As a young boy, growing up amid the nationalist frenzy of Nazi Germany, Theo Haser idolised Hitler. When the fuehrer came to his hometown of Munich to visit, Theo and his father were at the front of the crowd reaching out to touch his hand.
Jerusalem’s Western Wall plaza erupted in celebration last week as 110 boys from needy families were called to the Torah as part of a mass Bar Mitzvah ceremony coordinated by Colel Chabad.
If you’ve been living in fear of the library’s repo men, now’s your chance to make right with Mr. Bookman.
BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that alleged police ticket-fixing would be “almost impossible” today thanks to a new electronic monitoring system.
Apple devices appear to be tracking their owners’ locations and storing data about people’s whereabouts without their knowledge, according to a report posted Wednesday on a site called iPhone Tracker.
The Chabad Movement held its traditional Passover Seder meals in its centers worldwide, but this year all eyes were on Japan and New Zealand, which suffered devastating earthquake damage.
Wearing a beard is not rare in the trucking industry, except when it is accompanied by a kippah and tzitzit. But Salford based Moshe Rothstein, known as Mozza to his trucker colleagues, says he had nothing less than a friendly welcome to the trade since getting behind the wheel last June.
Talk about a niche movie market. Robin Garbose, a former Hollywood director who runs a performing arts conservatory in Los Angeles for Orthodox girls, targets the “women-only” demographic. And most of those women are frum.
Readers may have noticed some strange looking ads resembling an incomplete puzzle posted on our site over the last few days. We fielded more than a few calls complaining about the perceived error. Rest assured, there is no technical difficulty here.
Radio host, Guardian Angels founder and Gotti family nemesis Curtis Sliwa was once the victim of a drive-by shooting. Now he hopes to have drive-through prostate cancer surgery.
A columnist for The Jewish Week recently attacked Chabad on Campus as being “nothing more than an outlet for binge drinking.” University of Michigan Student Ben Kaminsky took it upon himself to set the record straight.
The duo from the smash hit “Yallili” composed this song to promote The Great Parade 5771 that will take place in Crown Heights on May 22. Featured performers: MBD, Benny Friedman, Shmuli Marcus, Sholime Gertner, Sparks Choir and Uncle Moishe.
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to get involved in a lawsuit brought against the Russian Federation over the return of Jewish religious documents seized in the early 20th century.
A running Rabbi became the first ever Jewish orthodox leader to take part in the London Marathon yesterday.
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile, while Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba met with his purchaser in 770.
A group of Bechorim [first-borns] listen to a Siyum on the balcony of 770. Male first borns over the age of Bar Mitzvah (13) are obligated to fast on the 14th of Nissan, in recognition of the fact that during the “Plague of the Firstborn” (which occurred at midnight of Nissan 15) G-d “passed over” the Jewish firstborn when He killed all firstborn Egyptians.
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