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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City’s ultra-Orthodox Jews are giving the Amish a walking tour of their world. Several dozen Amish residents from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, started the tour earlier Tuesday of Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood with members of the Hasidic Jewish community. Rabbi Beryl Epstein calls the tour “living Judaism.” The […]
“Tthe ‘birth certificate’ of the American city of New York, is displayed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on March 30, 2009 for the exhibition called ‘Reunion with Manhattan - 400 years Henry Hudson’ which celebrates the discovery of Manhattan 400 years ago by explorer Henry Hudson who sailed for the Dutch East India Company, to […]
Three letters signed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Harry A. Goodman, Agudath Israel leader in London, concerning efforts to seek release of the Skulener Rebbe from prison in Romania, will be sold by New York’s Kestenbaum auction house. By COLlive reporter
Kestenbaum & Company, an auction house based in New York City specializing in the sale […]
Shemurah Matzah: [295] The Rebbe Shlita has asked everyone, especially rabbanim,shochatim and anyone else involved in communal activities, to endeavor to distribute round, hand-baked matzos specifically shemurah to their acquaintances, sufficient for at least both Sedarim. People organizing communal Sedarim, in hotels and the like, should also attend to this. [296]The […]
Seventh Day of Pesach:Rabbi Noson Arister (Shiur in Russian)
Moshiach’s Seudah, Acharon Shel Pesach, 5750
New Site www.AristerMP3.com
“With Passover near and our excitement that spring is finally here, we thought we’d check on the current state of kosher Riesling by picking up every one we saw to find out if they’re still consistently tasty. They are not as plentiful as some other kinds of kosher wines, but we found enough for a […]
“B&H electronics retailer in New York City has settled a job discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 149 Latino warehouse workers for $4.3 million. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday a federal judge in Manhattan approved the settlement. The federal agency had accused B&H of paying the Manhattan and Brooklyn workers less than other workers, […]
(Photo: Spencer Heyfron)
“What are you doing today?
BEN TZION TODRIN: We’re looking for Jewish people, doing mivtzoim. It’s translated as “outreach.” We ask men to put on tefillin or do another mitzvah, tzedakah. The women we give Shabbes candles.
How do you know if someone’s Jewish?
BTT: Most of the time I just ask everybody. ’Cause you […]
“The following fascinating article about Birchas Hachammah, entitled “Hebrew Festival Marred,” appeared in the New York Times on April 8, 1897 (here). The subtitle on the piece states, “Rabbi Arrested for Observance of an Ancient Talmudic Ceremony in Tompkins Square.” The article then states: “No Permit Had Been Thought Necessary for the Gathering and Policeman […]
“Jewish tourists who spend more than 180 days in Israel, even without violating the terms of their tourist visas, are being increasingly harassed by border patrol officials, detained at the crossings and, in some cases, deported to their port of origin or forced to make aliya against their will, according to a Tel Aviv law […]
NordLB Returns Franz Marc’s Cat Painting to Jewish Family Heir
“Marc’s 1910 “Cat Behind a Tree” was one of several paintings that Tekla Hess sent to Switzerland for protection from the Nazis in 1933. It was sold to Pelikan AG, a maker of ink and stationery, in 1936. Though it isn’t known whether Hess received […]
“HOUSE OF LIFE tells the story of The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, the site of layer upon layer of buried members of the once-vibrant Jewish community. Almost a million people from all over the world now visit the cemetery each year, and HOUSE OF LIFE chronicles its history, which is rich in lore, mysticism, […]
