Jewish Film Festival Engages Female-Only Audiences

Miriam Bogen, left, played by Rivka Siegel, adjusts to life in a Catskills summer camp in Robin Garbose’s “The Heart That Sings.”

One of the most-widely attended Jewish film festivals in the United States shined a spotlight on the lives of religious women this week, treating all-female audiences to screenings of a uniquely feminine work of art and a chance to get to know the film’s director.

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From Crown Heights to the Rocky Mountains of Utah

City Weekly

Rabbi Mendel Wilmovsky checks the greens for non-kosher insects.

When Rabbi Mendel Wilmovsky was growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn—worldwide home of Chabad Lubavitch, a Chasidic movement of Orthodox Judaism—he never imagined working in Utah, the state that’s the worldwide home of another religious movement, and at a ski resort, no less. Nevertheless, since December, Wilmovsky and Rabbi Yosef Kirszenberg have been overseeing Bistro at Canyons in Park City, the first kosher restaurant in America housed at a ski resort.

FBI Busts 71st Precinct Officer for Gun Smuggling

NY Times

Three former New York City police officers pleaded guilty on Monday to taking part in a scheme to illegally transport firearms across state lines. One of them, Gary Ortiz, 28, was an active-duty officer in the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights.

Chabad of North Brooklyn Forges Community Ties

On Sunday, February 26, an eclectic mix of 150 guests, among them artists, young professionals and black-hat Hasidic Jews gathered in a Williamsburg art gallery to celebrate the growth and expansion of Chabad of North Brooklyn. As kosher bruschetta made the rounds, the urban crowd admired contemporary art hanging from the white-washed walls as well as joyful photographs of young preschool students who attend the popular Gan Chabad.

Great Sale Marking 30 Years of Rambam Learning (a)

With the end of the 30th cycle of Rambam’s Mishneh Torah only two weeks away, Lubavitcher communities and emissaries around the world are in full gear preparing for the siyumim, the completion ceremonies the Rebbe urged to Jews everywhere. In honor of this occasion, Kol Menachem is pleased to announce a special sale!

Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Say They Won’t Be Drafted

AP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Orthodox soldiers in the Nahal Haredi unit.

Ultra-Orthodox parties inside Israel’s government say they will oppose any new law that would apply Israel’s compulsory military draft to ultra-Orthodox men — a stance that bodes ill for the stability of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition.

Blog: Sushi Hamantaschen Recipe

Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m just not that big a baker. So when Purim comes around, I’m not about to make my own hamantaschen. The bakery stuff is good enough for me. I still like to get into the Purim spirit, so coming up with something that has three corners (reminiscent of Haman’s three-cornered hat) is a must. Last year, I made these puff pastry ones, filled with sauteed spinach, cabbage, and pumpkin fillings. This year, I knew I had to step it up.