Bais Rivka (or Beth Rivkah) is the name used for the Bais Yaakov-type private girls' schools of the Chabad LubavitchHasidic movement. Bais Yaakov or Beit Yaakov or Beth Jacob (literally House [of] Jacob in Hebrew) is a loosely-organized group of Orthodox Jewish day schools throughout the world for young Jewish females from religious families. ... Chabad Lubavitch, or Lubavich, is a large branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. ... Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning pious, from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning loving kindness) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ...
The main branch is located in Crown Heights, named Campus Chomesh, Brooklyn, and has branches in Jewish communities around the world. The network was founded in 1945, and it is claimed that about 6,000 students are enrolled in the schools. Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, USA, located to the east of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. ... A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ... // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ...
Maury is the International Chairman of KEDMA, an international organization which does outreach work in Toronto, Montreal, London and Paris; he is the official Rabbi for their synagogue in Jerusalem.
In tribute to his 38 years of service to the congregation, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue honoured him with a year of special events, the inscription of a Torah scroll, a dinner and tribute evening, and the establishment of the Joseph Kelman Endowment Fund for Jewish Continuity.
This recording, along with one made with noted violist Rivka Golani were released in the spring of 1996.
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