During a unique and impressive event, ‘Borsalino Italian Hats’ inaugurated its new branch in Yerushalayim. Rav HaKotel Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz and singer Lipa Shmeltzer were honored with the fixing of the mezuzot. Rabbi Rabinowitz congratulated Mendy Bostomsky who has 13 years experience in the business and Roi Goren.At the completion of the ceremony it was […]
Today’s Hamodia has five opinion pieces on the Lipa ban controversy.
The editors write:
In the aftermath of the events surrounding the “Big Event” concert ban, Hamodia was deluged by reactions from readers that demonstrated the wide range of their views and the passion they had towards their views. The volume of this response was unusally high […]
“On the Talkline With Zev Brenner radio program, Schmeltzer took a different view. Noting that the text of the ban closely mirrored that of an earlier Israeli ban of an Avraham Fried and Yaakov Shwekey Jerusalem concert in August 2007, Schmeltzer said it was only a matter of time before the ban came to America. […]
“When Mr. Mendlowitz canceled the show, he insisted that advertisers, Madison Square Garden and the more than 3,000 ticket holders — who paid between $50 and $500 — would be reimbursed. He added that Mr. Friedman had offered to help offset the losses — but only if Mr. Mendlowitz agreed to retire from the Hasidic […]
“Cancellation of “Big Event” becomes a big event” Jpost
“I was supposed to make more money from this than from any show I ever made in my life,” Shmeltzer told the Hamodia. But “When 33abbanim from different kehillos sign something, it means that Hashem is telling me, ‘Lipa stop this concert; I don’t want this concert.” […]
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“Yeshiva World has just spoken to Lipa Schmeltzer (Motzei Shabbos 5:45AM EST) and he has informed us that he will not be singing at the “Big Event Concert”. This decision was reached after he consulted with Daas Torah, and […]
New York, NY - Has the “Big Event” concert planned by Sheya Mendlowitz in Madison Square Garden, featuring Shloime Gertner and Lipa been banned? It seems a group of Rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel have distributed flyers banning the huge concert slated to take place at Madison Square Garden this Purim. chabad.info
Hamodia prints Kol Koreh […]
