photo NYT: An Intimate Israeli Home
“The Zismans were certainly not strangers to the idea of multiple homes. After raising their children in Brooklyn, they built a home in the Long Island community of Cedarhurst near all three of their daughters. They fly down to Florida for long weekends. There also is a country house in […]
2hrs. straight of Mama Rochel songs
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Two months ago, Nathan Lichtenstein launched a business he hopes will become an empire — or a fleet, really. Sub on Wheels is a kosher food truck catering to the Hasidic community in Williamsburg, but which welcomes us all.
Humvee tycoon Ira Rennert has donated five new Torah scrolls to synagogues in Israel, bringing to 160 the number of holy scrolls he has contributed in the Jewish state. The cost of a Torah scroll is approximately $30,000, bringing his investment to approximately $5 million. He also has donated money for mikvot (ritual purifying baths). […]
B&H Photo-Video, a world famous camera store known for the traditional Hasidic dress worn by many of its employees, has agreed to pay $4.3 million (€3.04 million) to settle a discrimination case.The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces laws prohibiting discrimination, alleges that B&H Photo and Electronics Corp. paid Hispanics working in its […]
Brooklyn, NY—October 16th marked the 28th yahrzeit of Rabbi Dovid Okunov, who was brutally gunned down at the age of 68 on his way to the morning shacharit service on Montgomery Street. On Thursday, October 25, l979 (Daled Cheshvan) at 7 a.m., Reb Dovid, as he was affectionately known, was shot in the head […]
Temimim to the rescue…
(Video) Temimim helping out Bobover musicians minutes before they were to appear at the Bobover Rebbe’s “tish”
One of the highlights of the Bobover Rebbe, Rabbi M.D. Unger’s “tish” is his famous chior, 12 violinists with thick beards , kapotos and shtreimlech, of all ages.Last night before their appearance they rehearsed the Chabad […]
“That presumably worked fine in a primitive economy before decent fertilizer, but shmita presented problems for the new Jewish state. Zionism was founded on the notion of a return to the land, but a modern country cannot live on what falls to the ground.” NYtimes
Touting “kosher amenities” — including two-sink kitchens, balconies pre-fit for sukkahs, gyms with separate schedules for men and women — these new condominiums are being custom-built for Orthodox populations that are growing in both absolute numbers and wealth. In Flatbush-Midwood, construction is about to start on a new luxury condominium targeting Orthodox Jews. In Williamsburg, […]
JERUSALEM: As Israel’s Jews start a new year, the country finds itself in the middle of a fierce religious dispute about the sanctity of fruits and vegetables.Rabbis are pitted against one another, the interests of the state and the religious authorities are in conflict, the Supreme Court is involved, the devout are confused and the […]
Lev Leviev, an internationally known real estate and diamonds magnate, paid money to 60 Israeli state schools through his foundation to teach “traditional values and Jewish culture”.
Leviev has paid for “Travel Time” (zman masa) lessons at 60 schools. His media adviser says Leviev had been horrified by the paucity of religious education at state schools, […]
