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Yom Kippur 1973. Israel finds itself attacked in the north by Syria and in the south by Egypt. The Almog family sends their two sons off to battle; Doron to the south and Eran to the north. Doron returns, but Eran bleeds to death in his tank in the Golan Heights. Doron vows never to leave a wounded soldier behind. Three years later, Doron Almog will lead Israeli forces 4,000 km to rescue Jews held hostage in Entebbe, Uganda.
Shuky and Mimi Minsky (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 633 East New York Ave.
[between Kingston and Albany Ave.] Apt. 2LF
A synagogue in the Eastern Paris neighborhood of Noisy-le-Grand was vandalized three times in the past ten days. “I am 73 years old and I cried like a child,” synagogue caretaker Maurice Zana told Anach Infos, a French-language Chabad news website.
A vilifying cartoon portraying Jewish worshipers praying before the New York Stock Exchange has been declared the winner in Iran’s first annual International Wall Street Downfall Cartoon Festival on Monday.
A cool young couple heading out for a romantic meal on the up-and-coming western avenues of Crown Heights would have no end of artisanal cheeses and local wines to choose from. But a hand-crafted bouquet of flowers? Forget about it.
The Cunin family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Pinchus OBM, at 677 Crown St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.] until Tuesday morning.
Shachris: 6:30, 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30
Mincha: 8:10
Maariv: Tzeis
Please send memories and condolences to: Cuninfamily@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
As a follow-up to my (controversial?) op-ed last week, and my comment there (#15), a truly amazing thing happened to me this past Shabbos that sent shivers through me. (It must be that either I am very far from Kedusha and Hashem wants me back, and/or readers of this article will have hischazkus from this.)
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Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released information pertaining to the population at the end of 2011, breaking down figures per city or yishuv. The census figures reveal that the population of Kfar Chabad, the largest Lubavitch community after Crown Heights, has reached 5,105, up 100 from a year earlier.
Rabbi David Nesenoff‘s on-camera interview with Helen Thomas more than two years ago has had ramifications beyond the furor over the longtime White House correspondent’s anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments.
Camp got off to a smashing start in Lyon, France, where Jewish children from all over the city are given the wonderful dual experience of learning about their faith and having a blast.
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Crown heights Shomrim volunteer Gadi Hershkop was interviewed by Binah Magazine about what it takes to defend an entire Jewish community from harm:
As the shul filled with campers and counselors, there was an ominous hush in the air; the campers had been told someone had taken material from the arts and crafts…
There is something that bothers me about going in and out of 770. Namely, when you go up or down the steps to the main doors of 770, many a time you are entering an area with heavy second-hand smoke going straight into your face.
A police cruiser was left disabled after being involved in a crash on Lefferts Avenue, Emergency Service Officers sought to reopen the road for traffic and did not want to wait for a department tow truck.
This Year’s Kinus Hamechanchim will feature outstanding presentations from professionals such as Dr. Joseph Cantara and Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman, and from veteran Mechanchim such as Rabbi Yoseph Minkowitz and Rabbi Yonason Rietti. Now the Vaad Hakinus is happy to announce that an evening Hisvaadus will be led by Rabbi Mendy Schapiro, mashpia in Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon in Los Angeles.
