The light drizzle falling from overcast skies were like heavenly tears as thousands lined 65th Street yesterday in Brooklyn to pay their respects to Officer Wenjian Liu, gunned down fifteen days ago as he sat in his patrol car with his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos.
New York City’s Health Department has released its annual breakdown of popular baby names. Besides the general top 10, there are also lists for different ethnicities: Among white babies, Esther was the third most popular girls’ name, trailed by Sarah, Leah, Rachel, Chaya, Miriam, and Chana, all in the top 10.
New photos posted on the Facebook page of the International Space Station (ISS) paint a detailed picture of Israeli topography. The photos—taken by NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore, commander of the current Expedition 41 to the ISS, were shot as the station passed over Israel from a height of 268 miles.
Argentina’s President, Christina Fernández, has ceremoniously ‘adopted’ the son of a Lubavitch family in Buenos Aires as her ‘godson.’ The reason: to prevent him from turning into a ‘werewolf.’ Yair Tawil is the first Jewish boy ever to receive this honor, which until 2009 was only awarded to Catholic children.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a Pakistani man believed to be the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai massacre that left 166 dead, including 6 Jews at the local Chabad house, was released on bail by the Pakistani government.
Update: Suspect rearrested.
A firebomb attack on a car in the West Bank left an 11-year-old Israeli girl severely burned and her father injured on Thursday, the Israeli military said.
Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross has landed in the U.S. after being released earlier today from a Cuban prison, where he had been held for five years. His release coincides with an historic deal between the U.S. and Cuban governments to normalize relations between the two nations, after over 50 years of hostility and embargo.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has brought a whole new meaning to the notion of kindling the Chanukah flames.
Jesse Kaufman was approaching his bar mitzvah this past August at the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroeville, Pa., and while he was prepared in most ways, he was missing one thing: a meaningful project.
Poland’s constitutional court on Wednesday overturned a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals which had affected the Jewish and Muslim communities and eliminated a $620 million a year industry.
Yonathan Souid, the 23-year-old Jewish college student from France who was arrested last month for scaling the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of his trip to New York for a Chabad-sponsored Shabbaton, was sentenced yesterday to 240 hours of community service.
Allegations of insects being found in Tropicana Juices called their Kashrus into question, but the OK released a statement saying that in addition to no insect traces being found, an independent and knowledgeable posek stated that there is no halachic or Kashrus issues.
The Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Russia, is celebrating 80 years to its establishment, and has decided to take the opportunity and honor 80 individuals who have devoted themselves to the benefit of the region. One of them is Rabbi Benny Wagner, a Chabad Shliach who heads the local Jewish community.
Two shoppers outside an Israeli supermarket were stabbed by a terrorist this evening. The victims were moderately injured in the attack, which occurred outside the Rami Levy discount supermarket near Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem.
A 10-year-old girl passed away after being struck by a car while crossing the street with her mother Tuesday night in Borough Park, police sources told JP Updates.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers should pay for it.
Jewish music recording star Benny Friedman has announced the release of a brand new album. Titled “Kol Haneshama Sheli,” this album is Friedman’s fifth and his first original album since his 2012 mega-hit “Yesh Tikvah.”
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