“An historic center of Jewish civilization whence
a large portion of American Jewry stems, Ukraine was also a heartland of the Jewish book. A selection of books in the Kiev Collection offers a typographic panorama of every region of this cultural crossroads: Galicia, Volhynia, Podolia, Bukovina, the Kiev region, Odessa and so-called “New Russia”, sub-Carpathian Ruthenia […]
“Travellers sit in front of a photograph depicting the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) and Jordan’s late King Hussein, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. Israel said on Wednesday it would allow the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day to help the […]
“The feathered creature called archaeopteryx, easily the world’s most famous fossil remains, had been considered the first bird since Charles Darwin’s day. When researchers put its celebrity bones under the microscope recently, though, they discovered that this icon of evolution might not have been a bird at all.” more@WSJ.com
“When I was 18 years old I was not Shabbat-observant. I was ready for the US Nationals. I wrote to the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This was the year I was graduating from high school and I was deciding between getting a job and being a boxer. I wanted to know from him what I should do. […]
“A U.S. court has entered a default judgment against the Russian Federation following Moscow’s decision to withdraw from litigation surrounding its control of a portion of the library of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. The order by Judge Royce C. Lamberth, chief justice of the U.S. District Court for the District of […]
“A new study found that rates of marriage outside the faith were sharply curbed among young Jews who have taken “birthright” trips to Israel, a development that could hearten Jewish leaders worried about assimilation. Fears of shrinkage among the American Jewish population heightened after studies in the early 1990s showed that more than 50% of […]
“A New York Times article trying to clear Mayor David Dinkins‘ tainted record, conveniently fails to mention his defining moment: the Crown Heights riots. By MICHAEL POWELL, New York Times
Do you really want to go back to the bad old days of Mayor David N. Dinkins?” more@COLLive.com
“Lech Lecha” The Gutnick Edition Chumash- Google Books
“The Shulchan Aruch HaRav (OC 158:17) says that the best method of drying your hands after Netilas Yadayim is to rub it with a towel. The Debriciner Rav (Kuntras Electric 48) was asked if an electric heat dryer that is generally found in public places is acceptable for drying.He answers that it is perfectly acceptable […]
“In honor Of Rav Meir Shapiro zatzal Founder of The Daf Yomi on his Yahrtzeit today zayin Cheshvan, VIN News is launching a daily Daf HaYomi column written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman.The column will highlight one issue of interest on the Daf. It is requested that the comment section for the column be reserved only […]
via Shearim “Last night, a special report about Chassidut Toldot Aharon from Mea Shearim was broadcasted on Israeli TV. The report also mentioned the “abusive” Toldot Aharon mother. The report as a whole is quite good and it really looks like Arutz 10 got a permission from Rebbe David Kahn to film.”(non tznius ads) Here […]
“Today, the 4th of Cheshvan marks the 30th Yartzeir of Rabbi Dovid Okunov HY”D. Exerpt from the Rabbi Dovid Okunov Memorial Site - It was 30 years ago this week that Rabbi Dovid Okunov, a bold Russian activist for Judaism who risked death defying communist authorities by teaching Jewish children Torah, was gunned down on a Brooklyn street […]
