Here’s My Story: Nothing to Fear
Rabbi Koppel Bacher has been an influential leader of the South African Jewish community for over 50 years. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Brooklyn in October of 2010.
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Picture of the Day: Tefilin with the Wait Staff
At a Bris in Crown Heights, veteran Sofer Rabbi Moshe Klein, ever on the lookout for a Jew who can be brought closer to Judaism, learned that three of the waiters serving at the event were Jewish, and convinced all three of them to put on Tefilin with him.
FreedoMan, Pesach Lego Superhero, Is Back
FreedoMan, the CKids-Tzivos Hashem Lego Superhero, is back! Children at model seders from the Hague in the Netherlands to London, UK, and across North America, are heatedly competing in the Freedom Challenge, under the able directorship of FreedoMan.
Second-Hand Shop to Help Moscow’s Poor with Dignity
In preparation for the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach, a new center of the “Yad leYad” organization in Moscow opened its doors in a small yet impressive Chanukas HaBayis ceremony. The center includes a spacious “supermarket” with furniture, and thousands of second-hand items of clothing and shoes for the benefit of large families and the needy.
Man Goes on Stealing Spree Around Crown Heights
Yesterday, a man went on a thieving spree in Crown Heights, attempting to steal from a Kingston Avenue store and stealing multiple packages from people’s doorsteps. Shomrim volunteers cornered the man into his apartment, but he still managed to evade arrest.
Did You Say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Hey Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Music Video: Kol Haderech
Mordechai Shapiro, a former Miami Boys Choir standout soloist and current up-and-coming singing sensation, released a music video from his brand new debut album, featuring the hit song and title track “Kol Haderech.”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Mordechai Dovid Feldman, 69, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Feldman, OBM, of Philadelphia, PA. He was 69 years old.
Two Alarm Fire Destroys Notorious “Crack House”
A Lefferts Avenue house, known by neighbors as a notorious drug den, went up in flames Tuesday night when a fire broke out on the first floor and quickly spread to the second floor.
New Haven Yeshiva Siyumei Hashas – Six in Four Years
Earlier this week a Yeshiva celebrated a Siyum Hashas by 17-year-old Yehoshua Yaffe of Madison, Connecticut. Finishing Shas at such a young age is remarkable, but there is more: Yaffe is the yeshiva’s fourth Bochur to make a Siyum Hashas over the last three years, and two additional students stand poised to finish in the near future.
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Pinchus and Chaya (nee Abramowitz) Morozow (Monsey, NY)
The Centre Communautaire Ohr Menahem in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, in the aftermath of a firebombing in 2009.
Mayor Tells Jews to Lay Low; Chabad Won’t Comply
After three firebombs hit the synagogue of Saint-Denis, a poor and heavily Muslim suburb of Paris, municipal authorities advised the local Jewish community to lower its profile. The local Chabad Shluchim have no intention of complying.
Rio de Janeiro—the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics—has long been one of the most visited places in South America, known for its crescent-shaped beaches and dramatic Sugarloaf Mountain.
Rabbis in Rio Gear Up for 40,000 Jewish Visitors to Olympics
In the six years since Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, billions of dollars have been poured into the renovation and construction of the city’s transportation system, sporting venues, hotels and urban infrastructure. With the Olympics just months away—the games take place from Aug. 5 to Aug. 21, followed by the Paralympics—Rio is frantically getting itself ready to welcome 10,500 athletes from around the world, as well as the 1.3 million tourists the sporting event is anticipated to draw.
Officer Suspended for Blaming Tickets on de Blasio
An NYPD officer who was caught on video blaming Mayor de Blasio for an increase in traffic summonses won’t be issuing any tickets for the foreseeable future. He has been suspended from duty until after his conduct is investigated, according to a police source.
Smolensk Gets Ready for Pesach
As the city of Smolensk in western Russia gears up its Pesach preparations, a special lecture was organized by the city’s Rabbi and regional Shliach, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Mondshine. The lecture, which covered the many halachos of Pesach, was given by Rabbi Yonatan Feldman, Shliach to Moscow, as part of the “Maggid Project” under the Yachad Youth Organization.
Chief Rabbi Dedicates UK Chabad House Extension
Last Thursday, April 7th, the Chief Rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, attended a special service and ceremony to consecrate and officially open the new extension to Chabad of Buckhurst Hill, a suburb of London.
Video: Children of Abraham
Two brothers dress up, one as a Chasidic Jew and the other as a traditional Arab, and side by side they walk through Jewish, Muslim and diverse neighborhoods in Brooklyn to gauge the public’s reaction.
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