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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/17/2007 09:22:00 AM
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/16/2007 04:39:00 PM
Please explain
I would comment, but I find this extremely self-explanatory.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 04:39:00 PM
I would comment, but I find this extremely self-explanatory.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 04:39:00 PM
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/16/2007 08:52:00 AM
Brooklyn man is master of thousands of tales
Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum of Brooklyn, N.Y., is considered to be a master in the art of Jewish storytelling.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a picture of Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
Storytelling has long been used as an effective way of passing down religious tradition.
If done well, it can be a true art form that enables the storyteller to hold an audience spellbound and a powerful tool in transcending cultural boundaries.
Judaism is one faith that thrives on telling the stories of its rich heritage. No one loves a good story as much as the Jewish people, and as Jewish storytellers go, Yitzhak Buxbaum ranks at the top.
Buxbaum, considered in some circles to be one of the most important Jewish storytellers of our time, was in Traverse City last week speaking at Horizon Bookstore and The Potter's House Church. His visit was under the sponsorship of the Or Tzafon Retreat Center, which is directed by Rabbi Chava Bahle of Ahavat Shalom Congregation. Twice yearly the center strives to bring to the area some of the best teachers in Judaism.
Buxbaum, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a master of thousands of tales. He travels throughout the country as a maggid, a Jewish inspirational teacher and storyteller.
Maggid Buxbaum focuses on Jewish teachings, but he frequently is asked to speak in ashrams, mosques and churches, providing a bridge between not only the different Jewish sects, but also a link between Jews and people of other faiths.
A Hasidic Jew, his beliefs lie in the teachings of the 18th century Ukrainian Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement. Buxbaum is an expert at relating legendary stories and teachings of the Besht, a Hebrew acronym for the Baal Shem Tov. The stories are interwoven with ancient Kabbalistic mysticism that the Baal Shem Tov brought into his teachings. Kabbalah, the deeper mysticism of Judaism, is a belief that God is found in everything.
http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/features/cnhinsfaith_story_135131531.html
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 08:52:00 AM
Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum of Brooklyn, N.Y., is considered to be a master in the art of Jewish storytelling.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a picture of Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
Storytelling has long been used as an effective way of passing down religious tradition.
If done well, it can be a true art form that enables the storyteller to hold an audience spellbound and a powerful tool in transcending cultural boundaries.
Judaism is one faith that thrives on telling the stories of its rich heritage. No one loves a good story as much as the Jewish people, and as Jewish storytellers go, Yitzhak Buxbaum ranks at the top.
Buxbaum, considered in some circles to be one of the most important Jewish storytellers of our time, was in Traverse City last week speaking at Horizon Bookstore and The Potter's House Church. His visit was under the sponsorship of the Or Tzafon Retreat Center, which is directed by Rabbi Chava Bahle of Ahavat Shalom Congregation. Twice yearly the center strives to bring to the area some of the best teachers in Judaism.
Buxbaum, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a master of thousands of tales. He travels throughout the country as a maggid, a Jewish inspirational teacher and storyteller.
Maggid Buxbaum focuses on Jewish teachings, but he frequently is asked to speak in ashrams, mosques and churches, providing a bridge between not only the different Jewish sects, but also a link between Jews and people of other faiths.
A Hasidic Jew, his beliefs lie in the teachings of the 18th century Ukrainian Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement. Buxbaum is an expert at relating legendary stories and teachings of the Besht, a Hebrew acronym for the Baal Shem Tov. The stories are interwoven with ancient Kabbalistic mysticism that the Baal Shem Tov brought into his teachings. Kabbalah, the deeper mysticism of Judaism, is a belief that God is found in everything.
http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/features/cnhinsfaith_story_135131531.html
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 08:52:00 AM
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/16/2007 08:41:00 AM
Orthodox band Blue Fringe
Rock band Blue Fringe's newly released third CD, "The Whole World Lit Up," has gone where few overtly Jewish recordings have gone before: into the rock/pop bins in selected stores of three national chains n Barnes & Noble, Borders and Virgin Records.
"It's very exciting for us," said lead singer Dov Rosenblatt. "It's the first time that the music has a chance to be heard by more people … We're the big guinea pig. They really feel we have crossover, mainstream appeal."
Blue Fringe's sound is part folk rock, part pop punk, with a mix of traditional Jewish melodies and harmonies. In keeping with Torah precepts, the love songs speak of adoration and commitment, not lust. Other lyrics yearn for god.
The new album is stylistically diverse and contemporary. "Eshet Chayil," a love song, and the reverential song "Listen to You" share a vibe with the chart-busting band Coldplay, though without the sonic effects. The romantic "Do You Realize" evokes John Lennon at his tenderest.
"We're just writing about issues we think about as being religious Jews in a modern society," Rosenblatt said.
Lead guitarist Avi Hoffman adds that Blue Fringe seeks to "reinterpret [traditional Jewish melodies] in a different harmonic context n to play an existing melody with very different chords. It changes the meaning, puts it in a different light."
The New York-based band also includes bassist Hayyim Danzig and drummer Danny Zwillenberg. All four members are mid-20s modern Orthodox men who "dream that we can make a living doing what we love, by playing music," Rosenblatt said. Still, Zwillenberg attends graduate school, Danzig is an engineer, Hoffman is considering law school and Rosenblatt studied psychology.
Blue Fringe formed six years ago while the guys were students at Yeshiva University in New York.
http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/05/15/news/news07.txt
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 08:41:00 AM
Rock band Blue Fringe's newly released third CD, "The Whole World Lit Up," has gone where few overtly Jewish recordings have gone before: into the rock/pop bins in selected stores of three national chains n Barnes & Noble, Borders and Virgin Records.
"It's very exciting for us," said lead singer Dov Rosenblatt. "It's the first time that the music has a chance to be heard by more people … We're the big guinea pig. They really feel we have crossover, mainstream appeal."
Blue Fringe's sound is part folk rock, part pop punk, with a mix of traditional Jewish melodies and harmonies. In keeping with Torah precepts, the love songs speak of adoration and commitment, not lust. Other lyrics yearn for god.
The new album is stylistically diverse and contemporary. "Eshet Chayil," a love song, and the reverential song "Listen to You" share a vibe with the chart-busting band Coldplay, though without the sonic effects. The romantic "Do You Realize" evokes John Lennon at his tenderest.
"We're just writing about issues we think about as being religious Jews in a modern society," Rosenblatt said.
Lead guitarist Avi Hoffman adds that Blue Fringe seeks to "reinterpret [traditional Jewish melodies] in a different harmonic context n to play an existing melody with very different chords. It changes the meaning, puts it in a different light."
The New York-based band also includes bassist Hayyim Danzig and drummer Danny Zwillenberg. All four members are mid-20s modern Orthodox men who "dream that we can make a living doing what we love, by playing music," Rosenblatt said. Still, Zwillenberg attends graduate school, Danzig is an engineer, Hoffman is considering law school and Rosenblatt studied psychology.
Blue Fringe formed six years ago while the guys were students at Yeshiva University in New York.
http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/05/15/news/news07.txt
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/16/2007 08:41:00 AM
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/15/2007 10:28:00 AM
NEW AFFRONT IN 'WAR OF ROSES' DIVORCE
An infamous divorcée wannabe is hoping what happens in Brooklyn doesn't have to stay in Brooklyn.
Chana Taub, whose nasty divorce clash with her husband, Simon, was dubbed "the War of the Roses" after a judge ordered the pair to split their home with a makeshift wall, is now trying to open a new battlefront against her estranged hubby - in Manhattan.
Taub, 57, has filed a new divorce suit against her sweater-mogul husband in Manhattan Supreme Court, charging him with cruelty and adultery, just weeks after a Brooklyn jury rejected similar claims, leaving the pair unhappily married.
Her lawyer, Irvin Rosenthal, said the new suit deals with Simon's actions since she filed for divorce the first time, in September 2005.
"He's committed acts of cruelty and adultery since then," Rosenthal said, adding that the case was filed in Manhattan because "we felt a woman in the Hasidic community can't get a fair trial in Brooklyn."
Simon Taub, 58, wants the case transferred to Brooklyn and accused his estranged wife of "judge shopping."
"If she doesn't like what happens in Manhattan, then she'll go to Queens," he said after a hearing yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The two-year fight made headlines when, despite owning several pieces of property, both refused to move out their Borough Park brownstone and Simon, with judicial approval, built a wall to split the home in two.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152007/news/regionalnews/new_affront_in_war_of_roses_divorce_regionalnews_dareh_gregorian.htm
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/15/2007 10:28:00 AM
An infamous divorcée wannabe is hoping what happens in Brooklyn doesn't have to stay in Brooklyn.
Chana Taub, whose nasty divorce clash with her husband, Simon, was dubbed "the War of the Roses" after a judge ordered the pair to split their home with a makeshift wall, is now trying to open a new battlefront against her estranged hubby - in Manhattan.
Taub, 57, has filed a new divorce suit against her sweater-mogul husband in Manhattan Supreme Court, charging him with cruelty and adultery, just weeks after a Brooklyn jury rejected similar claims, leaving the pair unhappily married.
Her lawyer, Irvin Rosenthal, said the new suit deals with Simon's actions since she filed for divorce the first time, in September 2005.
"He's committed acts of cruelty and adultery since then," Rosenthal said, adding that the case was filed in Manhattan because "we felt a woman in the Hasidic community can't get a fair trial in Brooklyn."
Simon Taub, 58, wants the case transferred to Brooklyn and accused his estranged wife of "judge shopping."
"If she doesn't like what happens in Manhattan, then she'll go to Queens," he said after a hearing yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The two-year fight made headlines when, despite owning several pieces of property, both refused to move out their Borough Park brownstone and Simon, with judicial approval, built a wall to split the home in two.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152007/news/regionalnews/new_affront_in_war_of_roses_divorce_regionalnews_dareh_gregorian.htm
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/15/2007 10:28:00 AM
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/15/2007 10:16:00 AM
State squashes Sullivan's bid to strengthen collection of hotel taxes from non-profits
Sullivan County's burgeoning crackdown on nonprofit groups that skirt local tax laws has met its first obstacle: the New York state Assembly.
The chamber's powerful Ways and Means Committee has balked at a provision that Sullivan hoped would strengthen its ability to collect hotel taxes from lodgings owned by religious institutions and other nonprofits.
The provision, which mirrors Tompkins County's effort to collect more taxes from a hotel operated by Cornell University, was folded into Sullivan's request for state approval to raise both its sales and hotel occupancy taxes.
The language would have put a greater burden on nonprofits to prove that tax-exempt guests had stayed for tax-exempt purposes. Doing so is a critical issue for the cash-strapped county that plays host to numerous nonprofits and religious organizations.
Last year, the 320-bed Raleigh Hotel was purchased by a Brooklyn-based Hasidic group for a weekend retreat. Although its owners have pledged to pay full taxes, the sale highlights Sullivan's interest in beefing up its tax-enforcement powers.
But Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther, D-Forestburgh, said questions by Ways and Means staff threatened to stall the county's requested tax hikes in committee. She removed the extra enforcement language.
"This was the only way to get it done fast," said Gunther. The state must pass the tax hike bill within the next three weeks if the county hopes to collect the new revenue during this year's summer tourist season.
The bill would boost the county's hotel occupancy tax to 5 percent from 2 percent. The county expects to raise at least $750,000 a year, up from $300,000 at the current rate.
At the same time, the state will allow Sullivan to increase the county sales tax to 8 percent from 7.5 percent.
Together, the higher taxes are expected to increase county revenue by an estimated $6 million each year.
Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau said the county would consider a local law to give it the enforcement power it seeks against nonprofits. But state Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, criticized the Democrat-run Assembly for not enacted the bill as the county originally requested it.
