One of the mini-reunions this summer is once again hosted by 5WPR (a PR firm in NYC headed by Ronn Torossian, a UAlbany alumnus). They are now located on Park Avenue in Midtown. A few years ago when they were … Read the rest
...The Shabbos before Tisha B’Av (always Parsha Devarim) is called “Shabbos Chazon” (Shabbat of Vision). It’s named for the Haftorah, “Chazon Yeshayahu” the vision of Isaiah.
Now, on a literal level, this Haftorah isn’t a positive one. Isaiah’s vision in … Read the rest
...This is not a political post. I repeat! Not a political post. But this stuff is noise all around us, hard to avoid it in the great hype of the election season, so this is an attempt to take some … Read the rest
...Today I learned (the hard way, and expensive way) about brake calipers.
An interesting thing: Two opposite problems were solved with the same fix! The car was neither braking nor accelerating properly.
Why? The calipers had frozen or seized up, … Read the rest
...RUSHING TO AIRPORT
I was running too late to take the train to Ben-Gurion Airport so we ordered a “Gett” (Uber in Israel) taxi. This taxi driver was vocal and passionate, and angry at the Israeli government for endangering its … Read the rest
...Wednesday was going to be my last day in Israel on this memorable trip of 5784/2024. It started with the Chabad on Campus Kinus Conference, Wednesday through Sunday, and then I extended for a few more days to see alumni … Read the rest
...We slept Monday night at alumnus Chaim’s house in Beit Shemesh A. Chaim has a ritual of getting up super early to study and then daven at Neitz (sunrise) but as much as I wanted to join him at his … Read the rest
...The Chabad on Campus Kinus conference of 5784/2024 ended with a closing banquet on Sunday night, climaxing 5 days of bus trips, visits, talks, meals and farbrengens. I (Mendel speaking here) stayed on a few extra days to savor a … Read the rest
...Day 5 was Sunday, the last day of the Chabad on Campus 5784/2024 Kinus Conference in Israel.
Shacharit prayers, the last Israeli breakfast in the hotel, packing up and checking out, before loading the buses for a trip southeast of … Read the rest
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