In the early 90’s I fell in love with Steve Jobs’ new NeXT computer. I had used a Macintosh since I was 19 but after Jobs’ was kicked out of Apple I gravitated to his new invention which blew the Mac away. As Rabbi at Oxford, I regularly hosted world leaders to lecture to our students and I had to have Jobs. So I arranged a meeting with one of his top lieutenants and traveled to Redwood City, California.
Chabad-Lubavitch of the Greater South Bay area kicked off a $6 million building project with a celebration concert last week at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick headlined the concert.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Konstantin Grishchenko, visited the Kotel (Western Wall) on Sunday. He was accompanied by Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Reuven Dinel, and Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel, Hennadii Nadolenko. The three were led by Rabbi Mordechai Elihav, the Director-General of the Wall Heritage Foundation and Rabbi Yossi Kurzweil of Chabad, who was recently appointed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to oversee the relations between the Jewish organizations in Ukraine and the Foreign Ministry.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims to have arrested an unprecedented 89 men on child abuse charges in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn over the past two years — but declines to provide any details backing up the numbers or to give the status of any of the cases.
Dovid Leib Marosow (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Spalter (Morristown, NJ)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Yossi and Mushkie (nee Shusterman) Raskin (Crown Heights)
This Sunday, November 13th, marked the Global Day of Jewish Learning that took place in over 200 communities, spanning 40 countries. The Global Day aims to bring together Jewish people from around the world to study fundamental Jewish texts. This year, the theme heeds the call of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, “Let my people know!” and focuses on the unity of the Jewish people through the “Shema.”
Benny and Miriam (nee Brum) Silberstein (Crown Heights)
Ten Yad Hacnosas Kallah has released the names of all the lucky winners in its Chinese auction last night. The prizes range from $25,000 cash, to a leather talis bag. The biggest winner, of course, is every kallah in our community who will benefit from the proceeds of this event. Is your name on the list?
Kiryat Motzkin Chief Rabbi Dovid Meir Druckman was questioned by police in connection to statements released by him following the terrorist attack in Merkaz HaRav yeshiva. He shared this experience with Arutz-7 Hebrew News.
In what would probably be chalked up as a moisad’s biggest gaffe ever, thousands received a call Shabbos Morning with the voice of one of their volunteers encouraging them to attend the Ten Yad auction and support them.
With sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of Mrs. Bassie Azimov OBM, wife of Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, Shliach to Paris. Mrs. Azimov stood at the helm of Beis Chaya Mushka and brought thousands closer to yiddishkiet together with her husband.
Rabbi Nochem and Rivka Tenenboim of Hewlett are bringing a new meaning to the term house of worship. The pair are leading the new Chabad of Hewlett, a division of the Chabad of the Five Towns.
On a Friday after sunset, you may see students walking up Roosevelt Drive. They pass Stimson and Keller College then continue up the hill until they reach building ‘A’ of West Apartments. They look left and see a tree with Christmas lights wrapped around its trunk. That’s where they enter the woods. They follow a path lined with lights that leads to the front yard of a house.
Sruly Clapman (Crown Heights) and Chani Kopfstein (London, UK)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
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