This is the latest segment of the weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You’ve Been Called to the Dean’s Office. It’s a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This week’s message: “Don’t Underestimate a Jew.”
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B”H Caleb Jacoby found!
Missing teenager Caleb Jacoby is safe. He was found in Times Square in New York, the Brookline Police said Thursday evening.
A Brookline Police dispatcher said Jacoby was found, but there are no other details available at this point, and detectives are still working on the case.
The Brookline Police announced via Twitter just before 9 p.m., “Caleb Jacoby has been found. Safe and well. Plans are now being formulated to transport Caleb back home.” The police said more information will follow as details become available.
The Jacoby family released the following statement:
“Our prayers have been answered, and we are thrilled to hear from the Brookline Police that our beloved son and brother Caleb has been found and is safe. Words can’t express our gratitude for the extraordinary outpouring of kindness and support that we have received from so many people. All we can think of at the moment is how wonderful it will be to see Caleb again and shower him with love.”
Laura, Jeff, & Micah Jacoby
Father of Caleb, Jeff Jacoby expressed his gratitude for the extraordinary outpouring of kindness and support that we have received from so many people.
Our prayers have been answered. We are thrilled to hear from the Brookline Police that our beloved son Caleb has been found and is safe.
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 10, 2014
Words can’t express our gratitude for the extraordinary outpouring of kindness and support that we have received from so many people.
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 10, 2014
All we can think of at this moment is how wonderful it will be to see Caleb again and shower him with love.
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 10, 2014
LEVAYA TODAY 1-9-14 at 4:30pm
It is with great sadness that we inform the community of the passing of
Mrs. Nechama Bat Yosef Baim, OBM
Beloved wife of R. Sherwin Baim.
Beloved Mother of Rochelle Baim, Miraim Baim Goldblatt (Edison, NJ) , Arron David Baim, Jacob Baim (Brooklyn NY), and Susie Baim.
Beloved sister of Avi Hoffman (Boston, Mass)
LEVAYA and HESPID
There will be a Mincha promptly at 4:30 today at Chevra Kadisha 7836 Santa Monica Blvd. followed by a brief Hespid.
KEVURA
Kevura will be in Eretz Yisroel Sunday 1/12/14 at Har Zetim.
Shiva info to follow later.
Satmar Rebbe In Palm Springs California
The Satmar Rebbe Of Kiryas Yoel Rav Ahron Teitelbaum in Palm Springs CA on for a 3 week visit. As has been in the past several years the Rebbe would Daven during the week at Rabbi Denenbaum’s Chabad House in Palm Springs, CA.
A video clip of the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Ahron Teitelbaum during his annual visit to Palm Springs, CA. Video includes a short clip of the Rebbe talking to visiting Chasedim after Davening at Chabad of Palm Springs while putting on Rabeinu Tam’s Tefillin, Monday, Dec 30, 2013. The rest of the video is after Davening on Wednesday Jan 1, 2014. The Rebbe talking to a local Jew, leaving the Shul (Rabbi Denenbeim, the Rav and Chabad Shliach of Palm Springs can be seen on the left of the screen, and the Rebbe with his son Reb Yoel and some of his Chasidim walking down East Palm Canyon Drive, towards his home.
Video by Gruntig.net
Jeff Jacoby thanks public for prayers for missing son
Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby again thanked the public for their expressions of concern over his still-missing son, Caleb.
Never have the words "prayers" & "praying" so dominated my email inbox. The outpouring of concern for Caleb has been incredibly heartening.
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 9, 2014
Jacoby also tweeted that his 10-year-old son, Micah, has been praying for his older brother’s return.
Our 10-yr-old, Micah, has been reciting Psalm 121 each morning & night since his big brother Caleb went missing. pic.twitter.com/lG2JpymeEd
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 9, 2014
The Psalm, which begins: “I lift my eyes up to the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord…,” ends with: “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
Caleb Jacoby, 16, has been missing since midday on Jan. 6. Police believe Caleb, an 11th-grader at the Maimonides School in suburban Boston, may be a runaway.
ABC6 in Providence reported Wednesday afternoon that there had been “several reports” placing the teen in Providence on Tuesday evening, but police said they reviewed tape from the sighting and do not believe it is credible, according to CBS Boston.
“It’s the worst nightmare that any parent can ever live through and we’re hoping and praying that the nightmare will end with something good to come home with,” Rabbi Gershon Gerwirtz, who is close to the Jacoby family, told CBS Boston.
Some 200 volunteers, including friends and neighbors of the family as well as members of local Jewish groups, searched throughout the Boston area in a coordinated effort on Wednesday. The effort was spearheaded by the Maimonides School.
“Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers from the entire community who participated in the ongoing search for Caleb Jacoby today. We are deeply grateful for this outpouring of support,” the school posted on its Facebook page. “We will continue to support the outstanding efforts of the Brookline Police Department, and provide updates with new information as appropriate. We continue to pray for Caleb’s safe return.”
Caleb’s photo has been circulated on Facebook and Twitter.
“We are so deeply, deeply grateful for everything being done to reunite us with our beloved son Caleb,” Jeff Jacoby, who is Jewish and often writes on Jewish and Israel issues in his column, tweeted late Tuesday night.
For many years, near his oldest son’s birthday, Jacoby wrote a special column called “Letters to Caleb.”
Jta.org
Ex-PM Sharon’s Condition Worsens; Family Gathered Around His Bed
The Israeli hospital treating Ariel Sharon says the former prime minister has deteriorated further and he is now in ‘grave’ condition. Sharon, who has been comatose since suffering a stroke eight years ago, suffered a downturn in his health last week with a decline in key bodily organs.
According to reports by Ynet News, his family including his sons Omri and Gilad are gathered at his bed side, ‘they understand that this is the end, these are Arik’s last hours’.
Alarming! E-book versions of Hitler’s Mein Kemp become best sellers
E-book versions of Hitler’s opus are rising in the rankings on Amazon and iTunes. What gives?
You won’t see Adolf Hitler peering back at you from the featured display tables at Barnes & Noble any time soon. But browse the most popular e-book stores these days and Der Führer’s mug is seemingly unavoidable. For a year now, his magnum manifesto has loomed large over current best-sellers on iTunes, where at the time of this writing two different digital versions of Mein Kampf rank 12th and 15th on the Politics & Current Events chart alongside books by modern conservative powerhouses like Sarah Palin, Charles Krauthammer and Glenn Beck.
……So what exactly is going on here? Are people reading Hitler on their smartphones and Kindles? Is this what happens when Mein Kampf becomes available in the privacy of our own iPads? Could it be a cultural curiosity much like what’s happened with sleazy romance novels, which surveys show are increasingly consumed in more clandestine e-form?
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We are happy to announce the engagement of David Nathan (dinathan@gmail.com) to Hela Zadaka (hzada0003@gmail.com)!!