On its own, Brooklyn would be the nation’s fourth largest city. The U.S. Cenus Bureau says there are 2.5 million residents here, but borough officials say the figure is closer to 2.6 million.
As police investigate what they call a “hate crime” at a Jewish center in Boise, Idaho, others in the community are trying to right the wrong.
The humiliating melt down of Rep. Anthony Weiner has reshuffled the 2013 mayoral race, with political insiders nominating City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson as the new front-runners.
The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) – a group that claims more than 25,000 members throughout North America – has joined with synagogues both in Israel and in the diaspora in “suggesting a boycott of scotch from distillers located in West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland at Kiddush and [in] public and private” celebrations.
The Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah – Melbourne) hosted a communal Kinus Torah on Sunday the tenth of Sivan. The Kinus was convened in conjunction with Shavuos, as per the Rebbe’s directive that a Kinus be held on, or immediately after, each Yom Tov.
On Wednesday, the first day of Shavuos, 200 Bochurim headed out on foot to more than 50 Public Schools to conduct the weekly, Wednesday, Jewish Released Time Program of Greater New York under the auspices of NCFJE.
According to the Internal Revenue Service nearly 275,000 organizations, among them many Chabad Houses, nationwide have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required annual reports for three consecutive years.
In a “hi-tech” twist, a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Safed invited friends and supporters to attend its annual dinner through the Internet.
After an initial setback in building plans, construction on the Chabad Israeli Center in Rockville, Maryland is one step closer to beginning.
Life is full of options: Where we elect to go to school, send our kids to camp; Should we travel to a place where we can sun and surf, or hike and bike?
A decision we make at one stage in life will likely come full circle later on, as its impact on us is revealed.
Close to 2,000 Tefillin were wrapped, and hundreds of Yidden signed up for Ois B’sefer Torah and Jnet Chavrusos last Sunday at Israel Day Parade.
A heartwarming production by grades 3-6 of Chabad Hebrew School, explaining how to daven & the meaning of Tefilah! Enjoy!
Not far from the shops and restaurants of Westwood Village is a veterans cemetery. So many people drive on the adjacent 405 Freeway and probably do not reflect that they pass near hallowed ground. I grew up across the street and I thought about these gravestones frequently. They represent great heroes who served our country.
An enthusiastic article about the Givot Olam Oil Exploration Company on an Israeli Chabad website sent the partnership’s share price up 6.3% by early afternoon today to NIS 0.068, giving a market cap of NIS 676 million. But some speculators are concerned the article may be a bit exaggerated.
A group of idiots axed a tree in the Kensington section of Brooklyn, all to get at a $50 bicycle that was locked with a $10 cable, and all for a few minutes of riding pleasure.
Pictures from the wedding of Moish Ringler (Pittsburgh, PA) and Devorie Weiss (Crown Heights) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
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