The full measure of Hurricane Irene’s fury came into focus Monday as the death toll jumped to 40, New England towns battled epic floods and millions faced the dispiriting prospect of several days without electricity.
Recently I did a little reporting from Kenya and Tanzania before taking a safari with my family. We stayed in seven camps. Some were relatively simple, without electricity or running water. Some were relatively luxurious, with regular showers and even pools.
Pesach Zirkind (Crown Heights) and Bracha Sitrin (Baltimore, MD)
A youth seminar brought together 100 young Jewish men and women from around Russia’s Volga region to Kazan for a week’s worth of programming focusing on family life, strengthening community leadership, and the modern challenges and opportunities in expressing Jewish pride.
Anti-Semitism is a recurrent problem in the world of soccer. Nowhere else, however, is the origin of wide-spread anti-Semitic chants in stadiums as bizarre as in the Netherlands.
Hundreds of Jewish travelers lined tables along Venice, Italy’s Cannaregio Canal one recent Friday night for a starlit Sabbath dinner so big it had to happen in three shifts. Italian, Hebrew, French and English echoed through the streets as they started an event many had come to Venice specifically to experience. And it all took place just steps from where the gates to the area’s Jewish Ghetto once stood.
For the television reporter, clad in his red cagoule emblazoned with the CNN logo, it was a dramatic on-air moment, broadcasting live from Long Island, New York during a hurricane that also threatened Manhattan.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Children have always found new and innovative way to get themselves stuck in a tangled situation, from pulling a potty trainer over their head, or getting twisted in a seatbelt of a car, but combine crocks and a bicycle and you end up with a terrified little boys leg squished between a pedal and the bike frame.
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?
Yeshiva College will await the findings of an independent environmental study before deciding whether it will move younger children off-site and seek compensation from Ausgrid (formerly EnergyAustralia), which is building an electricity substation behind the school.
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:
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.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe“: In a Sicha on 3 Elul, 5748 (August 16, 1988) The Rebbe explains why children are clearly part of ”G-d’s Legions”.
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