Remembering Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski, 88
Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski, OBM.
Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski, a long-time educator and Brooklyn community activist passed away on January 8, 2012. He was 88.
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Released Time Volunteers Gather for Lunch
Bochurim who spend each Wednesday teaching Torah to Jewish children who learn in New York City’s Public schools met Tuesday, the 29th of Teves, for a Lunch in Getzel’s Shul.
by Yeshoshua Werde
In shul the other day, a friend approached me about a mutual acquaintance - an intelligent and good-natured young man who had visibly left the folds of our community.
Op-Ed: Unboxing the Other
by Yeshoshua Werde
In shul the other day, a friend approached me about a mutual acquaintance – an intelligent and good-natured young man who had visibly left the folds of our community.
Argentine Jews Toast Buenos Aires Center
Jewish residents of Buenos Aires partied the night away in the Argentine capital in a mass show of support for Chabad-Lubavitch of Puerto Madero.
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
Police have made two arrests in the theft of the Sefer Torah from the Monticello Chabad House a few weeks ago.
Stolen Sefer Torah Found, Two Men Arrested
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
Police have made two arrests in the theft of the Sefer Torah from the Monticello Chabad House a few weeks ago.
Each week, more than 600 people across the world enjoy a shiur over the phone with a specially selected chavrusa. While the matches are made based on study preferences, the participants often form close friendships. says Abe, a participant from Charlotte, NC, “My Chavrusa is warm, knowledgeable and has a heart of gold. Each phone call with him is an experience for itself.”
Jnet Pairs Hundreds for One-on-One Torah Learning
Each week, more than 600 people across the world enjoy a shiur over the phone with a specially selected chavrusa. While the matches are made based on study preferences, the participants often form close friendships. says Abe, a participant from Charlotte, NC, “My Chavrusa is warm, knowledgeable and has a heart of gold. Each phone call with him is an experience for itself.”
Bloomberg to Veto Ban on Pesky Sanitation Stickers
NY Daily News
Mayor Bloomberg said he was “adamantly” against a City Council bill to ban the Sanitation Department from slapping the pesky, fluorescent stickers on cars that block street-sweeping trucks.
Anti-Semitism Remains Deeply Rooted in Germany
International Business Times
More than 65 years after the end of World War II, anti-Semitism remains a powerful force in Germany, according to a report prepared by an independent commission appointed by the Bundestag (parliament).
Historic Restaurant to Become Chabad House
The Hour
The former Three Bears Restaurant has new tenants.
The former Three Bears restaurant, a town landmark since the 1900s, is poised to change hands and become the new home of Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, CT.
Baby Girl!
Shmuly and Estee (nee Rosenthal) Cohen (Encino, CA)
Jews and Politics: How Are Politicians Judged?
by Avi Lesches
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner
“America has believed that in differentiation, not uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.” (Louis Brandeis)
With the recent scandalous resignation of Congressman Anthony Weiner, many began to question what is wrong with our politicians: why is it that these men would be willing to sacrifice everything for a few hours of enjoyment? The question, I believe, is – why do they fall prey to this type of behavior in the first place?
Space to Grow for Krivoy Rog Children
Snowy weather and cold January temperatures didn’t stop parents and children from the Krivoy Rog Jewish community to come out and celebrate the opening of a new facility, Sunday. The Ukrainian community’s 10-year-old kindergarten moved into a new space—a beautifully designed building where the foundations of Jewish education will be laid for the city’s Jewish kinder.
Last Shabbos, Parshas Shmos, the Monsey Chabad community hosted the 6th grade boys of the Hebrew Academy of Morris County. The class came for a second time to spend Shabbos with their teacher Rabbi Hami and the Monsey Chabad Kehilla.
Hebrew Academy Students Enjoy Shabaton in Monsey
Last Shabbos, Parshas Shmos, the Monsey Chabad community hosted the 6th grade boys of the Hebrew Academy of Morris County. The class came for a second time to spend Shabbos with their teacher Rabbi Hami and the Monsey Chabad Kehilla.
Odessa Inaugurates New Orphanage and Synagogue
The Jewish community of Odessa, Ukraine had a lot to celebrate when, under the protection of a police guard and a parade route closed to traffic, it marked the concurrent dedications of a new synagogue, Torah scroll and orphanage.
New Engagement!
Levi Cole (Toronto, Canada) and Sarah Harrouch (Toronto, Canada)
L’chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Iranian Terror Attack Against Chabad School Thwarted
Haaretz
Rabbi Shneor Segal, chief rabbi of Azerbaijan, shows an Israeli minister around the Ohr Avner Jewish Day School in Baku.
Three men were detained last week after planning to attack two Israelis employed by a Jewish school in Baku, the Azerbaijan Ministry of National Security has revealed. Meanwhile, an Azeri commentator considered close to the republic’s president has launched a scathing indictment of Iran.
Op-Ed: What’s Bothering Boteach?
by Mottel
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
In recent weeks, the pages of Crownheights.info, the Algemeiner Journal and the Huffington post have hosted a series of op-eds, responses and rejoinders about Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s new book, “Kosher J.”
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