Yerachmiel Begun & The Miami Alumni Choir perform at MIAMI 36 pesach 2013.
They will be featured at the upcoming Chol Hamoed Succos Spectacular
2013 together with The Miami Boys Choir, 8th Day, Benny Freedman, Yoeli Greenfield & Ari
Goldwag at the Brooklyn School of Music.
For details got to jewishtickets.com
VIDEO DEBUT! THE MIAMI ALUMNI CHOIR – singing the MIAMI classic Henai Ma Tov
Vote Jeff Ebenstein For State Assembly – September 17!
Dear friends:
We are writing to you and our other friends in the Jewish community about the special election this coming Tuesday, September 17th for State Assembly in the 45th District in the West Valley.
We are supporting Jeff Ebenstein in that election. Jeff is a strong supporter of the State of Israel and the Jewish Community. He has been the Valley Director and Jewish Community representative for LA Councilman Paul Koretz, a great friend of our community.
Jeff and Councilmember Koretz have been working with numerous government agencies to get an Eruv apporved in the Encino area. They worked to get Chabad of North Hollywood approved and then fought a lawsuit seeking to have it demolished.
They were able to end a 17 year lawsuit by the City of LA against Etz Chaim in Hancock Park.
Jeff and Councilmember Koretz were critical to making the Israeli Festival happen in Rancho Park. They have greatly helped a number of synagogues and Jewish schools in various ways. They also led the opposition to a move to not give a contract to a transportation company in Los Angeles because they operate in Israel, an effort that was part of the Boycott, Divestment and Saunctions movement.
We ask that you vote for Jeff Ebenstein on Tuesday, and that you get the word out to friends and relatives. This critical election will be very close and your help could easily make the difference.
Paid for by Jeff Ebenstein for Assembly 2013 ID #1358814
Baruch Levine Releases Video for “Uforatzto” Off New CD “Modim”
Baruch Levine Releases Video for “Uforatzto” Off New CD “Modim”, just
released in stores last week. This great video shows off many
different parts of the world featuring many different Yidden in the
four corners of the world.
Click full story for the music video.
Yom Kippur – the Eruv is UP
September 13, 2013 – 9 Tishrei 5774
Yom Kippur – the Eruv is UP
The ERUV is UP
The eruv is unsponsored.
To sponsor the LA Eruv or to pay your yearly dues please visit laeruv.com
Gmar Chasimah Tovah!
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Golden Treasure In Jerusalem
Archeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered two bundles of treasure containing 36 gold coins, gold and silver jewelry, and a gold medallion at the foot of the Temple Mount, one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem.
“We have been making significant finds from the First Temple Period in this area, a much earlier time in Jerusalem’s history, so discovering a golden seven-branched Menorah from the seventh century CE at the foot of the Temple Mount was a complete surprise,” Eilat Mazar, an archeologist working at the Hebrew University’s Institute of Archeology, said in a statement.
According to the archeologists, the discovery can be dated back to the late Byzantine period (early seventh century CE). The gold treasure was found in a ruined Byzantine public structure, 50 meters from the Temple Mount’s southern wall.
Based on the date of the items and the manner in which they were unearthed, Mazar said that they might have been abandoned in the context of the Persian conquest of Jerusalem in 614 CE. After the Persians conquered Jerusalem, many Jews returned to the city and formed the majority of its population. However, as Persian power waned, instead of forming an alliance with the Jews, the Persians sought the support of Christians and ultimately allowed them to expel the Jews from Jerusalem.
“Hanging from a gold chain, the menorah medallion is most likely an ornament for a Torah scroll,” a university statement said. “In that case it is the earliest Torah scroll ornament found in archeological excavations to date.”
“It would appear that the most likely explanation is that the Ophel cache was earmarked as a contribution toward the building of a new synagogue, at a location that is near the Temple Mount,” Mazar said. “What is certain is that their mission, whatever it was, was unsuccessful. The treasure was abandoned, and its owners could never return to collect it.”
According to Lior Sandberg, a numismatics specialist at the university’s archeology institute, the Ophel cache is only the third collection of gold coins to be found in archeological excavations in Jerusalem.
In addition to the gold coins, the archeologists also found a pair of large gold earrings, a gold-plated silver hexagonal prism and a silver ingot.
The 2013 excavation season at the Ophel ran from the middle of April to the end of July, on behalf of the Institute of Archeology of the Hebrew University. The excavation site is situated within the Jerusalem National Park around the walls of Jerusalem of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and is administered by the East Jerusalem Development Company.
S. Monica Shul Bomber Dies, Charges Dropped Posthumously
Federal prosecutors Monday filed to dismiss their indictment of the homeless man accused of detonating an explosive near a S. Monica Chabad House in 2011. United States AttorneyAndré Birotte Jr. pursued the motion in wake of defendant Ron Hirsch’s Aug. 24 death.
Hirsch, 62, died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C., from ischemic heart disease, an illness that restricts the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart.
According to Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Wolfe, Hirsch spent the past few years in-and-out of the North Carolina facility for mental health evaluations.
In April 2011, Hirsch was connected to an explosion that launched a 250-pound piece of steel pipe and concrete toward the Chabad House Lubavitch, located a few blocks from the S. Monica Synagogue.
Authorities originally believed an underground mechanical failure caused the blast, though later determined that it was a bomb made from concrete, explosive powder, dry ice and expanding plastic.
No injuries resulted from the explosion, though the pipe crashed through the roof of a nearby home.
Police linked the device to Hirsch, whom they identified as a transient known to loiter around Jewish community centers.
Following a four-day, nationwide manhunt, authorities located Hirsch in Cleveland, where he had fled via bus.
He returned April 22 to Los Angeles in custody and was held without bond.
Hirsch pleaded not guilty to four felonies: explosion with intent to murder, use of a destructive device and explosive to injure or destroy, possession of a destructive device near a public place and possession of a destructive device near a residence.
Concern for his mental state had pushed back the date of his trial.
S. Monica Daily Press
Chai LifelineThrough the Eyes of Our Children – A Celebration of Expression
On Monday, October 21 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm as Chai Lifeline West Coast and Bear Givers proudly presents Through the Eyes of Our Children – A Celebration of Expression. This free event will be held at the Mark in West Los Angeles. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Our children’s artwork will be on display and available for sale. A professional and celebrity exhibit and auction will also be held. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the children’s and professional/celebrity artwork will benefit Chai Lifeline West Coast’s therapeutic and recreational programs for seriously ill children and their families.
Dodger Night Lets Chai Lifeline Root! Root! Root! for the Home Team
It’s not every day that kids get taken down to the field at Dodger Stadium. This summer, a group of Chai Lifeline warriors got a taste of pregame fame when they descended onto the infield and yelled, “It’s time for Dodger Baseball!” The crowd went wild, and it wasn’t only because the game was about to begin.