3 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Chona Nosson and Chana Rochel (nee Fox) Gewirtz
Hadar Hatorah, 824 Eastern Pkwy [Kingston and Albany Ave]
Shloimy and Tzirel Baitz
884 E New York Ave [between Schenectady and Utica Ave]
Shalom and Cherry (nee Pinson) New
502 New York Avenue, Apt 4B [between Lefferts and Sterling St]
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The renowned Chassidic psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky, is wont to dress in Chassidic garb – long black coat, full white beard and round black hat. Once, in an airport, he was approached by a Jew who was obviously irritated. Before he knew it, the fellow unleashed a battery of Yiddish words upon him: “Ach Vus’Ara Shandeh! Vus’Ara Bushah…!”
“What’s wrong with you? Must you insist on parading around in that medieval get-up, as if it were Purim? Don’t you realize how ridiculous you look? You bring nothing but scorn and embarrassment upon us Jews! If you could only dress like a Mentch – like a civilized being…”
“I fail to understand what thee art saying,” Dr. Twersky responded in a perfect english accent. “Is there something bothering you? Perhaps you're mistaking me for somebody else. You do realize that I am Amish, don’t you? This is the traditional mode of dress that we’ve preserved throughout the generations.”
“Oy vey! I beg your pardon,” pleaded the back-pedaling Jew. “I didn’t realize that you were Amish. You look so much like those Chassidic fellows. You should know that I have nothing but respect for you and your people — keeping to your ways without bowing to society’s wills and whims"
D I A S P O R A I S M – The Golus Mentality Syndrome
The renowned Chassidic psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky, is wont to dress in Chassidic garb – long black coat, full white beard and round black hat. Once, in an airport, he was approached by a Jew who was obviously irritated. Before he knew it, the fellow unleashed a battery of Yiddish words upon him: “Ach Vus’Ara Shandeh! Vus’Ara Bushah…!”
“What’s wrong with you? Must you insist on parading around in that medieval get-up, as if it were Purim? Don’t you realize how ridiculous you look? You bring nothing but scorn and embarrassment upon us Jews! If you could only dress like a Mentch – like a civilized being…”
“I fail to understand what thee art saying,” Dr. Twersky responded in a perfect english accent. “Is there something bothering you? Perhaps you’re mistaking me for somebody else. You do realize that I am Amish, don’t you? This is the traditional mode of dress that we’ve preserved throughout the generations.”
“Oy vey! I beg your pardon,” pleaded the back-pedaling Jew. “I didn’t realize that you were Amish. You look so much like those Chassidic fellows. You should know that I have nothing but respect for you and your people — keeping to your ways without bowing to society’s wills and whims”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe leaving his room, in 1971, to welcome Zalman Shazar, president of Israel.
Bozeman Rabbi Starts Kosher Certification Agency
MONTANA [AP] — An orthodox rabbi from Bozeman is starting Montana’s first kosher certification agency as part of his drive to bolster Judaism in the Big Sky State, where fewer Jews live than almost anywhere else in the country.
A Tale of Two Season for Yaffa Wigs in the DegelUSA League in LI
Crown Heightsers were represented for the first time in the DegelUSA Football league, and despite an amazing season start, the wheels fell off as the season came to a close, with the Yaffa Wigs getting knocked out this week.
New Engagement!
Sruly Karasik (Crown Heights) and Mushky Frankel (Los Angeles, CA)
L’Chaim Motzai Shabbos at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
New Engagement!
Ari Kaufman (Los Angelas, CA) and Chanah Ainyah Nerenberg (Detroit, MI)
L’Chaim Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Picture of the Day – We Get Tickets Too
A reader spotted, and snapped a photo, of a vehicle advertising ticket fighting services with a parking ticket on its windshield in Boro Park.
Families of Israeli Fire Victims Receive Aid and Compassion
In the wake of Israel’s worst natural disaster in modern history, a Chabad-Lubavitch organization has joined other non-profits and government agencies in providing badly-needed financial aid to the 43 families whose loved ones perished in the flames.
Phone: (610) 896-1686 Email: zgerber@ganisraelphilly.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Gerber Family
The Gerber family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their 2 year old son Shalom Dovber Gerber OBM at their home 1360 W. Indian Creek Dr. Wynnewood, PA 19096.
Phone: (610) 896-1686 Email: zgerber@ganisraelphilly.com
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Urgent Tehillim Request
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Chanoch Hendel ben Shterna Sara, he is in brain surgery now.
Eli & Esther Wilansky enjoy their 1 Hour Simcha album given to them as a gift from close family members.
Wedding: Eli Wilansky – Esther Kurinsky
Eli & Esther Wilansky enjoy their 1 Hour Simcha album given to them as a gift from close family members.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Are you in the market for a house in Crown Heights? Do you plan on buying one in the future? Did you know that the average price a house sells for in Crown Heights is under $500,000?
Want to Buy a Home in Crown Heights?
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Are you in the market for a house in Crown Heights? Do you plan on buying one in the future? Did you know that the average price a house sells for in Crown Heights is under $500,000?
Bullet Holes in Beis Rivkah – from BB Gun?
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — After news of the murder of Mervyn Johnson spread in the community residents grew angry with both the police and the Rabbis who attempted to muzzle vocal disdain towards the police. Much media attention was given to the homicide, which took place on the steps of Beis Rivkah, the largest Jewish girl’s school in the neighborhood.
At 80, Twerski’s Gevurah Pushes him to Write, Live and Teach
Writing, said Rabbi Abraham Twerski, is like composing a musical piece. One sits down to compose, and the ideas just come.
And so it was with his newest book, “Gevurah: My Life, Our World, and the Adventure of Reaching 80,” written to mark his 80th birthday, which he celebrated this past October.
SEATTLE — King County met privately with Jewish community leaders Wednesday afternoon over the scheduled posting of ads on Metro buses decrying “Israeli war crimes” against Palestinians, but the ads are still expected to be displayed starting Monday.
Seattle County Meets With Jewish Groups Over Israeli War Crimes Bus Ads
SEATTLE — King County met privately with Jewish community leaders Wednesday afternoon over the scheduled posting of ads on Metro buses decrying “Israeli war crimes” against Palestinians, but the ads are still expected to be displayed starting Monday.
Apple’s iPad helps Israeli Hospital Treat Patients
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A hospital in Israel has begun using Apple’s iPad to enable medical staff to help treat patients, provide consultations and study X-rays and CT scans from afar.
