Passover will have yet more meaning this year for Shirley Levy, who came from Caracas, Venezuela, to Crown Heights to learn about Judaism.By the time the holiday begins at sundown Saturday, Levy, 25, will have learned how to properly remove all yeast products from her home and how hand matzoh is correctly made within 18 […]
Religious Israeli nationalists have decried what they see as a lack of government response to the attack on the seminary, in the western part of Jerusalem. Most of the victims were teenage boys.The gunman, identified as Ala Abu Dhaim, 25, was killed March 6 at the scene of the attack. The authorities allowed the Abu […]
TAKE the D train to 55th Street in central Brooklyn, and you feel as if you have set foot in a different world.
The station sits at the junction of New Utrecht Avenue, 13th Avenue and 55th Street in the heart of Borough Park, home to a quarter-million Orthodox Jews, one of the largest concentrations […]
The current Rebbe, Shlita, davening at the kevarim of previous Belzer Rebbes in Belz, where he traveled in honor of his firstgrandson’s bar mitzvah. The Rebbe is seen here with his only son, Aharon Mordche(far right), and his oldest grandson, the bar mitzvah boy.Hamodia Magazine Issue 499
‘Terrorist fired 500-600 bullets before he was killed’
The gunman entered a dining hall where about 80 people were gathered, witnesses said, and opened fire. “There are at least seven killed and 10 people wounded,” said Eli Dein, director of Israel’s rescue service. JPost
Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook
At least 40 people have been wounded; one […]
Belz Album in Honor of Bar MitzvahtheJewishMusicReview.com
more photo”Beis Belz Bar Mitzvah”: COL.org.il
Thousands of Belzer chassidim gathered from around the world to celebrate the simchas bar bitzvah of the Rebbe’s
eldest grandson, Shalom, son of the Rebbe’s son, Rav Aharon Mordechai. Hamodia no.1030
“Obviously, each wedding has its own price structure, as there are differences not only in menu and numbers of portions,” comments Schuster, “but Simchat Tzion often needs to account for special circumstances, considering the needs of each individual case.” Still, Schuster estimates the average wedding costs about $3,700, and the organization often sponsors multiple weddings […]
photo by ShalomNewYork.com
M-Generation Hebrew Text col.org.il
“Where God & Glory Touch Gloves”
“The greatest Jewish fighter since Samson,” proclaims a handmade sign held aloft in the crowd as junior welterweight boxer Dmitriy Salita enters the ring for a climactic bout in Jason Hutt’s new documentary film “Orthodox Stance.” NYsun
Between Mincha and Maariv at the F.R.E.E. shul for Russian speakers, several shul-goers were seen contemplating a a huge painting of the Rebbe. The painting was purchased over 10 years ago from Yechiel Goldstein when Eli Kahan was a 770 bochur. COL photographer took a picture of the shliach and the F.R.E.E. director, Rabbi […]
