
Letter: 4 Lessons Learned from the “UPS Shadchan”
What can we learn from the story of the Shidduch that Terry Spiers, the UPS driver made? One reader shares four positive lessons he learned from last weeks sensational story.
What can we learn from the story of the Shidduch that Terry Spiers, the UPS driver made? One reader shares four positive lessons he learned from last weeks sensational story.
Amid the “Victory Day” celebrations in Moscow on May 9th, 69 years after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar led a delegation of Jewish WWII veterans and members of the local Jewish community to the Red Square to participate in the celebrations.
At 6:30 this morning the parents of young children awoke to the sounds of their child screaming, to their horror they discovered that their three-year-old son had fallen from the window of their 3rd floor apartment.
Daphna Beerdsen, a Dutch Jewish woman living in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, was found slain in her apartment along with her 19-month-old daughter on April 28. Rabbi Bentzion Butman, Shliach to Cambodia and a close acquaintance of the deceased, spoke to the media about Daphna’s unique positive character and the community’s “incredible loss.”
Mendel Teleshevsky (Melbourne, Australia) and Rochel Parnas (Crown Heights)
Yehuda and Sarah (nee Levertov) Adelist (Crown Heights)
A fire broke out this morning in Crown Heights’ largest apartment complex, the Fieldbridge buildings, located on Bedford Ave. and Montgomery St.
At Sunday dollars the Rebbe tells Dr. Nissan Kahen, “As a doctor, you should heal as many Jews as possible, and non-Jews, as well. Best would be to have healthy patients, and to earn your livelihood from preventative medicine.”
Aharon Leib Robinson (Crown Heights) and Chana Mirel Meltzer (New Haven, CT)
With preparations for this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade well underway, lead parade coordinator Rabbi Shimon Hecht, met again with New York’s finest to discuss safety and logistics for this upcoming event.
A new condo complex that was recently completed in Crown Heights is offering several apartments at steeply discounted rates, as part of the city’s Low Income Marketplace Program (LAMP).
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘To Love with Kabalas Ol?‘.
The Great Parade has released a third Promo clip for the upcoming Lag Ba’omer Parade, featuring Mordechai Ben David, Benny Friedman and Uncle Moishy. The three stars exchange thoughts as they prepare for their imminent performance.
Isser and Devorah Leah (nee Kirschenbaum) New (Bay Harbor Islands, FL)
A young Jewish boy, about 6 or 7 years old, was saved in the nick of time from the clutches of an automatic roll-up gate yesterday. The dramatic rescue occurred at around 6:00pm Thursday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Faculty, students, alumni and family members sat at dinner tables in a hushed hall on the Colorado State University Campus last week to honor six outstanding professors who had been bestowed the “Best Teacher Award” by the CSU Alumni Association.