photo:Rabbi Aaron Raskin shows off the empty space in the Congregation B’nai Avraham ark where a torah should be.
“Who would want a Torah? The hand-written scrolls can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but for one problem: they can’t be fenced. Like most Torahs, this scroll had been previously stamped by the Universal Torah […]
“Her private apology does not help at all in terms of the public ridicule that took place,” said Sara Esther Crispe, editor of the site TheJewishWoman.org, “The show is partially responsible as well. Susie’s comments were offensive to all women, not just Lubavitch. Sadly, even on a show which talks about empowering women, they reduce […]
Last week, the Nadvorna Rebbe (Bnei Brak) went to the Mount of Olives (Har HaZe’itim) in order to visit his mother’s grave due to her Yahrzeit. As soon as his car stopped near an Arab school, some Palestinians threw stones onto the Rebbe and his followers. No one was injured, the Rebbe’s car left and […]
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Jews living in and around the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin now have a one-stop shop for all their kosher needs in the form of a new store opened by Rabbi Yosef Marozov, the chief rabbi in the city of Ulyanovsk, Russia. Marozov, who together with his wife Sara came to Ulyanovsk as a Chabad-Lubavitch […]
“Due to bug infestation, no raisins of any brand or hashgocha may be used at the present time weather eaten plain or used in cooking or baking. Any products that have already been baked or cooked with raisins may be used.” KAJ Kashruth alert text
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“Under the title “There is another way”, the committee rabbis – operating under the authority of the greatest sages of Israel, including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, Hasidic leaders, as well as Shas’ spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, whose son Yitzhak Yosef is a member of the committee – stated that “the […]
“Ben Smith endorses Seth Lipsky for Bill Kristol’s slot. So do I. He could be the new Safire. Seth has the most interesting mind in journalism. He’s conservative, of course, but mostly what he is is unpredictable, and the page could use some unpredictability. Plus, he wears fedoras. The Times could definitely use someone […]
Concentration camp survivors walk out of the main gate with the sign “Arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free) at the Auschwitz museum, near the former death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, January 27, 2009 marking the 64th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops and to remember the victims of the Holocaust. DayLife.com
“Sholom Rubashkin, the former top executive at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, should be released from custody on $500,000 bond while he awaits trial on multiple federal counts of bank fraud and of helping illegal immigrants obtain false documents, a judge ruled this morning. Rubashkin has been in federal custody since Nov. 14. Prosecutors […]
“Is there a Jewish art?” Harold Rosenberg asked at New York’s Jewish Museum in 1966. “They build a Jewish Museum, then ask: ‘Is there a Jewish art?’ Jews!” Forty years on, in our pluralistic, multicultural art scene, it is surely nonsensical to link artists as diverse as Lucien Freud, Richard Serra, William Kentridge and Christian […]
“The Vatican’s decison to lift the excommunication of a bishop who denies that the Holocaust took place has angered Jews across the world. German papers on Monday argue that the pope is ruining decades of work aimed at improving relations between Jews and Catholics.” more@Spiegel.de
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“The Rubashkin family and the members of the Anash community for Pidyon Shivuyim extend their heartful request to all Anash to join us for special prayers at the Ohel this Monday, January 26th, Rosh Chodesh Shvat at 9:30 a.m. which will correspond to 8:30 a.m. in Iowa when the hearing will begin. Busses […]
