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News Devorah Krinsky, Lubavitcher Rebbitzin, Dies at 74
Devorah Krinsky, the wife of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, has died. Krinsky died at her home in Brooklyn on Nov. 23, after the Friday night Kiddush was recited at her bedside, surrounded by her family, at the age of 74, according to Chabad.org. Krinsky’s childhood home was…
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The Schmooze Remembering Influential Orthodox Songwriter Moshe Yess
The English-speaking Haredi Jewish community produces an awful lot of original Jewish music, though critics might consider it a lot of awful original Jewish music. With rare exceptions, the lyrics of popular songs in English — as opposed to settings of liturgical texts or Yiddish lyrics — come in just a few flavors, ranging from…
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Life Bibi, Again With the Rebbe
Those in the handpicked crowd at the 92nd Street Y Thursday night weren’t the only ones who heard Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak of being inspired by the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Earlier in the day, he told the Israeli press roughly the same story about the Rebbe’s message to him, which stressed…
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