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 […]
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An einem blauen New Yorker Abend steht Johannes Schwaiger vor dem Ansonia-Gebäude in Manhattan und wartet. Es ist ein prächtiges Gebäude mit großer Geschichte, ein Haus der Musik. Toscanini lebte darin, Strawinsky komponierte darin, Yehudi Menuhin probte darin. Und nun wartet Schwaiger, 50, auf einen prominenten Schüler, die jüdische Reggae-Sensation Matisyahu, der Millionen Alben […]
Click HERE to see photos of the Sanz Klausenberg Rebbe Shlita (from Eretz Yisroel) visiting numerous Rabbonim, Admorim, and Askonim. There are also photos of the Kabolas Ponim at his Bais Medrash in Boro Park. theyeshivaworld.com theYeshivaWorld.com
photo:Matisyahu: 2nd Annual “Festival of Light”
Next week, the criminal Israeli government led by Ehud Olmert will be gathering with Palestinian leaders at Annapolis to plan additional concessions which may include establishing a Palestinian state R”L, thereby endangering the lives of millions of Jewish people. The ‘Maateh Haolami - headquarters to save the nation and the land’ under the directorship, of […]
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (bearded), pictured with other cantors. According to the photo caption, Rosenblatt turned down a $100,000 offer from Warner Brothers to play Al Jolson’s father in The Jazz Singer, “because he believed it would demean his sacred calling. Nevertheless, he agreed to play a small part as himself, singing a Yiddish art song, […]
“To make its Megadim brand of ultrakosher confectionary or its Strauss Mehadrin dairy products requires special facilities, because milk from only Jewish sources can be used.ut it is profitable. The ultra-Orthodox market is between 8 percent and 10 percent of domestic sales for Strauss, he said, representing about $73 million a year.”NYtimes
B&H Photo-Video, a world famous camera store known for the traditional Hasidic dress worn by many of its employees, has agreed to pay $4.3 million (€3.04 million) to settle a discrimination case.The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces laws prohibiting discrimination, alleges that B&H Photo and Electronics Corp. paid Hispanics working in its […]
Brooklyn, NY—October 16th marked the 28th yahrzeit of Rabbi Dovid Okunov, who was brutally gunned down at the age of 68 on his way to the morning shacharit service on Montgomery Street. On Thursday, October 25, l979 (Daled Cheshvan) at 7 a.m., Reb Dovid, as he was affectionately known, was shot in the head […]
