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Flooded Memphis Up and Running as Neighbors Pitch In

Flood waters from the Mississippi river submerged this road in Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis’ Jewish community is pitching in to help neighbors inundated by several weeks of major rain storms and flooding.

Woman’s Purse Snatched – Police Never Show Up

Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A brazen pedaling thief made off with a Jewish woman’s purse as she was walking on Kingston Avenue doing her Shabbos shopping. When police were called, they simply never showed up.

The Mezuzah That Saved A Soul

by Molly Resnick – Jewish Press

Dovid Kotlarsky and Yaakov Yosef Raskin putting teffilin on Yair and Ma’or Pelossof

Last week, I heard a truly touching story. Of all the exploits of Lubavitcher shluchim, the following one does not rank in the top tier. But it’s a true testament to the movement and the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, that an inspiring story like the following is almost unremarkable – that small miracles have almost become the norm.

Is Fear a Sin? – Faith Vs. Anxiety

Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, Jacksonville, FL

Two men in the same town came into sudden wealth. They both hit upon the idea of burying their treasures in the ground. Each picked a landmark on their respective properties, paced 50 steps and dug a hole.

Chaim, the more anxious of the two, kept looking over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t being watched before placing the treasure into the ground. The more trusting Berel, on the other hand, took no such precautions. Alas, unbeknownst to him, he was noticed by a dishonest neighbor who eventually stole the treasure.

10 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Sruli and Toby Menkes
742 Montgomery St Apt #b1 [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Schneur and Sarale Seewald
661 Crown St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Mordche Ber and Devorah Leah Loksen
Oihel Nosson, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Shneor and Sara Leah (nee Katz) Fridman
1373 Union Street [between New York and Brooklyn Ave]

Dovie and Sara (nee Shneerson) Best
615 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Mendel and Zelda (nee Gorowitz) Greenbaum (Los Angeles, CA)

Mendy and Sternie Mellul (Montreal, Canada)

Danny and Chani Gavin (Houston, TX)

Yoni and Devorah Leah Reyder (Melbourne, Australia)

Yossi and Chani Engel (Adelaide, Australia)

Video: Wounded IDF Soldiers to Visit the US

This coming Sunday a delegation of IDF soldiers that were badly wounded in the 2nd Lebanon war, Gaza and in various terrorist attacks will land in NY for a 9-day trip, organized for the second year by Rabbi Uriel Vigler of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side in conjunction with Chabad Terror Victims Project in Israel.