The Music That Made Me Weep

 

by Pini Dunner

Earlier this week, without warning, I found myself weeping uncontrollably. Allow me to tell you why.

On Sunday night, a few guys came together in London to sing. None of them are professional singers. What brought them together was that all of them — at some point during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s — had sung in a boys’ choir called the London School of Jewish Song.

This remarkable musical ensemble was directed and conducted by a charismatic Israel-born educator, Yigal Calek, whose flamboyant style and exceptional ear for music propelled his young proteges into stardom across the Jewish world. Curiously, although Yigal Calek was undoubtedly an innovator, he was also deeply traditional. Consequently, while his songs were very much in tune with modernity and the zeitgeist, they were nonetheless firmly embedded in the music of the Jewish yesteryear.

5 hurt, 2 critically, in Woodmere car crash

 

At least five people were injured in a serious traffic accident in Woodmere, New York Saturday night.

Three of the injured were in one vehicle, while two of the injured were in a second vehicle. Two of the injured are in critical condition, while two more are in serious but stable condition.

The accident occurred at approximately 11 PM Saturday night.

Footage from the scene shows two vehicles on opposite sides of a residential street with their front ends badly damaged.

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Chassid Steals Hundreds of Thousands From Chasidish Store, and Is Released by Israeli Police

 It's interesting that the owner went directly to police without consulting a rav but if his daughter would have been molested, he would have gone to rav first!

A prominent chasidus in Yerushalayim is in shock after a member of its community was caught stealing hundreds of thousands of shekalim from the store in which he worked.

The thief, who portrayed himself as a baal teshuva but actually grew up in a frum home, was taken under the wing of community members, who helped him get a job in a Yerushalayim store – Shehechiyanu Colors on Rechov Yirmiyahu.

But, to the great shock and disgust of the community, the individual was caught after stealing at least 10,000 shekel and additional hundreds of thousands in shekalim in checks.

Immediately upon learning of the theft, the store owner contacted the police, who arrested the suspect for quetioning. However, to the storeowner’s surprise, the police released him without asking the court to extend his detention.

“I begged the police not to release him before he said where the checks are,” the storeowner said. “Even if the cash is gone, at least the checks can be saved.”

“I expect the police to arrest him once again in order to understand where he keeps the money. I brought all the evidence to the police, so there is no reason why he should not be prosecuted.”

Israel Police said in a statement that they are continuing the investigation “professionally and thoroughly.”

Community leaders say they don’t believe this was the first time the suspect stole, as numerous valuables have gone missing in recent weeks across the community.

Alien-like fish with a translucent head With glowing green eyes is spotted some 2,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California

 

There is an alien-like fish that lives some 2,000 feet below ocean off the coast of California that has a translucent head that exposes its glowing eyes.

Called the barreley fish, the deep-sea creature was spotted by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) using its remote-operated vehicle (ROV).

'MBARI's remotely operated vehicles Ventana and Doc Ricketts have logged more than 5,600 successful dives and recorded more than 27,600 hours of video—yet we've only encountered this fish nine times,' the video description reads.

The elusive fish has two small indentations where its eyes would normally be, but instead, its eyes are two glowing green orbs behind its face that gaze up towards the top of its head.

Documents Reveal Italy Made Deal with Arafat not to interfere With Terror Attacks Against Jews

 Italian media on Friday published documents that appeared to confirm long-held accusations that Italy had agreed on a deal not to interfere with Palestinian terror attacks on Jewish targets and had failed to prevent a 1982 assault on a Rome synagogue in which a 2-year-old boy was killed.

The documents showed that Italian intelligence had clear information on the planned attack on the synagogue but did not stop it, and police even reduced security around the Rome house of worship.

Zera Shimshon Parshas Vayeisheiv

 

Europe freed 80 Agunas by extending the jurisdiction of Israel's rabbinical courts over non-Israeli agunot

 

The emancipation of Jews in Europe changed their status and lives totally. Before it, they were non-citizens, invited to live in a certain town or kingdom at the behest of the local ruler, their status prone to change overnight, by the whim of a decree. To reside in a certain place, Jews had to be members of the local Jewish community, which had the power to cancel the residential status and had an independent legal system headed by the local rabbi.

Emancipation changed all that. Jews became ordinary citizens, subject to the secular legal systems of the lands they resided in. The membership in a Jewish community became a voluntary endeavor, and the rabbi had no legal jurisdiction over the Jews in his town.

However, as with everything good, this shift included some collateral damage. According to Jewish law, a woman can only get divorced from her husband by his full consent, although in certain cases, the rabbinical court has the right to require the husband to issue a bill of divorce. The problem is that, while rabbinical courts issued such decrees, there was no way to enforce them, since membership in the community was optional.

Harav Avraham Baruch and other Crazed Sfardie Rabbanim : "Women Wearing Wigs Are From Ameileik and Have No Chelik in Olam Haba "

 

 

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