Both Daily News & Post Feature Lipa’s Song for Leiby
Both of New Yorks leading daily newspapers featured the story of Lipa Schmeltzers tribute song to Leiby Kletzky on their front page’s ‘top three’ stories.
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Kinus Talmidim Hashluchim at YG
This past Shabbos, the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah Melbourne) hosted the annual “Kinus HaShluchim” conference for the Talmidim HaShluchim of Australia.
The Strange and the Unknown
By Boruch Werdiger and Mendel Spalter
Kaua‘i, Hawaii. What is it about this place?
Even the name, the street signs, the local paper, have an evocative vibe. All those H’s, W’s, and U’s make the cadences of Hawaiian sound like it’s the wind talking. It all has this exotic feel to it: something faraway, involving islands, and just foreign enough.
Two Cars Collide in Busy Brooklyn Intersection
Crown and Brooklyn, once known as the most dangerous intersection in the neighborhood, played host to yet another accident in which one car tore through a red light, sending both cars onto the sidewalk.
Chabad of Ocean City Dedicates 3 New Torahs
Chabad of Ocean City recently dedicated three Sifrai Torahs. Over the past 15 Years Chabad of Ocean City, MD. under Rabbi Noum and Cohava Cohen have been helping 100’s of locals and tourists get their Jewish needs.
New Engagement!
Ephraim Carlebach (Crown Heights) and Sara Lieberman (Edgware, UK)
L’Chaim Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Israeli Students Invent Device to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Ben Gurion University Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, Israel.
A new system using video and computer software to monitor a baby that could be used to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), as well as for telemedicine applications, has been developed by two students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).
Newton Tab
At the Beth Menachem Chabad on Dedham Street in Newton, Massachusetts, the Rebbetzin Nechama Prus, Rabbi Chaim Prus and Fred Chanowski, chairman of the Building Committee, look over blueprints of the almost finished building. The building is 8,500 square feet of usable area and some additional utility space.
Say “Chabad,” and many people likely picture men in dark suits, black hats and long beards. But Beth Menachem Chabad (BMC) in Newton isn’t your father’s Chabad. On any given Saturday, the men arrive ready to pray, dressed in everyday clothing: jeans, corduroys, trousers or suits.
Newton Chabad Prepares for Move to New Home
Newton Tab
At the Beth Menachem Chabad on Dedham Street in Newton, Massachusetts, the Rebbetzin Nechama Prus, Rabbi Chaim Prus and Fred Chanowski, chairman of the Building Committee, look over blueprints of the almost finished building. The building is 8,500 square feet of usable area and some additional utility space.
Say “Chabad,” and many people likely picture men in dark suits, black hats and long beards. But Beth Menachem Chabad (BMC) in Newton isn’t your father’s Chabad. On any given Saturday, the men arrive ready to pray, dressed in everyday clothing: jeans, corduroys, trousers or suits.
2:00am: Shomrim Apprehend Two for Breaking into Cars
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Jewish woman called Shomrim at 2:00am on Motzai Shabbos after she spotted two Black men in her car on Carroll Street. Through amazing collaboration between the NYPD and Shomrim the two were apprehended and arrested – later discovering that they were responsible for multiple break-ins that same night.
Besides putting on Teffilin with one missionary, a number of people heckled the group, asking them to leave our neighborhood. Others engaged them in debate.
Video: Debating with Missionaries on Kingston Ave.
Besides putting on Teffilin with one missionary, a number of people heckled the group, asking them to leave our neighborhood. Others engaged them in debate.
Water Ferries Not Welcoming for Hasidic Families
NY Post
Hermann Schwartz and his brood are among many large Orthodox families angry that East River ferries have a kid limit.
It’s the many-child-left-behind policy. Furious Hasidic parents claim the 25-child limit on the new East River ferries is unfair — because it can’t accommodate their extra-large broods.
Jews and Politics: Is Libya a Just War?
by Avi Lesches
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” (Abraham Lincoln)
Over the past few weeks a dozen or so congressional leaders have sued the President in federal court for violating the War Powers Act. The War Powers Act allows the President to commit troops overseas for 90 days; should the President want a continued military presence, he would need a declaration of war from Congress.
Sicko Murderer Tried to Kidnap Other Children
NY Post
SCARY BLOCK: A woman who lives in the home at left — three doors from Levi Aron’s on the right, where the admitted killer butchered Leiby Kletzky — says he tried to grab her son, too.
A woman who lives three doors down from “the Butcher of Brooklyn” said yesterday that the madman had tried to kidnap her young son right off their block, but that she scared him away with her screams.
Utah Rabbi Helps Troubled Teens Turn Lives Around
Salt Lake Tribune
Rabbi Benny Zippel
The most traumatic moment of Richard Litt’s life was watching two men escort his out-of-control teenage son from their Michigan home in the middle of the night to take him to a wilderness-therapy program in Utah — at his father’s request.
Beginning Season Two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the second class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week's topic, “The Rebbe on Freud's Theories.”
Torah in 10: The Rebbe on Freud’s Theories – can it Apply to a Yid?
Beginning Season Two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the second class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Freud’s Theories.”
Esther Kletzky, the mother of Leiby, first call was not to the police, frantic and worried after her child went missing her first call was to the Boro Park Shomrim, the local neighborhoods Jewish volunteer patrol.
WSJ Article Highlights Tension Between Shomrim and NYPD
Esther Kletzky, the mother of Leiby, first call was not to the police, frantic and worried after her child went missing her first call was to the Boro Park Shomrim, the local neighborhoods Jewish volunteer patrol.
Chabad House Growth Traced to Energetic Teens
With minimal effort, Chabad of Tampa has managed to increase attendance and participation at events and services. Simply by enrolling in CTeen, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch’s national teen program, not only have they attracted numerous teenagers to the Chabad House, but they have also drawn in their parents and families.
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