“Israelis living in New York are much more connected to their “Jewishness” than American-born Jews, according to a new study released earlier this week by United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York. The surprising results might be partly due to the relatively high percentage of Orthodox Israelis in the area. The study claims that Israelis “far […]
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“No, wait: The most amazing thing is that I have often gone into B&H to purchase a specific product, only to be talked into something cheaper. For example, once I went in to buy a field video monitor to use for some interviews I was conducting. I expected to pay $600 until the salesperson said, […]
“Friendships like these had a cost in the segregated South. One night in 1942, Prof. Rasmussen and her husband were arrested for dining with an African-American in a blacks-only cafe.Two jail receipts for $28 each from that night, along with Mrs. Madison’s bracelet and dozens of other artifacts, photographs, documents, and paintings are part of […]
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“Urologists, on hand during the procedure, have been known to film Rabbi Cohn to record his technique for teaching purposes. In two encounters with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Rabbi Cohn received the blessing that “Abraham, our forefather, stands at your right hand.” […]
” The Jets called the NFL office Wednesday to complain about their first two home games of the 2009 season being scheduled for Rosh Hashanah and then hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the two holiest holidays in the Jewish calendar.” more@NYDailyNews.com
(“Weighing and Delivering of the Matzos or Unleavened Bread,” from Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly magazine, August 1877. )
” The price was 4¾ cents per pound, much cheaper than the current going price — “this being the lowest offer tendered,’’ the records noted — and a total of 14,330 pounds were bought.The order was distributed among […]
“In an inconsiderate move to Crown Heights, Mayor Michael Bloomberg flattered the Rev. Al Sharpton Thursday, calling him a “calming influence on the city.” Sharpton marched in front to 770 after the violent riots in 1991 and called Hatzalah “an apartheid ambulance service.” more@COLLive.com
“Thursday morning hundreds of Bochurim and Children were seen milling around President Street, where they were all looking for their ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ and the group they will be sharing it with. The 59 Tanks, which correspond to the number of years of the Rebbe’s Nesius, were all lined up and ‘armed’ with Pesach Guides, Matzos, […]
Photo: NYtimes” Rabbi Shmuel Plafker at a funeral service for Jeffrey Lynn Schneider at a plot owned by the Hebrew Free Burial Association on Staten Island. Mr. Schneider, 54, committed suicide a week ago in Midwood, Brooklyn. ”
“It was a perfect early spring day: acres of blue sky, the lightest of breezes moving past […]
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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 […]
