Op-Ed: In The Box

by R.B

A box. What is it? Four sides. A top. A bottom. All square and straight and rigid.

Lots of things can go inside a box. Presents come in boxes. Hardware devices. Kitchen appliances. Furniture. Gifts. Jewelry.

People come in boxes. Oh, they don’t?

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Merkos Shlichus Blog: Socializing in the South

by Hirshi Sputz and Yehoshua H. Mishulovin

As dedicated Roving Rabbis we continuously look out for Jewish people and see how we could be of assistance for anything Jewish they need. Throughout our journeys we have had many inspirational episodes. The following is one of our most amazing experiences:

Bike4Friendship Cross Country Tour Comes Full Circle

Ventura County Star

Three rabbinical school graduates ride though the desert of Arizona as part of their cross-country trip to raise awareness for children with special needs and the Friendship Circle. Photo: Leibel Krinsky

A little over a year ago Zalmi Perlman was having pizza with a friend in Jerusalem when they came up with the idea to bicycle across the United States to benefit special needs children.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Time for the Jewish Community to End the Sharpton Wars

Huffington Post

Twenty years ago, race riots erupted in Crown Heights and an innocent Jewish student was murdered in response to the accidental killing of an African-American child. After the murder, the Rev. Al Sharpton came to Crown Heights and further whipped up an already incensed crowd, leaving some in the Jewish community to demand twenty years later that Sharpton be forever shunned by Jewry and criticizing my friend Rabbi Marc Schneier for inviting him to the Hampton Synagogue.

Israeli Bochur Found Innocent in Japan

The notorious Japanese Chiba prison, where Yoel Zev Goldstein is being held.

It is with shevach vehodaah to the Ribono Shel Olam that we report that the final verdict of Yoel Goldstein, Yoel Zev ben Mirel Risa Chava, was rendered just moments ago at the Chiba District Court in Japan and he has been found innocent.

7 Israelis Wounded in Palestinian Terror Attack

AP

Israeli policemen gather at a site where a Palestinian man crashed a car into a crowed of people and stabbed few others near a nightclub in Tel Aviv, early Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

A Palestinian attacker wounded seven Israelis near a Tel Aviv nightclub early Monday, hitting a police checkpoint with a stolen taxi and then stabbing others, police said.