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Children with Cancer Dance in Times Square – Official Video

yossi — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:55:07 +0000

Camp Simcha makes 250 dreams come true as campers rejoice & shut down the center of the world.

This music video was created by the campers and volunteer staff of Camp Simcha, an overnight camp for children battling cancer, as their summer music project. Camp Simcha is a program of Chai Lifeline.
www.CampSimcha.org | www.ChaiLifeline.org
Video Credits: Akiva Bomzer, Amitay Stern, Moshe Wasserman & Yehuda Klein
Audio Credits: The Amazing Campers of Camp Simcha & Shmuli Glick
Musicians: Sruli Portnoy, Mendy Portnoy & Mikey Holder

For more information on how you can help fulfill more dreams visit www.ChaiLifeline.org.

Lyrics:

Ooooooh Wooooooh

Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In Camp Simcha, heads are liftin , as we lose our inhabition,
Celebration its around us, every nation, all around us

Singin forever young, singin songs underneath the sun

WE ALL SAY

When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back

When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes Ooooooh Wooooooh

In Camp Simcha, heads are liftin , as we lose our inhabition,
Celebration its around us, every nation, all around us

Yehuda Green & “THE ROTUNDA”

yossi — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:58:24 +0000

Karen Aniyem
Summer Night Out
at
THE ROTUNDA
at kingsborough
on the waterfront overlooking jamaica bay
2001 Oriental Boulevard – Manhattan Beach, NY
singing sensation
YEHUDA GREEN
This Tuesday
rain or shine
July 27th, 2010 – 6:30pm
Open Buffet - Entertainment – Dessert Bar – Chinese Auction
men only
Entire cost of this event has be inderwritten by pre-solicited sponsors
RSVP: 718-393-7543 or Email: KANIYEM@aol.com

RCCS 8th ANNUAL Flatbush BAR-B-Q

yossi — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000

It is with great honor that we invite you to

RCCS

8th ANNUAL

Flatbush Bar-B-Q

to benefit
ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY
Subsidizing of health insurance premiums for cancer-stricken patients in our community

THE EVENING IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF BREINDEL (BELLA) BAS MOISHE YAAKOV HALEVI WEISS

Tuesday, August 10th 2010 n 7:00 PM

IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF
PINNY & YAFFA RAND
937 E. 22nd STREET, BROOKLYN, NY

CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENING
DR. MOTI SONNENSCHINE

GUEST SPEAKER
“A KICK IN THE HEAD”
HOW IT SAVED MY DAUGHTER’S LIFE

EVENING RESERVED FOR MEN ONLY

ENTERTAINMENT
-singing miracles

special guest star Yitzchak Fuchs

GALLERY WINE TASTING
-by M&B Vineyards

GOURMET BBQ
-by our special chef Elly Berman

RAFFLES& GRAND PRIZE

-iPackage

BROADCASTING LIVE
-by Nachum Segal

ELEGANT DESSERTS
-by Metro

DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF CHEDVA FREIDEL BAS AVROHOM DAVID RAND A”H • L’ZECHUS R’ SHOLOM MORDECHAI HALEVI BEN RIVKA RUBASHKIN
EVENING RESERVED FOR MEN ONLY
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society • 762 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 • Tel: 718.722.2002 • www.rofehcholim.org

Watch Free Tisha B’Av Film Now! “Wiping a Tear”

yossi — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:01:38 +0000

Wiping a Tear
This Tisha B’av “Wiping A Tear” is being shown free of charge in shuls across the country
To watch the film – CLICK HERE

Free Download to Enhance your Tishah B’Av from Artscroll

yossi — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:00:19 +0000

KINNOS FOR THE SIX MILLION KEDOSHIM (Holy Martyrs):

The destruction of the Six Million is our own generation’s stark connection to the eternal Tishah B’Av. Two great and inspiring spiritual leaders of our time, The Bobover Rebbe and Rav Shimon Schwab composed Kinnos lamenting and memorializing the unspeakable tragedy. Adopted by many congregations worldwide, these painful laments are read on Tishah B’Av.
Excerpted from the NEW Schottenstein Edition Interlinear Kinnos / Tishah B’Av Siddur

Click on image to download

A SECTION OF THE TALMUDIC PORTION DISCUSSING
THE TEMPLE’S DESTRUCTION:

On Tishah B ’Av, it is customary to study the interpersonal conflicts which led to the ruin of the Second Temple. One well-known source comes from the Schottenstein Edition Talmud Bavli Tractate Gittin, pages 55b-56a.

Click to download an excerpt from the Schottenstein English Edition Talmud

Click to download an excerpt from the Schottenstein Hebrew Edition Talmud

A Tishah B’Av Message

The Antidote to the Destruction

In the very well known teaching of the Sages, the Second Temple was destroyed because our nation suffered from baseless hatred. Indeed, the period was characterized by factionalism and strife, The rabbinic leadership urged their people to maintain a good relationship with the powerful Roman occupiers, and the militant factions that not only wanted to fight the Romans, but also warred among themselves. The result was the Roman brutality that crushed the nation and destroyed the Temple.

