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Video: Rabbi Immanuel Schochet on Tzedaka

Why is tzedaka such a central mitzvah in Judaism? It seems somewhat un-spiritual that a person should need to affirm their faith in G-d through money. This week, we read about the donation of the Jews to the building of a Sanctuary for G-d in the form of gold, silver, copper and other valuable materials.

Clear Ice From Your Sidewalk or Get Fined

by Simone Weichselbaum and Adam Lisberg – New York Daily News
Clearing the sidewalk in front of Weinstein on Kingston Ave – Illustration Photo

Okay New Yorkers, it’s time to get serious about shoveling the snow off your sidewalk – before it costs you. The Sanitation Department says it has issued more than 2,500 tickets in the last month to owners who left their sidewalks slick and dangerous with ice and snow.

Shomrim Nab Shul Vandals

by Thomas Tracy – New York Post
Illustration Photo

BROOKLYN — Four graffiti taggers nabbed near Marine Park Junior High School by the Shomrim patrol on Jan. 29 have been connected to an act of vandalism on a nearby synagogue that took place more than two months ago, police said.

Sunday: Lapine Siyum Sefer Torah

This Sunday, Febuary 6, 2011 there will be a Siyum Sefer Torah in memory of Pesya Leah Lapine HYD, who was brutally murdered in Crown Heights. The Torah is being writen by her children, she had four. Mrs Lapine was 39 when she was killed on 2 Adar 1 5752, 1992.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Moscow

MOSCOW [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a ceremony in memory of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Upon opening the ceremony, the head of FJC Russia’s public relations department, Boruch Gorin, noted that this year is an important one for the Holocaust.