Entries from December 2007

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Adam Hootnick Travels To Israel To Shoot Unsettled

 Following the 2005 Gaza Strip evacuation in the documentary.
In the summer of 2005, Israeli’s were dealt with one of the biggest challenges they’ve had to face since becoming a free country. The government forced their own people to leave their homes and give up part of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers were trained […]

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Hefty price tag for kosher food. Ynet

Knesset decrees that student delegations to concentration camps will only eat kosher food.
“One enraged mother said Tuesday: “This is an outrage. If the state decided on kosher meals, let them fund them.” Yet another parent explained that her son’s school had informed her that the cost of the Poland mission had gone up from $1,100 […]

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Photos: Sanz Klausenberg Rebbe (Eretz Yisroel) Visiting NY

Click HERE to see photos of the Sanz Klausenberg Rebbe Shlita (from Eretz Yisroel) visiting numerous Rabbonim, Admorim, and Askonim. There are also photos of the Kabolas Ponim at his Bais Medrash in Boro Park.  theyeshivaworld.com   theYeshivaWorld.com

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

They Use Jewish Symbols, But Many Local Leaders Resent Them

By Matt Mabe Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BRIGHTON BEACH — The Hope of Israel Congregation occupies the second floor of a swanky new building in Brighton Beach. Looming above a glitzy Russian produce market the angled façade of the four-story citadel straddles an obtuse corner of the neighborhood’s busiest intersection. A banner hugging its wall […]

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Chinese Food On xmas

Video spoof turns Brandon Walker into a celebrity

“Chinese Food on Christmas,” inspired by a college songwriting assignment, is Walker’s humorous lament concerning the annual Jewish dilemma of what to do on x birthday BaltimoreSun.com

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

A Display of Disapproval That Turned Menacing. NYtimes.com

It was late one night over the summer when the Greenberg family was frightened by a menacing phone call. Then came threats, and then vandalized cars. As the days turned into weeks and the police canvassed the neighborhood, knocking on doors and interviewing potential witnesses, they were met with silence.This was not the troubled streets […]

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Wenn Rabbiner singen lernen. daserste.de

Video:Wenn Rabbiner singen lernen
Sie ist eine der ältesten orthodoxen Gemeinden New Yorks, Crown Heights in Brooklyn. Und er schwebt über allen hier, Rabbi Schneerson, der Rabbi den die orthodoxen Lubavitscher hier wie einen Heiligen verehren und der ihnen immer noch so fehlt. Denn seit er 1994 starb, ohne Söhne zu hinterlassen, ist die Gemeinde […]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

The Rebbe speaks about the Books jailed in Russia

The Seforim in the wrong hands are a live bomb

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

“Didan Notzach” Victory is Ours

5th of Teves MP3 (Russian)

Vaigash part3 MP3 (Russian)

Monday, December 10th, 2007

The Qualifications of the Hanukah Menorah. DailyHalacha.com

photo by ShalomNewYork.com
Is one required to use an actual Menorah for the lighting of the Hanukah candles, or is it acceptable to simply place candles on a piece of aluminum foil, for example, and then light them for the Misva?
The work “Hesed Le’Avraham” addresses the similar case of one who wishes to […]

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Matisyahu: 2nd Annual “Festival of Light”

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photo by ShalomNewYork.com

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Shimon Peres To Keep Shabbos For First Time

Israel’s Radio Kol Chai reported today, that in response to a request by France’s Chief Rabbi Yosef Sitruk, Shimon Peres has agreed to keep Shabbos this week (for the first time in his life) as part of an outreach campaign by European rabbis.The initiative was started by Rabbi Yosef Sitruk to try and unite Jews all […]