admin | March 30, 2024
Rabbi Sheldon Rudoff Click herefor a PDF version of this edition of Heres My Story, or visit theMy Encounter Blog. The story I am about to tell happened in the early 1950s, not long after the Rebbe took over the leadership of Chabad Lubavitch. At the time, I was in high school and living in Crown Heights on Carroll Street, which is around the corner from President Street where the Rebbe lived.
admin | March 30, 2024
Everything you will hear today is true the events and the stories. Thats how Andie Weiner, the 2024 Holocaust Legacy Foundation Gideon Klein Scholar, prefaced her presentation at the kick off of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week at Northeastern University. The presentation, also her capstone project, was a solo biographical performance that told the story of how her grandfather, Jack or Joop Groothuis, escaped the Netherlands as it was under Nazi occupation and fled to the United States
admin | March 30, 2024
For her efforts to educate young people about the Holocaust, a Moorpark High School student won a prestigious award from the nonprofit David Labkovski Project. Based in West Hills, DLP seeks to combat antisemitism by teaching students about the Holocaust through art
admin | March 30, 2024
(March 27, 2024 / JNS) KADIMA-ZORAN, IsraelWalking cane in hand, the small elderly man hovers over the two fresh graves, gingerly watering the potted plants adorning them. He straightens the pictures of the young men, arranges the stones and mementos, and cleans off the tombstones. I know what pain is, Yaakov Lubinewski, 99, whose entire family was murdered by the Nazis eight decades ago, told a freshly bereaved Israeli father nearly six months ago in the aftermath of Hamass Oct
admin | March 30, 2024
Joey King steps back in time in We Were the Lucky Ones, portraying a Jewish woman whose family seeks refuge during the Holocaust. King, 24, identifies as Jewish but tells PEOPLE in this weeks issue that she doesnt consider herself a religious person. I don't know exactly what I believe in, she explains.
admin | March 30, 2024
(March 25, 2024 / JNS) Master tailor Martin Greenfield gained a national reputation over the generations with his brand of fitted suits and mens clothing worn by U.S. presidents and Hollywood celebrities alike.
admin | March 30, 2024
LOS ANGELES (JTA) Steven Spielberg warned that the machinery of extremism is being used on college campuses and lamented those killed in Israel and Gaza while being honored for his Holocaust remembrance work at the University of Southern California.
admin | March 30, 2024
Jewish holidays are often turned into a mask by anti-Zionist progressive Jews. Hiding behind Jewish aesthetics, they feel they have the freedom to attack Israel and the majority of Jews who are Zionist. Yet while these actors are comfortable wearing the costume of well-known Hanukkah and respectable Passover, they seem to be embarrassed by Purim
admin | March 21, 2024
More Feelings is out March 23 on HBO. Listen to the full conversation on Vultures Good One podcast on April 2
admin | March 21, 2024
Rabbi Menachem Penner graced our community with his presence this past Shabbat, imparting not only insightful teachings but also igniting a flame of inspiration that continues to burn within us. His discussions on pressing issues such as the aguna crisis and the LGBTQ community were not just informative but deeply transformative
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