This Shabbos at the Besht: Yud Beis Tammuz
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on Yud Beis – Yud Gimmel Tammuz, and the history of the seven arrests.
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Rabbi Naftali Estulin with a photo of his father, Zalman, who lost a leg from shrapnel at Stalingrad. As religious Jews in the Soviet Union, the family worshiped covertly.
On Victory Day, Rabbi Honors Red Army’s Jewish Veterans
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — When Rabbi Naftali Estulin walked into the synagogue, the men were waiting for him. They had come with canes and walkers and medals. Some wore yarmulkes. Several covered their heads with hats lettered “LA VETERAN ASSN WWII.”
NYTimes
Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky stands beside the director of the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Shliach Witnessed Largest Gathering of Centenarians
MONROE, NJ — Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky was called upon to be an official ‘witness’ for the Guinness Book of World Records, documenting an historical occasion of the most centenarians in one event (40!) at a Jewish nursing facility in NJ.
NJ.com
The Rabbi of Realty: Lipa Lieberman
Balancing Religion with Real Estate
Growing up in the Hasidic community of Midwood, Brooklyn, Lipa Lieberman noticed early on that his most successful neighbors owned real estate.
Consolidated Observer
A Day of Jewish Unity for Conejo Valley and Ventura County
Jews from as far as Ventura, California all the way to Los Angeles gathered at the Thousand Oaks high school to participate in the Lag BaOmer festivities.
by Chava Tombosky
Tsfatis Vandalize, Destory Bochurs Belongings
As thousands gathered at the Great Parade in Crown Heights, a group of thugs and terrorists had more important business to attend to – breaking into and vandalizing a dormitory room at 1414, completely destroying one students belongings.
“Recipes Remembered” was Memorable at Chabad
On a recent spring evening, men and woman from throughout Orange County filled the home Dr. Seth & Nadine Pulver in Highland Mills for “Recipes Remembered” with Author June Hersh, hosted by Chabad of Orange County.
Assistant Chief Owen J. Monaghan (inset) is replacing Chief Thomas Chan (r).
After Promotion BSTF Welcomes New Chief
Assistant Chief Thomas Chan, the current commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, was promoted today to serve as the new chief of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau. Replacing him will be Assistant Chief Owen J. Monaghan, coming from the Transit Bureau where he served as the executive officer.
Two prestigious religious rights organizations filed Friend of the Court (Amicus Curiae) briefs on Monday in the federal second Court of Appeals in an appeal of a lower court’s decision denying an injunction against New York City’s unprecedented regulation of bris milah.
Two Prominent Religious Freedoms Groups File Briefs in Milah Case
Two prestigious religious rights organizations filed Friend of the Court (Amicus Curiae) briefs on Monday in the federal second Court of Appeals in an appeal of a lower court’s decision denying an injunction against New York City’s unprecedented regulation of bris milah.
by Avraham Weissman - Hamodia
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives were on hand to offer participants the opportunity to wrap tefillin and pray.
Keeping Up With Crowds for April’s ‘March’ in Poland
Their steps were powerful, as were the footprints they left behind. Like every year shortly after Passover, Holocaust survivors, their descendants, and groups of high school students from around the world took part in “March of the Living,” a two-week program that starts in Poland and ends in Israel.
Passover Celebrates Freedom, Remembrance
Everyone knows the story, or at least has heard of it. The plagues, the Pharaoh, the escape from Egypt, the exodus and search for the Promised Land.
NJ.com
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich tapes his humorous and inspiring weekly Torah video under a photo of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said, “Today, we see how one person lighting a candle in his tiny corner can illuminate the entire world.”
Blaze: “Check Out Rabbi’s Very Funny Bible Study Videos”
Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, a conservative news and information service, published an article featuring Rabbi Benny Hershcovich’s Weekly Torah Thought, under the title “Check out this Rabbi’s Very Funny Bible Study Videos Complete with Guitar-Jammin’ and Rockin’ Vocals”
NYPD Losing Its ‘Four-Star General’
Joseph Esposito, the department’s highest-ranking officer and its third in command, will leave the force after more than 44 years, more than 12 of them as the longest-serving chief in department history, with a reputation as a steady strategist, a cop’s cop and a loyal defender of the agency with enough charisma to doff his hat at protesters.
Wall Street Journal
Ulyanovsk Prepares for Pesach
March 25th at sundown begins the holiday of Pesach. The Jewish community in Ulyanovsk is in full swing preparing for Pesach. Much has been done. Every member of the community is involved in cleaning and getting rid of Chametz. After cleaning the kitchen in the cafe, the kitchen was Kashered and lined with silver foil.
Park Urges Jews to Stop Tradition the Doesn’t Exist
Prospect Park officials are urging Jews to stop throwing bread into the green space’s massive lake as a Passover rite, but religious Brooklynites insist that’s not even part of their holiday tradition.
Our Heroes: Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin (1901-1985)
Reb Zalman Shimon Dworkin, the Rav and Mora D’asra of the Crown Heights community for twenty years, was born in 1901 in Rogotchov to Reb Yerucham and Rivka. Reb Zalman Shimon’s father was a G-d fearing person and a teacher of unique caliber who taught children unable to afford tuition. Despite his resultant poverty, Reb Yerucham moved his son from the cheder where he was learning to that of Reb Elozor Garelik. Reb Elozor was an expert and searched after teacher whose students generally were from more affluent families.
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
SHOCKING: Judge’s DWI Ruling Kept Hit-n-Run Driver Behind the Wheel
When Julio Acevedo was arraigned last month on a drunken driving bust, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary refused to set bail and declined to suspend the ex-con’s license, even though he told it was mandatory. ‘I don’t believe that I must do it,’ he said, saying a judge presiding Accevedo’s next court date on April 10 could ‘correct’ him if he was wrong. He should have never been behind the wheel.
NY Daily News
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