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A special meeting took place at Israel’s Prison Service headquarters in Ramla, where Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine’s prisons, met with Rabbi Eyal Salman, Chief Rabbi of the Israel Prison Service, to discuss maintaining Jewish life in correctional facilities—especially during wartime • Read More
In the Book of Esther, which we read on Purim, tells how G-d miraculously turned a day of certain annihilation into a day of celebration. In that spirit, we want to share a modern-day Purim story about a day that seemed to deal a devastating blow to Aleph’s early formation, but ended up leading to the establishment of the Aleph Institute as we know it today • Full Article
Chabad Shliach Mendel Alperowitz: “I just – visited someone at a prison. Was only able to speak to him on the phone behind a thick glass window. I brought a Siddur, but the officer said they can’t accept hard cover books… So I ripped off the cover and handed it to the officer. He took it from me mouth open wide.”
At the Aleph Heros of Hope Gala, the Champion of Hope Award was presented to internationally renowned public defense attorney Mr. Benjamin (Ben) Branfman, Principle partner of Branfman & Associates. The award was presented by Mr. Gary Apfel attorney of law and partner at Pepper Hamilton LLT • Watch
The state of Florida asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to allow it to discontinue a kosher meals program for thousands of religiously observant prison inmates in the event that chronic budget problems worsen • Full Story
Just some ten months ago, we were informed by some news outlets that several dozen protesters marched down the Crown Heights Jewish community’s main thoroughfare one afternoon chanting slogans and holding signs in protest of men who refuse to unconditionally give their wives a ‘Gett’. Written by Rabbi M. L. • Full Article
Mendel Shloima Litzman – Monsey NY, to Rivka Polter – Orangburg NY
L’Chaim: tonight (Tuesday) in ULY crown st.
Mendy Holtzberg – Monterey, California to Leah Schmerling – Crown Heights
L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM
