By: BJLife/ Menachem Lubinsky Click to read story on Baltimore Jewish Life online Menachem Lubinsky co-chairman of the International Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeisim and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference…
Rabbi Shalom Sharabi — The Rashash 1720 – 1777 The Rashash is considered the father of all contemporary Sephardic kabbalists. Rabbi Sar-Shalom Mizrachi Didia ben Yitzchak Sharabi, known as the “Rashash” [initials for “Rabbi Shalom…
Eliyahu Asheri 1988 – 2006 Eliyahu Pinchas Asheri was an Israeli student from the settlement of Itamar, in the northern West Bank. He was a student at the religious pre-army Mechina (preparatory program) “Elisha” in…
Else Lasker-Schüler, Poet 1869-1945 Else Lasker-Schüler came from a well-to-do family in Elberfield, in the Rhineland. From her father Aaron Schüler, who was a banker and builder, she inherited a passion for toys and play.…
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, second Bostoner Rebbe 1921-2009 Levi Yitzchak Horowitz was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic dynasty founded by his father, Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz. He was the first American-born Hasidic…
Feb 5, 2016 Los Angeles CA… An impressive group of activists and rabbonim from the Los Angeles area participated in a well-attended organizing meeting of the Los Angeles Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeisim on Thursday…
October 26, 2015 Brooklyn NY…”Had we heeded the warnings from this Committee five years ago about the rock throwing on Har Hazeitim, we may not have faced the current security crisis in Jerusalem,” was the…
October 18, 2015 New Desecration of Graves on Har Hazeitim Despite Heavy Police Presence Leaders of ICPHH Urge Immediate Construction of Wall Yerushalayim…A number of matzeivos were desecrated and garbage strewn nearby by Arab hooligans…
October 12, 2015 International Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeisim in Emotional Appeal to Protect 150,000 Kedoshim “The ongoing violence in Yerushalayim and other cities throughout Israel points to an urgent need for the…
Foreign journalists visiting desecrated graves on Har Hazeitim on Thursday September 24th