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Published on Feb 19, 2013

Alice Herz-Sommer is 109, was in a concentration camp in Terezin, and is still living, in London.

She was interviewed by Bernard Hiller in December 2011.

Everyone Matters was struck by the power of her words - and we wanted to share with you a minute of the interview, when she's asked about the secret to feeling good.

"Optimism," she said, "and looking for the good. Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living..... Wherever you look is beauty."

And lastly: "I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things."

For the full-length interview, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gd02A...

Baltimore Jewish Life:

Video Recap of the Chanukah Festival - Parade & Menorah Lighting

December 9th, 2012, McKeldin Square @ the Inner Harbor

Technion students Eyal Cohen and Tomer Wassermann from the Mechanical Engineering faculty and Matan Orian and Dvir Dukhan of Industrial Engineering and Management take on the challenge to build a Rube Goldberg machine that lights the Chanukah menorah. Hanukkah is the holiday of miracles and here is another one.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — BBQ is a Kansas City tradition. Kansas City style bbq is prepared differently than any other region of the country. But one local bbq competition is taking the way KC prepares bbq to a different level.

“They may know pizza, but they don’t know barbecue,” said Lawrence Langley of KCK.

 David Weissman and Michael Dhaliwal say they’ve spent the past four months learning how to smoke meat and they believe their apricot glaze and other tidbits will set them above the rest.

NY1 does films a short news story on http://chabaddowntown.net’s content provider, Chabad.org . Ever wonder where all that good Jewish content is coming from click below to watch.

A strange and intriguing depiction of major ideas in Jewish thought. 

Two children change the world while their father reads the newspaper.

The Tisha B'av video that has taken the world by storm!

An excerpt from a recently discovered 1969 recording of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon describing his second private audience with the Rebbe.

From Living Torah Volume 103 Program 410

A team of yeshiva students from Yerucham in southern Israel has won second place in a global science competition. Six 14-year-old yeshiva boys from Yerucham garnered one of two runner-up awards in the First Lego League (FLL) Global Innovation competition. The First Lego League Global Innovation Award is designed to encourage and assist FLL teams to further develop their innovative solutions to real-world problems. This year, the FLL Food Factor season challenged kids around the world to solve a food safety problem.

Eitam Aharon, Ilan Ben-Hamo, Naftali Deutsch, Tidhar Gavar, Dvir Cohen and Yedidya Froyndlich of Tzvia Yeshiva emerged victorious, beating 250 other teams to become the first Israeli team to win an FLL competition. They will receive a $5,000 grant to continue their research.

They invented the “FreezeStick,” which is a fantastic device to help with food storage.  The FreezeStick, which contains chemicals, renews the freezing of ice in a cooler, gaining 10 extra hours of cooling. The stick, when folded, sets off a chemical reaction that renews the freezing of the ice. More important than keeping our franks, burgers, and drinks cold, the FreezeStick can be used to help in the transport of medicines that must be kept cold. The FLL finalist teams were honored at a ceremony at the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice.

This true story about a Jew who composed a tune to Ani Ma’amin on a train to Treblinka is a powerful testimony to the sincere and eternal trust we have in G-d and in His promise to bring redemption. May we witness the conclusion of this story speedily in our days - enjoy!

The Rebbe of Modzitz, Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar, had Chassidim throughout the major towns and cities of Poland. One of these was Reb Azriel David Fastag, who was noted for his exceptional voice throughout Warsaw. In spite of the terrible decrees, the yellow patch and the ghettos, most Jews could not fathom what was about to befall them.

Inside the crowded cars, over the clatter of the cattle cars' wheels, rose the sounds of people gasping, sighing, weeping and dying. One could hear the stifled cries of children crushed together. But in one such car, headed toward the infamous death camp Treblinka, the sound of singing could be heard.

Israeli cantor and Broadway stage performer David "Dudu" Fisher sings Adon Olam at the European Jewish Retreat. From http://torahcafe.com  Enjoy!

The Rebbe distributes dollars to be given for charity, at his home on President Street, during the year of mourning after his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of blessed memory.

9 Nissan 5748 - March 27, 1988

“I shall sing hymns and weave melodies, for my soul longs for You. My soul desires Your shelter, to know all Your mystery.” The Rebbe taught this Niggun on Simchas Torah, 1961. In this short clip it is being sung at a farbrengen (Chasidic gathering) in 1971, while the Rebbe nods to participants wishing him L’chaim.

Daredevil Nik Wallenda who tightrope walked over the Inner Harbor in May plans on doing the same next week over Niagara Falls. Rabbi Zalman Zaltzman asks some important questions. Hear what Nik had to say to his Jewish fans.

On specific holidays the kohanim, the descendants of Aaron, bless the congregation during the morning services. Watch this short clip to learn the what, the how and the why.