Counterfeit Medicine Ring Busted in Global Op
Two Lubavitchers were arrested in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood in connection with a global law enforcement operation targeting a ring peddling counterfeit medicine.
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Shliach to Mariupol Rabbi Mendel Cohen in the city's Shul with several congregants. Photo: Chabad.org.
Jews Who Fled Donetsk Are Again in Harm’s Way
Ukrainian Jews who fled to Mariupol to escape their country’s brutal civil war may have to uproot themselves again as the Ukrainian Army prepares to defend the southeastern coastal city, a local Chabad emissary told The Jerusalem Post.
The North London Synagogue on Lofting Road in the Borough of Islington, London, UK.
London Neighborhood to Mark Site of Historic Shul
Thanks to an online voting contest open to the general public, and the efforts of a local Chabad rabbi, the site of the historic North London Synagogue, which was built in 1868 and demolished in 1958, will now have a plaque marking its site.
Girls from Europe visiting with the elderly at a senior citizen center in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sweden’s Jewish Leadership: We Will Stand Strong
Among the elderly at an old-age home in Gothenburg are survivors of Nazism, concentration camp inmates who were transported to Sweden on the White Buses in the spring of 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross. They were from Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and other German occupied countries, where they remember their childhoods in once lively Jewish communities that had been decimated.
Missing Yeshiva Student Found Dead
The body of Aron Sofer, the 23 year old yeshiva bochur who went missing on Friday, has been found in the Jerusalem Forest in Ein Kerem, according to a spokesperson for Ichud Hatzalah.
Police and Border Patrol officers together with voluneers continue the search for missing Yeshiva student, Aharon Sofer (inset), around the Jerusalem Forest. Photo: Flash 90 / VIN News.
Search for Yeshiva Student Intensifies, Feared Abducted
As the search for the missing yeshiva bochur in Jerusalem enters its fifth day, the father of Aron Sofer is asking the public to keep his son foremost in their minds and deeds.
Plight of Jewish Refugees in Kharkov Addressed
On Thursday, 21 August, three Knesset members arrived with a delegation at the Kharkov synagogue to meet with Jewish community leaders to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and how to help absorb the hundreds of Jewish refugees who have fled to Kharkov from Lugansk and Donetsk.
Hamas Rocket Kills 4-Year-Old
A 4 year old child was killed when a mortar fired from Gaza hit the vehicle he was in. The attack occurred in Shar Hangev, a few miles away from Gaza.
Eyal Yifrach, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gilad Shaar, 16, HYD.
Hamas Admits It’s Responsible for Murder of 3 Teens
A senior Hamas official has acknowledged that members of the military wing of the organization are responsible for the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli boys in June.
Hamas Fires New Barrage of Rockets at Israel
Three loud explosions were heard over Tel Aviv on Tuesday night shortly before 11 p.m. as a salvo of rockets was launched from the Gaza Strip.
Left: David Menachem Gordon. Right: Volunteers searching Tuesday for the missing soldier.
Boruch Dayan Ho’emes: IDF ‘Lone Soldier’ Found Dead
The body of 21-year-old David Menachem Gordon, an American ‘lone soldier’ in the IDF who was reported missing after failing to appear at his posts since Sunday, has been found. An IDF spokesperson said the soldier’s lifeless body was found in central Israel, with his weapon lying at his side.
On Friday, the Federal Appeals Court ruled on a motion challenging the New York City regulation on metzitzah b'peh and informed consent. The court ruled that the regulation “…targets a religious practice for special burdens" and therefore violated the First Amendment guarantee of a person’s right to free exercise of religion.
Federal Court Rules against MBP Regulations
On Friday, the Federal Appeals Court ruled on a motion challenging the New York City regulation on metzitzah b’peh and informed consent. The court ruled that the regulation “…targets a religious practice for special burdens” and therefore violated the First Amendment guarantee of a person’s right to free exercise of religion.
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla. for Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, had his car defaced with a swastika, reaffirming the prevailing belief that his murder was a hate crime. The local police, however, remain unconvinced.
Anti-Semitic Vandalism at Memorial for Murdered Rabbi
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla. for Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, had his car defaced with a swastika, reaffirming the prevailing belief that his murder was a hate crime. The local police, however, remain unconvinced.
After Brief Respite, Rockets Rain on Ashkelon
After 72 hours of ‘ceasefire,’ at 8:00am this morning, the sounds of air raid sirens, civilians scrambling to safe areas and rockets exploding were heard throughout Ashkelon. By 2:00pm, over 50 rockets had landed in the area.
Netanyahu Writes Letter in Sefer Torah for IDF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took time off from his many pressing affairs last night to write a letter in a new Sefer Torah, which is being written in honor of the soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force.
Eyal Yifrach, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gilad Shaar, 16, HYD.
Kidnapper and Murderer of 3 Israeli Teens Arrested
Hussam Kawasme, the Hamas operative accused of orchestrated the June kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli teenagers, HYD, was arrested, the Israeli government announced.
700 Attend ‘A Hope to Heal’ Inaugural Luncheon
“Chani, can you join the conference call today, the event committee will be discussing the luncheon?” That’s how it started for me. R’ Yoel Brill in his signature, ‘nothing but the best’ style was creating a ladies event to launch his organization called A Hope to Heal.
by Chani Vogel
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