BROOKLYN — Orthodox Jewish schools hit the jackpot when federal stimulus funds were handed out last year around the state, collecting more than $1 million through school lunch-program grants, while the city’s Department of Education snared just $2 million — although it has 10 times as many students.
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Jewish Leaders Raise Concerns of Overzealous Prosecution After Disproportionate Sentencing Recommendation
NEW YORK — American Jewish leaders are expressing shock and outrage at the federal government’s recommendation that Sholom Rubashkin be sentenced to life in prison for his role as an executive with the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. It is the latest example of a prosecution that has repeatedly targeted Rubashkin for unfair treatment compared to others who have been accused of employing illegal immigrants or compromising the security of a bank loan.
SHANGHAI — At first glance, the carton is unremarkable: boxy and white, with a crudely sketched pastoral scene printed on the front — a forlorn bovine lounging in a pasture.
But on closer examination, two elements leap out: the words “Organic Low Fat Milk” and a drawing of a smiling, jaunty cow wearing a yarmulke — the very strict Cholov Yisroel hekhsher.
Nearly 85 percent of licensed U.S. physicians are board certified in their specialty. But patients might want to check out their doctors’ credentials since many are getting close to an expiration date to their certification status for the first time.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Sholom Dovber ben Shifra a father of two young children fighting Yene Machla RL
Shlomo Yeshayahu ben Yehudis Kapital he’s having heart surgery today. Please add chapter 32
Levi and Chana (nee Rabinowicz) Slonim (Shluchim to S Paulo, Brazil)
A historic gathering of Bochurim and Shluchim took place after Pesach in the New Zealand Chabad Headquarters in Canterbury.
After a most successful nationwide Pesach campaign, a number of the fourteen bochurim who gave up their vacation to assist communities around New Zealand for Pesach, have stayed on after the eight day holiday, to continue their outreach work in cities across the South Island.
ISRAEL — The percentage of ultra-Orthodox men not working has more than tripled over the past 30 years. In 2008, 65% of Haredi men did not work, compared to only 21% in 1979, reveals the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel in its annual report.
Learn how to protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phone, cordless phone Wi-Fi, computer and cell towers. Tonight, Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00pm at the home of Mrs Faige Rubashkin, 1349 President St, between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.
Yossi (ben R Shaya) Raskin (London, England) and
Mushky Shusterman (Monsey, NY)
Four local Lubavitcher couples have been nominated for the Jewish Federation of Rockland County’s Rockland Jewish Hero Contest. The first place winner will be announced at the Federation’s annual dinner and will receive a $1,000 monetary prize and be listed as “Hero of the Year” on the Federation website.
Rabbi Moshe Elye Gerlitzky, who fled from the advancing Nazi armies of war-torn Europe to find refuge in Canada and establish a Jewish educational network on the country’s Atlantic coast, passed away April 4 at the age of 94. One of the thousands of Holocaust survivors saved by the selfless acts of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, Gerlitzky was the city of Montreal’s first full-time Jewish day-school teacher and, later in life, the oldest Chabad-Lubavitch emissary.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Protestors clashing with riot police last Wednesday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, left the small Jewish community in this Central Asian republic feeling particularly vulnerable and anxious, says Chief Rabbi and Chabad representative, Rabbi Arye Raichman.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a Beautiful Photo of the Rebbe from Kos Shel Bracha 1970. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
Today, Chof Ches Nissan marks 19 years to the Sicha the Rebbe said unexpectedly in 5751 after returning from the Ohel. The Rebbe said with great pain “that all that I have done… it is up to you to do all that you can to bring Moshiach down here…” AD MOSAI?!
Click Here To Listen To The Sicha (Courtesy of Sichos.com)
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