Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, the Orthodox Jewish federal judge who presided over some of the nation’s most consequential cases, including the prosecution of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, passed away Wednesday, October 28, at the age of 92.
The symposium held its twentieth annual gathering in September, drawing 800 attorneys and judges to Birchwood Manor in Whippany, N.J. Called the premier educational event in the New Jersey legal community, it has become a fixture on the state’s legal calendar, bringing prominent judges, leading attorneys and scholars of Jewish law together for an evening of Torah and civil law.
One individual was arrested for package theft in Crown Heights following a swift response by Crown Heights Shomrim and officers from the NYPD’s 71st Precinct.
The woman accused of stabbing a 26-year-old Chabad rabbinical student from Crown Heights with a suspected syringe in Manhattan’s Diamond District has been charged with two federal hate crimes, marking a significant escalation in the prosecution of the alleged antisemitic attacks.
From Thursday through Sunday, they came from 160 universities across six countries for a weekend built around one idea: Made for This.
In the summer of 1940, the British army’s Spitfires that held off the Luftwaffe flew out of Biggin Hill, in what is now the London borough of Bromley. At least 34 of the pilots in that battle were Jewish. More than eight decades later, many of the borough’s Jews would rather not be noticed.
Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
At the CTeen Mid-Atlantic Shabbaton, teens heard from influential, unapologetic Jewish public figures who refuse to hide who they are. All weekend long, the teens showed the same pride themselves, and they are taking that home for the long run.
The spirit of “V’Yaakov halach l’darko” is taking shape in daily learning and davening, with the Talmidei Hashluchim helping channel Tishrei’s inspiration into a full program of learning and activities.
The Albany Jewish community and friends of Rabbi Yisrael Rubin OB”M are invited to gather on Tuesday, November 3rd, for a communal Shloshim marking 30 days since his passing.
The building in question, the new Chabad center at 38 E. Broadway in the seat of Harford County in northeastern Maryland, opened in June 2025. In October it received the 28th annual Archer-Bull Award from the town’s Economic and Community Development Commission.
After rapidly outgrowing its first two buildings, Cheder Menachem of Kingston celebrated the opening of a new home for its girls’ middle school and high school with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday.
The new SNAP and Medicaid Resources website, launched on Tuesday, is aimed at helping New Yorkers navigate the latest federal work requirements, determine whether they qualify for exemptions and maintain access to food assistance and healthcare.
As millions of Israelis head to the polls in Tuesday’s 26th Knesset elections, some 1,500 Chabad emissaries have set up stations across the country, primarily near polling places, inviting passersby to put on tefillin as part of a large-scale nationwide campaign.
Wednesday’s prize pot has crept up to a whopping $716 million – with an estimated cash value of $307.2 million – after Monday marked the 32nd draw without a winner.
Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, spoke to 150 CTeen leaders on Sunday at the CTeen Mid-Atlantic leadership summit.
Sunday they called me in and told me I was the new officer of the unit. I said, what? They said, don’t worry, it’s small stuff for you. You run a Chabad House.”
