In the film The Early Years volume one, Rabbi Herschel Schachter, who passed away on last week, Thursday, told of a historic meeting between the Rebbe and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, known as “The Rav.”
The worlds largest Pesach Seder takes place in Katmandu, Nepal and draws thousands is hosted by Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz, Shluchim to Nepal. Their Seder was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal with a photo of Chani lighting candles along with other women. The photo appeared in the Journals March 26th issue.
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the appointment of Philip Banks III as the NYPD’s new Chief of Department. The 26-year veteran of the force and its current Chief of Community Affairs will be officially installed as the Department’s highest ranking uniformed officer in promotion ceremonies at Police Headquarters.
Joseph Esposito, the department’s highest-ranking officer and its third in command, will leave the force after more than 44 years, more than 12 of them as the longest-serving chief in department history, with a reputation as a steady strategist, a cop’s cop and a loyal defender of the agency with enough charisma to doff his hat at protesters.
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