This past Sunday in addition to the monthly father son learning program arranged by the Shluchim of Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon Chabad Mesivteh in Los Angeles, there was a special award ceremony in which the twenty five Bochurim who completed a Mesechta by heart received a prize.
As the sun set over the beach in Oxnard, CA just a few weeks ago and ushered in the Shabbos, a group of girls at the West Coast regional CTeen Shabbaton began to get to know each other. Over the course of the weekend, a sense of relaxation, friendship and inspiration unfolded.
New York lawmakers have voted to add directors of children’s overnight or summer day camps to the list of those required to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the state and to local social services officials.
Rabbanim and members of anash joined Yeshivas Tzeirei HaShluchim’s students for a special Isru Chag Kinus Torah in accordance with the Rebbe’s directive. The day’s learning was dedicated in merit of a complete recovery for Tzfat Shlucha, Rebbetzin Sarah Kaplan.
Rabbi Moshe Bryski never focused much on where his temple congregation met. The building, he said, wasn’t important. The people were.
A volunteer EMT was unwittingly mixed up in the Bronx ticket-fixing probe – getting a summons voided and then reinstated a year later, sources told the Daily News.
Sholom Laine and Leah Katz (Boro Park)
L’Chaim Tongiht Thursday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Dov and Dini Sufrin (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Chani Lebovics (Fort Lauderhill, FL)
A partisan fight in state Senate Wednesday night allowed New York City’s rent control law to expire at least temporarily, while threatening a bill to cap property taxes statewide.
With sadness and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Blesofsky of Crown Heights at the age of 58 after battling a lengthy illness.
Sara is survived by her husband Aaron and children Avremel (Fanwwod, NJ), Levi (Yorba Linda, CA), Chanie Kravitz (Los Angeles, CA), Shmuly (Crown Heights), Mendy Blesofsky (Crown Heights), Zeldy Blesofsky (Crown Heights), Boruch Sholom Blesofsky (Crown Heights).
With Ottawa Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn in attendance, Prime Minister Stephen Harper opened the 41st Canadian Parliament by pledging to bring down the deficit, protect Aboriginal communities and creating a federal Office of Religious Freedom to “help protect religious minorities and to promote the pluralism that is essential to the development of free and democratic societies.”
IYH this Friday, the 15th of Sivan – June 17th – there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Among the focus areas at the summer Merkos’ Chinuch Kinusim this year will be issue of guaranteeing child safety. No, this does not refer to keeping a child safe from physical harm, that’s a given. The focus will be on very personal and psychological safety issues.
An attorney for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud says he’s “hopeful” Sholom Rubashkin will get a new trial.
For those of you who live in the real world and not in professional Jewish circles, consider yourselves blessed that you don’t have to attend one of those all-day conferences on “The Future of Judaism.” I’ve attended my fair share, and what I remember most is constantly being on the hunt for another cup of coffee. It’s not that I don’t love the mission of these gatherings; it’s just that professional lingo has a way of putting me to sleep.
