BDE: Yitzchak Yaakov “Jerry” Simon, 84, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Yitchak Yaakov Simon OBM, a longtime resident, and original caterer of Crown Heights. Updated with Shiva times.
With great sadness we report the passing of Yitchak Yaakov Simon OBM, a longtime resident, and original caterer of Crown Heights. Updated with Shiva times.
It is with profound sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Moishe Deitsch OBM, a resident of Crown Heights who passed away on Friday, gimmel Adar 1 5779 after a brief illness.
A recently unclassified report by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that a United Nations body that runs hundreds of Palestinian schools failed to offset “potentially problematic content” in its textbooks, and that State Department documents on the matter contained either inaccuracies or omissions.
The Kever of the Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Yehuda Zev Segal ZATZAL was vandalized over Shabbos. Police have slammed vandals who destroyed the tombstone as a ‘complete disgrace to humanity.’
A Jewish man was menaced and harassed in hate driven incident Friday afternoon while walking in Crown Heights. The incident victim flagged a nearby police vehicle who arrested the assailant.
An Arab from Hevron was arrested for last week’s brutal murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. The suspect was caught in a mosque in Al-Bireh, an Arab village adjoining Ramallah. Authorities pinpointed his location following forensic evidence collected at the scene by police and the Shin Bet security service.