70 Tons of Matzah, 120,000 Bottles of Wine: Ukraine Prepares for 142 Huge Public Passover Seders..Despite the crisis, thousands of Ukrainian Jews are expected to participate as ‘free people’ in the public and festive seders

 

Newsletter March 2023 View email in browser 70 Tons of Matzah, 120,000 Bottles of Wine: Ukraine Prepares for 142 Huge Public Passover Seders The biggest ‘Passover Operation’ of all time in Ukraine: Rabbis of the Jewish communities and Chabad emissaries of Ukraine, are preparing for 142 huge public Passover seders during the upcoming festival | Despite the crisis, thousands of Ukrainian Jews are expected to participate as ‘free people’ in the public and festive seders and enjoy luxury dining | In addition, 56,000 kosher for Passover food packages will be directly distributed to the Jews of Ukraine Read more Bryansk: Historic Synagogue Inaugurated After a Decade of Renovation Hundreds of Jews from Bryansk and the surrounding district, along with the city’s mayor, members of the local parliament, dignitaries, and rabbis, attended the inauguration ceremony of one of the most magnificent synagogues in Russia, which reopened after a decade of restoration and renovation. The historic synagogue was founded over one hundred and thirty years ago. Read more Israeli Knesset: Ukraine Rescue Organizations Hold an Emergency Meeting at the Diaspora Ministry Representatives of JRNU –  FJC and Chabad’s rescue and humanitarian efforts center in Ukraine – led by Rabbi Shlomo Peles,  participated this Monday in a special meeting in the Diaspora Ministry, headed by Mr. Amichai Chikli, with the participation of Israeli ministers, senior government members, Knesset members, ambassadors, and activists along with representatives of the rabbis of the Jewish communities in Ukraine. Read more Women of Oryol Celebrate Shabbat Forum More than 30 women from the Jewish communities of Oryol, Mtsensk, and Kursk recently attended a special conference dedicated to the study and importance of Shabbat in Jewish tradition and faith. Read more Record breaker: 1,000 Personal Mishlochei Manot Delivered via Ukrainian Post Since many of the roads are now in a poor state, Rabbi Nachum Tamarin, FJC’s rabbi to the small and remote villages and towns in Western and Central Ukraine, sent 1,000 Purim food parcels to Jewish families and individuals through the local mail Read more Ukraine Synagogues ‘Will Be Packed’ for Purim With the crisis grinding on, Ukraine’s Jews look to their faith for joy Ukraine’s Jewish communities are expected to turn out in record numbers for joyous Purim celebrations this year as they look to their faith for joy and comfort amid the day-to-day stresses of the deadly, grinding crisis that has entered its second year. Read more Kharkov Brings the Circus to the Synagogue This year, with the crisis raging in Ukraine, the Kharkov community could not attend their usual Purim celebration at the local Circus. So Shluchim Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz brought the Circus to them! Read more Moscow Jewish University Hosts 11th Student Scientific Conference On March 14, Moscow’s Jewish University hosted the eleventh annual inter-university scientific conference. During the conference, participants from educational institutions from across Russia presented their work both in person and remotely via the internet.  Read more Renowned Photographer’s Portrait of the Rebbe to Aid Ukraine Jews Mark Seliger donates artwork In the mid-1980s, before his celebrity portraits graced the covers of “Rolling Stone” magazine and his photography represented the biggest brand names in fashion, Mark Seliger was just a photography apprentice crashing in his yeshivah bochur brother Yoel’s basement apartment in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Read more 81 Years After ‘Juden Frei,’ Estonia Now Home to CTeen’s 700th Chapter Against the odds, the Jewish community in Estonia perseveres, with the establishment of the 700th chapter of Chabad’s Teen Network providing hope and inspiration for the next generation. Read more Our mailing address is: FJC - Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS 445 Park Ave, 9th Floor NYC, NY 10022 Add us to your address book

Woke Disney Axing 7,000 Workers In Massive Purge...Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed Monday that the entertainment giant will begin a massive round of layoffs this week which will ultimately total 7,000 positions lost.

