Learning at Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury.
Posted: 24.JUL.08 The Waterbury community has just begun its second annual summer night seder. Last summer, Rabbi Karr and Rabbi Kestenbaum saw a need for an organized nightly learning seder. The goal of the night seder was to have the baaleibatim, kollelyungeleit and rabbeim join together all summer to keep the learning in Waterbury thriving all year long. With a growing community of over 120 families and with the exclusive development of Blue Ridge already underway, there has been a need for a nightly learning seder. With the help of Hashem, the program has just started its second year. [click here for more]
Posted: 24.JUL.08 JTA reports: A group of yeshiva students reportedly attacked two Arab residents of eastern Yerushalayim. The Jewish youth began the altercation in a hardware store in the Makor Baruch neighborhood of Yerushalayim, home to several Orthodox yeshivas, after the Arabs began arguing with the store's proprietor. According to Israeli media reports, the youths chased and beat the Arabs, who took refuge in the home of a Jewish family observing shivah. [click here for more]
Posted: 24.JUL.08
The Chicago Community Kollel has announced details of the exciting program for its yarchei kallah beginning Shabbos Parshas Devorim-Chazon, August 9. Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, rosh yeshiva of the Mesivta of Lakewood and Yeshivas Telshe, will give a drasha at the kollel on Shabbos morning. Rav Sorotzkin will also deliver a shiur for men and women at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Simcha Dachs on the topic of "Tzaddik V'rah Lo: Why Have the Jewish People Been Victims of Suffering throughout History?" He will also [click here for more]
Posted: 24.JUL.08 Over 120 people from Portland and Seattle camped together for a weekend at CampWilkerson in Rainier, Oregon on ShabbosParshas Chukas. People arrived shortly after noon on Friday, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz/July 4, and began staking out their territory. For some it was the Adirondacks or a tent tucked behind a tree, while for others it was a newly built log cabin.
For many, it was their first time at Wilkerson; for others, this was their eighth time. But for all, it was a great time. Co-sponsored by the Portland Kollel and the Seattle Kollel, the Wilkerson Shabbaton included wonderful Shabbos meals and delightful discussions, children’s programs [click here for more]
Posted: 24.JUL.08 * Jews were barred from settling in Brazil, 1567. * Don Lope De Vera (Judah the Believer) a young Christian scholar and Spanish nobleman drawn to Judaism by the outrages of the Inquisition, was burned alive for refusing to yield to the Inquisition, 1644. He was arrested in Valladolid and imprisoned five years, resisting all attempts to get him to change his ways. He changed his name to Judah the Believer and even circumcised himself with a bone. During the auto-da-fe procession, he chanted Hebrew [click here for more]
Posted: 24.JUL.08 New York City says a $68 million effort to modernize its water meters will help save money and water by flagging leaks fast. The Department of Environmental Protection announced plans yesterday to install a wireless, automatic meter-reading system citywide. The network will measure customers' water use four times a day. Readings are now taken four times a year, meaning leaks sometimes linger undetected. DEP says a leaking toilet can waste 250 gallons a day - about $640 a year. [click here for more]
Posted: 23.JUL.08 Vending Times reports that the Kosher Vending Industries (KVI) company has said this month that in the past two years since it was launched, it has expanded its services and proven the scope of the market for away-from-home kosher food. Kosher consumers on the go have long been accustomed to passing up food courts, restaurants and cafeterias offering every kind of food but kosher, and settling for a less-than-satisfying bagged snack and cold drink. But now, thanks to robotic retailing, these consumers are today relishing hot kosher food at airports, hospitals, stadiums and shopping malls. [click here for more]
Posted: 23.JUL.08 Cash-strapped transit officials said today they are exploring new revenue sources including ads in train tunnels and CNN television monitors in stations. But Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials, who run the nation's largest mass transit system, said an 8 percent fare increase for subways, buses and commuter trains may still be inevitable next year given a stagnant [click here for more]
Posted: 23.JUL.08 Sha'ah Tova recently reported on an Israeli talk show featuring a mother who complained, "We're parents of a 24-year old who was chozer b'teshuva. The change is very hard for me since I'm a total atheist. When he is far away (let's say in Yerushalayim), I think I'm finally getting used to it. But when he comes home wearing these garments, and especially, since his entire world is devoted to religion, I'm again overwhelmed with the feeling of a terrible loss. Is there a way to make peace with this situation in a better way?" [click here for more]
