On Sunday, March 1, New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn is scheduled to host a community-wide event entitled “A Morning of Chizuk” to show solidarity with victims of sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community and to provide information to concerned citizens. The program includes inspirational speeches and the recitation of Tehillim. Addressing […]
“The status quo agreement that Rav Elyashiv referred to was established between Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and the religious parties, at the time of the declaration of independence in 1948. One of the key points of the agreement is that the Chief Rabbinate has authority over issuing kashrus certification, Shabbos, kevurah and marital […]
A religious Israeli boy studies at the library in Mercaz Harav Yeshiva where 8 students of a rabbinical seminary were killed a year ago in a shooting attack by a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem, on the first anniversary of attack at the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. The Mercaz Harav […]
“But the controversy only enhanced his popularity. In the months after the ban, he released an album, “A Poshiter Yid” (A Simple Jew), with a title song that could serve as a Yiddish version of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” The chorus concludes, “I am still not a Tzadik (a righteous one), still I don’t […]
“I am bewildered”, says Rav Moshe Shternbuch, “that people are not midakdek to be mikayen the mitzva [of mishloach manos] that is a mitzva from the nevi’im.” Rabbeinu Chananel (Megila 7a) tells a story of Rebbi Yehuda Nesia who sent mishloach manos to Rav Hoshaya. He sent a thigh of veal and a bottle of […]
“Litvishe Roshei Yeshiva in America Refuse to Sign Ban Against Concerts”
Breaking! Fanatics Attempt End Run Around Gedolim; Publish New Lipa Ban(Text) From the DM investigative news desk… Asher Friedman who runs the charity Nechomas Yisroel and Yitzchak Stern from Williamsburg, having failed to convince the rabbonim to ban this year’s Lipa Schmeltzer concert, “The Event […]
In the tug-of-war for stock-exchange listings, the Nasdaq Stock Market’s growing arsenal of weapons is helping it gain ground. With promises of big-screen appearances in Times Square and detailed intelligence on share trading, Nasdaq attracted companies with $80 billion of market capitalization to switch from the New York Stock Exchange in 2008. The milestone nearly […]
“Isaac Liberman, a senior mashgiach, removes matzos that do not meet certain quality standards at the Manischewitz Matzo baking Plant in Newark. The Secaucus-based Manischewitz Company invited reporters and photographers to witness its first schmura matzo run at its new matzo baking plant in Newark. The Jersey Journal’s Reena Rose Sibayan was there to document […]
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“It seems that Lipa Schmeltzer is forming close connections to Lubavitch. The Event’s producer R’ Shea Mendlowitz related that many Lubavitcher niggunim are being prepared for the concert, with brand new, never before heard arrangements, because of Lipa’s warm connection to these niggunim. Mendlowitz emphasizes that the Lubavitcher niggunim weren’t chosen because of the large number of […]
Please say Kapitel Chof and Mem (psalm 20 and 40) for a special individual who is in need of a Refuah Shleimah (speedy recovery). He will be undergoing surgery, tomorrow, erev shabbat Terumah, Feb. 27.
“Truckloads of food and medicine for lions, horses, donkeys, and other ill and hungry animals were among the relief supplies flowing into the Gaza Strip from Israel following the recent three-week war.” more@Israel21c.org
Yemeni Jewish boys read the Torah at a Hebrew school in the northwestern Yemeni town of Raida February 20, 2009. Ten Jews from Raida, nine of them members of the same family, landed in Israel on Thursday after fleeing from Yemen. DayLife.com