"The bottom line is the Assembly leadership, despite the efforts of the local Assembly member, is protecting their tax-exempt special interests," said Bonacic's counsel, Langdon Chapman.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070515/NEWS/705150321/-1/NEWS
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/15/2007 10:16:00 AM
Sullivan County's burgeoning crackdown on nonprofit groups that skirt local tax laws has met its first obstacle: the New York state Assembly.
The chamber's powerful Ways and Means Committee has balked at a provision that Sullivan hoped would strengthen its ability to collect hotel taxes from lodgings owned by religious institutions and other nonprofits.
The provision, which mirrors Tompkins County's effort to collect more taxes from a hotel operated by Cornell University, was folded into Sullivan's request for state approval to raise both its sales and hotel occupancy taxes.
The language would have put a greater burden on nonprofits to prove that tax-exempt guests had stayed for tax-exempt purposes. Doing so is a critical issue for the cash-strapped county that plays host to numerous nonprofits and religious organizations.
Last year, the 320-bed Raleigh Hotel was purchased by a Brooklyn-based Hasidic group for a weekend retreat. Although its owners have pledged to pay full taxes, the sale highlights Sullivan's interest in beefing up its tax-enforcement powers.
But Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther, D-Forestburgh, said questions by Ways and Means staff threatened to stall the county's requested tax hikes in committee. She removed the extra enforcement language.
"This was the only way to get it done fast," said Gunther. The state must pass the tax hike bill within the next three weeks if the county hopes to collect the new revenue during this year's summer tourist season.
The bill would boost the county's hotel occupancy tax to 5 percent from 2 percent. The county expects to raise at least $750,000 a year, up from $300,000 at the current rate.
At the same time, the state will allow Sullivan to increase the county sales tax to 8 percent from 7.5 percent.
Together, the higher taxes are expected to increase county revenue by an estimated $6 million each year.
Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau said the county would consider a local law to give it the enforcement power it seeks against nonprofits. But state Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, criticized the Democrat-run Assembly for not enacted the bill as the county originally requested it.
"The bottom line is the Assembly leadership, despite the efforts of the local Assembly member, is protecting their tax-exempt special interests," said Bonacic's counsel, Langdon Chapman.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070515/NEWS/705150321/-1/NEWS
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/15/2007 10:16:00 AM
Monday, May 14, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 5/14/2007 10:12:00 AM
'Jews have too much power in business'
Thirty-nine percent of Europeans believe Jews have too much power in the business world, while 44% think Jews have too much power in international financial markets, according to the results of a survey published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Monday.
The survey of five European countries - France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Poland - showed that a large number of Europeans continued to harbor anti-Jewish attitudes, holding on to the classical anti-Semitic canards and conspiracy theories that have haunted Jews through the centuries.
Large portions of the European public continue to believe that Jews still dwell too much on the Holocaust. Overall, 47% of those surveyed thought the statement was "probably true."
In addition, 51% said they believed Jews were more loyal to Israel than to their country and 20% of those surveyed continue to blame Jews for the death of Jesus.
Meanwhile, 25% said that their opinion of Jews was influenced by Israel's actions and of those, 52% said their opinion of Jews was worse as a result of the actions taken by Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708599058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/14/2007 10:12:00 AM
Thirty-nine percent of Europeans believe Jews have too much power in the business world, while 44% think Jews have too much power in international financial markets, according to the results of a survey published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Monday.
The survey of five European countries - France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Poland - showed that a large number of Europeans continued to harbor anti-Jewish attitudes, holding on to the classical anti-Semitic canards and conspiracy theories that have haunted Jews through the centuries.
Large portions of the European public continue to believe that Jews still dwell too much on the Holocaust. Overall, 47% of those surveyed thought the statement was "probably true."
In addition, 51% said they believed Jews were more loyal to Israel than to their country and 20% of those surveyed continue to blame Jews for the death of Jesus.
Meanwhile, 25% said that their opinion of Jews was influenced by Israel's actions and of those, 52% said their opinion of Jews was worse as a result of the actions taken by Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708599058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/14/2007 10:12:00 AM
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