Building on the success of past events, a few hundred woman gathered in the Razag Ballroom for an event titled ‘A Celebration of Womanhood,’ which discussed a range of topics including communication strategies among couples.
Cops are after the gunman who shot and killed an African-American man in Crown Heights.
The “Baal Teshuva movement”; the phenomena of those born into homes void of Jewish practice, committing themselves to observance of Torah laws, began in the early 1950’s. One individual, a man who in keeping with his newfound lifestyle adopted the Hebrew name Avraham, is commonly identified as the prototypical, if not the original, Baal Teshuva. As an innovator his story offers insights into this flourishing trend, including a plan of action and a refutation of common myths.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was born on Sept. 1, 1920. He immigrated with his family to British Mandate Palestine in 1924, settling with his parents in Jerusalem.
Gathered on the steps of the Chabad House of Ann Arbor, Michigan, members of the Jewish community welcomed a new Torah scroll with music, dancing and a parade on Sunday.
More than 200 people gathered to witness the ribbon-cutting for Chabad at Yale’s new building, including University President Peter Salovey and Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy.
As we wove through the backroads of an 18th-century Italian estate in our rented Volvo, I questioned myself once more: What exactly was I doing there?
Two Chasidim spending Shabbos in Mezhibuzh, near the Ohel of the Bal Shem Tov, were chased by seven Ukrainian thugs, who emerged from a local pub screaming “Jews stink” and other hateful epithets at them. The attackers then caught them and they were beaten considerably.
Jewish Rapper Ari Lesser’s powerful music video begs the question: “Why is there such a strong call to Boycott Israel by various organizations and college professors, when the majority of countries around the world are committing verifiable atrocities that are all but ignored?”
The New York Post Editorial Board, in an op-ed published two days ago, explained why in their opinion the lawsuit being filed against several Williamsburg stores for posting a sign that immodestly dressed patrons were not welcome is a bad idea.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, died on Monday. He was 93.
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