 

Woke Disney Axing 7,000 Workers In Massive Purge

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed Monday that the entertainment giant will begin a massive round of layoffs this week which will ultimately total 7,000 positions lost.

The company announced in February that it will slash $5.5 billion in operating expenses, which included $3 billion in content spending. Disney explained the move as necessary to cut costs and revitalize the company’s failing financial health.

Iger’s Monday staff memo, as reported by CNBC, said “we have made the difficult decision to reduce our overall workforce by approximately 7,000 jobs as part of a strategic realignment of the company.”

He added the sweeping measure will result in “a more effective, coordinated, and streamlined approach” for Disney. He said the struggling company will start notifying employees who are losing their jobs this week.

A second and more significant round of layoffs will commence next month “with several thousand more staff reductions.” Iger said the process will be completed before the start of summer.

The sweeping changes will be absorbed by multiple major divisions, including Disney Entertainment, Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, as well as corporate. Cable sports network ESPN will reportedly not be affected by the initial round of cuts but will be involved in later actions.

Iger said that many who will be affected “bring a lifelong passion for Disney” to their jobs.

A source confirmed that one of the first targeted areas will be television production and acquisition departments. It is reported that several senior executive positions are on the chopping block.

Some believe that “guest-facing” services at Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando will not be affected. The industry already grapples with labor shortages for these positions, and union leaders believe it is not wise to lay off workers who come face-to-face with spending customers.

Disney, of course, set its own course toward this day of reckoning. The company pursued a path that upset millions of parents and several prominent political leaders. Now many are reassessing the role the traditional family entertainment company plays in their families.

Further, the company insists on destroying its relationship with young families by inserting woke indoctrination and messaging into what should be innocent fare. It is no wonder that the company is struggling, and only by abandoning this woke path will it recover what was lost.

Space Weather News for March 29, 2023...YET ANOTHER X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Today, the sun produced another X-class solar flare with a strong shortwave radio blackout over southeast Asia. The explosion was the 7th X-class event of 2023.

 

Space Weather News for March 29, 2023 https://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com YET ANOTHER X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Today, the sun produced another X-class solar flare with a strong shortwave radio blackout over southeast Asia. The explosion was the 7th X-class event of 2023. This matches the total number of X-flares in all of 2022, and it's only March. What does this mean for the intensification of Solar Cycle 25? Full story @ Spaceweather.com. X-flare alerts: Sign up for Space Weather Alerts to receive instant text messages when X-class solar flares are underway. Above: The extreme ultraviolet flash from today's X1.2-class solar flare. Credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory Share Tweet Forward

This CCP-Linked Group Is TARGETING Young People!..Ekō has found that TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing app, is targeting young people and inundating them with videos featuring suicide, as well as deeply misogynistic ideas.

 

This CCP-Linked Group Is TARGETING Young People!

(ConservativeSense.com) – Research conducted by corporate accountability group Ekō has found that TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing app, is targeting young people and inundating them with videos featuring suicide, as well as deeply misogynistic ideas.

The app’s algorithms are extremely sensitive and promote increasingly extreme content on to very young users. The research found that watching only 10 videos on a particular topic will produce a list of recommendations along the same vein and with no limit on the extremity. 

Particularly prevalent in the research was the “incel community” that has a strong and growing presence online. Incels are men who unite around their lack of success with women and promote an extremely misogynistic belief system.The study was conducted by volunteers opening nine new accounts. They listed their age as 13 and then set about searching for incel content. They were very quickly bombarded with subject matter that was more and more extreme. 

Videos endorsing suicide were included in the content related to the incel clips, and these led the researchers toward a barrage of equally disturbing recordings. Maen Hammad, the co-author of the study, said, “The algorithm forces you into a spiral of depression, hopelessness, and self-harm, and it’s terribly difficult to get out of that spiral once the algorithm thinks it knows what you want to see.”

