Paramedic Sues NY Hospital Over No-Skirts Policy
An Orthodox Jewish paramedic is suing a New York hospital for discrimination for not allowing her to wear skirts.
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Video Shows Brutal Attack on L.A. Jewish Man
An elderly Orthodox-Jewish man was viciously attacked Monday morning as he walked to synagogue in a Los Angeles neighborhood. The attack appears to be completely random and unprovoked. The entire incident was caught on surveillance video.
Trump First President to Visit Western Wall
Clad in a black yarmulke, President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall today, Monday, standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting a note between the monumental stones. He is the first sitting U.S. President to do so in history.
Jewish Tombstones Vandalized in Rome
Dozens of gravestones were desecrated in the Jewish section of the Verano cemetery in Rome, Italy. The Chabad emissary in Rome, Rabbi Menachem Lazar, is helping families who live abroad and whose loved ones’ tombstones were vandalized in rebuilding them.
Hatzalah Called After Fidget Spinner Mishap
Monsey Hatzalah was called this morning, Monday, to the home of a child who had a “fidget spinner” stuck on his finger.
Jewish Man Pistol-Whipped, Robbed in Miami
On Thursday night, an Orthodox-Jewish father of two was accosted by a pair of teens who robbed and brutally assaulted him outside his home in North Miami Beach, Florida.
Blue Moon Brewery Goes Kosher
Blue Moon Brewing Company, an award-winning craft beer company, announced today that its newest brewery in the River North (RiNo) neighborhood in Denver has been certified as OU Kosher from the Orthodox Union, one of the foremost authorities in kosher certification.
New App Aims to Bring Privacy to Bedikah Inquiries
For the first time in history, women can anonymously send pictures of their Bedikah cloths to their Rabbi with a new app’s Rabbinically approved technology.
Man Threatens London Jews with Meat Cleaver
A man was arrested after menacing Jews with a meat cleaver in the London Orthodox-Jewish community of Stamford Hill today, Tuesday.
Fidget Spinner Invented to Halt Rock Throwing
The latest craze sweeping the toy world, “the Fidget Spinner,” was invented after Catherin Hettinger visited Israel and heard about young Palestinian children throwing rocks at Israel police and civilians. The inventor said she had developed the idea so that the young children could be distracted with a soothing toy.
Baal Shem Tov’s Garment to Be Auctioned
Two items of great historic and religious value were just revealed to the public: A piece of fabric that was part of a robe worn by Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov (Besht), founder of the Chassidic movement, and a pipe that once belonged to Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz, more famously known as the Yehudi Hakadosh (Holy Jew) of Peschischa, a founding father of Gur chassidut and others.
Frum Couple Held in Ukrainian Jail Freed
Pinchas and Channy, a newlywed Frum couple who were arrested and jailed in Ukraine after officials found drugs in their baggage – which they claim were planted by people unhappy about their marriage – were freed and are safe in Israel after much diligent work by Jewish activists and local Chabad Shluchim.
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3-Year-Old Frum Boy Dies After Choking on Sand
A 3-year-old boy died on Sunday after apparently choking on sand while playing in a sandbox at a daycare center in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat.
Trump Proclaims May Jewish American Heritage Month
President Donald Trump declared May 2017 Jewish American Heritage Month in a proclamation. The statement specifically mentioned his Jewish daughter, Ivanka, and her husband Jared Kushner.
Israeli Journalists Fired for ‘Fake News’ on Charedim
Two employees of an Israeli television channel have been fired after posting a staged video to Facebook that supposedly showed Charedi residents of Bnei Brak attacking a news reporter carrying an Israeli flag.
MTA Employee Arrested for Assault on Jewish Girl
An MTA station agent is under arrest after being accused of sexually abusing a 19-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman at the 18th Avenue subway station in Borough Park.
Gino’s Chicago Pizza Goes Kosher
How one determined Chabad rabbi made the world-famous Gino’s deep dish kosher for Chicago’s Jews.
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