All education is valuable, but an ORT education is transformational. Just ask Nell Racabi in Israel and Yosef Abrahamson in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Though half a world apart, their lives have changed forever, due in part to the power of ORT’s educational resources.
Yanki and Esty (nee Lasker) Jacobs (Amsterdam, Holland)
Shaya and Ariella (nee Rieber) Larkin (Monsey, NY)
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Chazzan will lead a discussion on the topic – the first Mitzvah: Pru Ur’vu.
Chaim Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Mushky Schmukler (Los Angeles, CA)
Eliran and Nechama Shkedi (Pittsburgh, PA)
If Rabbi Shneur and Rocha Turkov would have bet on the prospect of entertaining a standing-room only crowd this High Holiday season in a stunningly adorned, newly renovated synagogue, their odds would not have been favorable.
The latest IBD/TIPP 2012 Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Obama among likely Jewish voters by 4 points, with 44% of the vote versus 40% for Obama and 16% undecided. A lead for a Republican candidate among Jews would be a first in modern history.
Mendy and Esther (nee Rosenfeld) Schapiro (Monroeville,PA)
Hundreds gathered in the Kiryat Chabad in Tzfas for the annual Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration on Chol Hamo’ed Sukkos, which took place on Harav Kaplan Street, Named after Shliach to Tzfas, Reb Leibel Kaplan, OBM.
Nightlife, is the place in Crown Heights to come for refreshing and intriguing programs along with great food and a good time with your friends. Their debut event, which was a phenomenal success, was a live, outdoor concert. Now, for their fall semester they have a full lineup of events for young, single women which will be taking place every Monday evening on a weekly basis.
Several Jewish organizations and three rabbis filed suit today against the New York City Department of Health (DOH) seeking an injunction against regulations that would illegally inhibit and unfairly criticize a form of circumcision that has been safely practiced by Jewish people across the world for thousands of years.
Berel Levy (Crown Heights) and Ruchie Skablo (Crown Heights)
Jewish singing duo 8th Day was in Israel for the first time last week. The duo’s last hit, “Ya’alili”, was rated one of the top videos in Israel, the U.S. and Australia. The song’s clip on YouTube has now had more than 1.5 million views.
Today, the 25th of Tishrei, is the second Yahrtzeit of Mrs. Esther Cohen (nee Rubin), OBM. We present to our readers a video of a young Esther addressing the Kinus Hashluchos in 1993, as a daughter of Shluchim from Albany, NY.
Mendel and Esti (nee Rayzberg) Markel (Pittsburgh, PA)
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