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8:00pm: Why Is the Story of the Exodus Not Corroborated by Archeological Evidence?

The topics in this week’s 291st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How to Prepare for the Approaching 70th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Leadership; Why Is the Story of the Exodus Not Corroborated by Archeological Evidence? Were Any of the Rebbeim Influenced by Secular Philosophers? Is Any Chassidus Based on Moreh Nevuchim? With so Many Competing Ideologies All Purporting to Tell the Truth, Is There Any Way to Objectively Determine the Truth of Judaism? How Was the Rambam Able to Live in Egypt? Can We Rationalize the Entire Torah?

“Kill All Jews” Found in Stairwell of Brooklyn High School

Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered scrawled on a staircase wall at Brooklyn Tech High School Thursday afternoon, city Education Department officials said. A school employee discovered the message reading “Kill All Jews” and a swastika scribbled in black marker on a third-floor stairwell of the 6,000-student high school in Fort Greene around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, police said.

BDE: Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum, 70, OBM

With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Yakov Greenbaum OBM, an educator formerly of Crown Heights and most recently of Los Angeles. He passed away Motzoei Shabbos, the 15th of Teves, 5780. Updated with New York Levaya information.