Central synagogue in town of Mulhouse catches fire during Shabbat prayers. ‘Proximity to Holocaust Remembrance Day raises speculation; there is a very anti-Semitic atmosphere around,’ says Jewish resident
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s Jewish community is keeping a wary eye on this Sunday’s national elections, in which a right-wing extremist group is expected to garner an unprecedented number of votes.
Over 100 family members, friends, and residents filled the Empire Shtiebel Shul this evening to mark the Sholshim, thirty days to the passing of Harav Hagon Reb Lipman Schapiro OBM.
For the past 2 months the Machu Picchu (one of the 7 wonders of the world) was closed due to floods and mud slides. On the first day of chol hamoed the site was reopened as hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world rushed to visit.
Shortly after Bruce Mises died, his wife was baffled to find a box of old documents that seemed to defy his life as an unassuming businessman.
He didn’t talk much about the past, and Joy Mises, his wife of 20 years, knew only sketchy details: He was born in Austria, had immigrated to the United States around the start of World War II, and he had lost relatives in Holocaust.
Calling him a “good man and great leader, and well loved by the Jewish people of Poland,” the director of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in the country said on Sunday that the Jewish community joined its fellow citizens in mourning the sudden death of President Lech Kacyznski. The chief executive perished with his wife, senior dignitaries and military leaders in a Saturday morning plane crash in Russia.
Cops are hunting for a driver who fled the scene of a deadly Brooklyn crash that left three vehicles in flames – and one driver “burned beyond recognition” early Sunday, police said.
The 4:30 a.m. wreck in Bensonhurst produced a scene of shocking carnage.
A perfect day for softball. Game conditions at Lefferts Park today were cool, sunny, and dry for the first game of the Crown Heights Softball League season. Players arrived early to stretch for their first outing of the year and took their places in the field and in the dugouts as their wives, children, and fans filled bleachers.
Lawyers for former eastern Iowa slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin asked a judge Friday to sentence their client to no more than six years in prison.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A van owned by a Jewish family was vandalized Friday night with a bucket of house paint. The incident took place on Carroll Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenues sometime on Friday night.
Today marks the conclusion of the Shloshim, thirty days to the passing of Harav Hagon Reb Lipman Schapiro OBM. The gathering will take place in Empire Shtibel today, Sunday at 8:30pm.
With violent anti-government protests flaring just two blocks away from the most active Jewish community center in Thailand, officials Saturday night were advising locals, visiting professionals and tourists to stay away from the government compound in Bangkok.
Chabad of Melbourne CBD’s Rabbi Chaim Herzog has been appointed chaplain of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) city campus. Rabbi Herzog said the role was particularly important for overseas students studying at the university. He was inducted by Riad Galil, who works on the campus in the area of student services.
The Crown Heights Softball League’s fifth season opener is this Sunday at Lefferts Park. Whether you’re a savvy sports fan who wants to get deeper into the game, or a curious resident of the neighborhood, join other fans on the bleachers for the back-to-back games. The game card includes: The Tribe versus the Mulles leading off at 9 AM, followed by the Red Heifers versus the Kloppers at 10:30 AM.
Beis Rivkah Head Start took delivery today of a brand new 2011 school bus, which will ferry the growing number of small children attending the head start program to and from school.
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Moved by a powerful sense of humility and worthlessness, two spiritually accomplished mystics were observed rolling on the floor while repeatedly affirming their sense of worthlessness.
The true extent of their humility was not quite known however, until, to their chagrin, an individual of far lesser spiritual status decided to join them.
With rolling eyes, the mystics were overheard whispering to each other in utter disgust: “Look who thinks he’s nobody!”
“If you do His will only because it makes sense to you, then what has it got to do with Him? You are doing ‘your will’. You’re back in prison.” (Tzvi Freeman – Bringing Heaven Down To Earth)
“Spirituality” has got to be the most misused term in the human lexicon. It’s a word that could describe just about anything you want, from a spectacular sunset to a moving operatic rendition. It means as many different things to as many different people.
