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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Two-Night Program in New York and Washington, D.C. Explores the Roots and Relevance of...
In 1997, the diaries of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, were opened and read. In the diaries was a story about Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s grandfather, the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dov-Ber Schneerson. In the winter of 1902-1903, Rabbi Dov-Ber Schneerson, who lived in Russia, was suffering from “malaise.” Today, we would probably call this depression. Rabbi Dov-Ber Schneerson had many reasons to feel depressed.
Recap: Akiva and Estee are rescued from the house with help from the dog Star. The earthquake caused a fire. When their Zeidy and aunt come back home, everyone realizes that Ernest is missing.
Do we ever stop and think about who we are, as Klal Yisrael? How precious we are to Hashem?
We have an amazing revelation in parshas Balak. Bilam wanted to curse klal Yisrael, and instead was forced to bless us. The Medrash says that when Bilam said the brachos, they were heard by the entire world. (Yalkut Shimoni)
Recap: Zevi and Jordie are hiding in a room in Buckingham Palace because they were being followed. They open up Nana’s journal. The last thing they read in the journal was that Akiva and Estee were trapped in the house during the earthquake and it caught on fire.
Lone gunmen aren’t necessarily motivated by extreme rhetoric, but the shooting in Pennsylvania should put an end to the “anyone I don’t like is Hitler” discourse.
(July 15, 2024 / JNS) At what point does angry political discourse cross the line between legitimate impassioned advocacy and direct incitement to violence? It’s a question that’s been all too common in both the United States and Israel for the past generation.
NEW YORK NEWS
Daniel Christopher Hyden, a 44-year-old substance abuse counselor and author of The Sober Addict, was ordered held without bail after allegedly driving drunk with a suspended license and killing three people while injuring eight others at a Fourth of July celebration on the Lower East Side. Hyden, whose license had been suspended four times, attempted to evade sobriety tests by closing his eyes after the crash. He faces multiple counts of vehicular homicide and a potential 25-year prison sentence. The crash, which occurred after Hyden was refused entry to a bar for being too drunk, has sparked outrage, particularly from relatives of the victims, who include a disabled woman, her son, and another woman.
