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Letter Questions Whether Chabad is Jewish
In response to a full page ad taken out in the ‘Jewish Week’ by an unrecognized organization calling themselves “Kabbolas Hamalchus,” a reader – after first complimenting Chabad’s outreach efforts – goes on to attack the entire movement, comparing them to Jews for Jesus, and questioning whether they are Jewish altogether.
Forward March for the Rubashkins
“We’re not afraid of hard work.” Getzel and Meir Simcha Rubashkin acclimate to new venues in New York.
Over the past few years, images of the Rubashkin family have been freeze-framed in our consciousness: The meat plant. The raid. The living room. The courtroom scenes. The rallies…These scenes have been seared on our collective memory. The Rubashkins, though, have chosen to move forward. They’ve relocated and recalculated, adjusting the rhythm and routine of daily life to meet new challenges.
Photos: Class Rewarded for a Good Year
Students in Rabbi Goldman’s fifth grade in Oholei Torah were rewarded for a year of a good behavior and diligent learning. The entire class went to Q-cumber Café on Kingston and enjoyed pizza, fries and soda – all donated by the owner, who is also a parent of one of the kids.
Op-Ed: Why I Didn’t Attend the Police Family Picnic
Mayor Mike Bloomberg at the 71st Precincts Family Day Picnic in 2008. Archive Photo.
I knew it was happening, I even heard the drumming, but I did not attend the annual 71st Precinct Family Day Picnic.
I don’t like the police, I think they are just a tool used to fill the city’s coffers.
Crown Heights FC Girl Volunteers Appreciated
Photos by Rivka Kashanian
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — More than 250 Friendship Circle volunteers enjoyed an evening of appreciation marking the end of year of tremendous success.
Photos: Flowers, Bugs and Birds
Summer is here and local photographer Chaim Perl and his brother Avrohom took a trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to take photos in honor of Shavuot.
Oak Park Rabbi with a Mission
OakPark.com
Faith in the future: Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein with his mother-in-law and his youngest of 10 children, as they prepare to celebrate Passover in April at the family’s home in Oak Park.
Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein insists he is not a missionary, but he is definitely a man with a mission: “To give every Jew the ability to celebrate Judaism.”
Online Students Honor Teacher
Every day for over two years, students from all over the world have joined Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, director of Chabad of the Valley, for daily Chitas shiurim on Jewish.TV.
Last month, a small English city called Leicester grabbed headlines when Rabbi Shmuli Pink, Chabad representative there was targeted by anti-Semitic vandals. In three separate attacks, bricks shattered the windows of Pink’s home and car, shaking the 300-strong Jewish community.
Anti-Semitism Rising in UK, but Jewish Life Thrives
Last month, a small English city called Leicester grabbed headlines when Rabbi Shmuli Pink, Chabad representative there was targeted by anti-Semitic vandals. In three separate attacks, bricks shattered the windows of Pink’s home and car, shaking the 300-strong Jewish community.
Archaeologist: Structure Beneath Temple Mount is 2nd Beis HaMikdash
World Net Daily
Dr. Eilat Mazar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist, points to the tenth century excavations that were uncovered under her direction in the Ophel area adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Sasson Tiram
One of the most prominent Israeli archaeologists declared today that remains from the First and Second Jewish Temple period – including the Second Temple itself – lie underneath the Temple Mount surface, just waiting to be excavated.
A major accident on the I-95 Connecticut Turnpike brought traffic to a complete standstill, but for Ari Witkes who was heading to Worcester he found an opportunity to do Mivtzoim. Approaching one man he asked if he was Jewish and upon finding out that he is they immediately put on Teffilin together.
Seizing an Opportunity… Mivtzoim While Stuck in Traffic
A major accident on the I-95 Connecticut Turnpike brought traffic to a complete standstill, but for Ari Witkes who was heading to Worcester he found an opportunity to do Mivtzoim. Approaching one man he asked if he was Jewish and upon finding out that he is they immediately put on Teffilin together.
Houston Police Week Features Chabad
Jewish Herald-Voice
Chabad of Houston’s Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff participated in a Day of Prayer Ceremony, as part of the National Police Week festivities at the Houston Police Department.
Shavuos With the Rebbe – Marking 30 Years
Over the year’s late British businessman Zalman Jaffe and his wife Roselyn spent every Shavuos in Crown Heights, where they merited an especially close relationship with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin. At the Rebbe’s request Mr. Jaffe faithfully recorded these visits, which were published annually as My Encounters with the Rebbe and savored by Chabad readers everywhere.
JTA
The main backer of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in Santa Monica has dropped the effort over its perceived attack on religious freedom.
Santa Monica Anti-Circumcision Bill Dropped
JTA
The main backer of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in Santa Monica has dropped the effort over its perceived attack on religious freedom.
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