Many classic commentators have asserted that since the destruction resulted from sin’as chinam – baseless hatred — hatred without cause, then the ultimate redemption will be brought about by love without cause. As one of the great Chassidic masters taught, “G-d loves the greatest sinner more than we love the greatest tzaddik.” What we must do is to tolerate, help and love one another, helping the needy, fostering unity, and drawing the distant closer to Torah and service of G-d.

Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz, one of the greatest minds of recent centuries, gave a novel interpretation of the “baseless hatred” of those tortured times. He wrote in his classic Ya’aros Devash that it is inconceivable that Jews did not feed the needy and nurse the sick. Jewish benevolence and philanthropy is not a new phenomenon. Such kindness is our legacy from the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, and has been in Jewish genes from the days of Abraham and Sarah. The generation of the destruction may have suffered from political and ideological conflict, but surely not from apathy and cruelty to those in need. How then did the hatred express itself?

The Ya’aros Devash maintains that jews were indifferent to the spiritual poverty of “outsiders.” Instead of reaching out to the spiritually famished, most Jews tended to “mind their own business” and feel no responsibility to bring Torah and mitzvos to their brethren. That is not what we normally call hatred, but in the truest sense it was extreme hatred, because no nation – especially our nation – can long thrive if it is morally and “culturally” empty. To the Jewish people, “culture” means Torah, and when people ignore the communal responsibility to disseminate its study, they are starving their brethren of spiritual nourishment. It is like feeding an entire nation on a tasty diet on saturated fats, sodium, and sugar.

On Tishah B’Av, as we mourn the loss of the Beis Hamikdash and long for the coming of Mashiach, let us also resolve to bring the Torah and the beauty of Jewiish tradition to our brethren wherever they are. Thanks to the generosity of friends and supporters like you, the Mesorah Heritage Foundation is your agent in doing so. When we see people on planes and trains studying the Talmud, when we see synagogues filled with people developing a new understanding of prayer, when we see a burgeoning interest in Torah study and observance, even when we see children reading stories that have a positive Torah message, we are seeing the antidote to the spiritual animosity that has been a bane of life for too long. There is much, much more to do, but thanks to you, the scholars and editors of the Foundation are making powerful inroads. Many people speak of a Torah revolution. The revolution is yours.

May we all merit the day when Tishah B’Av will be a day of joy, the day when we celebrate the end of the galus – and may it be speedily, in our time.

Rabbi Nosson Scherman Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz

Jewish Music & Art Festival

yossi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:52:53 +0000

Outdoor Summer Concert –
First Jewish Music and Art Festival – NJ
[BASKING RIDGE, NJ] – Everyone loves an outdoor summer festival, and the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge is gearing up to present the first annual Jewish Music and Art Festival, on Sunday, August 15. “For the last few years, we’ve presented a Jewish summer concert,” said Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, Chabad’s program director. “This year, we decided to expand the program to an all- encompassing full blown Jewish Music and Art Festival! The Festival will include multiple live bands, a children’s performer and displays of Jewish art, crafts and creativity. There will also be lots of great food in the form of a delicious glatt kosher barbecue with all the trimmings and other kosher foods, such as falafel and knishes.”
The main musical performers will be four bands: Popular ska artist King Django’s klezmer band, “Roots and Culture,” NY-based roots reggae group, “Pey Dalid,” California natives and rocking Rabbis, “8th Day,” and Moroccan born “LevYatan” with his Moroccan trance rock fusion. All four bands are sure to rock you and change the way you think about Jewish music! The children will enjoy a fun and exciting children’s performer that will keep them The festival will be held on the seven acres campus of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge. The festival organizers are expecting to attract more than 1,000 people – Jews and non-Jews alike. “This event will have lots of energy and will really bring the community together in an exciting way,” said festival organizer, Rabbi Yitzchak Moully. This is the first such event in the region and the Somerset Hills area is in for a treat! The festival will be from 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm at 3048 Valley Road, Basking Ridge, NJ
Parking is available at Dewy Meadow Plaza down the road with shuttle service. Directions are available at www.JMAfest.com . Bring a blanket, spread out, and enjoy the diverse sounds and sights of Jewish music & art today.
Tickets are $13 per person and $50 per family (2 adults and 4 children) before August 15 at www.JMAfest.com and $15/$60 at the door. Children under 2 are free.

“This will be a family program for the entire community,” said Rabbi Moully. “We hope it will be enjoyed by people of all ages.” The Festival is an opportunity for the wider community to come out experience and enjoy Jewish culture and creativity. For more information about the festival and to buy tickets go to www.JMAfest.com or info@JMAfest.com or 908 604 8844 x 229. Organizations and groups of 10 or more are encouraged to contact the office for special group and early registration discounts.

