Jewish Religion and Thought
The live service was kept small to adhere to guidelines by the Israeli Health Ministry, with designated spaces for worshippers.
On the plane back, passengers got a pre-taste of the Passover holiday in the form of boxes of round, handmade shmurah matzah.
It was arranged for Israelis studying in Budapest, workers at a kosher slaughterhouse and families of Israeli businessmen in Hungary.
Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) offered his condolences: “Heartbroken to hear Rabbi Romi Cohn passed away from COVID-19. Rabbi Cohn lived an incredible life of service, helping 56 families escape Nazi tyranny. ... May his memory be for a blessing.”
“We beg and pray for your understanding, compassion [and] Divine mercy ... on your people Israel, on all of your children [and] on all of humanity,” said Chabad Rabbi Yossy Goldman.
Rabbi Yehiel Kalish, 44, was appointed in January 2019 to succeed state Rep. Lou Lang, who resigned due to a business opportunity.
It provides 18 months of career-oriented training alongside Torah learning, followed by a guaranteed minimum of two years’ employment to jump-start careers for ultra-Orthodox men.
U.S. Park Police spokesperson Eduardo Delgado noted that “the victim and detectives feel that this was a crime of opportunity only.”
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz has authored more than 60 books and hundreds of articles on Jewish mysticism, religious thought and philosophy.
The former Likud Party Knesset member tells JNS that the incident epitomizes the fact that non-Muslims are discriminated against at the holy site in Jerusalem.
“In our world, Jewish women have a right and a duty to be part of the multigenerational conversation of the Jewish people, and to belong to study and Torah,” stated Professor Vered Noam.
It was created on parchment by Joel ben Simeon, considered by many to be the most important Jewish artist of the Middle Ages.
