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Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse?

Rabbi Shais Taub – Huffington Post

Saturday night, just after Shabbos ended, I found out that Amy Winehouse was dead at 27. My first reaction was to do what I, as a Jew, do whenever I hear such news. I said the Hebew prayer Baruch Dayan Emet — Blessed is the True Judge. My next reaction was to feel angry and sick. And that’s what I can’t figure out.

Talking About Leiby

Daily News

Mrs. Bronya Shaffer of Crown Heights participates in a round-table discussion about parenting in the wake of a horrific tragedy

The brutal murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky continues to break New York’s heart. Shocking details of his death have brought home the fears of many parents about raising kids in the city. The Daily News convened a group of readers with young children and grandchildren to explore the impact of the tragedy:

Three Rolling Rabbis Rack Up the Cross-Country Miles

Getting a proclamation from the mayor of the biggest city in the country is a good way to start. Getting extensive print and TV coverage in Philadelphia was a treat. And getting airtime across Virginia was yet another coup.

But for the “Rolling Rabbis”—Dani Saul, Zalman Perlman and Shmuel Rothstein—it’s all par for the course.