“He changed my life. A few days have gone by since Shabbat, but I’m still here sitting around the table with him.” These were the words of Mr. Misha Katz, a Jewish businessman from the famous city of Birobidzhan, the ‘Jewish Autonomous Republic’ in Eastern Russia.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayelech. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is a healthy attitude of one who is repenting?
Shmar Richler (Los Angeles, CA) and Chava Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Rabbi Hirshel Chitrik, of blessed memory, was a philanthropist and a respected member of the Crown Heights Community. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in January of 2009.
Levi and Chana (nee Simons) Adler (Crown Heights)
Yankele and Schani (nee Rappoport) Klausner (Zurich, Switzerland)
Following the huge success of “Bella Brocha goes to a wedding” there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that a sequel would have to come out – and now it has.
Sholom and Ester Sarah (nee Jedwab) Dickshtein (Melbourne, Australia)
The start of the school year is a busy time for any high-schooler. Packed with new classes, electives, clubs, teachers and friends, most students don’t seek out extra projects in their “spare” time. Unless, that is, you’re Naomi Benenson.
Michoel and Libby (nee Spalter) Gutleizer (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Photographer Levi Nazarov visited the Marina Roscha Chabad synagogue in Moscow on Erev Rosh Hashana, where preparations for the prayers and a lavish Yomtov Seudah for the whole community were underway.
Rabbi Levi Raichik and his wife Chanee are spearheading to bring Chabad to serve the Jewish community of students and locals alike in the town of Athens, home of the University of Ohio.
Ben-Tzion Davis is an Orthodox-Jewish Electronic Engineering Technician living in New York. After learning of the tragic story of the Sassoon family of Flatbush, in which a Shabbos hotplate caused a fire that lead to the death of seven children r”l, he was determined to reinvent the appliance to be as safe as possible, so as to prevent such tragedies from ever reoccurring.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rochel Shapiro, OBM, of Jerusalem, Israel, sister of the Lerman brothers of Crown Heights, and a revered member of her community for many decades.
In honor of Rosh Hashana, and the season of introspection it heralds, The Beis Medrash Women’s Circle of Crown Heights hosted noted graphologist Yaakov Rosenthal, who is well-respected for his work exploring the intricate ways that handwriting reflects the personality and mind of its creator.
It sounds like a story lifted from a Hassidic tale: With Rosh Hashanah fast approaching, a new rabbi was in need of a synagogue. After running around town trying to secure a location for the holidays, he had all but given up, until he met a 92-year-old gabbai who just happened to have the keys to an abandoned synagogue across the street.
