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Video: Hour Long Video from Purim Farbrengen 1973

As Jews around the world get ready for Purim by packing shalach manos and picking out their costumes, Jewish Educational Media and Chabad.org have teamed up to inject a healthy dose of spirituality into their preparations — newly restored footage of the Rebbe’s Purim farbrengen from 5733 (1973).

My Neighbors Were Murdered… The Fogels of Itamar

We were nearing the end of our Shabbat meal, this past Friday night. Filled with the warmth of the pleasant family atmosphere, our younger children are preparing for bed. Binah, who recently became bat-mitzvah, asks for permission to go to her friend’s house for a Shabbat gathering.

Israeli Minister Hopes Images Will Shock World

Tali Ben Yishai holding her grandchildren, Tamar and Roi two of the three survivors of the attack.

Minister stands behind decision to publish explicit photos of terror attack aftermath, hoping to influence global public opinion. Meanwhile Fogel family mourns: Time to rise up beyond left, right, religious, and secular, says brother.

Hatzolah of Los Angeles Holds 1st Dinner!

State Assemblyman Mike Feuer, LA City Councilman Paul Koretz, California Highway Patrol Joseph Farrow and Mr. Zvika Brenner.

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — In the beginning of the month Hatzolah of Los Angeles held its first Dinner, celebrating 10 years of service to the Los Angeles community. The dinner honored Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Mandelbaum, Dr. & Mrs. Martin Kay and Mr. Alex Friedman, who donated the first three ambulances to Hatzolah respectively.

Japanese Living Amidst Continued Quakes, Threat of Nuclear Disaster

by Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Although damage in Hawaii paled in comparison to the humanitarian disaster that unfolded in Japan, flooded streets remained near coastal areas in the island chain.

As an international effort representing 70 countries and a host of non-governmental organizations directs aid to the troubled island nation of Japan, locals who survived an initial 8.9-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami only to face the prospect of the worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown are living in a near constant state of fear, doing what they can to make it through the day.