An Evening Of Emunah And Community At Beth Tfiloh With Jon And Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Parents Of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Z’L, H’YD
By: BT/Michon Zysman Beth Tfiloh Congregation hosted Jon and Rachel Goldberg-Polin as the featured speakers for its annual Dahan Lecture, sponsored by the Haron Dahan Foundation. The synagogue’s 1,600-seat sanctuary was filled with people from across the Baltimore Jewish community, representing many congregations and backgrounds, who had come to hear their story and to show […]
STAR-K Hosts Or Haner Campers From Mexico And Panama
By: STAR-K/Margie Pensak The When I walked into the STAR-K conference room on Wednesday, December 24, it resembled more of a party than a shiur. An array of colorful cans of soda and candy was scattered on the conference table. The 45 girls from Mexico and Panama, who happily chatted in Spanish while awaiting their […]
613 Seconds with Mendel Mintz—Building Miriam’s Legacy
BJH: Mendel, thank you for joining us. Let’s begin at the beginning: where did you grow up, and what was your family like? Mendel Mintz: I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in a typical Chabad family. I’m the second of eight siblings—lots of family all around the world, thank G-d. My parents run JLI, […]
The O’Fishel’s Mitzvah Motivators Brachos Out Loud Program Was A Smashing Success!
After collecting Pride of the Farm ice cream, stretchy, stress-relieving bananas, Lasdun-sponsored custom pen and flashlight sets, Tov Pizza memorabilia, yummy Candy Store offerings, Award-Winning O’Fishel To-Ah-Meh-Ha cholent, O’Fishel burger/hotdog boxes, and soup cups, 500 Bracha Out-Louders between ages 2–119 descended on Mitzvah Mo Worldwide Headquarters to celebrate and make more Brachos at the 20-something-or-other […]
Agra d’Pirka Holds Legal Holiday Program
When Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul coincides with a legal holiday, as it did this year, it represented a tremendous opportunity for spiritual growth, and Agra d’Pirka was sure not to miss it. A stellar program of acclaimed maggidei shiur offered a wide variety of shiurim in multiple communities, each one a unique learning opportunity for […]
Grief and Gratitude for a Woman of Valor
By N. Aaron Troodler I knew him well but had never met him in person. The first time I laid eyes on Jonathan Pollard was as I watched him slowly follow his wife’s body to the van that would transport her to the gravesite at the conclusion of her funeral at Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in […]