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NEW YORK NEWS
NYPD Officer Emilia Rennhack, 30, was among four people killed on Friday when an allegedly drunken driver, Steven Schwally, crashed his minivan into a Long Island nail salon.
For the second year in a row, world renowned singer Ishay Ribo is scheduled to headline the premier Jewish unity concert of the year in the “world’s most famous arena,” Madison Square Garden in New York City. Building on last year’s successful late summer event, this year’s version, scheduled for Sunday, September 15, promises to be grander and all the more thrilling.
Parshiyos B’Haaloscha, Sh’lach, Korach – these are all parshiyos where B’nei Yisrael had incredible nisyonos (challenges, tests). Even for the nation who lived with the Sh’chinah: Eating mann, drinking water from a rock, being surrounded by the Clouds of Glory (knowing that outside the clouds was a vast dangerous desert), and seeing the pillar of cloud/fire above the Mishkan – they had nisyonos on their level that we can’t even relate to. (However, we must realize that over a 40-year period, they had ten nisyonos in which they could’ve done better! We have, like, ten nisyonos over a 40-minute period that we could have done better!)
Violence by anti-Israel demonstrators outside Adas Torah Synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area of West Los Angeles destroyed any vestiges of tranquility in this predominantly Jewish neighborhood on June 23. According to local reports, a mob of Keffiyeh-wearing demonstrators managed to beat a woman in the middle of the street and many pro-Israel supporters were pepper-sprayed. These heinous acts were condemned across the board nationwide by officials.
Recap: Jordie and Zevi are told not to go back to Zevi’s aunt. They are picked up by a cab and the driver says the code and hands them tickets for a flight to Israel. He drives them to the airport. They board the plane and then Zevi notices a woman seated across the aisle, wearing a black burka covering her face, and she has a mole on her forefinger.
Remember Purim, not so long ago? We celebrated Purim back in Adar. “Don’t you love the holiday of Purim? What a great time…” Definitely a highlight of the Jewish year.
What’s that got to do with Sivan? What’s it got to do with us right now?
