Japan: The Verdict is in for Yakov Yosef Ben Reizel
The following was written by Reb Meilech Bindinger, from the Tokyo High Court, Chamber 410:
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In a display of amazing Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Chaim Miller, editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, had a column of his featured as the lead item on the Huffington Post's Religion page. The column is based on a Sicha of the Rebbe concerning man’s connection to Hashem.
Rabbi Miller Featured on HuffPost Religion Page!
In a display of amazing Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Chaim Miller, editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, had a column of his featured as the lead item on the Huffington Post’s Religion page. The column is based on a Sicha of the Rebbe concerning man’s connection to Hashem.
New Engagement!
Shloime Coleman (London, UK) and Chayala Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’Chaim Tonight Monday
1349 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Russia Freezes Art Loans Due to Chabad Library Dispute
AP
Central Chabad Library in Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, NY.
A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major cultural loans between the two countries.
Footage Sparks Memories of Historic Jewish Children’s Parades
As tens of thousands of children prepare for next week’s Jewish unity parade through the streets of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., newly released footage of a similar 1984 event captures the energy surrounding observances of the minor holiday known as Lag B’Omer.
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Silverberg (Monsey, NY) and Altie Maness (Crown Heights)
Chicago Trial Could Reveal Pakistani Link in Mumbai Chabad Attack
AP
In this courtroom sketch, Tahawwur Hussain Rana appears before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in Chicago. Rana, 50, is accused in the 2008 Mumbai rampage that left more than 160 people dead.
he allegations against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana are fairly straightforward: He helped a former boarding school friend serve as a scout for terrorists who carried out a 2008 rampage that killed more than 160 people in Mumbai.
If you had encountered him back in the ’90s near Jerusalem’s Zion Square, chances are you would have crossed the street to avoid him. Shneur Hasofer was one of the lost ‘kids of the wall’ who spent his teen years loading up on drugs and alcohol in downtown Jerusalem.
DeScribing a Plan to Save the World
If you had encountered him back in the ’90s near Jerusalem’s Zion Square, chances are you would have crossed the street to avoid him. Shneur Hasofer was one of the lost ‘kids of the wall’ who spent his teen years loading up on drugs and alcohol in downtown Jerusalem.
New Engagement!
Michoel Liverson (Mexico City) and Chaya Mushka Marcovich (Mexico City)
L’Chaim Tonight, Sunday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Jerusalem Mayor Visits the Ohel
Photos by Chaim Perl
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visited the Ohel this afternoon. The Mayor, who is in New York for a visit, made it a point to drop in and Daven.
Holtzberg, Chabad Unite
DNA India
Family of slain Mumbai Shluchim Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg announced that the legal battle they waged with the Chabad Lubavitch movement over Nariman House has come to an end.
3 Sunday Night Lechaims
Pacey Lipkind (Crown Heights) and Rivka Shira Francis (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Sholom Dovber Ginsburg (Crown Heights) and Mushki Gray (Sharon, MA)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Nechemia Miller (Silver Springs, MD) and Yocheved Lerner (Kensington, Brooklyn)
3825 18th Avenue 3pm to 6pm
Up to 40 NYPD Officers May Be Arrested in Tix-Fix Scandal
Daily News
Up to 40 NYPD officers could be arrested and at least 100 others could face departmental charges in an investigation into possible ticket-fixing by police union delegates.
LoHud
Town police were searching for a man who pushed a Jewish teenager to the ground Saturday and fled in what possibly could turn out to be a hate crime.
Possible Hate Crime in Monsey – Bochur Assaulted
LoHud
Town police were searching for a man who pushed a Jewish teenager to the ground Saturday and fled in what possibly could turn out to be a hate crime.
“Opening the week with the Rebbe": This week we commemorate 'Pesach Sheni'. In the Jewish calendar this date is much less known than Pesach itself, but this date has actually some very vital lessons. Sicha from the 14 of Iyar, 5744 · May 16, 1984.
Video: The Meaning of ‘Pesach Sheni’
“Opening the week with the Rebbe”: This week we commemorate ‘Pesach Sheni’. In the Jewish calendar this date is much less known than Pesach itself, but this date has actually some very vital lessons. Sicha from the 14 of Iyar, 5744 · May 16, 1984.
E-ZPass Mail-Ins Take One More Toll
E-ZPasses could be making the MTA some E-Z money. An agency recall of 1.2 million E-ZPasses that began last month could result in bogus toll charges as unprotected passes cross bridges into the city in mail trucks.
How Bloomberg Uses $99 Million in ‘Philanthropy’ to Bypass Budget
A Post analysis found that over the past two years the nation’s richest mayor lavished at least $99.1 million through his family’s philanthropy and his private company on nonprofits. In turn, those organizations wind up hiring Bloomberg loyalists from his administration, and are often tapped to lend a hand on city projects.
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