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Animated Miniature Display Brings Holidays to Life

One of the miniatures on display depicting the Yom Tov of Purim in Jerusalem.

An exquisitely detailed exhibition, depicting various Jewish holidays in both different times and places, has been drawing large crowds in Borough Park since its arrival from Israel three weeks ago.

Op-Ed: Israel’s Economic Success Due to Culture

by Morton A. Klein

Mitt Romney at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been assailed for saying at a fundraiser in Jerusalem that “culture” plays a large part in Israel’s superior “economic vitality” over the Palestinians, just as it does “between other countries that are near or next to each other. Chile and Ecuador, Mexico and the United States.” For this commonsensical statement of the obvious, he has been pilloried, not least by the Palestinian Authority’s Saeb Erekat, who described his remarks as “racist.”

Picture of the Day: Argentina Mesivta Group Portrait

Students of the graduating class of the Lubavitch Mesivta in Buenos Aires, Argentina pose for a group portrait outside their Yeshiva building, along with faculty members Rabbi Osher Farkash and Rabbi Moshe Gurary.

The Forklift Shul

by David Suissa – L.A. Jewish Journal

Rabbi Moshe Greenwald and Rabbi Moshe Levin.

It’s one thing to feel holiness when you enter a synagogue on Shabbat or a holy day. You go in expecting holiness. You expect that the rabbi’s sermon will inspire you; that you will have a spiritual experience and connect with God.

Chabad Camp is Summer Fun for Jewish Kids

Mississauga.com

A trip to Laser Quest delighted Camp Chabad day campers in Mississauga, Ontario.

Sara Slavin saw a real need in Mississauga for a Jewish summer day camp. The city’s Jewish population isn’t huge but the closest summer camps for Jewish children are in Hamilton and Toronto.