admin | March 30, 2024
(New York Jewish Week) When Eli Buliskeria opened an Israeli restaurant in Williamsburg last March, he had some idea what next year had in store for him with a new restaurant and a new baby, he knew he was going to be busy. But an unexpected war in his home country presented more challenges and also opportunity.
admin | March 30, 2024
Matzo packaging, before (left) and after rebranding.
admin | March 30, 2024
(New York Jewish Week) A man in a Batman costume, his face concealed by a mask, held a milk carton bearing the face of Ariel Bibas, a 4-year-old Israeli held hostage in Gaza by Hamas. Around him were hundreds of other demonstrators in black or yellow eye coverings, Batman masks and capes, many holding Israeli flags aloft. The crowd gathered in Central Park on Sunday to mark a Purim in the shadow of the Oct
admin | March 30, 2024
Ultra-Orthodox Jews who do not study Torah all day should not be drafted into the military, Moshe Tzedaka, Rabbi of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, said this week to an audience of Shas representatives, according to Israeli media.
admin | March 30, 2024
JERUSALEM (VINnews) An unusual position regarding funding yeshiva students and the contentious issue of army exemptions was presented by Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb, a Chasidic rabbi who serves as the leader of the Ashlag community in Telzstone. Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Rabbi Gottlieb described the demonstrations by secularists, demanding that charedim help them and get under the stretcher for military service. He wrote that In a time of war, even a groom must leave his chuppah and go to help
admin | March 30, 2024
A joyous weekend for a Brooklyn rabbis family turned into tragedy early Friday when a fire broke athis synagogue, leaving them trapped by a third-floor window ledge, fighting for their lives, FDNY officials and congregants said. Rabbi Avrhom Horowitz, his wife, and son were among the five people hospitalized, two critically, as the fire broke out about 6:15 a.m. on the second floor of the 60th St.
admin | March 30, 2024
The spat between Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and conservative outlet Daily Wire escalated this week following the departure of pundit Candace Owens from the organization, with Boteach calling the Wire antisemitic and cowardly for refusing to debate him.
admin | March 30, 2024
I was disheartened to read the article in The Times of Israel where critics attacked Rabbi Angela Buchdahls talk at the WZO Jewish Peoplehood conference, and labeled her a traitor, no less.
admin | March 30, 2024
As the UK's Chief Rabbi prays for the recovery of the Princesses of Wales, due to cancer, The Jerusalem Post has revisited a conundrum about Kate Middleton's religious background. "Now that Shabbat has concluded, I join people throughout the UK and across the globe in expressing my sadness in learning that the Princess of Wales is battling cancer and I extend heartfelt wishes to her for a refuah shelema a swift and complete recovery," Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wrote on Saturday night on social media. Kensington Palace revealed on January 17 2024 that Middleton had undergone planned abdominal surgery for a non-cancerous condition, leading to the postponement of her public engagements until after Easter, amid widespread speculation and media attention regarding her health.
admin | March 30, 2024
A Winchester rabbi made the trek to Washington, D.C., last week to contribute to a ceremony when a secret World War II unit, known as the Ghost Army, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. On March 21, Rabbi Aaron Stucker-Rosovsky of Beth El Congregation gave the parting benediction after surviving members of the Ghost Army received Congress highest honor at the U.S. Capitol.
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