JERUSALEM [AP] — Israel has approved the construction of hundreds of settler homes in the West Bank, the prime minister’s office said Sunday in a stern political message to the Palestinians after three children and their parents were murdered in a remote settlement over the weekend.
NEW YORK [AP] — There’s something about the guy leaning on a post and checking his phone that catches Brandon Stanton’s eye. So he stops, asks if he can take a photo, clicks and continues on his way.
Rivky Levertov, 12, is looking forward to this weekend. The seventh grader, who lives in Santa Fe, N.M., will be spending it in Long Beach, Calif., with about a dozen girls from the online school she attends.
LAS VEGAS [AP] — Yuri Foreman, the aspiring rabbi-to-be who briefly held a piece of the 154-pound title, took a beating Saturday night at the hands of Pawel Wolak and lost for the second straight time.
A mother, father and three of their children were stabbed to death late Friday night by at least one suspected terrorist who infiltrated the Itamar settlement southeast of Nablus.
CHESTNUT HILL, MA [CHI] — Supporters of Chabad of Chestnut Hill gathered to mark its 10th anniversary of successful activities. Over 300 filled the Mishkan Tefila Banquet Hall this past Sunday for an evening of dining, dancing and entertainment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the brutal terror attack which claimed the lives of five members of the Fogel family in Itamar. Netanyahu also condemns the international community for not acting quick in condemning this act of violence as well.
In a meeting billed as a welcome ceremony for Rabbi Yosef Braun late Thursday night in the offices of the Vaad Hakohol, a dramatic scene unfolded when R. Braun pulled out his Semicha and one of his close supporters – Menachem Shagalow – took it from his hands and tore it to pieces.
Photos of the L’Chaim of Moshe Rubin (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushka Gershowitz (Crown Heights) at the FREE.
A group of volunteers from a Florida church made their way to New York where they joined up with a local Crown Heights church, and together they are doing outreach work in the neighborhood. Throughout the afternoon Friday the group did arts and crafts with children and played sports with them.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A 15 year old black teen was beaten and robbed Thursday afternoon while walking on Eastern Parkway. After the incident the teen made his way to the police command center on Kingston and reported the incident.
Bnos Menachem first grade students made an exciting presentation in honor of the special occasion of their Chumash party. The highlight of the event was when every student received her own Chumash with her name engraved on the cover.
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Fifty bochurim from Chovevei Torah ULY Mesivta enjoyed a beautiful Shabbaton at Lubavitch on the Palisades in New Jersey. It was a Shabbos full of learning and farbrenging with their mashpi’im and magidei shiur, including Rabbi Minsky, Rabbi Simpson, Rabbi Shur, and Rabbi Greenwald.
Rabbi Binyomin Klein putting on Teffilin with Israel’s Minister of Social Welfare Mr. Moshe Kachlon this morning at the Ohel.
One year after the tsunami that wasn’t, a massive shockwave spawned by an afternoon 8.9-earthquake off the coast of Japan slammed into the island nation Friday with 13-foot seas and sent tourists and locals almost 4,000 miles away in Hawaii scrambling for higher ground.
Man’s puny existence
Certain that G-d’s involvement with planet earth was no longer necessary; a presumptuous group of people sent word, requesting that the Master honor the will of His supreme creatures and consider a leave of absence.
Surprisingly amicable; G-d had but one stipulation: He needed assurance of man’s ability to run things on his own. The representative of the people boldly offered to match G-d’s ability in whatever He should decide.
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