Weekly Dee Voch on Newsstands: Parshas Toldos

By Y.M. Lowy

In this week’s Dee Voch magazine, take a look at the first part of the beautiful coverage of the Satmar Rebbe’s historic trip to Eretz Yisrael, including the tzeischem l’shalom in Kiryas Joel, the stop in Greece, and the first days of the visit in Eretz Yisrael; the Belz Rebbe observing the yahrzeits of his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim of Belz zt”l, and his father, the Maharam of Bulgaria zt”l; the Tzanz Rebbe at the Kosel on Shabbos, a Kinnus for Keren Olam HaTorah in Bnei Brak; Gedolei Yisrael being menachem avel Rosh Yeshiva R’Binyamin Sorotzkin following the petirah of the Rebbetzin; the hachnossas sefer torah for the Vizhnitz shul in Staten Island; wedding in the courts of Spinka and Rachov; the Rachmistrivka Rebbe’s granddaughter’s Sheva Brachos in Spring Valley.; Wedding in the Vizhnitz and Rachmistrivka courts; the Lelov Rebbe visiting Eretz Yisrael; the Stanislov Rebbe visiting Eretz Yisrael; and the Sasov Rebbe traveling to the mekomos hakdoshim. 

The Shrift this week focuses on the successful rescue of Binyamin Chasin from the death row in Iraqi Kurdistan. Askan Shimon Ralnitzky shares dramatic, exclusive details of the complicated ransom operation to save a fellow Jew from a death sentence, beginning with his gripping article in Shrift to raise awareness, the numerous obstacles along the way, and continuing through the nes this week!

The Business Shrift talks with Rabbi Yechiel Binet, who provides insight into how he established the ICA institution, which has brought a revolution to the world of self-study, offering degrees in a kosher and sustainable framework.

This week’s Kinder Shrift is full of fun and fascinating stories for children. In this issue, young readers learn about the hidden town of Churchill, Canada, where the residents get ready every winter for a very special visitor: huge white polar bears! Discover how people live alongside these giant creatures and the towers that were built just for them.