Charleston’s Jewish Community Flourishes Again
Jerusalem Post
Rabbi Yossi Refson, who heads Chabad of Charleston and the Low Country, says the city reminds him in some ways of his country of birth, England.
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Op-Ed: America’s Pogrom
by Rabbi David Eliezrie – L.A. Jewish Journal
It was tense conversation. The editor at NPR (clearly Jewish) was defending the reporting about violence in Brooklyn. Twenty years ago black mobs had taken to the streets after a car accident that took the life of a black child. Jews huddled in their homes in fear. Cars were torched, Jews beaten, Norman Rosenbaum, a Jewish student from Australia lay dead, killed by the mob. Police were held back by an incompetent mayor. The media whose job was to report the facts were creating a fantasy, claiming, “there are conflicts between blacks and Jews. Tensions are high as ethnic groups clash.” I told the editor she had the story wrong. There were no attacks by Jews, it was a one way battle. Finally in exasperation I yelled at her, “Jews are dying and you are lying.”
Softball and Jewish Study Become an Arizona Summer Tradition
Jewish community members and local rabbis faced off against visiting rabbinical students in Phoenix, Ariz., in a friendly softball game that has become an annual tradition.
Every year, Andy Luper looks forward to the Jewish softball game. An active congregant of Chabad-Lubavitch of Arizona for the past 20 years, Luper says the game reminds him of his childhood.
Jewish Week
Rev. Al Sharpton will be among the panelists at a forum on black-Jewish relations 20 years after Crown Heights Sunday night at the Hampton Synagogue.
Sharpton to Discuss CH Riots at Hampton Synagogue
Jewish Week
Rev. Al Sharpton will be among the panelists at a forum on black-Jewish relations 20 years after Crown Heights Sunday night at the Hampton Synagogue.
BROOKLYN — A crowd of thousands is expected to converge on Sullivan County Community College in upstate New York to cheer on runners in a 200K relay race from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to Loch Sheldrake to raise money for children with cancer.
2nd Annual Race from Brooklyn to Catskills
BROOKLYN — A crowd of thousands is expected to converge on Sullivan County Community College in upstate New York to cheer on runners in a 200K relay race from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to Loch Sheldrake to raise money for children with cancer.
As Calm Returns to England, Leaders Consider Roots of Rioting
After nearly a week of rioting and chaos, a sense of calm has finally returned to the streets in cities across the United Kingdom. What started as a youth protest in North London last Sunday after the death of a London man quickly turned violent. Police struggled to quell the looting and destruction as it spread across London and other cities.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A shoplifter walked into Sunshine Pharmacy on Kingston Avenue today and helped himself to a backpack full of items only to be caught an arrested.
Shoplifter Steals Backpack Full of Goods, Gets Caught
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A shoplifter walked into Sunshine Pharmacy on Kingston Avenue today and helped himself to a backpack full of items only to be caught an arrested.
With the quick thinking and ingenuity of the dedicated staff, Oholei Torah day camp turned a dreary rain day into an exciting “duck parade” and “mini amusement” park day for the younger division.
Oholei Torah Day Camp Has Fun Rain Day
With the quick thinking and ingenuity of the dedicated staff, Oholei Torah day camp turned a dreary rain day into an exciting “duck parade” and “mini amusement” park day for the younger division.
Op-Ed: From Mourning to Morning
by Yochanan Gordon
Let’s just say we are all happy that the three weeks and nine-days are finally over. Superficially, while it seems that this happiness expresses itself on various levels in a cross-section of people – the truth is, at its core we are all rejoicing for the same reason – that is, our ability at this time to achieve through kindness and compassion what we have attempted to do through sadness and grief. But just as the seasons change, this joyous season too will pass on by unless we can effect true and lasting change; change that we have been pursuing for thousands of years and until now has been so illusive.
For Daniel Agami, 9/11 Attack Was a Call to Service
Daniel Agami was working as a disc jockey in South Florida when the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 changed the trajectory of his life.
Suddenly it didn’t feel like performing at events and parties for well-known entertainers was all Agami, then 22, could be doing with his talents. For nearly a year, Agami wrestled with his emotions over the attacks, often talking to his parents and siblings about his anger.
Parents made the trip to Montreal Canada to visit their children in Camp Gan Yisroel Montreal for the second visiting day of the summer.
Photo Gallery: Visiting Day in CGI Montreal
Parents made the trip to Montreal Canada to visit their children in Camp Gan Yisroel Montreal for the second visiting day of the summer.
Monday Night Lechaim
Yosef Yakubov (Crown Heights) and Tanya Yakobov (Lod, Isreal)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
After Riots, Jews Stayed in Crown Heights
Forward
The most enduring lesson of the Crown Heights riots is that the Jews did not abandon the neighborhood after the violence.
On the morning of July 22, 1966, The New York Times pushed aside its coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gemini 10 space flight mission to devote its lead story to a riot that had struck the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York the previous night. Next to the article appeared a photo of a garbage can crashing through a butcher shop’s window. On the remaining shards of glass were the Hebrew letters for the word “kosher.”
Moshiach101.com is launching a weekly lecture series which will tackle one of the most mystifying, controversial and central topics in Jewish life: Moshiach (the Messiah).
Weekly Lectures to Unravel the Mystery of the Messiah
Moshiach101.com is launching a weekly lecture series which will tackle one of the most mystifying, controversial and central topics in Jewish life: Moshiach (the Messiah).
‘Roving Rabbis’ Seek Out Elusive South Side Jews
Chicago Tribune
Yeshiva students Yessi Edelkopf, 21, left, and Shaul Wolf, 20, are spending three weeks in the South Side as Roving Rabbis ministering to Jewish residents without a faith community.
It’s not every day residents on Chicago’s South Side see two men in Orthodox Jewish garb walking the streets. But they might see them every day for the rest of the month.
School Year Comes to a Close in London
LONDON, England [CHI] — As the school year in London came to an end the annual prize giving to the boys was a great way to end the year. The highlight of the event was the giving out of seforim for the Mishnayos Baal Peh that was learned by the boys during their recent project.
Camp GIGA Gives German Teens Amazing Experience
Camp GIGA has successfully completed its second year of providing Jewish German teenage boys with a thrilling inspirational experience in America.
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