Yeshiva Parents Launch “Protect Our Yeshivas” Campaign
Yeshiva parents on Monday begin a “Protect Our Yeshivas” campaign in response to unrelenting attacks against their schools by anti-yeshiva activists.
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Video: Shwekey Sings Aleph, Beis, Gimmel
No, it’s not another song to help children learn the Aleph-Beis. Jewish music leaders Yaakov Shwekey and Yitzy Waldner teamed up with Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin to produce a song about emunah and bitachon.
Shliach Dances with Students after Campus BDS Motion Fails
University of Ottawa students voting at the SFUO General Assembly. Photo: SFUO / Screenshot.
A motion supportive of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel was voted down at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday, marking the tenth successive failure for the movement on Canadian campuses. Initially the motion was erroneously announced as passed, only to be corrected ten minutes later, leading Shliach Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky to break out in dance with fellow Jewish students.
Shluchim Partner To Save
Kidney donor and Fishkill, NY Shliach Rabbi Sandhaus as he meets his recepient for first time at Cornell Hospital on morning of transplant.
How does one inform his family that he was just diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure? That’s the position Harvey was in. He couldn’t. He knew it wasn’t too long before he’d need to go on dialysis (a form of life support). His wife and two young daughters in college would be devastated. Thus he downplayed it. He stated half-truths that would be considerably more digestible to them.
New Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated in Moscow
After close to ten years of developing and investing in the area, the new Jewish cemetery of Moscow was inaugurated in the southern Vastrikovsky neighborhood, not far from the old Jewish cemetery that has already been filled to full capacity and in which each plot costs a small fortune.
In Parkland and Coral Springs, an Area-Wide Shiva for the Fallen
Mourners at the Coral Springs home of Meadow Pollack, an 18-year-old senior killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
There is a certain silence that hangs over funerals, quieter still when those being buried are the young, the innocent. Life moves on: traffic lights change, palm trees shed their giant leaves, but it all seems unreal, or rather surreal. On a typically warm and seemingly pleasant South Florida winter’s day, this silence envelopes Parkland and neighboring Coral Springs, Fla.—the two towns from which Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drew its students, and its martyrs.
At Least 17 Killed in Florida High School Shooting
At least 17 people were killed, including students and adults, and many others injured when a former student opened fire in a high school in Parkland, Fla. Victims were taken to local hospitals, and three remain in critical condition.
Mother and Daughter Saved after Last Minute Ticket Change
Remnants of the Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 jet, which crashed shortly after taking off from an airport 50-miles outside of Moscow, Russia. All 71 people on board were killed.
A Saratov Airlines jetliner crash in the area of the village of Argunovo, 50 miles outside Moscow, claimed the lives of all 71 people on board. A mother and daughters last minute ticket change to attended an extra day of a Chabad conference saved their lives.
WOW Air Spotted Using Unauthorized Kosher Symbol
Budget international airline Wow Air was spotted using the OK Koshers’ kosher symbol without authorization on a number of dairy meals it serves on flights to Tel Aviv.
Jewish Man Stabbed to Death, Terrorist on the Loose
A Jewish man has been stabbed to death in a terror attack today, near the town of Ariel. The victim, Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal HYD, was on his way to the Bris of his nephew.
Police Make Arrest in Antwerp Car Ramming Attempt
Police in Belgium arrested a man who is suspected of trying to ram with his car an Orthodox man and a child on a street in Antwerp.
VH Sauces Removes Kosher Certification
A popular brand of Asian style sauces has recently removed kosher certification from all its products.
Jewish Names Among Most Popular NYC Baby Names
As the year 2017 came to a close, the New York City Health Department released vital statistics for births over the previous year. Rounding out the list of most popular names, they included five Jewish girls’ names and four boys’ names. The city also saw an overall decline in the birthrate.
Jewish Family Among 12 Killed in Costa Rica Plane Crash
Twelve people were killed, among them all the five members of a Jewish family, in an airplane crash in a remote mountainous area of Costa Rica.
Report: Kidneys Go Missing After Surgery in Mexico
According to reports from Yeshiva World News, at least four Frum individuals from the New York area are missing a kidney, after going to Mexico for “Bariatric Surgery.”
Shuls Attacked, Sifrei Torah Torn Up in Iran
File photo: Synagogue in Shiraz, Iran.
Two synagogues in the Iranian city of Shiraz were attacked by vandals, who tore up Sifrei Torah and Tefilin, threw siddurim in the toilet and damaged other holy objects.
The Note He Scribbled As the Judge Read His Sentence
As Federal Judge Linda Reade read aloud his unimaginably cruel sentence of 27 years, which at his age amounted to life in prison, anyone else would have sunken into despair. But Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin is a man of unshakable faith, and during what were meant to be his last few minutes as a free man, he scribbled this remarkable note to his family.
Trump Train Station Planned at Kosel
Israel’s transportation minister is pushing ahead with a plan to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem’s Old City ending at the Kosel with a station named after President Donald Trump, who recently became the first U.S. president to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Subway Encounter Brings Hollywood Star Full Circle
In the above photo, Boonya Laskey, a Lubavitcher Young Woman, can be seen giving a Menorah to Hollywood Star Liev Schreiber amid a chance encounter on the New York City Subway during Chanukah. But this is only half the story. Many years ago, Schreiber himself was a student of Boonya’s father, Rabbi Aryeh Laskey, who arranged for him to have an Aliyah with the Rebbe in 770 for his Bar Mitzvah! Read this phenomenal story in the extended article!
Bomb Hoaxer Gets 5 Years in Prison
Juan Thompson, the former journalist who admitted to terrorizing Jewish groups across America with bomb threats, has received a five-year prison sentence.
Mother and 3 Children Killed in Brooklyn Blaze, Others Injured
A fast moving fire has tragically claimed the lives of a mother and her three children, while injuring a number of others in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Chesed Shel Emes is on scene and assisting in preserving kovod hames.
