New Engagement!
Mendy Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) and Devorah Leah Brafman (Miami Beach, FL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
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Photos: Central Yud Alef Nissan Farbrengen
The central Yud Alef Nissan Farbrengen, marking the Rebbes 110th birthday, was held last night in the ballroom of Beis Rivkah on Lefferts Avenue with the attendance of Anash and Bochrim.
Financially, Pesach is difficult on many people in our community – but one entrepreneurial individual has found a way to make a difference. Their answer is a pop up wine shop, offering wine by case at prices at 20% - 50% off retail.
New Wine Store Opens in Time for Pesach
Financially, Pesach is difficult on many people in our community – but one entrepreneurial individual has found a way to make a difference. Their answer is a pop up wine shop, offering wine by case at prices at 20% – 50% off retail.
A Jewish woman was mugged and assaulted today while picking her son up from school. The brash attack happened in broad daylight and in the presence of many people.
Woman Mugged and Assaulted on Crowded Corner
A Jewish woman was mugged and assaulted today while picking her son up from school. The brash attack happened in broad daylight and in the presence of many people.
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The Antidote to Pesach Preparation Stress
Lighten the long hours of cleaning and cooking with a selection from the treasury of Pesach videos at the new Torah Cafe Pesach site at www.torahcafe.com/Passover.
Israel: Largest Ever Gathering of Lubavitchers Tonight
Tonight in the Yad Eliyahu arena in Tel Aviv, well over 10,000 men, women, children, bochurim, roshei yeshiva and rabbis gathered to participate in the grand Siyum for the 30th cycle of the Rambam, as well as to celebrate the Rebbe’s birthday.
New Engagement!
Zalmi Spritzer (Crown Heights) and Brochie Tiefenbrun (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Krinsky Second Most Powerful Rabbi in U.S.
In their annual ranking of America’s most powerful Rabbis, Newsweek ‘demoted’ Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, leader of the Chabad Lubavitch network of rabbis, to second place. In first place – the spot Rabbi Krinsky usually occupies – is Rabbi David Wolpe, of Los Angeles’ Conservative Sinai Temple.
New Puerto Rico Welcome Center Champions Judaism
Amy Tarshis was wandering through the streets of Old S. Juan in January when she saw a man with a skullcap and a beard. With just three hours until her plane, she decided to add a new dimension to her Puerto Rico birthday trip, and approached him for a blessing. She wound up around the corner at the soon-to-be-open Jewish welcome center, talking about both her travels and the new center, where visitors could study a bit of Torah, pray, charge their cell phones, check their email, have some water and relax.
Shliach Helps Chesed Shel Emes Prevent Autopsy
Recently on the I-95 – one of the major highways in America – there was a traffic accident in Palm Beach County that resulted in the death of an Israeli Motorcyclist on Erev Shabbos.
A face which doesn't normally appear in Oorah's productions shows up briefly in this “Feivish Dance” video. Can you spot it?
Video of the Day: Can You Spot the Anomaly?
A face which doesn’t normally appear in Oorah’s productions shows up briefly in this “Feivish Dance” video. Can you spot it?
Picture of the Day: Food Distributor Sells Chometz
Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky traveled to upstate New York to arrange the sale of Lubavitcher owned Duso Food Distributors’ chometz. Also shown in the Photo: Mr. Lefferts, Sandra Richmond and Rabbi Moshe Frank (Rabbi of local shul).
Israeli Orthodox News Website Accused of Extortion
“This is going to be one of the biggest extortion scandals in the history of Israel,” a senior ultra-Orthodox figure told Haaretz Sunday, following the arrest of four directors of the popular Haredi website Bechadrei Charedim.
When pressed during a press conference, the spokeswoman for President Obama's State Department won't say if Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel.
Video: Is Jerusalem the Capital of Israel or Not?
When pressed during a press conference, the spokeswoman for President Obama’s State Department won’t say if Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel.
Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin today filed a petition for writ of certiorari for the United States Supreme Court. Rubashkin, who is serving a 27-year sentence for bank fraud, is seeking relief from the Supreme Court because the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to consider evidence that Rubashkin first discovered after the trial that made the trial fundamentally unfair.
Supreme Court to Decide on Rubashkin Appeal
Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin today filed a petition for writ of certiorari for the United States Supreme Court. Rubashkin, who is serving a 27-year sentence for bank fraud, is seeking relief from the Supreme Court because the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to consider evidence that Rubashkin first discovered after the trial that made the trial fundamentally unfair.
Bullet Holes Found in Chabad House Windows
A rabbi was searching for answers to why the windows of his synagogue had been shot Sunday. Bullet casings and three holes were found in the windows of the Chabad Center of University City in San Diego, CA Sunday morning, Rabbi Moishe Leider said.
Satmar Rebbe Inscribes Letter in Chabad House Torah
Prior to Orange County Chabad’s Communal Siyum Sefer Torah event, a delegation of family, friends and Orange County Jewish representatives visited the Satmar Rebbe, R’ Aaron Teitelbaum, in Monroe to participate by writing a letter.
