As tens of thousands of children prepare for next week’s Jewish unity parade through the streets of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., newly released footage of a similar 1984 event captures the energy surrounding observances of the minor holiday known as Lag B’Omer.
he allegations against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana are fairly straightforward: He helped a former boarding school friend serve as a scout for terrorists who carried out a 2008 rampage that killed more than 160 people in Mumbai.
If you had encountered him back in the ’90s near Jerusalem’s Zion Square, chances are you would have crossed the street to avoid him. Shneur Hasofer was one of the lost ‘kids of the wall’ who spent his teen years loading up on drugs and alcohol in downtown Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visited the Ohel this afternoon. The Mayor, who is in New York for a visit, made it a point to drop in and Daven.
Family of slain Mumbai Shluchim Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg announced that the legal battle they waged with the Chabad Lubavitch movement over Nariman House has come to an end.
Up to 40 NYPD officers could be arrested and at least 100 others could face departmental charges in an investigation into possible ticket-fixing by police union delegates.
Town police were searching for a man who pushed a Jewish teenager to the ground Saturday and fled in what possibly could turn out to be a hate crime.
“Opening the week with the Rebbe”: This week we commemorate ‘Pesach Sheni’. In the Jewish calendar this date is much less known than Pesach itself, but this date has actually some very vital lessons. Sicha from the 14 of Iyar, 5744 · May 16, 1984.
E-ZPasses could be making the MTA some E-Z money. An agency recall of 1.2 million E-ZPasses that began last month could result in bogus toll charges as unprotected passes cross bridges into the city in mail trucks.
A Post analysis found that over the past two years the nation’s richest mayor lavished at least $99.1 million through his family’s philanthropy and his private company on nonprofits. In turn, those organizations wind up hiring Bloomberg loyalists from his administration, and are often tapped to lend a hand on city projects.
One man died and 17 people were injured in what police suspect was a terror attack in Tel Aviv Sunday morning, after a truck driving along Bar-Lev street hit and ran over several vehicles.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rivka bas Moshe Goldshmid, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 79.
She is survived by her husband, Sholom, and her children, Moshe (Kfar Chabad), Batya Gottesman (Montreal), Chani Kotlarsky (New City, NY), Yisroel (Shmidy) (Crown Heights).
The NYPD has released video of the arrest of Ahmed Ferhani, who is among two Queens men accused of buying guns and hoping to attack synagogues and kill Jews.
A JetBlue flight bound for Aruba was forced to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport just minutes after takeoff Saturday.
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