Young Israel – Jewish Heritage Night @ Brooklyn Cyclones

yossi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:28:01 +0000

Young Israel will be sponsoring a special Jewish Heritage Day and Night as the

Brooklyn Cyclones (NY Mets)

take on the

Staten Island Yankees (NY Yankees)

at MCU Park, 1 904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY ,
Sunday July 25th at 5PM
(Sunday after Shabbat Nachamu)

Before the game a special concert featuring the music of

Soul Farm

Yaakov Chesed

will entertain the entire family (beginning at 3:30 PM)

Special package for $20

($18 groups of 20 or more) includes a

Field Box Seat,
Food Voucher (good for 1 Kosher Hot Dog, Soft Drink and Chips)
Cyclones Souvenir Cap

To order your tickets click here
Special Group Rates

To be eligible for a special drawing (for the benefit the evacuees of Gush Katif) to throw out the first pitch, please click here to make a donation (minimum $10)

Dovid Gabay to Sing at this Years Concert on the Lawn!

yossi — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:14:44 +0000

The Tom and Judy Raskin, Seventh Annual Concert on the Lawn.

The Heller Resource Center presents:

Dovid Gabay

At the home of Yehuda and Beth Honig.

With the music of Evan Al Orchestra.

Enjoy a grand BBQ buffet by Scott Fagen of Oasis Caterers.

Tuesday – August 17th, 2010 at 7:00 PM

A Dov Herman Production

For tickets call 516 374 7363 or to become sponsor or go to www.concertonthelawn.com.

OHEL Nine Day Siyum & BBQ – Shloime & Libby Dachs

yossi — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:05:19 +0000

Shloime & Libby Dachs

cordially invite you to attend the annunal

OHEL Nine Day Siyum & BBQ

Remembering Yerusholayim

Monday – July 12th, 2010 – 7pm

Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin

avenue L and nostrand avenue

For more information 718-972-9338 – www.ohelfamily.org – development@ohelfamily.org

Art, Cuisine & Songs of The Holy City

-Parve & Fleishig Grill, Buffet & Desserts

-Shira Choir Accapella

-Original Oil Paintings from Israeli Artists, Art from Rabbi Yonah Weinrib, Chava Roth

-Amazing Raffle Prizes Valued Valued at Over $1,000 each

Gershon Veroba, Sandy Shmuely & Chaim Dovid

yossi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:26:04 +0000

New York, June 24, 2010… Hundreds of Gilad Shalit supporters, including Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev, Israel’s Consul General in New York Asaf Shariv, Rev and JM persona’s Gershon Veroba, Sandy Shmuely, Ron Eliran & Chaim Dovid. Michael Faulkner of New Horizon Church, joined the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to sail the “True Freedom Flotilla” to raise awareness that Gilad Shalit remains in captivity, demand that his rights are respected and call for his immediate release. Friday, June 25th, marks the fourth anniversary of Gilad’s kidnapping and more than 1,450 days in which he has been held in total isolation, with no access to the International Red Cross or other humanitarian bodies.

“Under the guise of a ‘freedom flotilla’ in the Middle East, organizations that have ties to terrorist groups have sought to create confrontations with the Israel Defense Forces. The real siege in Gaza is against Gilad Shalit. Since his capture, Hamas has provided only two indications that Gilad is still alive – a recorded message of his voice released on June 25, 2007, and a video of him released on October 2, 2009. According to international law, the Red Cross must be granted access to Gilad Shalit to ensure his well-being. However, no one from the international community has been allowed access to Gilad in order to ensure his welfare or that the conditions in which he is being held are according to international law. Just a week ago, officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross again were refused access to Gilad,” said Conference of Presidents Chair Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chair Malcolm Hoenlein.

The Conference of Presidents also provided a humanitarian aid package including food, books, underwear, socks, a sweatshirt and glasses to Rosemary Mackey, a senior official representing the American Red Cross, to be transferred to Gilad. He has been held in total isolation, with no access to the International Red Cross or other humanitarian bodies, for more than 1,450 days.

“Gilad Shalit must be released. Gilad was kidnapped across an international border on June 25, 2006, as part of an unprovoked and well-planned attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States and many of our allies, and has been kept in the manner that violates international law for more than 1,450 days. We have delivered a package of goods to the Red Cross in the hope that they can deliver them to Gilad, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions,” said Solow and Hoenlein.

Two large boats and eight smaller boats participated in the Flotilla, which sailed from the west side of Manhattan, past the Statue of Liberty and around the tip of Manhattan, up the East River past the United Nations. Gilad Shalit supporters carried signs and waved flags to enthusiastic response from other boaters and people on shore.