Iftah Ya Simsim
Iftah Ya Simsim (; meaning "Open Sesame") is the first international co-production of the American children's television series "Sesame Street" created in the Arab world. It premiered in Kuwait on September 14, 1979 and was broadcast in 22 Arabic-speaking countries, running until April 6, 1990. The program continued to be well-known decades after it went off the air. In 1978, educators, mass media officers, and social planners agreed to adopt "Sesame Street" as a feasible and economical solution for the low attendance in preschools and illiteracy that plagued the region. They approached the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), the producers of the American show, and purchased the rights to create an Arab version for US$2.5 million.
Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa (Przysucha, in Poland) (1765–1827) was one of the key leaders of Hasidic Judaism in Poland. After studying Torah at "yeshivas" in Mattersdorf and Nikolsburg, he was introduced to the world of Hasidism by his father-in-law, and became a "chasid" (follower) of Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn ("Magid" of Kozhnitz), and then Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin ("Chozeh"), and the Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz "(Yid Hakodosh)", the Hasidic leaders of the day. After the death of the "Yid Hakodosh", most of the chasidim followed Rabbi Simcha Bunim as their rebbe.