The 20th of Sivan is a day that was twice designated as a fast day for massacres against European Jewry; once by Rabbeinu Tam and once by the Shach. Special Selichos were said on this day. Below is a recent question and answer from the Ask Revach page that adds some light on the […]
Former Tzohar managing director Rabbi Hagai Gross calls national religious community to fight against ultra-Orthodox monopoly by refusing donations, making new rules for participation in haredi-led events. Nearly two months have passed since the High Rabbinical Court annulled Rabbi Chaim Drukman’s conversions, but the religious Zionism refuses to forget: After conducting solidarity rallies, the national-religious […]
“Live” on your computer June 24th 2008 6:00-8:00 P.M. The OU Job Board in conjunction with the OU Job Board lecture series “Practical economics 101” is proud to present:The American Dreams Rude Awakening- Mortgage debacle and foreclosures A panel of three top experts in the mortgage banking, lending and legal fields will give practical down […]
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at the Satmar Rebbe’s (Reb Z.L.) daughter’s wedding in Williamsburg. June 11, 2008.
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A decades-long struggle between Chabad-Lubavitch and Russia can proceed in the American court system, a U.S. appeals court ruled. At issue are more than 12,000 religious texts and an archive of some 25,000 handwritten pages on Chabad philosophy and Jewish law dating back to the 18th century. Chabad has waged a 70-year battle with the […]
Lubavitch.com “A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.” ” Only 13% […]
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Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.) @Staten Island Fest
Tefillin Booklet in Russian $1.97
Meshi Zahav at crematorium (Photo: Uzi Barak)
In its last weekend edition, the Israeli daily MAARIV published a longer article about certain “scandalous” actions of the haredi “ZAKA – Zihiu Korbanot Ason – Identification of Jews killed in catastrophes“. When people hear the name ZAKA, they immediately think about bomb attacks and other catastrophes, but the […]
Shmoolik- Les Enfants d’Israël (Children of Israel)
Mayor Bloomberg is a nasty, untrustworthy, tan trum-prone liar who “has little use” for average New Yorkers - like the 1,500 workers who would have lost their jobs had OTB closed, a furious Gov. Paterson has said privately.
“He appears to be self-destructing,” the governor said.
According to a source with firsthand knowledge of Paterson’s comments, the […]
