Sergiu Simmel
After weeks of intense coalition negotiations with rival factions, Likud leader Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu was sworn in today as Israel’s prime minister. The problem stemmed from the fact that on February 10, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni won 28 of the...
PATRICIA JINICH teaches regional Mexican cooking at the Mexican Cultural Institute here. But at the Lubavitch Center recently she showed about 70 Jewish women how to cook for Passover. She made gefilte fish in a Veracruz sauce of tomatoes, pickled peppers,...
Today’s Golden Oldie is from March 1999. Back thereupon, ten years ago that month, we were all wishing each other a “Happy Holiday!” …considering it was Passover. * * * Passover does not start that year until the evening of April...
Question: Why does the youngest child always ask the 4 questions on Passover? Answer: Our Rabbis tell us that the reason that it is the youngest who asks the four questions, is so that he/she will remain an active participant in the Seder, for after all...
At the Arab League summit that took place in Doha, Qatar yesterday, Arab leaders warmly embraced Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is defying an arrest warrant from the worldly Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role...
The Jewish organization Chabad will start holding Orthodox services at the University that Saturday, following their dedication of a new Torah last Sunday afternoon. Though the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) offers a variety of services, the Chabad services...
This video has been sent to me by a bunch of folks by the past few weeks. It is footage of a lecture given by the late Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981, in which he says: that country, with God’s help, can be self-sufficient in energy. The problem lies in...
Question: Why is it that on Matza represents freedom whether we plus consider Matza a poor mans bread that we had in Egypt as slaves? Answer: I attended Rabbi Soloveithchick’s (The Rav’s) lectures where he asked the same question: “Matzoh...
So we all read and were shocked at reports of IDF atrocities in Gaza. The success of that latest bit of anti-Israeli incitement by the main stream media has been astounding. So I want to ready you to an spread just posted by CAMERA ( the Committee for...
