Rabbi Menachem Ofen, a Shliach who is the head of ‘Ohr Lachayal’ and a volunteer in the ‘organization for the soldiers’ arranged unprecedented Purim celebrations on Israeli Defense Force bases.
Pashkevilim against education guru Rick Lavoie were put out in Crown Heights shuls, prompting a heated debate. Yehuda Adelist wrote a response.
Tonight, Tzivos Hashem will hold their 30th Anniversary celebration concert starring Avraham Fried and Lipa Schmeltzer, along with the finalists of the ‘Jewish Kids Got Talent’ Contest. Few seats remain for the first Jewish event at the historic BAM theater.
Dovid and Leah Gittel (nee Steinmetz) Oberlander (Crown Heights)
Yisroel and Mushkie (nee Rodel) Silverstein (Monsey, NY)
Chaim and Fraidy (nee Raskin) Litvin (Louisville, KY)
This past Motzai Shabbos Kodesh, a hugely successful Purim bash was held at the Bais Menachem shul in Miami Beach. Attendance went far beyond expectations as over 250 people in total were present at different points throughout the evening.
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Costumed revelers were out in force on Sunday afternoon at the Woodlands Inn & Resort in Plains Township. It wasn’t Halloween, of course, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday known as Purim, put on by The Parent-Teacher Association at the United Hebrew Institute in Kingston.
Three members of the Zablo Beis Din have ruled that new arguments not previously addressed in the existing Psak may be brought before a new Beis Din.
In the Shuls of the Rabbeim of the many Chassidusim they mark the Purim Tish with an amusing show, with the Rebbes and their Chassidim in attendance. At the Tish of one of the branches of Satmar Chassidim they choose to display a show with particularly bad taste, with one of the Chassidim getting up – before the Rebbe – imitating and mocking the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Each believing he has the toughest job, a real life Rabbi and Physician switch places for a day. Starring Rabbi Chaim Hanoka and Gala Banquet 2011 Honoree, Dr. Afshin Akhavan. Filmed in one evening and one afternoon; no script, no prep, no actors, all improv. Screened at the Chabad of Pasedena Gala Banquet 2011.
Elimelech Gluckowsky (Crown Heights) and Malka Russell (Boro Park, NY)
Don’t count out Brooklyn! Borough leaders were slamming the US Census Bureau on Thursday after the agency claimed that Brooklyn grew by only 40,000 people over the past decade.
A mosaic made up of hand painted tiles went up off Kingston Avenue today, marking the culmination of a yearlong project! The mosaic is the collective work of children getting involved in raising awareness for Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights.
In yet another twist, a third Beis Din just weighed in on the Rabbanite dispute in Crown Heights at the request of the Vaad Hakohol chairman Zaki Tamir, and his ruling states that a second Beis Din has no right to mix in. This ruling would seemingly clear the way for Rabbi Yosef Braun to take up his position on the Crown Heights Beis Din.
Mechy (Yechiel Mechel) Gancz (Monsey, NY) and Roiza Itzinger (London, England)
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