Chabad Holds Worldwide Sedorim
Ynet
The Chabad Movement held its traditional Passover Seder meals in its centers worldwide, but this year all eyes were on Japan and New Zealand, which suffered devastating earthquake damage.
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A Lorry Load of Davening for Trucker ‘Mozza’
The Jewish Chronicle
Moshe Rothstein: “People look at it as a down-and-out job, but the people I work with are respectable”
Wearing a beard is not rare in the trucking industry, except when it is accompanied by a kippah and tzitzit. But Salford based Moshe Rothstein, known as Mozza to his trucker colleagues, says he had nothing less than a friendly welcome to the trade since getting behind the wheel last June.
by Sara Trappler Spielman - The Jewish Week
Talk about a niche movie market. Robin Garbose, a former Hollywood director who runs a performing arts conservatory in Los Angeles for Orthodox girls, targets the “women-only” demographic. And most of those women are frum.
Frum Girls Acting Out
by Sara Trappler Spielman – The Jewish Week
Talk about a niche movie market. Robin Garbose, a former Hollywood director who runs a performing arts conservatory in Los Angeles for Orthodox girls, targets the “women-only” demographic. And most of those women are frum.
Strange Ads Have Readers Puzzled
Readers may have noticed some strange looking ads resembling an incomplete puzzle posted on our site over the last few days. We fielded more than a few calls complaining about the perceived error. Rest assured, there is no technical difficulty here.
Baby Girl!
Yoni and Chanie (nee Bialestock) Rappaport (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Berel and Ita (nee Lipszyc) Raices (Toronto, Canada)
Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa Reveals He Has Cancer
NY Daily News
Radio talk show host, anti-crime activist, and dear friend of the Crown Heights Jewish community Curtis Sliwa.
Radio host, Guardian Angels founder and Gotti family nemesis Curtis Sliwa was once the victim of a drive-by shooting. Now he hopes to have drive-through prostate cancer surgery.
Student Defends Chabad on Campus from Alcohol Accusations
A columnist for The Jewish Week recently attacked Chabad on Campus as being “nothing more than an outlet for binge drinking.” University of Michigan Student Ben Kaminsky took it upon himself to set the record straight.
The duo from the smash hit “Yallili” composed this song to promote The Great Parade 5771 that will take place in Crown Heights on May 22. Featured performers: MBD, Benny Friedman, Shmuli Marcus, Sholime Gertner, Sparks Choir and Uncle Moishe.
‘The Great Parade’ Promo Hits Youtube
The duo from the smash hit “Yallili” composed this song to promote The Great Parade 5771 that will take place in Crown Heights on May 22. Featured performers: MBD, Benny Friedman, Shmuli Marcus, Sholime Gertner, Sparks Choir and Uncle Moishe.
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Chanie Lazaroff (Houston, TX)
US Government Weighing Action in Chabad Lawsuit Against Russian Government
Legal Times
The Lenin library in Moscow, where the books are being held.
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to get involved in a lawsuit brought against the Russian Federation over the return of Jewish religious documents seized in the early 20th century.
Running Rabbi Completes Marathon
The Guardian
A running Rabbi became the first ever Jewish orthodox leader to take part in the London Marathon yesterday.
Photos: Rabbis Selling the Chometz
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile, while Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba met with his purchaser in 770.
Picture of the Day: Siyum for Bechorim
A group of Bechorim [first-borns] listen to a Siyum on the balcony of 770. Male first borns over the age of Bar Mitzvah (13) are obligated to fast on the 14th of Nissan, in recognition of the fact that during the “Plague of the Firstborn” (which occurred at midnight of Nissan 15) G-d “passed over” the Jewish firstborn when He killed all firstborn Egyptians.
BBC Profiles Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community
Rising like a skyscraper, Dnepropetrovsk’s soon-to-be-completed Jewish Community Center, the largest in the world, dominates the city’s skyline.
The BBC dubbed Dnepropetrovsk a city of contrasts, illustrated nicely in a video featuring the clipped tones of an announcer over traditional prayer sounds indicative of any synagogue from Brooklyn to Brisbane.
Is Quinoa Kosher for Passover?
New York Times
The big Passover questions are the same every year, and easy enough to answer, starting with “Why is this night different from all others?” Little questions, though, sometimes arise that can stump even the experts. Like, what to do about the quinoa situation?
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