CNN at the Ohel Erev Rosh Hashana
On Erev Rosh Hashanah CNN sent a crew to the Ohel to document the minhag of visiting the Ohel on the day before Rosh Hashanah.
On Erev Rosh Hashanah CNN sent a crew to the Ohel to document the minhag of visiting the Ohel on the day before Rosh Hashanah.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Yosef Chaim (Joe) ben Yechezkel Teller OBM.
He is survived by his wife Wendy; sons Jonathan (London, England), Pinchos (Crown Heights), and Jeremy (Edgware, England), daughter Mrs. Soroh Rabin (Edgware, England).
The Levaya took place today, Sunday in England.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
After spending Rosh Hashana with their families, the Bochurim of the Yeshiva in Toronto headed back to yeshiva, where they will be continuing their studies through Yom Kippur.
One thing even more disturbing then the senseless murder of a 16-year-old teen was the additional details that emerged when watching video surveillance of the incident which took place on the first day of Rosh Hashana.
NEW YORK [AP] — Police say a man convicted in the death of a Jewish man during race riots in the 1990s in Brooklyn has been assaulted in a possible road rage incident.
Chernigov Ukraine – 53 children received food packages filled with goodies in honor of the new year.
AUSTRALIA — Sunday 5 September, Kesser Torah College received the much treasured gift of a new Sefer Torah. The Torah was donated to the College by Mendel & Tova Moss and Mark & Rikki Spiro in honour of their grandparents Sam & Agi Moss and Joseph & Gerda Brender, a very fitting recognition of their contribution to Jewish education over many years.
Cochava Gajer is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, Moshe ben Shmuel Malka OBM in Jerusalem Friday night.
Mrs. Gajer will be at her home at her home, 34 Balfour Pl [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave] She will be sitting until Friday.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Video in honor of the first Yahrtzeit Shula Swerdlov AH.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – A group of demonstrators gathered in front of the Jewish Childrens Museum on Eastern Parkway earlier today to protest the use of chickens for Kapores.
KYRGYZSTAN — Police in the Kyrgyz capital have opened an investigation into an attack on the city synagogue, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
Pesach Lifshitz, who has lived in Black Sea port Kherson, Ukraine, his whole life, can’t help but see the renovations of his hometown synagogue as historic.
HAMPTON COVE, AL — Making challah, the traditional braided bread that many Jews eat as they welcome the Sabbath each week, is a duty that requires digging in with both hands.
Kurton Grant was a typical teenager.
He was addicted to his PlayStation videogame. He loved dancing and music, particularly reggae, more popular in his native Trinidad, and hip-hop, which is favored in Flatbush where he moved in 2006.