Yantarny, Russia – The Holocaust memorial in the seaside Russian town of Yantarny is out of the way. A bumpy road leads down a hill, toward the chilly waters of the Baltic Sea. Climb over a rope, walk around a restaurant and there are a few stones arranged like a pyramid and, nearby, a long [...]
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Jewish community’s rainy Purim celebration passes quietly.
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New York – The FBI says it has arrested the former operations director for Bernard Madoff Investment Securities.
FBI spokesman James Margolin says 63-year-old Daniel Bonventre was arrested early Thursday at his Manhattan home.
The U.S. attorney’s office says he is charged with conspiracy, securities fraud, and tax crimes. Bonventre was expected to appear in court later [...]
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New York – It is surely not one of our run-of-the-mill Minhagim.
Generally, our Minhagim deal with simanim – signs that indicate good mazel rather than bad fortune. They deal with eating or not eating specific foods- Example: Shvuos we eat milchigs, Chanukah – latkes, Rosh HaShana – honey. We don’t eat [...]
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Washington – The Obama administration criticized Israel for designating two shrines on Palestinian territory as Israeli national heritage sites.
The criticism came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she hopes long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and the Palestinians will resume. Clinton told a congressional committee that groundwork is being laid to restart [...]
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Rav Elazar (ben Arye Leib) Rokeach (1758-1837). Born in Stanislow, Poland, he was a grandson of the Baal Ateres Poz of Lask. When he was 13, he celebrated three landmarks: his bar mitzvah, his
engagement and his completion of Shas. At the age of twenty, he became Rav in Piltz, Poland. During this period, he wrote [...]
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 27 Shvat
Rav Shaul Halevi Mortorah, Av Beis Din of Amsterdam, author of Givat Shaul (1660)
Rav Avraham Yechiel of Halberstadt, author of Nezer Hakodesh (1730)
Rav Shlomo Margulies, Rav of Zelitschek, a close talmid of the Baal Shem Tov (1733-1805).Rav Shabtai Shaltiel, Rav in Yerushalayim (1846).
Today in History – 24 Shvat
· Ritual murder libel of the daughter of [...]
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 24 Shevat
Ryazan, Russia – The witness has grown old and sick. He sits propped on pillows while the snow piles up outside. Recovering from a stroke, he languishes in a cramped apartment because his legs are too frail to negotiate five flights of stairs.
His name is Alexei Vaitsen. He is one of the few Jews to [...]
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Yahrtzeits, Friday, 21 Shevat
Rav Moshe Galante II of Yerushalayim (1620-1689), son of Rav Yehonasan, who was the son of Rav Moshe Galante the elder (1540-1614) who studied with Rav Yosef Karo. He wrote two halachic works, Elef HaMagen, which includes 1,000 responsa on various topics, Zevach Shelamim on the Talmud and Korban Chagigah on Tractate Chagigah. [...]
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 21-22 Shevat
Brooklyn, NY – I received a tip from a New York retailer named Oh Nuts, that Google came to their store to take pictures for a new Google Maps product named “Google Store Views.” I was told that they took pictures of the inside of the store, every 6 feet, in all directions. They also [...]
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