TikTok has been described as a hazard by senior figures across the American political and law enforcement structure. The leaders of both the FBI and CIA have called it a security threat, largely because of its ability to gather data on users and its highly advanced algorithms. Federal employees have been banned from having the app on their government-issued devices, and this action has also been taken by the European Union and the United Kingdom.

The app has been banned outright in some countries including its once-largest marketplace India, as well as some Islamic countries which have described it as incompatible with their values. 

U.S. Senate Might Vote “NO” On Popular Bill!..New legislation giving parents more control over public school curriculum was passed on Friday by House Republicans.

 

U.S. Senate Might Vote “NO” On Popular Bill!

(ConservativeSense.com) – New legislation giving parents more control over public school curriculum was passed on Friday by House Republicans. Although the GOP controls the House, Democrats still dominate the Senate and the bill has little chance of passing there. Critics are calling the legislation dangerous, saying it will inspire a far-right campaign to ban books and impose restrictions targeting students who identify as LGBTQ.

The Parents’ Bill of Rights Act narrowly passed the House, with not a single Democrat voting in favor of it and five Republicans voting against it. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made the legislation one of his major priorities as Republicans have promised, and said they were keeping that promise and their “commitment to America, that parents will have a say in their kids’ education.”

The bill requires public schools to publish their course studies; a list of books contained in the school libraries; and grants parents the unimpeded ability to meet with educators, speak at board meetings, and to be able to examine where the money in school budgets is going. Democrat Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, said the bill proves that House Republicans are controlled by “hard right MAGA ideologues” and vowed that it would face a “dead end” on the Senate floor. Democrats derided the bill as the “Politics over Parents Act,” believing it’s pushing the views of a vocal minority in order to police public school classrooms.

Whether or not LGBTQ-related subjects and critical race theory (CRT), commonly grouped together under the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) curriculum, should be taught in schools has become one of the most contentious subjects in the country.

Just last week, Project Veritas exposed a New York superintendent on hidden camera admitting he was “covertly” pushing DEI curriculum in public schools, which resulted in a heavy backlash by parents at school board meetings.

This Passover, we invite you to join us in providing vital support to expecting mothers in crisis, just as Miriam did for the children of Israel..Watch a few of the women we have helped and listen to their stories.

 

Help Save Israeli Lives and Build Generations

Dear Friends, For thousands of expecting mothers in crisis, the joys of motherhood feel out of reach. Imagine if, instead of shopping for strollers and baby clothes, you were contemplating pregnancy termination as your only option. This is the painful experience of the many women who walk through our doors. For women facing poverty and emotional turmoil, the decision to pursue abortion is agonizing. Yet with emotional and financial support, women can be empowered  to make the decision that feels right in their hearts. That’s what we do every day here at EFRAT.   EFRAT has saved over 83,611 babies in Israel in the last 45+ years.    This Passover, we invite you to join us in providing vital support to expecting mothers in crisis, just as Miriam did for the children of Israel.   Your donation will make a difference in the lives of women and children in Israel by providing crucial services like baby supplies, counseling, vocational training, and so much more.   Watch a few of the women we have helped and listen to their stories.    Please consider making a donation today and supporting our mission to give hope to women in crisis.   Thank you for your compassion and generosity, and wishing you a joyous and redemptive Passover! Nir Salomon Executive Director, Efrat Donate Today Just $1,500 (or $125/month for one year) provides an expecting mother with:   Baby Supplies and Equipment    Every EFRAT mother receives a complete package of baby essentials at birth, plus a box of baby products every month for the first two years. Counseling   Under the direction of a licensed social worker, our volunteers provide counseling and emotional support, giving women much-needed comfort and helping them feel less alone. Vocational Counseling   EFRAT helps women achieve financial independence through vocational testing and support, free educational opportunities, and childcare vouchers.   Medical Consultation     Women who have received a doctor's recommendation for an abortions can get a free second opinion, if desired, from our team of experienced medical professionals. Our Contact Information *{{Organization Name}}* *{{Organization Address}}* *{{Organization Phone}}* *{{Organization Website}}*