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City Comptroller John C. Liu today called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reform NYPD policy to allow Orthodox Jewish and Sikh officers to serve without having to forsake their beards (and/or turbans).
Two student rabbis have been visiting San Antonio Jewish homes this past week, inspecting their mezuzahs — a ritual item posted on doorways — and offering to upgrade them for free.
The past few sports weeks have zoomed by us like a NASCAR driver on the homestretch at the Talladega Speedway.
The speculation in the media and among the so-called experts is mounting as the general consensus points to the likelihood of Israel ordering a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities sometime in the fall of 2012, in October. Military analysts are filling the news magazine programs with their analysis and predictions and newspapers are signaling the IAF attack against Iran is only weeks away.
Russian Jews have decided to modify a popular quotation. “Earlier, Jews had to come to the synagogue, but now, synagogue will come to Jews,” they affirm.
I was watching online the dedication of the new Chabad center in Kiryat Arbah named for the daughter of the shluchim there, Chaya Mushka Attiah, a”h. Besides shedding quite a few tears as I watched Chaya Mushka’s father dance with the sefer Torah and as I heard his voice break as he spoke a few words, suddenly a thought came to my mind: If a little girl could give up her life for the inyan of tznius, how much more so must we all make a huge effort to increase in tznius within ourselves, our children, our communities.
Two wispy-bearded, tall, thin young men wearing long black coats and wide-brimmed hats walked the sidewalk in front of Chronic Tacos in downtown Chico, California on Friday, Aug. 3.
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We are pleased to present the final Installment – number 39 – of Memoirs by Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, wife of Reb Levik and mother of the Rebbe. The memoirs were penned by the Rebbetzin between her arrival in the United States in 1948 and 1963.
Mitt Romney, after picking Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday, charges into the final pre-convention stretch giving voters a much sharper picture of where his campaign stands as he hits the reset button on the race.
Residents of Chevron’s Kiryat Arba neighborhood rejoice over the new Chabad House, Sefer Torah and young pair of Shluchim – all there to serve the tight-knit Jewish community and Israeli soldiers.
Is Chassidism merely a “companion” to Judaism? Or did it change the core of Judaism in any way? The Avner Institute presents an insightful letter from the Rebbe, in which he stresses the role of Chassidic thought – not as auxillary intellectual exercise or practice, but as a catalyst in Torah life.
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