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Menachem and Rena (nee Berkowitz) Traxler (Tzfat, Israel)
Op-Ed: Why Are People Defending the Predators?
I am a victim of abuse. Well actually, I’m a survivor. I no longer consider myself a victim, as I am slowly breaking out of that lowly hell, and moving forward to a better place in life. I came forward a little while ago about the abuse I went through, and doing so was one of the biggest and most painful decisions I had made in my life. It was like pulling off the scab off an old wound that never healed properly.
Lubavitch Vs. Agudah
We thought we might share with our readers the following humorous comment, which was posted under the VosIzNeias article about the annual Kinus Hashluchim Banquet.
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David and Chana (nee Benshimon) Azoulay (Montreal, Canada)
Find and Tag Yourself in the Kinus Hasluchim Photo
On Sunday, 4,000 Shluchim posed for a photograph in front of 770 in a what has become a yearly tradition. This year, Lipa Stauber spent hours working on an extraordinary project: A panoramic photo in which every Shliach can identify and tag his face.
Hundreds of stressed-out kosher couples are set to descend on the first ever “Big Fat Jewish Wedding” expo in Park Slope today to plan their magnificent wedding-day celebrations.
Brooklyn Expo Calling All Jewish Bridezillas!
Hundreds of stressed-out kosher couples are set to descend on the first ever “Big Fat Jewish Wedding” expo in Park Slope today to plan their magnificent wedding-day celebrations.
Who can forget? Ahh, the memories - for those who remember last year's RCCS clip. Well, this year you gotta be in it to win it and split the pot! Click Here to buy tickets in the RCCS auction.
Video: Dreaming Big (2) with RCCS
Who can forget? Ahh, the memories – for those who remember last year’s RCCS clip. Well, this year you gotta be in it to win it and split the pot! Click Here to buy tickets in the RCCS auction.
It's not every day that you get to see over 4000 rabbis get together for one photo, and naturally, many photographers are drawn to this sight. One photographer, David Handschuh, who works for the NY Daily News, was exposed to one of the true missions of Shluchim when Rabbi Raleigh Resnick, Shliach to Pleasanton, CA, asked him “excuse me sir, are you Jewish?” and proceeded to lay Tefillin with him.
Picture of the Day: NYDN Photographer Gets Strapped
It’s not every day that you get to see over 4000 rabbis get together for one photo, and naturally, many photographers are drawn to this sight. One photographer, David Handschuh, who works for the NY Daily News, was exposed to one of the true missions of Shluchim when Rabbi Raleigh Resnick, Shliach to Pleasanton, CA, asked him “excuse me sir, are you Jewish?” and proceeded to lay Tefillin with him.
ConEd Charges More than Double National Average, Seeks Additional Rate Hike
New Yorkers were walloped with a 9.6 percent surge in their power bills last year, even though national electricity prices hardly budged, new government data shows.
Rockets Fired from Lebanon Land in Northern Isreal
The IDF confirmed Monday night that at least three Katyusha rockets have exploded in the Western Galilee near the border with Lebanon. No injuries were reported, but several structures sustained damage.
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Zev and Itale (nee Simon) Eagle (Crown Heights)
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Lieberman Family
Chaim Meir Lieberman is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Reb Alter Yissochor Dov OBM, at 724 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] until Wednesday evening.
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Raphael and Sarah (nee Porter) Kats (Saskatoon, Canada)
Most Orthodox Jewish women avoid touching men except direct relatives. They don’t sit next to men on buses or even at weddings. They have separate swimming hours at indoor pools. But for an emergency birth, Orthodox Jewish women will usually turn to the all-male volunteer ambulance corps known as Hatzolah.
NYC Jewish Women Want to Join Hatzalah
Most Orthodox Jewish women avoid touching men except direct relatives. They don’t sit next to men on buses or even at weddings. They have separate swimming hours at indoor pools. But for an emergency birth, Orthodox Jewish women will usually turn to the all-male volunteer ambulance corps known as Hatzolah.
Holon Yeshiva Farbrengs for Rosh Chodesh Kislev
This past week, in honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev and the work of the Rebbe’s shluchim worldwide, the bochurim in Yeshivas Chabad in Holon, Israel doubled their efforts on mivtzoim, and reached an unprecedented 547 people who the bochurim assisted with putting on tefillin.
Monday Night L’Chaim!
Yisroel Zev (Ben R’ Leibel) Karp (Crown Heights) and Henny Pruss (Crown Heights)
Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St.
[between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
