every morning of the eight-day holiday (excluding the Sabbath), and the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, taught us to take our lulav and etrog and pass it around to whomever else would be willing to recite the blessing and do a “shake.”

JTA Fact Checks Chabad.org Yom Kippur Story

A story which recently appeared in the news section of Chabad.org about a Jewish Golf pro who refuses to play on Yom Kippur has the staff at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency all in a dither. Chabad.org portrayed Letitia Beck as the ‘Sandy Koufax of women’s professional golf,’ but the JTA says that title actually belongs to a Jewish woman who refused to play golf on Yom Kippur long before Sandy Koufax was born.

Video: ‘Tzfatis’ Mimic Rebbe’s Dollar Distribution

Crownheights.info has obtained this video which depicts the extremist elements in 770 ‘reenacting’ the weekly Sunday dollar distribution the Rebbe performed between the years of 1986-1992. The man at the podium is filling the role of the Rebbe’s secretary, who would slide a dollar bill toward the Rebbe for him to distribute to each person seeking a blessing.

Following Attacks, Rabbis Issue Letters

Following a violence filled week, various Chabad Rabbis have issued a new set of letters with instructions on how to handle the threats and violence. The letters contrast sharply: Rabbi Osdoba along with Rabbi Yeruslavsky came out strong and decisively, saying “It is a shocking and terrible thing,” and even drew parallels to the Chabda-Satmar violence of the 1980s. On the other hand, Rabbis Schwei and Braun all but accused the victims of provoking the attacks, and warned against Messirah.

WEEK OF TERROR: Beatings and Thefts by Tzfatis

A portion of the video capturing the mattress thefts which took place on Sunday.

A Bochur walking home late at night was attacked from behind, a towel wrapped around his head so that he could not see his attackers, kicked and punched to the moment he felt that he was surely going to die. A group of four walks into a dorm where guests are staying and steal mattresses, quilts and pillows. A Maggid Shiur gets interrupted in 770 then shoved around and bullied. This was but a handful of incidents perpetrated by a band of Tzfatis last week.

The Esrogim Center: Crown Heights Landmark

He began as a yeshiva student shlepping boxes for an esrog distributor in Borough Park. Now he’s one of the most prominent esrog salesmen internationally, with his website garnering some of of the highest rankings on Google and other popular search engines.

Roving Rabbis Help Idaho Jews Keep the Faith

Boise State Public Radio

Saturday was the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It’s the holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of the High Holy Days. Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz of Boise’s Chabad Jewish center says community is an important part of the day.