Rabbi Lau: Ahmadinejad should visit Yad Vashem

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Participants arrive in death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark the annual Holocaust remembrance at in Oswiecim on April 21, 2009 during the annual March of the Living. The annual March of the Living, which commemorates the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust was launched in 1988, drawing thousands of people from around the world, including Jewish youngsters and elderly Holocaust survivors. Organisers said half of the 8,000 people who had gathered this year were not Jewish. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

OSWIECIM, Poland [CHI] — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem in order to overcome his Shoah-denial, Rabbi Yisrael Lau said Tuesday during an emotional speech in Auschwitz.

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Remembering Every Day

by Dvora Lakein – lubavtich.com

“They survived and gave us a future. We are here because of them,” explains Rabbi Tzvi Tauby. “Their sacrifices affect our lives every day.”

Communities in Israel and around the world are commemorating the deaths of six million Jews on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the steadily dwindling generation who survived those horrific years, Holocaust Remembrance is a daily experience.

Arutz7 Video – SS Guard Describes Treblinka Murders

SS guard Franz Suchamel attested to the Nazi murder machine which attempted genocide to annihilate the Jewish people.

He described the brutal transportation process which killed most of those brought into Treblinka. During the interview, which Suchomel did not know was being filmed, the SS soldier revealed in great detail the means necessary for killing thousands and the huge efforts that went into disposing of the bodies.

Fat People Blamed for Global Warming

By Patrick Sawer for the UK Telegraph

British scientists say they use up more fuel to transport them around and the amount of food they eat requires more energy to produce than that consumed by those on smaller diets.

According to a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine this adds to food shortages and higher energy prices.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzy Kleinman (Monsey, NY) and Esther Malka Vcherashansky (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Video – Envoys Walk Out of UN Racism Conference

GENEVA, Switzerland [CNN] — Dozens of international envoys walked out during a speech by Iran’s president Monday as he accused Israel of having a “racist government” and committing genocide.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of making “an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering … in order to establish a totally racist government in occupied Palestine.”

Center’s Mission is to Just Be There for Patients in Need

By Chana Kroll for Chabad.org

Championship cyclist Michelle Bono, right, befriended Rabbi Eliezer and Rochel Lazaroff during her first round of chemotherapy in Houston, Texas.

HOUSTON, TX — Championship cyclist Michelle Bono remembers being uncomfortable the first time she came to Friday night Shabbat services at Houston, Texas’ Aishel House.

“I was wearing pants, so I felt like I should just stand in the back,” says Bono, somewhat incredulous at her discomfort.

Survey: Sharp Rise in Anti-Semitism in 2009

JERUSALEM [JTA] — A new survey shows that anti-Semitism rose sharply in early 2009 after a decrease in 2008.

The survey, conducted by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, was released Monday on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and at the start of the Durban II anti-racism conference.

At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad’s Jewish Center

by Dvora Lakein – lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish students enrolled at five downtown Brooklyn colleges. The largest of those schools, the prestigious Pratt Institute, with 1,000 Jewish students, has the third highest percentage of Jewish students in the nation.

Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Simcha and Hinda (nee Abraham) Frenkel (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.