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New Altoona Jewish Center Opens in Central PA

by Jessica Naiman – chabad.org

Children from an Altoona, Pa., synagogue show off the unleavened bread they baked as part of a model matzah bakery that Rabbi Yossi Stein ran during the days before Passover.

Rabbi Yossi and Chanale Stein always knew they wanted to run their own Jewish center one day; they just weren’t sure where. That is, until Yossi Stein’s job as a Pennsylvania prison chaplain turned the couple’s attention to the mountainous city of Altoona.

Niggun “Rachamana”

In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: We are presenting a short video clip from Selichos Elul 5725. In this clip we see the Rebbe encouraging the Chassidim whilst singing the Niggun “Rachamana”, this niggun was taught by the Rebbe on Simchas Torah, 5720 – 1959. From the weekly video magazine, ‘Living Torah’. Courtesy of JEM.

Video of the Day! – RCCS’s Miracles

When Yossi Green and Avraham Fried get together and make music, the results are truly magnificent. In this song, made for the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society, appropriately titled ‘miracles’ for the miracles that RCCS does in the lifes of the people that they give care to.

Roving Rabbis Pay Visit to Marquette

Following the commandment to visit and share their faith with other Jewish people, rabbis in training Aharon Kupfer, left, and Boruch Gancz, both of New York City, visited Marquette this week as part of the outreach required by their religious training. They will also be visiting Mackinac City and Traverse City before returning to school.

Many students in high school or college might consider studying abroad, using that period of travel to explore the world and enhance their educations.

Yoseph’s Life Was Journey from Criminal to Jew

NY Daily News

Yoseph Robinson was gunned down this week by a robber (below) at the MB Vineyards liquor store where Robinson worked.

Yoseph Robinson’s remarkable journey from petty criminal to rap impresario to observant Jew began in sunny Jamaica and ended in bloodshed on the floor of a Brooklyn liquor store.