Steinsaltz Gemara Translated into English
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Rabbi Adin (Even Yisroel) Steinsaltz
A Talmud that took Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 45 years to translate from ancient Hebrew and Aramaic into modern Hebrew is being published in English.
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Rachel Efrat Atias, the 7-year-old girl who survived a horrific accident in Tiveria during the night, told rescue workers “I tried to wake abba and ima but they would not get up”.
“I Couldn’t Wake Abba or Ima”
Rachel Efrat Atias, the 7-year-old girl who survived a horrific accident in Tiveria during the night, told rescue workers “I tried to wake abba and ima but they would not get up”.
Wolf & Lamb Comes to Brooklyn
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Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse at Coney Island Ave. and Ave. M in Brooklyn.
Housed in a dramatic stand-alone building on the corner of Coney Island Ave. and Ave. M, Wolf & Lamb is turning the Brooklyn neighborhood into a true dining destination. Part of the reason owner Zalman Wuensch, a Crown Heights resident, opened up in the area is its lack of great dinner spots.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos made history today when they unveiled an extensive security initiative designed to protect residents of Borough Park and Midwood.
Politicians Unveil ‘Leiby Kletzky Security Initiative’
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos made history today when they unveiled an extensive security initiative designed to protect residents of Borough Park and Midwood.
Justice Breyer
United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's home was burglarized, and a pair of silver candlesticks was stolen. Since he is Jewish, we will go ahead and assume that the candlesticks were Shabbos candles.
Supreme Court Justice’s [Shabbos] Candles Stolen
Justice Breyer
United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer‘s home was burglarized, and a pair of silver candlesticks was stolen. Since he is Jewish, we will go ahead and assume that the candlesticks were Shabbos candles.
Despite Illness, Tween Wants to Change the World
Chabad of Moorpark co-director Devorah Leah Heidingsfeld visits 11-year-old Avery Sax in the hospital.
Every night when Avery Sax goes to sleep, she says the twice-daily prayer known as the Shema.
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Gadol Consulted over Avraham Fried’s Lyrics
Left: Reb Chaim Kanievsky. Right: Avraham Fried.
The lyrics of a recently released song by Chasidic superstar Avraham Fried have become the subject of internet buzz in recent days as word comes that the lyrics in question were actually brought to one of today’s foremost gedolim in order to ascertain their origin.
A debate over how to report child abuse crimes in the orthodox Jewish community was tense and at times violent as it spilled into the streets on Wednesday night. A Crownheights.info reporter was at the scene.
Protesters Clash with Supporters of Accused Pedophile
A debate over how to report child abuse crimes in the orthodox Jewish community was tense and at times violent as it spilled into the streets on Wednesday night. A Crownheights.info reporter was at the scene.
Bramson ORT Reminds Students to Register Before Changes
Federal Aid cut coming this July. Students encouraged to register for Bramson ORT program now:
Four years ago, a unique partnership was developed between Crown Heights and Bensonhurst. Community leaders from Chabad realized that many students in their yeshiva system were not planning on continuing and obtaining smicha and would rather choose a career. There was a need to develop a framework which would allow them to earn the skills to make a respectable parnassah and raise families. Thus, the JTVS program at Bramson ORT College was created.
Suicide of Haredi Teen in Israel Raises Questions
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Y., the child of a Hareidi family in Jerusaelm, took his own life a few days ago. Family members are pointing fingers at the Yeshivas he attended – and those he didn’t.
by Matthew Shaer - Forward
In early May, a circuit court judge in Baltimore found Eliyahu Werdesheim, a 24-year-old member of a local Shomrim anti-crime patrol, guilty of assaulting a teenager named Corey Ausby. According to prosecutors, in 2010 Werdesheim and his brother, Avi, set upon Ausby on a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and beat him with the butt of a two-way radio. Werdesheim, for his part, claims he acted only in self-defense: Ausby was brandishing a nail-studded board, he told reporters. He now faces up to a decade behind bars.
Vigilante Justice and the Jews
by Matthew Shaer – Forward
In early May, a circuit court judge in Baltimore found Eliyahu Werdesheim, a 24-year-old member of a local Shomrim anti-crime patrol, guilty of assaulting a teenager named Corey Ausby. According to prosecutors, in 2010 Werdesheim and his brother, Avi, set upon Ausby on a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and beat him with the butt of a two-way radio. Werdesheim, for his part, claims he acted only in self-defense: Ausby was brandishing a nail-studded board, he told reporters. He now faces up to a decade behind bars.
Brooklyn Hasidim Shunned for Reporting Abuse
Mordechai Jungreis, right, walks his mentally disabled son, 16, home from school in Williamsburg.
In a report on child abuse in the Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish community – and the harassment and shunning those who bring the abuse to light are often subjected to – the New York Times singled out Crown Heights as a place where more significant change has been achieved compared to other communities.
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Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Meron to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for the traditional Lag Ba'Omer bonfire lighting.
Tens of Thousands Celebrate Lag Ba’Omer in Meron
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Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Meron to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for the traditional Lag Ba’Omer bonfire lighting.
Jewish Reaction Mixed to Socialist Victory in France
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Francois Hollande, president elect of France.
Jewish reaction was mixed to the election of the Socialist Party’s Francois Hollande as the president of France.
NY Times: Influence of Orthodox Jews Rising
In an editorial on the shifting of political and social power in New York City, the New York Times listed Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn as the group whose power and influence is rising fastest.
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A memorial to the Toulouse terror victims.
The president of the French Jewish student organization has called on the University of Toulouse to combat anti-Semitism after a dialogue conducted by Israeli students last week was disrupted by protests’ hateful threats and chants.
Jewish Students Attacked at Toulouse University
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A memorial to the Toulouse terror victims.
The president of the French Jewish student organization has called on the University of Toulouse to combat anti-Semitism after a dialogue conducted by Israeli students last week was disrupted by protests’ hateful threats and chants.
A protest was held today, May 3, 2012, in front of the Bolivian consulate in Manhattan for Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox Jewish man jailed in Bolivia for almost a year without charge. Assemblyman Dov Hikind was rallying the crowd.
Orthodox Jews Demand Release of Jacob Ostreicher
A protest was held today, May 3, 2012, in front of the Bolivian consulate in Manhattan for Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox Jewish man jailed in Bolivia for almost a year without charge. Assemblyman Dov Hikind was rallying the crowd.
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