Op-Ed: Lessons I Uncovered Beneath the Haitian Rubble

by Mushki Boteach

Like millions of people around the world, I have been following the tragedy in Haiti since the earthquake jolted the country just over a month ago. Although the media portrays a great deal of the devastation that has been visited on this poorest of Western nations, it wasn’t until I traveled to Haiti on a humanitarian relief mission that I truly understood just how severe the crisis really was.

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Rabbi Chaskel Besser, Revitalizing Force of Polish Jewry, Passes Away

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Known for a disarming smile and a dignified love of all people, Rabbi Chaskel Besser, who worked to spur a revival of Jewish life in his native Poland, passed away this week at the age of 87. Having made it out of Europe shortly before World War II, he eventually settled in the United States, where he maintained close contact with heads of state, as well as the “regular people” who, despite having never met, regularly called him for advice.

JEM VIdeo – Shlucha Relates Story and Letter from Rebbe


CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt, “No Doubts”. Mrs. Bassie Garelik and her husband have been Shluchim in Milan, Italy since 1958. She shares a heartwarming letter she received from the Rebbe during a time when she was doubting her ability as a Shlucha…

Officials Eye Bump in Mumps in City Jewish Nabes

By Kathleen Lucadamo for the New York Daily News

More than 900 New Yorkers – mostly Orthodox Jewish men – have been infected with mumps since an outbreak this summer, the city Health Department reported Tuesday.

That’s the most cases since 1979, when there were 157, and comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 1,500 mumps cases in New York and New Jersey as of January.